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DLA Piper LLP (US) Offices
555 MISSION STREET, SUITE 2400
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105-2933
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Rena Mears
Work Department
Data Protection, Privacy and Security; Cybersecurity
Position
Principal
Career
Rena Mears has more than 25 years of experience advising global companies in financial services, hospitality, technology, pharma, biotechnology and consumer products on data risk, privacy, cybersecurity and information security matters. She has built and led teams with the diverse skill sets necessary to manage information assets in the evolving global market. Rena has worked closely with boards and senior management to evaluate data risk and deploy effective risk mitigation strategies in the enterprise. She has also helped organizations design and implement the effective operational programs, processes and controls required to comply with the legal, regulatory and contractual requirements affecting companies operating in complex regulatory environments.
Before joining DLA Piper, Rena was the national and global leader of Deloitte’s privacy and data protection services, and more recently was managing director at a leading US law firm.
Rena works closely with lawyers in DLA Piper’s global Data Protection, Privacy and Security group – highly rated by Chambers and Legal 500 – to augment our offerings in privacy and cybersecurity assessments, program and control design, data mapping, and program and vendor-risk management.
She has significant experience leading major enterprise initiatives for global companies focused on:
• Data asset risk management services
• Privacy and security program development
• Third-party risk management
• Cybersecurity, data protection, and data breach response
Forensics, data analytics, and data leakage:
• Legal and regulatory compliance
• Privacy and security gap assessments and reporting
• Cross-border data flow compliance and management
• Security and privacy by design in products and services
Rena’s engagements typically involve risk and threat analysis, strategy and program development (including governance, operations, assessment, and reporting), data mapping , controls assessment, and remediation and program sustainment activities. In addition, Rena has led multi-year engagements dealing with cyberthreats, incident response, and APT analysis for global companies.
She further advises clients on issues involving:
• General Data Protection Regulation; Safe Harbor/Privacy Shield• US breach notification laws
• Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
• State privacy and data protection laws
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA)
Education
M.B.A., Auburn University; B.A., University of Albuquerque
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense