2025 Speakers
Paul Lanois, Director, Fieldfisher / Legal SIG Chair
Paul is a European technology and privacy professional at Fieldfisher and an attorney admitted to the bar in California, New York, the District of Columbia (DC) and the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). He is also an Adjunct Faculty at UC Law SF (previously known as UC Hastings). His practice focuses on advising companies on data privacy and cybersecurity matters drawing on my international experience, having lived and worked in the United Kingdom, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Hong Kong and the United States. Paul helps companies – ranging from startups to large Fortune 500 multinationals across a range of industries – to develop data protection and privacy strategies for new products and services. He advises clients on complying with evolving global privacy and data protection laws, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the ePrivacy Directive, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) / California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and similar data privacy laws passed in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and Utah. In particular, he advises clients in relation to their cutting-edge B2B and B2C offerings, such as connected products and services (Internet of Things) including virtual reality, mobile apps (including augmented reality apps), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) as well as cloud-based integrations. Paul also advises on cybersecurity matters, including on data breaches and incident response, risk assessments, policy development and compliance with industry standards, such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). He coordinates large projects spanning privacy law requirements in a large number of countries to provide clients with a consolidated advice that is practical and actionable. In 2018, he was selected for inclusion on the list of arbitrators developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the EU Commission and the Swiss Federal Administration as part of the Privacy Shield Framework Binding Arbitration Program. Before joining Fieldfisher, Paul was Vice President and senior legal counsel at a leading international bank, Credit Suisse, at its headquarters in Switzerland as well as its Hong Kong office. Before that, he worked on technology transactions at large international law firms in London (UK) and Luxembourg, and was an Associate Professor at the University of Cergy-Pontoise Law School in France.