Neil is Of Counsel in our Digital Business group in London.
Neil advises on regulatory issues and commercial transactions across a wide range of industry sectors, including financial institutions, technology, telecoms, and life sciences. He is a specialist in data protection and cybersecurity compliance and other aspects of digital regulation.
Neil's experience includes advising:
- a major banking group on the full range of data protection and privacy compliance matters
- a global pharmaceutical and biotechnology group on a study of its privacy governance framework, AI law issues and other regulatory matters
- a leading Internet exchange operator on commercial and regulatory matters related to its UK operations and internal expansion
- a financial services business on legal and regulatory issues related to the launch of a novel salary finance solution
- an international banking group on the procurement of a technology stack to support the launch of the world's first digital Islamic bank
- a leading UK pensions business on its response to a cybersecurity incident affecting a major outsourced IT service provider
- a US-based pharmaceuticals business on compliance with UK data protection laws
- on the creation of regulatory obligations trackers on behalf of an international banking group
- a global energy business on the procurement of a charge point management system and related services
- other major businesses on:
- compliance in the context of data breaches and complex data subject access requests
- outsourcings and other procurements, including agreements for data management services, edge-to-cloud platform services, and other combinations of software, hardware, and services
Neil is co-contributing editor to the UK chapter of Getting the Deal Through: Cybersecurity 2024 (and earlier editions).
Earlier in his career, Neil spent several years with our UAE office, where he supported local and international clients doing business across the Middle East.
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