Carolyn Bertin
Consultant Solicitor
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
E: [email protected]
T: 020 3319 3700
Overview
Carolyn has a wealth of experience in company/commercial law and specialist skills in IT law and data privacy. She
has a proactive approach and provides business-focused solutions on a broad range of commercial and corporate
transactional matters and helps companies to address compliance issues particularly in regard to data privacy. In
addition to her time in private practice, Carolyn also spent 10 years working in-house with ntl (now Virgin Media) and
Hyperion Solutions (bought by Oracle in 2007).
Carolyn joined Keystone Law in early 2008 and is currently working with a range of clients from large US listed multinational corporations to start-ups in the technology sector including a global security software vendor; a leading
cloud computing services provider and a rapidly growing cloud storage service provider.
Expertise
Acquisitions - due diligence, integration, corporate restructuring
Advising on establishing entities in various jurisdictions in EMEA including Russia and the Middle East
Cloud Computing, Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service arrangements (advising
both suppliers and customers)
Company secretarial across various jurisdictions in Europe
Competition law advice in relation to distribution models
Conducting investigations into regulatory violations
Consumer distribution arrangements and consumer regulation
Data protection compliance auditing and implementation of compliance programmes
Distribution, reseller, managed service provider, oem, channel and strategic alliances agreements
Escrow arrangements
Internet and email policies
IT consulting and contractor agreements
Knowledge of US GAAP accounting and revenue recognition rules
Marketing and sponsorship arrangements
Keystone Law, 48 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1JF
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Outsourcing arrangements including set up of shared service centres
Overseeing regulatory affairs and implementation of corporate compliance policies and procedures
Protection of intellectual property and confidential information
Sales strategies
Software development, licensing and maintenance agreements
Telecommunications carrier agreements
Transfer pricing agreements
Cases
Carrying out a data impact assessment for one of the UK’s leaders in security services in order to establish a data
map and identify gaps in compliance with European Union data processing laws and regulations, and then
advising on addressing the compliance gaps.
Advising a well-known US provider of security software on the implications of collecting, storing and using IP
addresses as part of its services and in its mobile tracking devices.
Negotiating data processing agreements as part of multi-million deals for provision of cloud computing services
by one of the global leaders of cloud services headquartered in California, USA.
Advising the UK based charitable foundation of a leading global cloud services company on its data handling and
processing policies and procedures including assisting in the drafting of its data transfer agreements to legitimise
the transfer of personal data outside of the EEA.
Drafting and negotiating international data transfer agreements for a leading cloud storage company
headquartered in California.
Advising a medical research company conducting clinical trials on its data processing policies and procedures and
on putting in place binding corporate rules as well as on the impact of the new General Data Protection
Regulations.
Devising a training programme on the impact of the new General Data Protection Regulations.
Career
2008
Keystone Law | Consultant Solicitor
2001-2008
Oracle | Director Legal EMEA
1999-2001
Virgin Media | Assistant Solicitor
1998-1999
Trevor Robinson & Co | Assistant Solicitor
1995-1998
Clifford Chance | Assistant Solicitor
1997
Qualified as a Solicitor
Keystone Law, 48 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1JF
t: 020 3319 3700 | f: 0845 458 9398 | e: [email protected] | www.keystonelaw.co.uk