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James Castro-Edwards

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Head of data protection team.

Position

Partner advising domestic and multinational organisations on data protection issues. Experience includes managing global data protection compliance projects for multinationals, including implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley driven whistleblower hotlines and the implementation of outsourced HR and CRM systems, including PeopleSoft, Workday and Salesforce.com. Typically, such projects include managing local counsel across numerous jurisdictions, coordinating with clients’ local offices and local data protection authorities and providing practical solutions to the client project lead.

James regularly advises domestic companies on complex data protection issues. He has also developed and delivered innovative data protection training programs for multinational clients, including developing a data protection officers’ training course which was accredited by a European government.

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