Mr Andrew B Serwin > DLA Piper LLP (US) > San Diego (Golden Triangle), United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Andrew B Serwin
Work Department
Intellectual Property and Technology; Data Protection, Privacy and Security; Strategic and Commercial Contracts; Cybersecurity
Position
Partner; US Chair and Global Co-Chair, Data Protection, Privacy and Security practice
Career
Andrew Serwin is one of the pre-eminent privacy and security practitioners in the world. He has worked on some of the highest-profile privacy and security matters, and clients describe him as a “rock star lawyer,” “a walking encyclopedia on anything data protection related” and “a tireless worker, holding onto the ever-shifting puzzle pieces of the law in this area in a way that other privacy lawyers cannot” (Chambers USA).
Andrew offers clients the practical experience that comes from having counseled on many of the highest-profile privacy and cybersecurity matters of recent years, with the breadth of knowledge that comes from authoring the premier global treatise on privacy and cybersecurity.
With extensive business and leadership experience, Andrew understands his clients’ businesses, industries and unique challenges. He has founded, advised and served on the board of directors of many companies, particularly in the transformational technology and media sectors. He also holds advanced certifications in governance, including as a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Governance Fellow and Carnegie Mellon University’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) certification in cyber oversight.
Memberships
Andrew serves as chairman of the board of directors of the private-sector federally- funded National Cyber Forensic Training Alliance (NCFTA), an entity that functions as a forum for private industry, academia and law enforcement, with a core mission to identify, mitigate and neutralize cybercrime. In addition, he serves as an advisor to the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Asymmetric Warfare and is the CEO and executive director of the Lares Institute, a think tank focused on privacy, information superiority and national security issues.
Education
J.D., University of San Diego; B.A., University of California at San Diego
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
(Hall of Fame)Providing high-level data protection advice in relation to acquisitions in the fintech space and assisting major energy sector clients on cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure are key features of the full spectrum cyber law practice at DLA Piper LLP (US). Team head in San Diego Andrew B Serwin works alongside Philadelphia-based Ron Plesco on managing multiple cybersecurity work streams following a global data breach. Miami-stationed Carol Umhoefer focuses on setting up and implementing global compliance programs, assessing data flows, usages, collections and storages. The practice has continued to develop, following the arrival of cross-border data flows and finance expert James Sullivan, in April 2022, in Washington DC, and global privacy programs specialist counsel, and in August 2022, New York’s John Gevertz, both of whom worked at the International Trade Administration (ITA) at the US Department of Commerce.
Lawyer Rankings
- Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) United States > Media, technology and telecoms
- Hall of Fame United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
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