Ieuan Jolly

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Partner and Chair, Data Solutions

With experience spanning three continents, Ieuan Jolly has been globally recognized as one of the data and tech industry’s foremost legal experts. In the U.S., The National Law Journal recognized him as one of the nations “Regulatory & Compliance Trailblazers”, observing that “If there is a pioneering deal involving data assets, Jolly is usually involved, or has blazed a trail for it to happen.” In Europe, he was inducted into The Legal 500’s Hall of Fame as a “Leading Technology & Data Protection Lawyer”; and he has been singled out in Chambers Global, The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business. His extensive data privacy experience was highlighted by Crain's New York Business, which described Ieuan as “part of a small cadre of people shaping global privacy law.”



Ieuan works at the intersection of data and technology for companies in high growth, innovation-driven markets and for traditional businesses embracing digital transformation. His combined experience of mastering the intricacies of global privacy compliance, counseling on cybersecurity breaches and guiding the data and privacy aspects of corporate mergers, acquisitions and alliances, enables him to take a strategic commercial approach to providing a comprehensive set of data solutions. He is also regularly involved in corporate transactions assessing the valuation and vulnerabilities of data-rich companies in the context of capital markets transactions, strategic investments and working with VCs, funds and private equity companies on growth and exit strategies.

 

Contributions by Ieuan Jolly

  • Cost-effective Compliance: Leveraging GDPR Efforts for New US Privacy Laws
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2023
  • Privacy Gains — How to Sell Compliance as an Asset Not a Cost Center
    Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2022