Law firms have been aggressively hiring privacy and cybersecurity lawyers as companies grapple with a lack of clarity around EU-UK data transfer post-Brexit and EU-US data transfer after two transatlantic data-sharing agreements were thrown out by the EU’s top court.

U.S. law firms Squire Patton Boggs, Hunton Andrews Kurth, McDermott Will & Emery, Mayer Brown, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and Cooley all hired data-focused partners in 2022 in their U.S. or European offices.