NEXT AVOCATS‘ data privacy team is active in compliance audits, data processing and data breach crisis management. The team also assists clients during CNIL investigations. Practice head Étienne Papin assists on all GDPR compliance issues, including data breach management and cyberattack mitigation.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Attorneys Etienne Papin and Lucas Gomes are the two who work with us at this firm. Both possess the following qualities: availability, client focus, and the ability to reassure.’
- ‘The founder is very committed to listening and offering multiple solutions whenever possible to give his clients a choice. He is appreciated by everyone in the company he interacts with. We find the same qualities in the partners. Overall, we greatly value their expertise in data protection and, more broadly, in the digital field. Finally, I would add their availability and responsiveness.’
- ‘The team is very attentive and, in addition to the quality of their work, they also provide us with advice tailored to the specific situation.’
- ‘Available and pragmatic team - attentive to client needs - with unbeatable value for money.’
- ‘Availability, client focus, ability to reassure.’
- ‘Etienne Papin combines the availability, efficiency, rigor and pedagogy necessary for legal reasoning with a decisive pragmatism in IT/Data subjects.’
Key clients
- Groupe UP
- OPCO 2i
- MediaTransports
- Association de Garantie des Salaires (AGS)
Work highlights
Assisted a French advertising company during an unannounced on-site inspection by the CNIL, providing immediate on-site assistance and support to its client throughout the data protection inspection.
Assisting a leading European real estate services provider in maintaining GDPR compliance across all group companies, managing responses to data subjects exercising their rights, and operating a customer and prospect database.
Advised a company on bringing its video surveillance system into compliance, including analysing applicable data protection regulations and obtaining the necessary administrative authorisations.
Practice head
Étienne Papin
Other key lawyers
Lucas Gomes