The Opportunities, The Issues
CEOs, other corporate officers and directors, and in-house counsel turn to our Global Data Innovation (GDI) team for advice on how to champion digital transformation in their organizations. They want to bring innovative data-centric products and services to market while mitigating the inherent security risks and contending with shifting, overlapping and often conflicting regulatory requirements.
We draw on our deep understanding of and worldwide work in cybersecurity and data privacy, vendor and supply chain management, technology and IP transactions, and antitrust and competition to help our clients unlock the enormous economic potential of collecting, analyzing and using data. In particular, we have experience advising on artificial intelligence, machine learning and autonomous technology—areas with a significant risk of data compromise given the massive amounts of data collected.
Tailored Advice
Each company is unique, so we provide advice tailored to each company and appropriate for the audience at the company.
Board-Focused
We work with board members to help them understand:
- How to handle data as a pre-tangible asset in our post-data world
- What questions to ask your CEO about data stewardship
- How to meet your fiduciary duty of oversight of data privacy/security
- What data regulators expect you to know about your company’s data
- What are the top issues for boards that we’ve identified through regulatory enforcement actions
- Which questions on privacy and data security you should ask before any M&A deal is consummated
C-Suite Leadership-Focused
For C-suite executives, we advise on:
- How to answer the key privacy questions that every corporate officer must be able to answer
- How to turn digital transformation into digital advantage
- How to motivate your production teams to adopt “privacy by design” and “defense in depth”
- How to protect your board with regular reporting on data management
- How to treat data like an asset
In-House Counsel-Focused
We ensure that in-house counsel has a keen understanding of:
- How to protect your company from legal pitfalls, including regulatory enforcement, litigation, and shareholder suits
- How to develop a comprehensive compliance program for all key areas of data management
- How to keep your corporate leadership updated on critical issues identified in data impact litigation
Officer-Focused, for CCOs, CDOs, CPOs, CTOs and CIOs
We advise corporate officers about:
- How to communicate the importance of trends to your C-suite and board
- How new issues are impacting data, illustrated with a heat map of issues customized for your business
- How to develop data champions in your institution
- How to anticipate and avoid regulatory/litigation risks that can take a company by surprise
