Axel is a senior associate in our Litigation group and co-head of our Privacy and Cyber Security practice. Axel is best known for assisting clients faced with landmark class action lawsuits and arbitration cases, investigations by Data Protection Authorities and the European Commission. Axel also advises on high-risk data and cutting-edge technology projects, cyber-attacks and data breaches. Axel divides his time between the Amsterdam and Brussels office, the latter of which is at the heart of our EU practice. He is dedicated to delivering fully integrated services to our clients, together with our European competition, administrative law and financial regulatory practices and international partners.
Axel stands out for his technical concise understanding of information society, his strategic approach to complex multi-disciplinary cases, his excellent relationship with authorities across the world and his vision on current and future threats and opportunities for our clients. Together, these characteristics allow him to add value to the board rooms of major corporates throughout the world.
Axel is a columnist for the Dutch Financial Times. He is a Fellow at the University of Amsterdam, where he obtained in 2015 the first ever PhD thesis on EU cybersecurity law. Axel was a Resident Fellow at Harvard Law School and at Princeton University in the 2013-14 academic year. His academic work has been covered by major academic journals and media, including FT, CNN, CBS and The Wall Street Journal.
17 December 2020
EU Parliament approves new collective redress mechanisms for consumers
17 December 2020
Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act: Commission flexes its muscles
16 July 2020
Landmark ruling on validity of personal data transfer mechanisms
15 July 2020
28 January 2020
16 December 2019
Our IAPP panel on convergence of data-related enforcement in digital age – key insights
14 November 2019
Dutch DPA announces three-year enforcement focus on commercial use of data and AI
15 October 2019
New Whistleblower Directive introduces obligations for companies and EU member states
17 April 2019
Trends: anti-trust, consumer and privacy regulation increasingly converge
14 March 2019
Properly managing large amounts of data becomes key in legal proceedings
31 January 2019
First big GDPR fine for Google: implications for multinationals
15 January 2019
EU Court of Justice likely to continue firm line on data protection and ePrivacy in 2019
23 October 2018
16 July 2018
Axel Arnbak shares his opinion on the meeting between Mark Rutte and President Trump
21 June 2018
17 May 2018
Multinationals beware: wider group may be liable for data violations under new EU rules
18 January 2018
Data and cybersecurity: stricter rules and higher penalties take effect
16 November 2017
China’s Cybersecurity Law six months on: enforcement begins but implementation ongoing
13 July 2017
WannaCry and Petya attacks: consequences, trends and tackling ransomware threats
12 May 2017
12 April 2017
15 January 2017
Proposed EU ePrivacy Regulation: major changes ahead for conducting business online
13 December 2016
9 December 2016
7 November 2016
German privacy authorities launch coordinated audit of international data transfers
30 August 2016
Revised draft cyber security law may significantly impact multinationals in China
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