Eversheds Sutherland hires partner Richard Chudzynski

Eversheds Sutherland hired data protection, AI and data regulatory partner Richard Chudzynski. He will join the firm’s Dubai office and work in connection with its consulting and alternative legal and compliance services practice Konexo.

The profile

English-qualified lawyer Richard Chudzynski founded and led PwC Legal’s Middle East team’s data protection, data, regulatory, and AI governance business from 2016. As a data protection and privacy lawyer, he specialises on significant privacy projects across banking and finance government services, hospitality, and aviation.

Over the years, he provided leading guidance across a plethora of activities including legal privacy scope assessments, implementation activities, privacy operating models and governance, third-party contracting, international transfers, policies and procedures, and the use of cloud services, geospatial technology, data ethics, and AI governance. Chudzynski has a track record of supporting data and AI regulators in the Middle East, supported by projects such as the establishment of the first GCC national data protection regulator.

Richard Chudzynski will operate in close contact with Eversheds Sutherland’s and Konexo’s global legal teams,  with a specific focus on end-to-end data protection and privacy as well as regulatory, cyber and AI governance services from both a legal and consultancy perspective.