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Ms Kristen Mathews

Work Department
Privacy + Data Security
Position
Partner
Career
Kristen is a partner in our Global Privacy + Data Security Group. For more than 20 years, her practice has focused on advising clients on the full spectrum of privacy and cybersecurity issues, including regulatory and compliance matters. An early leader in the privacy sphere, Kristen has established her broad global data privacy and cybersecurity practice by working with clients across a broad range of industries.
Kristen’s cybersecurity experience includes guiding clients on compliance with data privacy laws, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA); protecting data in critical transactional matters, such as M&A deals; and preventing, preparing for, and responding to cybersecurity breaches. She helps financial services and insurance businesses build and mature their cybersecurity programs. She also provides counsel on direct-marketing compliance and defense of claims, and online, telematics, and employee and workplace privacy.
Kristen built her experience in these areas over several years with a New York–based technology law firm and later as head of the privacy and cybersecurity practice group of another major global firm. Clients across the technology, financial, retail, consumer goods, health, insurance, media, education, auto, utilities, sports, and hospitality sectors benefit from Kristen’s experience with the most complex privacy and cybersecurity matters.
Kristen continues to be at the forefront of developments in privacy and cybersecurity as ever-changing issues affect businesses around the world.
Memberships
IAPP – International Association of Privacy Professionals
Education
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Government > Government contracts
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Finance > Fintech
- International trade and national security > National Security
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Government > State attorneys general
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Finance > Commercial lending
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)