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Stephenson Harwood Offices

Stephenson Harwood
1 FINSBURY CIRCUS
LONDON
EC2M 7SH
England
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Katie Hewson

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Work Department

Intellectual property, tech & data

Position

Katie leads the firm’s data protection practice. She has significant experience advising clients across a variety of sectors, including retail, transport, financial services, analytics and life sciences. She holds AI Governance Professional (AIGP), Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP), Certified Information Privacy Professional Europe (CIPP/E) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) accreditations from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Recently awarded “Privacy Leader of the Year: Legal” (PICASSO Privacy Awards 2022), Katie is recognised as a Next Generation Partner for data protection, privacy and cyber security by The Legal 500 UK 2023, in which she is described as “a valued advisor in relation to EU and UK GDPR matters”. She is also ranked as an Up and Coming Lawyer for data protection and information law in the Chambers and Partners UK 2023 Guide, which states she “has excellent technical knowledge and provides clear, practical advice”.

Katie has extensive experience leading international GDPR compliance projects and also advises on data protection contracts, transparency issues, international personal data transfers, data sharing, cyber security and personal data breaches. She also advises a variety of clients on direct marketing, ad tech, social media and cookies issues under the e-privacy regime.

Katie has also acted for clients facing ICO enforcement action on potential data protection and freedom of information law breaches, winning successful outcomes for her clients in relation to subject access requests, breach reporting and FOIA requests. She has helped clients with the data protection impacts of Brexit and coronavirus and has also advised on the complex legal issues in facial recognition, AI and profiling.

Katie is a member of the International Network of Privacy Law Professionals, a not-for-profit international network of qualified professionals providing expert counsel on legal and compliance issues relating to data privacy and associated matters.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity

(Next Generation Partners)

Katie Hewson – Stephenson Harwood

Clients are drawn to Stephenson Harwood‘s ability to ‘combine deep technical knowledge with business savvy in a way that provides unmatched value‘, and the firm consequently receives instructions from a plethora of high-profile industry leaders, particularly in the financial and professional services sectors. Data protection practice head Katie Hewson ‘lives and breathes her area of expertise‘. Michael Bywell is a key name for contentious work, including breach-related litigation, while Jenna Franklin is recommended for relevant transactional matters.

London > Private client > Art and cultural property

The ‘very experienced and market leading’ team at Stephenson Harwood has a ‘roll-call of high-net-worth individuals and top institutions as clients’. The ‘excellent’ Roland Foord heads the practice, and he continues to advise a broad range of clients, from auction houses and dealers, to museums and private collectors. He particularly excels in advising on major disputes. In addition, he regularly works on the sale and purchase of fine art, as well as advising on a myriad of other complex areas, such as looted art matters. The team has also been busy advising on Brexit-related issues, and on the regulatory framework under the 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive. Katie Hewson leads the firm’s data protection practice, and has advised several major clients in the arts sector on commercial and data protection matters. Alan Ward is another key member of the art and cultural property group.

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