Farrer & Co is well known in the media, education and sporting sectors and offers clients a broad data protection service on both the contentious and advisory side. The team is led by the capable trio of Alan Baker, Ian De Freitas and Owen O’Rorke. De Freitas is a dispute specialist who was recently successful in a case involving data ownership and usage in a supply chain. O’Rorke has experience defending subject access request claims, while Baker focuses on GDPR compliance and data audit projects.
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- 'The team is incredibly responsive, knowledgeable, has excellent technical legal skills and provides legal advice in a manner which can be easily digested by the business.'
- 'Farrer & Co has built a very fine data protection practice in recent years. Led by Ian de Freitas and bolstered by Tom Rudkin, they combine top-quality legal analysis with great industry and market knowledge.'
Key clients
- Wowcher Limited
- Charities Aid Foundation
Practice head
Alan Baker; Owen O’Rorke; Ian De Freitas
Other key lawyers
Tom Rudkin