
Sue is a commercial lawyer with extensive experience advising clients regarding EU privacy regulations as well as life sciences and technology transactions. Sue is based in the UK, and her work is frequently international in nature. Sue is qualified in England & Wales and California, as well as being a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe. Start-ups to global companies seek her counsel on European data protection matters. For her life sciences clients, she helps structure large-scale drug development and marketing collaborations, licensing deals, spin-offs, and other agreements involving healthcare IT, consulting, R&D, manufacturing, and distribution arrangements.
Susan is qualified in England and Wales as well as California, and has experience practicing law in both the United States and the United Kingdom. She has been based in Mintz's London office since September 2007, and worked in the United Kingdom for another international law firm from 2001 to 2004. Susan is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E).
Susan works with clients primarily on European data protection compliance and licensing, collaborations, and commercial matters in the fields of clean tech, high tech, mobile media, and life sciences. She has represented a broad range of clients, from start-up companies to international industry leaders, and has significant experience with cross-border transactions.
Within the life sciences, Susan has assisted biotech, pharmaceutical, diagnostic, and medical device companies with licenses, collaborations, spin-offs, and agreements relating to consulting services, R&D, manufacturing, and distribution.
Within the high-tech and mobile media fields, Susan has advised clients on deals involving the sale and licensing of intellectual property rights; multi-tier distribution arrangements; OEM and value-added reseller arrangements; research, development, and consulting activities; and the provision and outsourcing of technology services. She has assisted mobile media and Internet services clients with service agreements and content licenses, including user-generated content and web-to-mobile deals.
Susan’s clean tech experience includes advising on a joint venture for the development and marketing of electric cars and various agreements relating to the development and sale of fuel cells.
She has spoken on data protection, open source software, European antitrust and technology transfer law, and other intellectual property and technology law issues at a number of webinars and conferences in the United States and the United Kingdom.
During law school, Susan was on the executive board for the Stanford Technology Law Review.
Education
- Stanford University (JD)
- Cornell University (PhD)
- Cornell University (MA)
- Princeton University (BA)
Recognition & Awards
- Phi Beta Kappa
Viewpoints
European Commission Publishes Draft Adequacy Decision for Transfers of Personal Data from the EU to the UK
February 19, 2021 | Blog | By Susan Foster
Webinar Recording: How to Assess US National Security Laws and Explain Them to Your EU Data Exporters: Satisfying the New Due Diligence Requirements After Schrems II
February 2, 2021 | Webinar | By Cynthia Larose, Susan Foster
Transferring Personal Data from the EU to the UK: Interim Solutions
January 13, 2021 | Blog | By Susan Foster
European Commission Publishes Proposed New Data Transfer Agreement
November 13, 2020 | Blog | By Susan Foster
EU Data Protection Regulators Issue Critical Draft Guidance on Personal Data Transfers
November 12, 2020 | Blog | By Susan Foster
Privacy Shield Invalidated by Top EU Court; Standard Contractual Clauses Upheld (But There Are Still Major Challenges Ahead)
July 16, 2020 | Blog | By Susan Foster
Do you transfer personal data from the EU to the US? Important Decision due July 16
July 8, 2020 | Blog | By Susan Foster
New Feature: Mintz Privacy Professionals in the News
April 14, 2020 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose
Coronavirus and Data Protection in the Workplace: The EDPB provides key guidance for companies with employees in Europe
March 23, 2020 | Blog | By Susan Foster
Brexit Transition Period: Guidance from Information Commissioner’s Office
February 3, 2020 | Blog | By Susan Foster
News & Press
COVID-19: Top Tips From Regulators on Cybersecurity
April 9, 2020
COVID-19 and GDPR Obligations for Companies
April 6, 2020
Mintz Recognized by Chambers USA 2019
April 26, 2019
What To Watch As Privacy Shield Data Pact Scrutiny Heats Up
August 22, 2018
Is Trump Doing Enough To Keep This Major Privacy Agreement Alive?
October 23, 2017
EU's New E-Privacy Rules Expand Its Authority Over Tech Cos.
January 10, 2017
EU watchdogs temporarily green-light Privacy Shield
July 27, 2016
Brexit fallout spreads to privacy
July 3, 2016
Companies Await Fate of Data Sharing Deal
April 25, 2016
US, EU Face Blowback on Data Deal
February 29, 2016
Distrust of US Surveillance Threatens Data Deal
February 7, 2016
Tuesday Deadline Looms over US-EU Privacy Pact
January 29, 2016
EU Court Draws Fine Line for Employee Monitoring Programs
January 15, 2016
Events
Privacy Shield Shattered & the SCCs in Peril: Understanding the Schrems II Decision (and What to Do Next)
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): Managing the Privacy & Cybersecurity Risks
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