International law firm Bird & Bird has been ranked as the leading global law firm for Data, Telecoms, Media & Entertainment by Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) 2024, an annual analysis of the world’s leading lawyers.
Bird & Bird secured the highest number of rankings in Lexology Index’s analysis of leading lawyers for Data, which is now a combined category including data privacy and protection, data security, and information technology, with 74 listings. Bird & Bird also scored highly for Telecoms, Media & Entertainment, with 20 experts listed. Our growing Space & Satellite practice was also recognised with individual rankings secured in France.
Legal experts from 14 Bird & Bird jurisdictions feature in the latest guide.
The Lexology Index research methodology is “we gather first-hand experience of working with nominees in the industry or practice area, and ground it with continuous quantitative analysis of a range of relevant data points to ensure a rigorous evaluation framework, consistently applied”.
Australia
Shane Barber (Telecoms & Media)
Thomas Jones (Telecoms & Media)
Belgium
Benoit Van Asbroeck (Data Privacy & Protection/Information Technology/Telecoms & Media)
Hein Hobbelen (Telecoms & Media)
China
Gigi Cheah (Data Privacy & Protection/Information Technology/Data Security)
Czech Republic
Vojtěch Chloupek (Data Privacy & Protection/Information Technology)
Denmark
Jan Ussing Andersen (Information Technology/Telecoms & Media)
Jesper Langemark (Data Privacy & Protection/Information Technology/Data Security)
Lau Normann Jørgensen (Information Technology)
Martin von Haller Grønbæk (Information Technology/Data Security)
Morten Rosenmejer (Entertainment)
England
Alex Dixie (Telecoms & Media)
Frederique Dupuis-Toubol (Information Technology/Telecoms & Media)
Gabriel Voisin (Data Privacy & Protection/Data Security)
Graeme Maguire (Telecoms & Media)
Graham Smith (Data Privacy & Protection/Information Technology/Data Security/Telecoms & Media)
Michelle Chan (Information Technology/Telecoms & Media)
Phil Sherrell (Telecoms & Media)
Roger Bickerstaff (Information Technology)
Ronald Hendrikx (Telecoms & Media)
Ruth Boardman (Data Privacy & Protection - Global Elite Thought Leader)
Simon Shooter (Information Technology)
Finland
Pekka Takki (Information Technology/Telecoms & Media)
Pia Ek (Data Privacy & Protection/Information Technology/Data Security/Telecoms & Media)
Sakari Halonen (Information Technology)
Tobias Brautigam (Data Privacy & Protection)
France
Ariane Mole (Data Privacy & Protection/Information Technology)
Jean-Claude Vecchiatto (Space & Satellites)
Stéphane Leriche (Data Privacy & Protection/Information Technology)
Willy Mikalef (Space & Satellites)
Germany
Fabian Neimann (Data Privacy & Protection/Information Technology/Data Security)
Dr. Henriette Picot (Data Privacy & Protection/Information Technology/Data Security)
Jörg-Alexander Paul (Data Privacy & Protection/Information Technology)
Lennart Schüßler (Information Technology)
Simon Assion (Telecoms & Media)
Sven-Erik Heun (Data Privacy & Protection/Information Technology/Space & Satellites/Telecoms & Media – Thought Leader)
Valerian Jenny (Telecoms & Media)
Ireland
Deirdre Kilroy (Information Technology)
Italy
Adriano D'Ottavio (Data Privacy & Protection/Data Security)
Massimiliano Mostardini (Information Technology/Telecoms & Media)
Netherlands
Jeroen van der Lee (Information Technology)
Marjolein Geus (Telecoms & Media)
Paul Waszink (Telecoms & Media)
Roelien van Neck (Information Technology)
Poland
Izabela Kowalczuk-Pakula (Data Privacy & Protection)
Tomasz Zalewski (Information Technology/Data Security)
Singapore
Jeremy Tan (Data Privacy & Protection)
United Arab Emirates
Nick O'Connell (Data Privacy & Protection/Information Technology)
