Bio

Robert Blamires, in the Privacy & Cyber and Data & Technology Transactions Practices, provides counseling and transactional support on cutting-edge regulatory compliance. Mr. Blamires focuses in particular on data privacy, consumer protection, and payments, along with related IT/IP contracts and other transactional matters, and associated cross-border and multijurisdictional issues. He also regularly advises on proactive and reactive data security incident response, including managing suspected or actual breaches. Mr. Blamires leverages profound insight into the priorities and demands of in-house counsel gleaned from secondments at several leading technology companies, both in the San Francisco Bay Area and in London. He also has a deep understanding of European regulatory enforcement, having spent two years on secondment at the UK’s consumer protection regulatory agency.