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Jonathan Palmer

Senior Associate

Jonathan is a Senior Associate in our dedicated Privacy, Data Protection and Cybersecurity team and advises international clients across multiple sectors, including TMT, retail, transport, hospitality & leisure and industrials. 

Jonathan's practice is deliberately international in focus, aimed at helping multinational clients develop global privacy compliance programmes that not only meet established privacy law requirements (such as the EU's GDPR), but also those of new emerging privacy laws across the globe. Jonathan works particularly closely with colleagues across the UK, US, Europe and APAC to support clients in delivery of new data-reliant services/products to new international markets and support with associated privacy compliance issues. 

Jonathan's recent experience includes:

  • providing cutting edge privacy advice in connection with Web3 and the metaverse;  
  • development of a global privacy incident response process for a multinational Fortune 50 technology and media company, providing key strategic value and knowledge;
  • advising multiple multinational clients on their global data privacy compliance strategies and assisting with adapting internal and external facing policies/procedures for emerging data protection laws in non-EEA jurisdictions;
  • advising a global technology and media company on the integration of customer data (the key asset to its business) across multiple strategic acquisitions;  
  • guiding a large retail client on the interplay between UK and EU data protection laws in connection its complex direct marketing and cross-selling practices following migration to a new CRM provider; 
  • advising an international hospitality & leisure client on data collection/minimisation requirements across their customer base, including sensitive data collection;
  • drafting and agreeing data transfer and data sharing/processing agreements for large multinational corporations; and
  • assisting clients responding to data security breaches, including large-scale multijurisdictional breaches.

Recent experience includes:

  • providing cutting edge privacy advice in connection with Web3 and the metaverse;  
  • development of a global privacy incident response process for a multinational Fortune 50 technology and media company, providing key strategic value and knowledge;
  • advising multiple multinational clients on their global data privacy compliance strategies and assisting with adapting internal and external facing policies/procedures for emerging data protection laws in non-EEA jurisdictions;
  • advising a global technology and media company on the integration of customer data (a key asset to its business) across multiple strategic acquisitions;  
  • guiding a large retail client on the interplay between UK and EU data protection laws in connection its complex direct marketing and cross-selling practices following migration to a new CRM provider; 
  • advising an international hospitality & leisure client on data collection/minimisation requirements across their customer base, including sensitive data collection;
  • drafting and agreeing data transfer and data sharing/processing agreements for large multinational corporations; and
  • assisting clients responding to data security breaches, including large-scale multijurisdictional breaches.
  • Member of team ranked in Tier 2 for Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity - London, in the Legal 500 United Kingdom 2022. 
  • Member of team ranked in Band 3 for Data Protection & Information Law - UK-wide, in the Chambers UK 2022 Guide.
  • Eversheds Sutherland CCPG Client Excellence Award (February 2021).
  • Completed training contract with DLA Piper
  • Qualified as a Solicitor in September 2017
  • Read law at the University of Cambridge from 2010 - 2013
Jonathan Palmer

Senior Associate

Jonathan Palmer

Senior Associate

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