Ann Bevitt > Cooley (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Cooley (UK) LLP Offices
22 Bishopsgate
LONDON
EC2N 4BQ
England
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Ann Bevitt
Work Department
Employment
Cyber/Data/Privacy
Commercial Litigation
Fintech
Position
Ann Bevitt is a partner in Cooley’s London office, where her employment practice covers all aspects, both contentious and non-contentious, of employment law and employment-related matters. On the non-contentious side, she focuses on the employment issues arising out of international reorganisations, outsourcings, insolvencies and mergers and acquisitions. Her contentious work includes the enforcement of restrictive covenants and claims arising on termination of employment. In her privacy practice, Ann assists clients with compliance and risk management, advising on data transfers, privacy policies, monitoring employees and undertaking internal investigations (domestic and cross-border).
In her privacy and data security practice, Ann assists clients with privacy and data security compliance and risk management and advises on issues such as effecting data transfers, drafting privacy policies, electronic marketing, monitoring employees, dealing with e-discovery, undertaking internal investigations (domestic and cross-border), responding to subject access requests and notifying breaches.
Ann works with clients including governments, multinationals, large corporations and individual senior executives, from industry sectors such as technology, venture capital and private equity, insurance, hotel and leisure, music, banking and financial services, recruitment and employment, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.
Career
Ann has rights of audience in all civil courts and significant experience as an advocate. She was called to the bar in 1992 and practiced as a barrister specialising in employment law for seven years before qualifying as a solicitor in 2000.
Memberships
- Employment Lawyers Association
- European Employment Lawyers Association
- International Association of Privacy Professionals
Education
- Inns of Court School of Law
BVC, 1992 - College of Law
CPE, 1991 - University of Oxford
MA, 1990
Lawyer Rankings
London > Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
Cooley (UK) LLP has a full-service cyber, data, and privacy offering with strength in cross-border projects, GDPR compliance, and multijurisdictional data breaches. Guadalupe Sampedro helms the practice and advises clients in the fintech and financial services sectors, while the ‘very knowledgeable‘ Ann Bevitt handles data transfers, breach notifications, and internal investigations.
London > Employment > Employers
Cooley (UK) LLP‘s London practice head Ann Bevitt assists clients with the employment aspects of establishing operations in the UK, as well as advising on risk management and defending tribunal claims including age discrimination and unfair dismissal cases. Nicola Squire and Chris Stack are further names to note. The US-headquartered firm specialises in acting for clients in the tech and fintech space and has a longstanding reputation for its work in these markets.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > TMT
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)