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Liz Fitzsimons
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Liz Fitzsimons is a Partner who specialises in data protection and freedom of information, particularly in relation to international issues and transfers. Liz has a great deal of experience with multi party and multi country compliance issues and programmes and works with a specialist team on such projects. Recent experience and compliance programmes include strategic advice on US vendor engagements for expense claim management and travel services; assistance re privacy requirements on international outsourcings and new IT systems; dealing with requirements for SOX and ethnical reporting lines and data consolidation in shared service contract hubs. Liz has also worked with clients in relation to privacy issues on pan European and trans Atlantic e-discovery in litigation, data sharing agreements and protocols, advice on customer relationship management systems, and data audits. Her practice also includes advice on security breaches, security obligations and reporting, privacy and data policies and protection of confidential material. Liz also has extensive experience dealing with requests for information, responses, appeals and ICO investigation and complaints for clients. Liz is a frequent speaker at events including PDP's Annual FOI 2010 Conference and regularly provides training for clients. She is recommended in Chambers Data Protection Best of UK category which states "Liz is very much appreciated by clients for her extensive experience and commercial sense", Chambers 2010. BrexitLiz is one of our specialist Brexit lawyers. Contact Liz Fitzsimons for more information on how Brexit may affect your contracts. View our Brexit hub for our full range of Brexit resources. Resources |
Liz has recently contributed to new privacy and data protection law videos on how our privacy and data protection legal team can help you. Privacy and data protection: How can we help you? Privacy and data protection, Why work with Eversheds? Privacy and data protection, Understanding and experience
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Partner
Lawyer Rankings
London > Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
The privacy and cybersecurity team at Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP acts for public bodies and UK and multinational corporates on matters concerning international data transfers, data breach incidents, and large-scale litigation. Paula Barrett, head of the practice, is ‘ preeminent in her detailed yet practical advice‘ and is regularly instructed on international compliance programmes, regulatory investigations, and incident response, with particular sectoral expertise in financial services, life sciences, and telecoms. Liz Fitzsimons heads the team’s freedom of information subgroup, while Philip James specialises in fraud prevention, cybersecurity incidents, and multijurisdictional regulatory investigations. Dave Hughes handles privacy and cybersecurity work for clients in the consumer sector. ‘Persistent and pragmatic‘ senior associate John Inglese is also recommended.
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