Carolyn Bigg heads DLA Piper’s APAC Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity team.

Carolyn is an experienced data lawyer, focusing on China and APAC data compliance and international data transfers. Carolyn advises businesses on the best practice approach to navigating regional and international data privacy compliance, to help them seize opportunities to make the most of their data and digital opportunities in APAC within a compliant governance framework.  

Carolyn also has extensive experience of managing data incidents across the APAC region, including notifying affected individuals; reporting to privacy and industry regulators; responding to follow up regulatory investigations; liaising with forensic technology consultants, cyber insurers, and credit agencies; and supporting remediation and compliance programme update activities. Her experience gives her clients the benefit of on-the-ground practical advice to navigate the realities of enforcement priorities and risks in different Asia jurisdictions. 

As a result of her leading work and outreach in the field, Carolyn is recognized as a leading TMT and data practitioner by publications such as Legal 500 and Chambers locally and regionally. She was named in the inaugural “Women in Data” list by Global Data Review in 2019 and is ranked Pre-Eminent by Doyle’s Guide. She is regularly quoted in media publications, including the BBC and the Financial Times. She was from 2021-2023 a member of IAPP’s Asia Advisory Board.

Matt is the eDiscovery counsel and director of information retention counseling at Cooley, and he focuses on providing strategic guidance to clients in the areas of data and records retention, governance and compliance. His role involves developing and implementing policies and programs at the organizational level to ensure adherence to regulatory and legal requirements governing enterprise information.

Leveraging a wealth of experience, Matt offers practical and implementable solutions to address sophisticated data retention and discovery challenges. Collaborating closely with Cooley’s cyber/data/privacy team, Matt assists clients in crafting comprehensive and tailored information governance plans that emphasize best practices and consistent compliance. Additionally, Matt designs crucial corporate governance and compliance policies – such as those related to legal holds, short-form messaging, social media, mobile devices, permissible use and defensible deletion.

Matt’s experience extends to eDiscovery law, encompassing the management of electronically stored information in litigation. Matt is well versed in the legal and practical aspects of document retention, preservation practices, data collection, evidentiary review, and production. Frequently sought after for counsel on eDiscovery best practices, Matt plays a key role in implementing comprehensive eDiscovery readiness programs and playbooks for clients. He provides valuable assistance in evaluating and engaging with eDiscovery vendor partners, along with developing cost-effective discovery plans and budgets.

In his prior legal roles, Matt successfully managed discovery in complex commercial litigation matters –spanning antitrust and securities regulation actions, patent disputes, privacy issues, employment disputes, and class action matters. His proficiency extends to litigation readiness, data preservation and retention, information management, discovery motions, data review, and addressing complex privilege issues.

Christopher Marks is a Senior Managing Director at Ankura based in Hong Kong SAR.

Chris has over 25 years’ accountancy experience, and has spent over 20 years in digital investigations with close involvement and oversight of complex cross-border litigation support, digital forensics, legal document review and FCPA investigations. Chris has carried out complex investigations to civil and criminal standards, with courtroom experience, utilising his understanding of the electronic evidence aspects of an investigation and applying relevant best practices. He is highly skilled in the project management of e-discovery engagements through all aspects of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) and helps clients respond to cybersecurity incidents using his many years of computer forensic experience.

Before joining Ankura in 2021, he was a Senior Managing Director and co-lead of the Asia technology practice at a major management consulting company having previously been Associate Partner at a Big Four accounting firm in Hong Kong.

Chris has worked on behalf of special committees and their independent counsel, management in internal investigations, monitors or compliance consultants pursuant to settlement agreements, and as a shadow investigator on behalf of a Big Four accounting firm’s audit practice. He has worked with companies in many industries, but most extensively in financial services, pharmaceuticals, oil & gas, mining, consumer and diversified industrial products, medical devices, and gaming.

His experiences of the various data laws and regulations across the Asia region enable him to provide expert advice to ensure compliance with the complex requirements of the many jurisdictions, in particular those of the People’s Republic of China.

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