MoFo Nabs Head of Proskauer’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Group

Morrison & Foerster has hired the head of Proskauer’s privacy & cybersecurity group to join its growing privacy and data security practice.

Kristen Mathews, a veteran of cybersecurity law, has joined MoFo as a partner in its New York office. Her move is the latest in a string of recent lateral hires in that office— seven other new partners have joined in the last year.

Mathews’ experience includes advising clients on the California Consumer Privacy Act, which was passed in 2018, and the General Data Protection Regulation, a recently implemented European Union law that has reshaped the privacy law ...