Angela is a Senior Associate in the London Technology, Media & Telecommunications and Data team.
Angela is a Senior Associate in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications and Data team. Angela advises clients across various sectors on a broad range of data protection and privacy matters and on commercial matters. She has experience working on various projects, including technology projects, mergers and acquisitions, and data protection compliance programmes including in relation to GDPR/UK GDPR compliance, data sharing, cross-border data transfers and data subject rights as well as issues arising from direct marketing and other related activities.
Prior to joining the firm, Angela worked as a senior lawyer at a FTSE 250 company. During her five years there, she advised on a wide variety of commercial agreements and was involved in many technology and business transformation projects as well as a number of strategic acquisitions and investments. Angela also frequently dealt with data protection queries from all areas of the business and from consumers, and often encountered novel commercial arrangements involving complex personal data relationships and transfers.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
Data Protection and Privacy
- a multinational technology conglomerate on the data protection aspects of its defence against a collective proceedings application to the Competition Appeal Tribunal
- an international examination organisation on its responses to a regulatory investigation into the processing of personal data in the context of examination results, with the investigation originally initiated by the Norwegian Data Protection Authority and subsequently transferring to the ICO as the appropriate lead supervisory authority at the time
- a social media networking app on its responses to a series of regulatory questions posed by the ICO in relation to the implementation of, and compliance with, regulatory codes of conduct
- a large state-owned commercial banking group in Asia on a global data compliance project
- a Fintech bank on a variety of complex and unusual queries with respect to the disclosure of data, including protected disclosure reports
Technology, Media and Telecommunications
- a global technology developer and operator in relation to the supply of its automated fulfilment technology and AI-powered software to customers
- a major global professional services firm on the design and implementation of a global vehicle, owned by its member firms, to acquire, develop and roll out a new global IT platform to member firms around the world
- a central body in the UK energy market on its data analysis activities and the use of industry data
- an electric vehicle charging solutions provider on its key partnership agreements with car manufacturers and mobile app operators
- a major Middle Eastern client on the strategic procurement and implementation of a new smart-city development, including advising on and drafting contracts relating to software development agreements and channel partner agreements
- an education technology start-up on its strategic commercial agreements for the development and provision of online education courses
- various clients on the data, IT and technology elements on corporate transactions across a range of sectors, including TSAs, due diligence exercises, and associated documentation on share and asset sale and acquisitions
