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Harbottle & Lewis LLP Offices

Harbottle & Lewis LLP
7 Savoy Court
LONDON
WC2R 0EX
England
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Sacha Wilson

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Work Department

Technology, Media and Entertainment
Data Protection
Advertising

Position

Sacha is a partner working across the firm’s Media & Entertainment and Technology & Data teams. He is also joint head of the firm’s cross-departmental Advertising Group.

He is a commercial and regulatory lawyer with particular expertise in advertising, tech/digital, and data privacy. He has advised clients from a variety of sectors including some of the world’s best known brands, agencies, platforms and media companies.

Sacha advises on a range of commercial transactions and has particular expertise in advertising and marketing related agreements (such as creative agency, media buying, and brand partnerships) as well as more tech focused deals (including software development/licensing, cloud services and adtech).

He also has expertise in general advertising compliance (including prize promotions, native advertising and product placement) as well as ecommerce and online consumer regulations.

In relation to data privacy, Sacha has advised on all the key compliance areas and has worked with a large number of clients on their GDPR compliance programmes. Sacha has particular expertise in the data privacy aspects of marketing, adtech and digital media – he frequently advises on adtech vendor arrangements, programmatic advertising, mobile apps, and innovative digital marketing projects.

Career

Trainee – Olswang LLP (2007-2009)
Inhouse Legal Counsel – ITV (2009 – 2011)
Associate then Senior Associate – Bristows LLP (2011 – 2018)
Partner – Harbottle & Lewis LLP (2018 – present)

Memberships

  • International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
  • Society for Computers and Law (SCL) – Chair of the Digital Media Group committee

Education

  • Cambridge University (Selwyn College) – BA – Classics (1998-2001)
  • LSE – MSc – Media & Communications (2003-2004)
  • Queen Mary, Univerity of London – Postgrad Diploma – Computer & Communications Law (2012-2014)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity

At Harbottle & Lewis LLP, Anita Bapat leads on the data protection and privacy side, while Emma Wright oversees the cybersecurity offering. The firm is particularly known for its expertise in the marketing, adtech and digital media fields, and is regularly instructed to advise on overlap with data issues; Sacha Wilson‘s cross-departmental advertising group takes on the bulk of such work.

London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing

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Sacha Wilson – Harbottle & Lewis LLP

Harbottle & Lewis LLP has a broad advertising and marketing practice which is particularly knowledgeable of advertising production issues as well as adtech, brand safety and online fraud. A key destination for advertising agencies and brands alike, the group also demonstrates considerable expertise in media buying contracts. Department leader Sacha Wilson – ‘an outstanding partner‘ – regularly advises on advertising contracts and regulatory compliance. Sponsorship deals, brand ambassador and endorsement matters are among Michael Lister‘s core areas of activity. Andrew Terry is active in advertising disputes, while Shayna-Radhika Patel advises on matters at the intersection of advertising and technology.

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