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Marianna Drake

Associate

London +44 20 7067 2387

  • About
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  • About

    Marianna Drake counsels leading multinational companies on some of their most complex regulatory, policy and compliance-related issues, including data privacy and AI regulation. She focuses her practice on compliance with UK, EU and global privacy frameworks, and new policy proposals and regulations relating to AI and data. She also advises clients on matters relating to children’s privacy, online safety and consumer protection and product safety laws.

    Her practice includes defending organizations in cross-border, contentious investigations and regulatory enforcement in the UK and EU Member States. Marianna also routinely partners with clients on the design of new products and services, drafting and negotiating privacy terms, developing privacy notices and consent forms, and helping clients design governance programs for the development and deployment of AI technologies.

    Marianna’s pro bono work includes providing data protection advice to UK-based human rights charities, and supporting a non-profit organization in conducting legal research for strategic litigation.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Practices and Industries
  • Representative Matters
    • Representing global technology companies in complex, cross-border investigations brought by EU data protection regulators concerning compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
    • Advising AI and leading technology clients on all aspects of GDPR compliance, including international data transfer arrangements, data subject rights requests, policy drafting and commercial contracts with data processors.
    • Advising leading technology industry clients on the data and consumer protection law implications of launching new products and services, including new types of retail experiences and biometric services both online and offline.
    • Advising leading technology clients on legislative proposals relating to AI, online content and safety, data governance, and online competition and data sharing.
    • Advising AI providers on the data protection law implications of collecting and processing large datasets (including facial biometrics and voice) to develop, provide, and improve their AI solutions, and on building governance structures for developing trustworthy AI.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Credentials
    Education
    • University of Oxford, M.Sc., 2019
        • Social Science of the Internet
    • The University of Law, L.P.C., 2019
        • Law, Business and Management
    • King's College London, LL.B., 2015
    Bar Admissions
    • Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
    Languages
    • French
    Pro Bono
    • Advised undocumented minors on UK immigration matters on behalf of client, Kids in Need of Defence (KIND).
    Accolades
    • Winner of the Oxford Internet Institute MSc Thesis Prize
    Memberships and Affiliations
    • British Screen Forum Future Leaders
    Previous Experience
    • Secondment to the in-house legal department of a global telecommunications company.
    • Policy and public affairs advisory role at The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment.
    • Blue Book Traineeship at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology.

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