Yann Padova

Wilson Sonsini

Partner

Yann Padova is a partner in the Brussels office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the firm’s data, privacy, and cybersecurity practice. He has extensive experience dealing with regulatory issues being a former regulator himself (Secretary general of the French CNIL and strategic advisor of the UK ICO). Yann has also assisted numerous businesses with complex and innovative projects involving new technologies (ethics of algorithm, data and AI governance, biometrics, profiling, e-discovery procedures, Sandbox eligibility etc.).



Yann advises on enforcement and sanction proceeding by regulators within the EU. He also works with large companies on problems linked to cybercrime, internal investigation and security breach notification matters in multijurisdictional environments. Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini in 2023, Yann was a partner in the information technology group and head of the data protection practice at Baker McKenzie in France.



In November 2017, he was appointed “Country Leader” by the IAPP.

 

Contributions by Yann Padova

  • Is European Tech Sovereignty Possible, Desirable and Achievable?
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2025
  • Simplifying the Complex: Europe's Path to Responsible Innovation
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2025
  • The New Horizon of Fragmentation
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2024
  • Who is Going to Regulate AI and How?
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2024
  • Practitioner's Guide to AI Governance: Insights from Legal, AI & Privacy Leaders
    Speaker at AI Governance Global 2024
  • Data Governance in Compliance with Privacy
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2023
  • Séance de cloture
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: France 2023
  • Perspective mondiales : ce qui se passe ailleurs en matière de vie privée
    Moderator at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: France 2023
  • Privacy as VIP: How to Make It Staff Friendly Through Trainings and Exercises
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: France 2023
  • Closing General Session
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: France 2023
  • Séance inaugurale
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: France 2023
  • Opening General Session
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: France 2023
  • Enforcement in Europe from the Angle of National Case Law
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2022
  • Notes from the IAPP Europe, 27 May 2022
    Europe Data Protection Digest
  • Session générale finale
    Moderator at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: France 2022
  • Opening General Session
    Moderator at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: France 2022
  • Session générale d’ouverture
    Moderator at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: France 2022
  • International Data Transfer Compliance – Experiences, Tips & Tricks
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2021
  • Notes from the IAPP Europe, 28 May 2021
    Europe Data Protection Digest
  • Le RGPD, Trois Ans Après: Bilan et tendances
    Speaker at Virtual France KnowledgeNet: 25 May 2021
  • Gestion des fournisseurs — Tour d’horizon pratique
    Web Conference Speaker