Dr. Jörg Hladjk

Partner, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection at Jones Day

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Jörg Hladjk is a Partner at Jones Day and heads the Brussels Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection team, top-ranked in The Legal 500 EMEA.

He advises on complex, international cybersecurity, AI, and data protection matters with 20 years' experience.

Jörg counsels clients across financial services, automotive, IT, energy, and life sciences. His practice spans global strategies for data, cybersecurity, and AI compliance; approvals for Binding Corporate Rules; certification under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework; data-breach preparedness and incident response; and contentious matters and regulatory investigations. He has a strong track record on data, AI, and cyber issues in cross-border M&A and outsourcings and on strategies for critical infrastructures, cloud deployments, and data centers.

He advises on the full spectrum of EU frameworks, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Data Governance Act (DGA), Data Act (DA), Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), Digital Services Act (DSA), Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), Network and Information Security Directive 2 (NIS 2), and Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).

Representative work includes advising an electronic trading platform on all aspects of a cyberattack; a U.S.-based software company on its EU offering of AI and cybersecurity tools; a global automotive supplier on its GDPR implementation program; an energy company on critical infrastructure, including data centers; and a medical device company on mobile app technology.

Jörg chairs the advisory board of Trust in Digital Life (TDL). He has authored more than 50 legal articles and coauthored leading EU commentaries, including GDPR (Ehmann/Selmayr, 1st/2nd/3rd eds.). He served on the IAPP Publications Advisory Board from 2018 to 2020 and, since July 2021, has been co-issue leader for cybersecurity on the Digital Economy Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU.