Privacy in M&A Transactions Playbook

Additional Insights

• Privacy in M&A – Practices and Trends (Video)

This report is directed to M&A teams and privacy teams alike. For M&A team members, it is a chance to broaden their knowledge to help identify potential privacy-related issues themselves (especially if a privacy specialist is not brought over the wall). Privacy team members will learn how to navigate the M&A process and add value as an essential stakeholder.

Given the emphasis on the importance of privacy in data-centric transactions, consideration of data protection and other associated issues in an M&A context is essential. However, unlike employment or IP matters, teams may lack well-established precedents for how to approach privacy risks that arise in M&A.

This report aims to address this need by consolidating experiences and learnings to date in this domain. It is not intended to be a legal document that sets mandatory policy. It contains some suggestions and examples based on past experiences; therefore, it is designed as an information and training tool.