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Greenberg Traurig LLP

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Greenberg Traurig LLP is noted for its focus on advising the State of the Netherlands on privacy issues, often against big technology companies. Other than the Dutch State, the team also advises domestic and foreign public entities and corporates as well as entities in the Dutch educational sector. The team is led by Herald Jongen who is well-versed on IT outsourcing and data protection issues. Nienke Bernard has been active in handling negotiations and acts as the main contact for clients in privacy matters.
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  • ‘The team has great knowledge and understanding of the working of GDRP on all aspects of personal data. They know how to use that knowledge to obtain terms and conditions for their clients so that they can use products and services in a compliant manner.’

  • ‘Knowledge, quick turnaround on drafts, humour and in our case knowledge of the challenges within Dutch government organisations.’

  • ‘Highly experienced, smart, kind and hands-on lawyers. They have a diverse team with multiple talents. They have the back-up resources from a global law firm.’

  • ‘Shout out to partner Herald Jongen and lawyer Nienke Bernard for their case management and warm collaboration.’

Key clients

  • State of the Netherlands (Ministry of Justice and Security)
  • State of the Netherlands (National Cyber Security Centre of the Dutch State (NCSC))
  • State of the Netherlands (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)
  • State of the Netherlands (Ministry of Education & Science)
  • Surf
  • Sivon
  • Athora Netherlands N.V.
  • Anonos, Inc.
  • Bird B.V.
  • European Stability Management (ESM)

Work highlights

Assisted the State of the Netherlands with their deal with AWS to enable government-wide use of their cloud services.
Advising Skyhaus B.V. on setting up their U.S. entity and ringfencing liability risk with respect to intellectual property rights in their AI software.
Advising Anonos, Inc. on their data embassy tool’s compliance with the data protection rules.

Practice head

Herald Jongen

Other key lawyers

Nienke Bernard

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