DAVID LASHWAY is co-chair of Sidley’s highly ranked global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice and a member of the firm’s top ranked Crisis Management and Strategic Response team. He is acknowledged as one of the leading lawyers for crisis management, cybersecurity, data security incidents, misinformation, trade secret theft, and related investigation matters. He has advised private and public organizations on significant and material cybersecurity incidents across almost every critical infrastructure sector, including financial services, energy, manufacturing, technology, water, defense, municipal government, retail, transportation, and hospitality industries. He has significant experience in addressing election security and misinformation-related issues, and was deeply involved in the investigations into the 2016 and 2020 actions targeting various U.S. political parties. He has served as the lead lawyer advising on the legal response to operationally impactful malware for a number of Fortune 500 entities, and led the incident response, associated investigations and litigations for several companies impacted by the NotPetya malware incident. He routinely leads responses to ransomware-related matters.
David has been regularly named as one of leading lawyers in surveys of the best lawyers for cybersecurity globally. In a recent ranking, The Legal 500 noted that clients describe him as “a brilliant lawyer and strategist. He is very intelligent and his performance in front of boards and management teams have been some of the best I have ever seen.” Another client noted that “David Lashway is exceptionally knowledgeable and conversant in cyber incident response, cyber threat intelligence, legislation and authorities’ issues, and national security matters.” Chambers Global has ranked David for Privacy & Data Security and Privacy & Data Security: Incident Response (USA) (2019–2024) and he is recognized as a leading lawyer in incident response in Chambers USA (2022–2023), receiving a Band 1 ranking in Cyber Incident Response. He has been included on the list of leading Incident Response Lawyers since its inception, and is a sought-after speaker related to cybersecurity and national security matters.
David has led due diligence on some of the largest recent corporate transactions, and regularly advises companies through complex CFIUS issues. He has also served as lead counsel on matters for organizations facing difficult regulatory, congressional, and public policy issues across a range of industry sectors and subjects. David is fluent in multiple languages and regularly handles matters involving the global intelligence community and law enforcement.
パートナー
David C. Lashway
Privacy and Cybersecurity
White Collar: Government Litigation and Investigations
Crisis Management and Strategic Response
White Collar: Government Litigation and Investigations
Crisis Management and Strategic Response
得意分野
業務内容
- Aviation and Airlines
- 危機管理と戦略的対応
- プライバシー/サイバーセキュリティ
- ホワイトカラーの弁護と捜査
- ビッグデータ・モノのインターネット・人工知能
- コンプライアンス カウンセリング - ホワイト カラー
- 議会による調査
- 消費者保護と不正取引行為
- 企業のリスクマネジメントと重要な問題
- サイバーセキュリティ・サイバー犯罪・データ侵害
- Entertainment, Sports, and Media Crisis Management and Strategic Response
- EU内と国際案件におけるプライバシー
- 虚偽権利主張法
- 金融情報とプライバシー法
- 大陪審による調査
- 医療情報とプライバシー
- 情報セキュリティとデータ侵害
- 内部調査
- インターネット・ソーシャルメディア・eコマース
- IT調達と外注
- テクノロジー・メディア・プライバシー法
ニュース&インサイト
資格
弁護士資格・登録
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- ニューヨーク
- New York Court of Appeals
学歴
- Vermont Law School, J.D., 1996
- Vermont Law School, 理学修士, 1996
- Dickinson College, B.A., 1993
言語
- Italian
- Spanish