Alexander Milner-Smith

Practice Areas

Alexander is a partner, and co-head of Lewis Silkin’s Data & Privacy group. He works in three main areas: data & privacy; general employment law; and, sports law.

He advises some of the world’s leading companies on the adoption of global privacy strategies and on the full range of data protection/privacy issues including: data protection/privacy audits; data subject rights requests management; dealing with data breaches; handling Information Commissioner’s Office, and other regulatory queries/investigations (in the UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium amongst others); marketing/cookie issues; and, helping clients update their data protection/privacy practices in light of Brexit.

He holds the CIPP/E data protection/privacy accreditation from the IAPP and has spoken all over the world on data protection/privacy issues.

Alexander also deals with all general day-to-day employment queries and has significant expertise in advising on the practical implications of TUPE and on large scale redundancy/dismissal procedures.

He is also part of the Lewis Silkin Sports Law Group and has a varied practice encompassing many different areas of sports law.

Career

University of Oxford; Joined Lewis Silkin in 2009 from KLGates LLP, became partner in 2018.

Personal

History

Guitar