Docherty, Calum

Calum Docherty

Associate

calum.docherty@lw.com
    Docherty, Calum

    Calum Docherty

    Associate

    calum.docherty@lw.com
    "Fast and has deep knowledge of privacy matters."

    Chambers UK 2025

    "Calum is a pleasure to work with."

    Chambers UK 2025

    Associate to Watch – Data Protection & Information Law

    Chambers UK 2025

    "Excellent technical expertise and strong commercial awareness. He is a trusted, dedicated and reliable adviser."

    Chambers UK 2024

    "Great communication and drafting skills."

    Chambers UK 2024

    "A highly commercial lawyer and he understands the art of winning a deal."

    Chambers UK 2023

    "Calum Docherty is always very responsive and puts in the additional effort to understand our business and how we approach data protection issues."

    Chambers UK 2023

    "He is a very practical lawyer…showing the right balance between ensuring protection of the client and getting the deal done."

    The Legal 500 UK 2023

    "He is one of the most dedicated professionals I have worked with and is willing to go the extra mile to help you when needed."

    Chambers UK 2022

    Profile

    Calum Docherty advises market-leading clients on complex technology and data issues, with a particular focus on data protection and information law, artificial intelligence, and digital regulation.

    Dual-qualified in England & Wales and California, Calum draws on a sophisticated understanding of the global regulatory landscape to counsel clients on multijurisdictional data protection, e-privacy, and cybersecurity matters involving:

    • Product design
    • Data transfers
    • Online advertising
    • Data breaches and security incidents
    • Data protection disputes, primarily under UK/EU, US, and Middle East regimes

    He also provides strategic advice on regulatory requirements relating to developing and deploying AI, digital services, consumer protection, and online safety, including the EU AI Act, EU Digital Services Act (DSA) and UK Online Safety Act (OSA).

    Calum helps clients implement business strategies that involve large-scale data use and takes a commercial approach to crafting strategic global compliance programs. He also regularly advises deal teams on privacy, cyber, AI, and other data-related matters in the context of M&A and capital markets transactions.

    Before joining Latham, Calum spent two years working on Google’s public affairs team in Mountain View, California, and Singapore. 

    Experience

    Calum’s experience includes advising:

    Privacy and Cybersecurity

    • A significant social media company on Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Data Protection Commission (DPC) investigations into its data protection compliance practices in the UK and EU
    • A global technology company on its:
      • Global privacy compliance program for its product launches, including cloud services, social media communications, and gaming products, with a focus on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and data protection compliance in Asia
      • Telecommunications and payments regulatory compliance for various product offerings
    • A prominent international gaming and retail company on GDPR compliance
    • A multinational company on data breach response strategy in 40+ jurisdictions
    • Several clients on contentious data subject requests
    • A sovereign wealth fund on multiple ultra-high-tech megaprojects on developing its data privacy and cybersecurity laws
    • Several issuers and underwriters on privacy issues arising from initial public offerings
    • A multinational client on global data privacy and cybersecurity issues, including breach response

    AI and Digital Regulation

    • A software company on launching its AI governance program
    • Leading companies in the social media, gaming, finance and technologies sectors on compliance with the EU AI Act, DSA, and OSA
    • A global digital business services company on acquiring AI assets and on compliance measures for its AI strategy
    • A gatekeeper on the privacy implications of complying with the EU Digital Markets Act
    • An online platform on its product strategy in relation to the DSA and OSA

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • California
    • England and Wales (Solicitor)

    Education

    • Master of Law, University of Cambridge, 2014
    • Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School, 2012
    • Graduate Diploma in Law, City University of London, 2011
    • BA in Government, Harvard University, 2007

    Practices

    Industries

    Recognition

    Badges and Logos_Law360_Fintech Group of the Year_2024
    February 20, 2025 Recognition

    Fintech Group of the Year: Latham

    Firm honored by Law360 for advising startups, financial institutions, VCs, digital asset and Web3 participants, and corporations on their most innovative and complex transactions, investigations, litigation, and regulatory matters.

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