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.
合伙人律师
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
相关业务能力
服务
- Aviation and Airlines
- 危机管理与战略应对
- 私隐、数据安全及信息法
- 白领犯罪辩护及调查
- 大数据、物联网和人工智能
- 商业罪案合规咨询
- 国会调查
- 保障消费者权益和不公平交易手法
- 企业风险管理及关键事项
- 网络安全、网络犯罪和数据泄露
- Entertainment, Sports, and Media Crisis Management and Strategic Response
- 欧盟及国际私隐
- 虚假申报法案
- 金融信息与私隐法
- 大陪审团调查
- 卫生保健信息和私隐
- 信息安全和数据泄露
- 内部调查
- 互联网、社群媒体及电子商务
- 信息技术采购及外包
- National and Economic Security
- 科技、媒体及私隐法
新闻与观点
证书
执业资格及证书
- 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
- 美国华府哥伦比亚特区
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- 美国纽约州
- New York Court of Appeals
学历和教育
- Vermont Law School, 法学博士, 1996
- Vermont Law School, 理学硕士, 1996
- Dickinson College, 文学学士, 1993
语言
- Italian
- 西班牙语