Aaron Simpson

Partner, Hunton & Williams

Aaron Simpson is a partner at Hunton & Williams and the managing partner of the firm’s London office. He advises clients on a broad range of complex privacy, data protection and cybersecurity matters, including international and US federal and state privacy and data security requirements. As a leader on the firm’s privacy team, Aaron’s work ranges from advising clients on large-scale cybersecurity incidents to the development of cross-border data transfer solutions, compliance with existing and emerging data protection requirements in Europe, and negotiating data-driven commercial agreements. He is well known as a top privacy professional and has been recognized by Chambers and Partners, Computerworld, New York Super Lawyers, The Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal for his work on behalf of clients. Aaron regularly speaks before industry groups, government agencies and other organizations and has written numerous articles, book chapters and handbooks on privacy and cybersecurity issues.