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25 RUE DE MARIGNAN
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Sonia Cissé

Work Department
IP/TMT
Position
Sonia is heading the Technology, Media and Telecommunications team of Linklaters in Paris. Sonia’s practice covers the full range of TMT legal areas, with a focus on contracts, data protection, internet and telecommunications. Sonia has strong experience in advising companies from diversified sectors (IT editors and service providers, banking, insurance, transportation, telecom, energy, retail, luxe, etc.) across all aspects of major commercial contracts, sourcing and complex procurement transactions, regulation of data and networks, e-business and IT security, telecoms and media projects. Her experience has led her to advise on both service providers and clients’ sides.
Career
2016-present: Linklaters
2013-2016: Associate – Norton Rose Fulbright
Languages
French, English, Spanish
Memberships
Sonia is an active member of l’Association Française du Droit de l’Informatique, IAPP, Fratel, Women in AI and the Global Sourcing Association.
Education
Sonia holds a Master in Intellectual Property Law from the University Montpellier I and a LLM in International Business Law from Kings College London.
She is admitted at the Paris Bar.
Lawyer Rankings
France > Data privacy and data protection
(Next Generation Partners)Linklaters is well placed to handle the full gamut of data protection and privacy issues including litigation, transactional and regulatory issues. Practice head Sonia Cissé advises on the data aspects of cyber security and fintech, and also has expertise in assisting with commercial contracts, sourcing and complex procurement transactions ,regulation of data and networks, e-commerce, cybersecurity security and telecoms projects and interweaves these aspects into her data advice, GDPR compliance and personal data breach work.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners France > Data privacy and data protection
- Data privacy and data protection France
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Capital markets: debt capital markets
- EU, competition and distribution
- Industry focus: Energy
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Data privacy and data protection
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: Stock market litigation
- Employment
- Insolvency
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Private equity: LBO
- Real estate
- Tax
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity: Fund formation