Nikita is an Associate in the firm’s Privacy & Data team.
Nikita advises on all aspects of privacy and data compliance and provides Outsourced Data Protection Officer (DPO) services to a number of leading UK businesses. Nikita is also a product manager for the firm’s leading SmartSAR product, which provides a streamlined and flexible solution to all organisations requiring end-to-end support with large-scale data subject access requests. Nikita has significant experience delivering foundational data protection compliance, in particular, managing data mapping projects as part of the team’s Automated Privacy Compliance offering, helping to build and maintain records of processing activities within privacy compliance management platforms such as OneTrust.
Nikita’s ability to provide pragmatic and actionable advice derives from her commerciality, informed in part by her 6-month secondment with the IKEA legal team where she advised on a range of commercial law matters.
Nikita manages the Reading office’s Pro-Bono clinic and is a member of the committee that runs Embrace, the Shoosmiths network that celebrates the culture and heritage of individuals within the firm. Nikita also supports theJPA.club, the networking programme aimed at supporting rising stars in the privacy community.