Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Expands Global Privacy & Data Security Practice

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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Expands

Global Privacy & Data Security Practice

PR Newswire

PALO ALTO, California, and BRUSSELS, July 3, 2012

-- Christopher Kuner Joins the Firm's Brussels Office --

PALO ALTO, California

, and

BRUSSELS

,

July 3, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- Wilson

Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology,

life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, today announced that

Christopher Kuner has become a Senior Of Counsel at the firm. A renowned

expert on European Union privacy and data protection regulation, Kuner was

formerly a partner at Hunton & Williams. He will be based in the firm's

Brussels

office.

"Chris is an accomplished and well-respected attorney with a prolific knowledge

of EU regulatory law and superb contacts with data protection regulators

around the world," said co-managing partner Douglas Clark. "He will strengthen

the firm's ability to provide counsel in the critical area of global data protection

and privacy compliance, a rapidly changing field that is of increasing concern

for our clients. We are very pleased to welcome him to the firm and know that

he will be a considerable asset to our highly regarded privacy practice."

"We are delighted to have Chris join our growing team," said Michael Rosenthal,

who oversees the firm's

Brussels

office, which was established in 2011. "We

have a terrific antitrust practice in place, and the addition of Chris's privacy

practice allows us to offer a valuable portfolio of highly relevant EU legal

services to our clients."

In his more than 15 years of practicing data protection and EU regulatory law,

Kuner has represented clients in numerous dealings with the European

Commission, the Article 29 Working Party, and European and national data

protection authorities. He also successfully negotiated the EC's landmark

adequacy decisions regarding the standard contractual clauses for controller-

to-controller and controller-to-processor transfers, and has drafted a binding

corporate rules (BCRs) application checklist approved by the Article 29 Working

Party. In addition, he has assisted multinational clients in complying with the

requirements of European data protection law, such as drafting data transfer

agreements, joining the U.S. safe harbor system, adopting BCRs, dealing with

employee data issues, and performing data security audits.

In addition to his work with clients, Kuner has been highly active in business

associations, and serves as chairman of the Task Force on Privacy and the

Protection of Personal Data of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in

Paris

. He is also involved in leading international organizations dealing with

privacy issues, such as the Council of

Europe

and the Organisation for

Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). He is a frequent speaker and

author on data protection and privacy topics and serves as the editor-in-chief of

International Data Privacy Law,

a journal published by Oxford University Press.

He also has served as a visiting fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute and, most

recently, as a visiting lecturer and fellow at Cambridge University.

Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Kuner was a partner in the

Brussels

office of Hunton & Williams. Earlier in his career, he worked in the

Brussels

office of Morrison & Foerster and in the

Frankfurt

and

Stuttgart

offices

of German law firm Gleiss Lutz. He received his LL.M. in international legal

studies from the New York University School of Law in 1991, a J.D. from Notre

Dame Law School in 1984, and a B.A. in classics from Lawrence University in

1980.

About the Firm's Privacy & Data Security Practice

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's privacy and data security attorneys,

including Lydia Parnes, the former director of the U.S. Federal Trade

Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, were among the first to focus on

privacy and information governance as a discrete and specialized practice. Our

deep bench of attorneys has advised hundreds of companies on all aspects of

privacy and data security law, both in

the United States

and abroad, and serves

myriad industries, including online services, software, digital media and

entertainment, e-commerce, and life sciences. Among many other matters, our

attorneys have conducted comprehensive company-wide privacy audits,

implemented regulatory compliance programs, spearheaded multi-pronged

responses to computer security and data breaches, and resolved complex

domestic and international e-commerce issues. We also have offered strategic

advice to businesses on all manner of issues related to advertising and

marketing practices and consumer protection. In addition, our attorneys

successfully have defended clients facing government investigations,

enforcement actions, and litigation, often involving bet-the-company matters.

About Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

For more than 50 years, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has offered a broad

range of services and legal disciplines focused on serving the principal

challenges faced by the management and boards of directors of business

enterprises. The firm is nationally recognized as a leader in the fields of

corporate governance and finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity,

securities litigation, employment law, intellectual property, and antitrust,

among many other areas of law. With long-standing roots in Silicon Valley,

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has offices in

Austin

;

Brussels

;

Georgetown,

DE

;

Hong Kong

;

New York

;

Palo Alto

;

San Diego

;

San Francisco

;

Seattle

;

Shanghai

; and

Washington, D.C.

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