Jane Finlayson-Brown

Recent experience includes advising:

A multinational media organisation in connection with the acquisition of a business centered on a database which contained sensitive personal data in relation to the complex and sensitive data protection issues which arose.

A major global bank on a global data protection project which involved cross-border data transfer between 57 jurisdictions spanning the United States and Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa and Asia Pacific. We provided advice, across our global network of offices, in relation to compliance with local laws and regulations relating to data protection and privacy, bank secrecy and outsourcing.

A variety of major corporates on their data protection compliance projects.

A major investment bank in connection with its receipt of U.S. subpoenas. The bank was required to produce documents from its offices around the world in relation to an investigation in the U.S. We provided advice across their international network on how to comply with the subpoenas whilst remaining in compliance with local data protection laws, customer confidentiality and privacy rights of employees.

A major UK-based bank on the production of documents as part of a major disclosure exercise in Enron litigation in the U.S., including advising on data protection, customer and counterparty confidentiality, privilege and employee privacy probabilities on production as well as organising the review, redaction and production of numerous documents.

Various clients on data protection issues arising out of security breach or potential security breach incidents, including a global media company, and an international handset manufacturer.

A number of customers and suppliers on the data protection aspects of their outsourcing agreements.

A U.S. investment bank on the data protection aspects of outsourcing of data processing services to India and the drafting of contracts relating to this.

A variety of major corporates on their data protection compliance projects.

Several U.S.-based international companies on the implementation of intra-group model agreements.

A U.S. based international bank on the privacy aspects relating to client employee debit and credit cards.

Jane is recognised as a Leading Individual for Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity (Legal 500) and was awarded “Best in Privacy and Data Protection’ at the 2020 European Women in Business Law Awards.