Bridget Treacy,
partner
Hunton & Williams

Bridget Treacy leads the UK data protection and outsourcing practice at international law firm Hunton & Williams. She advises on domestic and international data protection issues, particularly cross-border outsourcing and technology transactions. Bridget also advises on US safe harbour registration, binding corporate rules, data breach issues and wider information management projects, particularly for businesses in the financial services sector.

Bridget's transactional background ensures that her data protection advice to clients is focused on achieving practical, rather than merely theoretical, solutions to their privacy issues. She is ranked in the Chambers Guide for 2008 for both her privacy and outsourcing expertise, with clients noting that her team are "willing to give a view and have all the attributes that are important for in-house lawyers looking for external advice." Her clients further commented: "She has real insight into how the regulators think, so we know we can rely on her gut instincts as to the best approach to take."