• Advising a user of web scraping technologies/services in relation to European privacy laws.
• Advising a not-for-profit focused on developing a new ecosystem operating under a paradigm of human autonomy and agency via computational systems on the EU White Paper regulating AI.

Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection

• Advising a variety of clients on navigating personal data breaches/cyber incidents, including on related reporting obligations in the UK and EU.
• Assisting a consumer-focused firm on implementing compliance with EU cookie laws.
• Advising a wide range of clients in relation to implementing supplementary measures or other amendments to their international data transfers post Schrems II.
• Advising entities involved in cross-border investigations in relation to transfer and disclosure of personal data and information.
• Assisting numerous clients with data sharing arrangements with supplier/vendor and other partners in compliance with European privacy laws.
• Assisting a nascent social media platform developer with European data protection laws.
• Advising a technology-driven communications solutions business in the financial sector on a contentious cybersecurity matter and related privacy issues.
• Assisting a multinational data centre provider in relation to cybersecurity and related contentious matters.
• Advising a multinational computer technology company on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and e-Privacy Directive matters.
• Acted for the management of a global retail company in relation to GDPR obligations in the context of internal and external investigations.
• Acted for an international nongovernmental organization (NGO) advising on GDPR compliant development of a new product/service.

International Disputes: Arbitration and Litigation

• Acted for a Scandinavian energy company in a high stakes dispute in the Middle East.
• Acted for an oil and gas independent in a hard-fought “bet the company” international arbitration, obtaining an arbitral award in favour of the company as well as rarely granted special relief in support of the arbitration from the English Court.
• Acted in highly technical litigation concerning the drilling of an exploratory well off the coast of West Africa.
• Represented a CIS telecom company concerning a $861 million litigation in the Isle of Man involving allegations of fraud and misappropriation of assets.
• Acted for PJSC Tatneft, Russia’s fifth biggest oil company, in a $380 million complex fraud claim against four Ukrainian high-net-worth individuals, including successfully obtaining a worldwide freezing injunction.
• Acted for the Renova Group, a leading business group with diverse investments, in a hotly contested $1 billion commercial litigation in the energy sector, defeating two separate appeals to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Court of Appeal.
• Advised a major energy company in relation to a dispute with a European state concerning discrimination and expropriation of a $2.65 billion inward investment in the energy sector, including advice as to proposed bilateral investment treaty (BIT) arbitration proceedings.
• Advised a global investment fund regarding disputes in relation to its exit from several investment vehicles holding extractive industries assets in Central Africa.
• Acted for VimpelCom, a telecoms company, in successfully defending a commercial court injunction (and related ad hoc arbitration), which would have prevented its $20 billion acquisition of Wind Telecom; the successful defence allowed for the completion of a transformative acquisition for the client, making it the sixth biggest mobile telecom company in the world.
• Acted for a Central American energy company in one of the biggest oil and gas related cases concerning the upgrade of the world’s largest production platform.