Ed Hayes

Experience

• Managing all legal aspects of a global financial services provider's GDPR compliance programme – from creation of registers of processing, to identification and remediation of compliance gaps, the roll-out of updated client contract templates and privacy policies, the re-negotiation of 1000s of client contracts, and the update of privacy impact assessment and subject access request processes.
• Advising a global retailer on £50m of IT services contracts  associated with a complete re-platforming, support and maintenance, and ongoing development of its e-commerce arrangements.
• Reviewing and updating regulatory compliance policies and procedures on consumer protection (including product recall), anti-bribery and corruption, financial crime, competition/anti-trust law, data protection, IT security, and corporate governance, for a global retailer, and rolling out and delivering a training programme for 1000+ global employees.
• Advising on all IT contracts associated with the integration two companies' IT systems following an acquisition, including overseeing novations, assignments, terminations and re-negotiation of contracts.