PALO
ALTO, Calif., Sept. 24,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Gibson Dunn is pleased to
announce that Keith Enright, former
Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer for Google LLC, has joined
the firm's Palo Alto office as a
partner. Keith will serve as Co-Chair of the firm's Artificial
Intelligence Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Tech and Innovation
Industry Group, where he will focus on AI, data privacy, and
technology risks and strategies for an array of clients.
"Keith is a recognized global leader on privacy, AI and data
innovation, with experience navigating countless front-page legal
and regulatory issues and investigations," said Ashlie Beringer, Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn's Tech
and Innovation Industry Group. "Keith's technical depth and
strategic insights will strongly benefit Gibson Dunn's burgeoning
and market-redefining technology, artificial intelligence, privacy,
and cybersecurity platform."
Keith's arrival further strengthens Gibson Dunn's global bench
of leading lawyers with former senior executive experience at the
world's largest and most disruptive technology companies. Last
year, former Apple Inc. Chief Privacy Officer Jane Horvath joined Gibson Dunn's D.C.
office, former Apple Inc. senior attorney Vivek Mohan joined the Palo Alto office in 2022, and former Facebook
(now Meta) Deputy General Counsel Ashlie
Beringer rejoined the firm in Palo
Alto in 2021.
"With the swell of technology regulation globally, coupled with
the technological shifts that GenAI is driving across industries,
we are in a transformational era, and I look forward to expanding
this growing practice at Gibson Dunn," said Keith. "Gibson Dunn has
built a destination practice for companies embracing the digital
migration and grappling with data strategies and risks associated
with these new disruptive technologies. I am excited to begin the
next chapter of my career alongside the firm's talented team to
help clients address these complex challenges."
Gibson Dunn recently added several heavyweights to its tech
practices in the UK and Europe,
including Robert Spano, former
president of the European Court of Human Rights who joined in 2022
and is based in Paris;
Joel Harrison, who joined the
London office in 2022; and
Lore Leitner, who also joined in
London this year. The firm also
added Connell O'Neill in
Hong Kong in 2020. They work
closely with Ahmed Baladi, Co-Chair
of Gibson Dunn's Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation
practice in Paris, to lead the
firm's strong bench of privacy, AI and technology lawyers in U.S.,
Europe and Asia. The team works closely together to
develop integrated global strategies for implementing a wave of EU
regulation and defending regulatory disputes with cross-border
reach. Keith's deep experience navigating global regulation and his
relationships with global regulators will add to this rapidly
growing area for the firm.
About Keith
Enright
Keith's practice will focus on advising
clients in all sectors to navigate the complex regulatory, public
policy, compliance, and customer challenges that arise when
deploying AI and data-driven product offerings, often against a
backdrop of government scrutiny, evolving regulation, and fierce
competition. He has over 20 years of senior executive experience,
focusing on legal leadership, international strategy, AI
governance, data privacy/protection, cybersecurity, information
management, regulatory engagement and response, compliance, and
risk management.
As Google's Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer, Keith led
the company's worldwide privacy and consumer protection legal
functions, with teams across the United
States, Europe, and
Asia. He is also an experienced
public company, private enterprise, and nonprofit board director,
with a particular passion for entrepreneurship and the maximization
of the benefits of technology for society and people everywhere. He
has previously served on the Board of Directors for the
International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and
currently serves as a founding member of the IAPP AI Governance
Center Advisory Board.
About Gibson Dunn
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
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among the world's top law firms in industry surveys and major
publications, Gibson Dunn is distinctively positioned in today's
global marketplace with more than 1,900 lawyers, and 21 offices, in
Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Brussels, Century
City, Dallas, Denver, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong
Kong, Houston, London, Los
Angeles, Munich,
New York, Orange County, Palo
Alto, Paris, Riyadh, San
Francisco, Singapore, and
Washington, D.C. For more
information on Gibson Dunn, please visit the firm's website.
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