Claire Edwards

Pinsent Masons

Claire Edwards made partner at Pinsent Masons in 2017 and was appointed as head of data protection and information law just a year later. Last year, she captured work for a number of government departments and public bodies to provide data advice on key strategic projects, as well as for corporations.

Working with Ladbrokes, Edwards and her team developed a solution that made the process of subject access requests more efficient for the betting company, which was then picked up for some of the firm’s other clients such as construction conglomerate Hanson, and was also used on subject access requests raised as part of employment claims for Mondelez and BAM, for example.

Alongside her public sector and government-related work, Edwards’ practice includes advising clients such as LK Bennett and Manchester Airport on a range of matters from digital campaigns and customer marketing, to international transfers, handling infringements and the data side of innovative tech.

This year, she will continue leading data protection work for Tesco, as well as giving advice on the same issues for aHonda in relation to its autonomous vehicles. To deal with the increase of work, Edwards brought in two new senior lawyers to her team.