Managing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) After a Cybersecurity Data Breach

Patrick Van Eecke is head of Cooley’s European cyber/data/privacy practice and vice chair of its global c/d/p practice. Patrick has more than 25 years of experience guiding clients on complex issues spanning data protection, cyber, consumer protection, advertising and electronic signatures. He advises startups, scaleups and multinationals in diverse industry sectors, from technology and life sciences, to communications, entertainment, retail and consumer products. He also has significant experience representing telecommunications companies, internet service providers, software developers, governments and companies using IT-related services. Patrick is also involved in diverse consulting projects for the European Commission, national governments and multinational global corporations.

C?dric Burton co-chairs Wilson Sonsini's global privacy and cybersecurity practice and is the managing partner of the firm's Brussels office. He also leads the EU data regulatory practice.
C?dric has nearly 20 years of experience assisting technology clients on all matters related to privacy and data protection and cyber security. He helps clients navigate data protection regulations, balancing their business needs and market practice with legal requirements and regulators' enforcement priorities. By doing this, C?dric helps clients innovate and grow while mitigating the risks related to data protection law. Over the years, C?dric has developed a unique expertise, representing companies in high-stakes and complex regulatory investigations in Europe and throughout the world.

Jenny has long-standing experience in data protection, privacy and cybersecurity matters and is a CIPP/E. She advises multinational clients, including those developing, deploying and investing in ML/AI technologies, on related UK and European Union (EU) legislation and regulation. Her practice includes assisting clients who operationalize innovative technologies such as facial recognition.
In addition, Jenny represents a wide range of clients in high-value, complex international arbitrations under most of the main arbitral rules. She also acts in top end, intricate cross-border commercial litigations in the English High Court and, in conjunction with local counsel, in off-shore jurisdictions. The international disputes she handles cover the Middle East, Africa, Scandinavia, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Eastern Europe and Russia.
Jenny is named “key lawyer” in international arbitration (2022–2024), commercial litigation (2019–2024) and civil fraud (2019-2024) in The Legal 500 UK “with particular expertise in technology disputes as well as cyber and privacy issues”. Other recognitions include “Rising Star” in international arbitration and commercial litigation in The Legal 500 UK 2024, as well as Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Europe Women in Business Law Awards 2017. Jenny’s client testimonials recognize her as “a safe pair of hands, and works tirelessly (often behind the scene) to ensure many different parts of the case move together towards the desired outcome.” She is also ranked in Chambers Global for cross border disputes (2014-2018) and as a UK-based foreign expert in dispute resolution matters relating to Russia (2014-2018).