Jim Koenig, Fenwick & West Jim Koenig, co-chair and partner with Fenwick & West. |

Fenwick & West partner Jim Koenig wants to reinvent how law firms help their clients.

In Koenig's view, it isn't enough to just help clients comply with specific privacy regulations or respond to cyber challenges. So he helped design Fenwick's Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, of which he is co-chair, into what he refers to as a “one-stop shop.” This shop employs legal and industry professionals to offer everything from security assessments to training to “privacy-by-design” product services. Fenwick attorneys even sit on some clients' product design councils.

With such a hands-on approach and clients like Facebook, Google and Uber, Koenig is at the forefront of consumer cybersecurity and privacy. But that is nothing new for the MIT graduate who helped co-found the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and was called upon to help companies comply with some of the earliest FTC privacy rulings.

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Koenig sat down with Legaltech News to discuss why he became a privacy attorney, his thoughts on FTC enforcement, and why he believes privacy is a cornerstone of modern innovation and business.