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Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity

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Lewis Silkin

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Lewis Silkin houses a ‘brilliant group’ that is able to advise on a wide array of data protection and cybersecurity issues for American headquartered tech companies, publishing houses and retail entities. Under the joint supervision of Bryony Long and Alexander Milner-Smith, the team has multijurisdictional policy and regulatory knowledge. Long regularly works on online advertising matters and has experience with the preparation of privacy notices and digital subject access requests. Milner-Smith’s multidisciplinary approach proves useful in cases involving employee data breaches and he is also well-versed in artificial intelligence development matters.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'The team at Lewis Silkin has its finger on the pulse of emerging privacy issues in ad tech, AI or other important areas for clients.'

  • 'The team is a brilliant group - super responsive, helpful and thoughtful in approach, responsive and fun to work with. Really great culture across the team, which shows in their approach to work. It makes them genuinely fun and easy to work with.'

  • 'What really sets the team apart is the quality and practicality of their advice. They strike the right balance between legal rigour and commercial realism, which is invaluable when working in a fast-moving, consumer-facing business.'

  • 'Everyone whom I have engaged with at Lewis Silkin has combined a calm and approachable manner with a depth of knowledge and experience, enabling them to not only provide pragmatic advice but also reassurance.'

  • 'They have strong sector knowledge and a clear understanding of risk, so their advice is always focused and easy to action.'

  • 'Alexander Milner-Smith is fantastic at adding clarity to complex issues and bringing a calm, pragmatic approach. He's generous with his time and very responsive, which I appreciate given the number of clients and issues he must be dealing with day to day.'

  • 'The Lewis Silkin team has a great depth of knowledge about data protection, advertising and AI, and is approachable, hard working and so bright. I love working with them.'

  • 'The team is built of individuals with differing strengths and personalities. This is its strength.'

  • 'The team, particularly Ali Vaziri, are very engaged with their clients' industries.'

  • 'Ali Vaziri is an expert in his field. He speaks the language of his clients and is easy to work with.'

Key clients

  • Royal Albert Hall
  • Omnicom Group
  • Paramount Global
  • Daily Mail & General Trust (Associated Newspapers)
  • Britvic
  • Yahoo
  • Harvey Nichols
  • Lyst
  • Indeed
  • Fremantle

Work highlights

Advising an AI tech organisation on obligations under DORA and the Cyber Resilience Act, including strategy and compliance.
Assisting a global hedge fund on international data privacy advice, including AI governance, DSAR responses, and complex commercial negotiations.
Advising an international publisher on confidential breach mitigation, consent or pay mechanism implementation, and compliance with the Digital Services Act.

Practice head

Bryony Long; Alexander Milner-Smith

Other key lawyers

Ali Vaziri; Benjamin Favaro

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