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Anna Westfelt

Anna Westfelt

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Anna Westfelt heads the Gunderson Dettmer LLP data privacy practice from the Silicon Valley office, where she is a key contact for tech startup companies faced with cyber security issues. She is particularly adept at advising on transactions, regulatory compliance, and privacy frameworks – including international data privacy laws. Westfelt is noted for her ability to handle cross-border work, owing to her dual-qualification in the UK and US, and she frequently supports US companies with GDPR compliance. Most of her time is spent as privacy counsel in M&A involving large datasets. She is also a highly accredited privacy specialist, with several designations.
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San Francisco Elite

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Work Department

Data Privacy; Strategic Transactions and Licensing; Mergers and Acquisitions; Fund Investments in Companies; Seed, Venture and Growth Financings; AI and Machine Learning

Position

Anna is a partner in our Silicon Valley office.

Career

As the Head of Gunderson Dettmer’s Data Privacy Practice, Anna counsels clients on a broad range of U.S. and European data privacy and security issues, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), HIPAA, COPPA and complex cross-jurisdictional data privacy matters. Anna represents emerging company clients across industry sectors, from consumer internet, consumer products, ad tech, health tech, consumer genetic, financial technology, and software and SaaS industries, as well as a number of leading venture capital firms. Anna has significant experience guiding clients through GDPR and CCPA compliance, and advising on model contract clauses, privacy policies, data processing agreements, and global privacy compliance strategies. She also advises on data privacy and security issues in venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and IPOs.

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