Katherine Hanniford

Katherine (Kate) Hanniford is a partner in the Commercial Practice Group in Baker McKenzie’s Washington, DC office. Kate advises multinational companies on privacy and security issues across the data life cycle, including designing and implementing enterprise-wide privacy and security programs, compliance strategies, transactional privacy matters and regulatory enforcement. Kate has led large-scale incident responses involving public issuers, financial institutions, healthcare companies, broker-dealers and investment advisers, and has handled major breaches, including one of the largest attacks on US critical infrastructure in recent history.

Prior to becoming a cyber and privacy attorney, Kate practiced as a securities compliance and enforcement attorney, focusing on investment advisers, investment companies, and broker-dealer matters.