Davinia Brennan
Associate
A&L Goodbody

Davinia Brennan is an Associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution department at A&L Goodbody.  She  specialises in data protection, freedom of information and access to information on the environment.  Davinia has advised both domestic and international clients on a variety of data protection issues, such as data subject access requests, data security issues, consent and record retention matters.  Davinia has published widely on a range of LDR matters, in particular on IP and IT law.

Kate Brimsted
Of Counsel
Hunton & Williams

Kate Brimsted is a Of Counsel in Herbert Smith's Intellectual Property Group and has specialised in Data Protection and Privacy law for nearly a decade.

She regularly advises clients in the UK, continental Europe and North America on a wide variety of data protection matters, such as whistleblowing schemes, international data transfer solutions, subject access requests in high value disputes, release of personal data in the context of regulatory investigations, internal privacy and IT security policies and risk analysis in corporate acquisitions and disposals.

Kate is a leading expert on Data Protection and Privacy law at Herbert Smith, a founding member and coordinator of the firm's Data Privacy Group and is a regular contributor to a wide spectrum of professional journals on topical Data Protection and Privacy, IP and IT issues.

She is a solicitor advocate and an experienced conference speaker. Kate regularly designs and presents bespoke professional training for clients on information law.

Richard Jones
Director
Clifford Chance

Richard Jones is the Director of Data Privacy at the global law firm Clifford Chance. He is based in London and coordinates the firm’s global data privacy and management practice.

Richard specialises in data protection and other similar projects which raise issues across multiple jurisdictions and/or legal or regulatory areas and has a particular focus on work in the financial services sector.

Richard is co-author of the data protection chapter of Sweet & Maxwell’s Encyclopaedia of Employment Law

Monika Kuschewsky
Partner
Covington & Burling LLP

Monika Kuschewsky is special counsel in the Covington & Burling LLP Brussels office with more than ten years in private practice, where she specialises in data protection law. Monika is a member of the firm’s Global Privacy & Data Security practice. A German Rechtsanwältin, she has broad experience in a wide range of data protection matters which are relevant to global companies, both from a pan-European and German perspective, with a particular focus on international data transfers, outsourcing, HR and direct marketing, as well as multi-jurisdictional audits and compliance programmes. Ms. Kuschewsky also advises on the data protection implications of the use of new technologies and practices, such as Bring Your Own Device, cloud computing, geolocation services, cookies and social networks. She is a is qualified as a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) and Betrieblicher Datenschutzbeauftragter (company data protection officer) (GDDcert.)

Stephanie Pritchett
Solicitor and Principal
Pritchetts Law

Stephanie Pritchett is a Solicitor and Principal of Pritchetts, a specialist data protection and privacy law firm.
She advises a wide range of both private and public sector clients on all aspects of data protection, freedom of information and privacy law.
This has included advising on data protection and data retention audits, implementing internal compliance programmes and policies, compliant transfer of data in and outside the EEA, buying and selling of databases, marketing and website compliance, data security, use of CCTV and dealing with subject access requests as well as on the interaction between FOI and data protection legislation.

Sian Rudgard
Director
Field Fisher Waterhouse

Bridget Treacy
Partner
Hunton & Williams

Bridget Treacy leads the UK Data Protection and Outsourcing practice at international law firm Hunton & Williams. She has built considerable expertise in advising on domestic and international data protection issues, particularly in the context of cross-border outsourcing and technology transactions.

Bridget's transactional background has ensured that her data protection advice to clients is centred on achieving practical, rather than merely theoretical, solutions to their privacy issues.