Yann Padova
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.