Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has announced that Amy de La Lama has joined as a partner to lead the firm’s global Data Privacy & Cyber Security Team, within its corporate and finance transactions department. She will be resident in the firm’s Boulder, Colorado, office, leading BCLP’s team of data privacy advisers in the United States, Europe and other countries around the globe where BCLP has offices.

De La Lama joins from Baker & McKenzie, where she specialized in global privacy, data security and cyber security. She provides advice to a wide range of multinational pharmaceutical and medical device companies, retail companies, online businesses, B2B companies, and other types of organizations regarding these issues. She has broad experience guiding clients through the development and implementation of broad-based privacy compliance programs as well as advising clients on GDPR and similar global privacy laws in addition to CCPA, HIPAA and other US privacy law issues. She also provides guidance on breach notification preparedness and response and assists clients in addressing federal, state and global breach notification requirements and responding to related inquiries from government agencies and other parties.

A frequent author on data protection and data breach issues, de La Lama is a certified information privacy practitioner.

“I’m thrilled to be joining BCLP’s corporate and finance transactions group, and especially to lead the global Data Privacy & Cyber Security Team, where there is tremendous potential for growth and development,” de La Lama said.

“Amy’s background and experience really stand out in the data privacy field, and we are thrilled to welcome her to the firm,” said Partner Stephanie Hosler, global department leader of the corporate and finance transactions department. “Data privacy and cyber security issues continue to be front of mind for so many of our clients across multiple sectors in the United States, Europe and around the world. We look forward to Amy’s leadership moving forward.”