Jane Finlayson-Brown
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Jane Finlayson-Brown

Partner

Jane is Global Co-Head of Digital, Data, IP and Technology.

She is recognised as a Leading Partner for Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity (Legal 500) and her practice sits at the intersection of data protection, digital and data regulation more broadly (including AI regulation) and technology projects.

She regularly advises on projects that involve grey zone areas where there is a heightened privacy risk, where Jane helps our clients make strategic decisions. These projects often involve the use of data in AI powered consumer and business products and issues arising include the repurposing of data, profiling, AI, online safety, ad-tech and direct marketing. She helps some of our key clients make sensitive regulatory submissions, as well as advising them on regulatory investigations. She also advises on a wide range of other data protection issues such as data subject requests, data security breaches, data protection investigations, cross border data transfers, transfers of data to overseas regulators, customer relationship management, employee monitoring, data protection policies and procedures and website compliance issues.

Jane’s transactional practice includes helping clients with transformational digitalisation projects that often have the use of data at their core but which often also involve the implementation of AI and other new technologies or processes. She is a highly experienced contracts draftsperson and negotiator and regularly works with colleagues in our financial services, payments and fintech practices more broadly to execute transactions that involve regulated financial services components as well as data protection issues. She also works on large scale outsourcing, procurement, and technology projects across a range of sectors, acting for both customer and suppliers. She advises on IT projects as well as business process outsourcings.

Jane was previously awarded ""Best in Privacy and Data Protection"" at the European Women in Business Law Awards. She worked alongside her fellow partner, Ben Regnard-Weinrabe to write a chapter on the intersection of payments and data protection requirements for FinTech: Law and Regulation (Elgar Financial Law and Practice series) edited by Jelena Madir.

Expertise

Industries

Recognition

“Jane Finlayson-Brown is superb and leads a formidable team.”
(Legal 500 UK 2022, Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity)
“Jane Finlayson-Brown is responsive and a great relationship manager.”
(Legal 500 UK 2022, Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity)

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 1994

Academic

CPE, The College Of Law, York, 1991

Law Society Finals, The College Of Law, York, 1992

BA (Hons), Music, Pembroke College, Oxford University, 1997

Languages

English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.