Harvinder aptly balances legal risk with the commercial needs of businesses; allowing Organisations to thrive in demanding situations. A skilled practitioner able to advise legal, operational, and business teams whilst engineering pragmatic data privacy and compliance solutions.

She is a senior solicitor with over 12 years PQE, specialising in Data Protection, Privacy and Compliance. Competent at drafting bespoke contract solutions to unique situations, design and implement compliance programmes and also advise upon privacy implications of new projects and technologies. Within her dual role she also enjoys engaging with clients and providing tailored advice to address their data privacy and compliance needs.

Prior to joining Magrath Sheldrick she acted as in-house Counsel advising Organisations (ranging from global insurers, construction firms, advertising/media firms and charitable organisations) on the data compliance, implementation of the GDPR and Brexit led changes affecting operations.

Notable experience

• Drafting Data Sharing agreements and group policies
• Advising upon data protection and security implications within new projects and technology applications and managing risk registers
• Dealing with data subject access requests (within the Firm and assisting clients)
• Data Protection Mapping and Audits (in-house and client)
• Conducting data protection compliance assessments, both new and changes to existing processing activities
• Advising upon data protection and security implications within new projects and technology applications and managing risk registers