Practical Guidance for European Privacy Laws: GDPR, ePrivacy, and Beyond

I am Fieldfisher’s US Managing Partner. I am a Foreign Legal Consultant registered with the State Bar of California.
I’m one of a few leading EU privacy and technology specialists based full time in Silicon Valley. My daily workload focusses on data compliance projects and EU technology transactions (particularly those with a disruptive component).

For 20 years I have been advising clients selling and buying technology and on the regulations that may impact these sales and solutions. I have particular expertise where cloud, digital and online technologies converge and leverage data in order to deliver value. I spend a lot of time helping US businesses understand and grow in European markets. I negotiate deals; help explain and comply with regulations and work to explain compliance in order to reduce friction in the contracting process.

With EU/US personal data exchanges so fundamental to US technology offerings, a large proportion of my time is spent assisting with large global data transfer projects, GDPR “readiness”, internal governance and accountability structures and on data protection risk management. I also know my way around Europe’s consumer and internet laws.

I’m a technology industry insider acting primarily for high-growth or large tech sector businesses. With so much reliance on technology across industries, I often draw on these skills as enterprises from other sectors look to deploy technology

Stephan is a partner at Fieldfisher in Hamburg with 12 years’ experience in technology law. Stephan advises clients from across the globe in privacy regulation, media regulation, unfair trade practices regulation and technology law matters, with a particular focus on the adtech industry and AI regulation. His clients include cloud service providers, household-brand social networks and review platforms, some of the world’s leading ad tech businesses and specialist software providers for regulated industries. He regularly represents his clients in courts, including the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.