Claudia Sousa is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Data & Technology Transactions Practice.
Ms. Sousa advises clients across a range of sectors including private equity, financial services, social media, entertainment, sports & media, technology, and telecoms in connection with:
- Commercial contracts
- Intellectual property licensing
- Global data privacy matters (with particular experience advising on European data privacy legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation)
- E-commerce
- Diligence of private equity and venture capital transactions
Ms. Sousa is the current London Head of the First Generation Professionals Group.
Ms. Sousa’s experience includes advising:
Commercial Contracts and Intellectual Property
- Facebook Inc, on the acquisition of Deeptide Limited, a British artificial intelligence startup
- Facebook Inc, on the acquisition of Mapillary Inc, a Swedish based mapping platform
- Onex Corporation on its €3.75 billion acquisition of SIG Combibloc Group AG, the second largest provider of aseptic carton packaging globally
- Raven Capital Management LLC on its acquisition of David Ian Productions, the world leading musical theater producer
- Silver Lake in respect of its US$500m minority investment in City Football Group, the owner of soccer clubs including Manchester City FC
- Amulet Capital on its acquisition of Open Health LLP, a multidisciplinary health communications and market access group
Data Protection
- A leading technology company on cross-border data sharing in relation to its app
- A Hong Kong-based international gaming company on its global privacy compliance, including with respect to the GDPR
- A leading social media company in China on a complex GDPR compliance project relating to its data sharing arrangements
- A leading global consultancy firm on its privacy impact assessment process to minimize privacy and security risks and achieve compliance with global privacy laws for new systems and tools