As part of the Global Regulatory group, Ellie Hughes is an associate in the Privacy and Cybersecurity team. Her work includes assisting clients on a variety of data protection and cybersecurity matters, and working closely with the firm's offices in Europe and the United States to assist clients in an international context. Ellie provides advice on matters including international compliance measures, direct marketing and handling data subject rights requests.

Ellie has experience advising on aspects of data protection compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation and the UK's Data Protection Act. Amongst other things, she has worked on various multi-jurisdictional projects, advised on the privacy considerations when carrying out COVID-19 related processing, advised on the data protection implications of a strategic acquisition, and helped clients fulfil their obligations to honour individual rights in the privacy context.