Sarah Pearce is a partner with Hunton Andrews Kurth. Her practice covers a broad range of data privacy and data security issues in the UK and across Europe. Sarah assists clients in identifying, evaluating and managing global privacy and information security risks and compliance issues. Ranked by Chambers UK, she has experience advising clients on privacy and data protection compliance issues, including those associated with international data transfers, conducting privacy impact assessments, and risk management associated with the collection and use of data (particularly in the context of leading-edge technologies, such as AI and machine learning) and marketing-related issues. Sarah also advises clients on cybersecurity incident response and associated regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings.  

With a broad background in commercial contracts, Sarah routinely advises clients on the privacy and data security provisions of complex commercial and technology-related contracts, as well as those arising in the context of corporate transactions. While her primary focus is privacy and cybersecurity matters, Sarah also has experience working on technology transactions, including supply, distribution, licensing and outsourcing arrangements, consumer rights and e-commerce-related matters. Sarah is a frequent author and speaker at international conferences on related privacy and cybersecurity issues. She received her LPC from The University of Law, Guildford, and her LLB from King’s College London, The Dickson Poon School of Law.