Kate Scott > Clifford Chance LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Leveraging the firm’s broader transactional, contentious, and commercial capabilities, the data privacy and cybersecurity team at Clifford Chance LLP handles complex, cross-border work for a diverse group of clients spanning numerous sectors including financial services, consumer goods, and the automotive industry. The team is jointly headed by Jonathan Kewley and the ‘fiercely intelligent‘ Simon Persoff. Kewley has a broad practice with particular strength in data protection work for global corporations, while Persoff handles cybersecurity and banking secrecy mandates. On the contentious side, Samantha Ward represents financial institutions and large corporates in regulatory investigations, in addition to advising on cyber incident response planning, while Kate Scott handles civil claims as well as advising on risks related to emerging tech. At the associate level, Herbert Swaniker advises on data-related advisory and transactional matters with a focus on emerging tech including AI, fintech, and data ethics.

Clifford Chance LLP caters to a broad range of clients across the TMT sector including Spotify, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and Fujitsu. The practice incorporates expertise in M&A, tax, intellectual property and antitrust. André Duminy advises on compliance-related issues with experience in acting for start-ups. He co-heads the team with Jennifer Chimanga who specialises in M&A matters particularly in emerging markets. Simon Persoff works on issues such as outsourcing arrangements while Kate Scott and Samantha Ward handle litigation and contentious regulatory work. Zayed Al Jamil focuses on complex outsourcings, procurement agreements and data licensing.

Clifford Chance LLP‘s far-reaching fintech practice spans advice on technology such as blockchain, artificial intelligence and insurtech, fintech litigation and M&A. The unit is also active across financial regulation, tax, IP and data privacy. Clients include financial institutions, tech-focused corporates, and fintech and insurtech disruptors.  Simon Crown, who co-leads the team, has a high level of experience relating to the impact of Brexit on payments businesses. Kate Scott completes the leadership team and is particularly strong in follow-on litigation from regulatory investigations. Monica Sah‘s wide-ranging portfolio of work extends to crypto asset regulation, while Caroline Meinertz has significant experience in the transaction services sector, and Simon Gleeson is frequently engaged by governments and regulators to help with the establishment of regulatory regimes. Diego Ballon Ossio and Laura Douglas are both well versed in financial services in the metaverse and Web3.

The insurance team at Clifford Chance LLP sits within the wider litigation and dispute resolution offering, and is headed by Philip Hill, an expert in complex claims for high profile clients, including issues arising from the Ukraine crisis, and Covid-19 losses. The team has experience acting for banks, major corporates, private equity firms, aircraft leasing companies, with a number of particularly complex aviation claims led by Julian Acratopulo. It has additional expertise regarding the oil, gas, energy and construction sectors, drawing on the strength of Christopher Ingham. Dorian Drew specialises in investigations and regulatory enforcement action; Kate Scott has notable experience acting for financial sector clients. The team has significant experience acting for major sporting clients regarding Covid-19 business interruption.