Handling data protection liability issues in M&A transactions, data transfers, and compliance matters, K&L Gates LLP has a strong presence in the industry. Practice head Claude-Étienne Armingaud is a key name for cross-border technology matters.
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- ‘Claude-Etienne Armingaud, our main point of contact with K&L France has been amazing to work with. He has been extraordinarily adept in finding and custom-tailoring solutions for our unique and challenging needs.’
- ‘The great strength of the K&L Gates Privacy team is its pan-European and international aspect. On a topic as central as data protection, having a team capable of understanding the subject in a global way is absolutely fundamental.'
- 'The K&L Gates teams offer a service of exceptional quality that goes beyond that of a simple law firm. They are true business partners, capable of understanding our challenges and our issues thanks to a very detailed knowledge of our sector of activity.'
- 'The Privacy team's ability to integrate data protection issues into the broader spectrum of our activity and the life of our company (from a governance, marketing, business model perspective) is an invaluable asset for us.'
- 'What sets the K&L Gates Privacy team apart is that it is a real team, working in symbiosis and in which we, the clients, are fully integrated, which allows us to achieve our objectives easily and in an atmosphere of partnership instead of the usual relationship that a company can have with its lawyers.'
- ‘Claude-Étienne Armingaud has an incredible ability to integrate our issues and propose a tailor-made solution, but what sets him apart is his way of communicating with his clients.'
Key clients
- Bellroy
- Crédit Mutuel Arkéa
- Crypto.com
- Cyber Civil Rights Initiative
- EMQ
- Envision
- Ergotron
- Impress
- International Justice Mission
- Kinship
- Maytronics Limited
- OneStream Networks
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Practice head
Claude-Étienne Armingaud
