Maury Shenk

Maury Shenk is an Advisor to Steptoe's London office and is a dual-qualified US/UK lawyer. Maury has experience on a wide variety of national and multi-national regulatory regimes relating to cross-border regulation and compliance, including export/import, trade sanctions, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, data protection, and competition law. He regularly counsels clients on these legal regimes, primarily from UK, EU and US perspectives. He often has handled such issues in the context of M&A due diligence (and related deal execution issues), internal investigations, government investigations and voluntary disclosures. His experience covers a wide range of industries, including IT infrastructure & information security, software, telecom & satellite, financial services, energy, petroleum & petrochemicals, aerospace & defense, and others.

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Episode 293: Around the World in 80 Hacks

By Maury Shenk on December 16, 2019

Posted in China, International

This week Maury Shenk guest hosts the podcast.

Even with a “phase one” trade deal with China apparently agreed, there’s of course plenty still at stake between China and the US in the tech space. Nate Jones reports on the Chinese government order for government offices to purge foreign software and equipment within three years and the plans of Arm China to develop chips using “state-approved” cryptography. Nick Weaver and I agree that, while there are some technical challenges on this road, there’s a clear Chinese agenda to lose dependency on US suppliers.…

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The Global Reach of GDPR

By Maury Shenk & Stewart Baker on November 30, 2017

Posted in European Union, Privacy Regulation

The Global Reach of GDPR – Steptoe Webinar Series

As the deadline approaches for the EU General Data Protection Regulation to take effect, please join us for Part I of a Steptoe webinar series titled “The Long Arm of the New EU Data Protection Jurisdiction” on Wednesday, December 6 from 5:00 – 6:00 pm CET. …

GDPR – Are You Ready?

By Maury Shenk on September 12, 2017

Posted in European Union, International

As the deadline approaches for the EU General Data Protection Regulation to take effect, companies are asking what they need to do to ensure their HR practices are in compliance. Our London-based Employment practice offers some advice in this alert.

US-EU Safe Harbor Decision Invalidated: Now What?

By Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis & Maury Shenk on October 8, 2015

Posted in International, Privacy Regulation

Now that the US-EU Safe Harbor has been invalidated by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner, the Safe Harbor no longer provides a legal basis for transfers of personal information from the EU to the US. The ECJ’s press release and the full text of the Schrems decision…

European Court of Justice Google Decision: Broader Implications

By Maury Shenk on May 19, 2014

Posted in International, Privacy Regulation

Since the European Court of Justice (ECJ) startled the Internet sector and world at large last week by its finding in the Google v. AEPD case that there is a “right to be forgotten” under the EU Data Protection Directive, there has been extensive speculation what the decision will mean for Google and other search…

Retain Locally, Comply Globally

By Maury Shenk on April 17, 2014

Posted in International, Privacy Regulation, Security Programs & Policies

We used to talk about the “borderless” environment of the Internet. These days, that view is looking increasingly outmoded and utopian, in large part because of the intersection of law enforcement and privacy concerns. Steady increases in regulation (and enforcement of existing regulation) in these areas is increasingly prompting two types of responses by global…

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Stewart Baker’s career has spanned national security and law. He served as General Counsel of the National Security Agency, Assistant Secretary for Policy at the…

Stewart Baker’s career has spanned national security and law. He served as General Counsel of the National Security Agency, Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Homeland Security, and drafter of a report reforming the intelligence community after the Iraq War. His legal practice focuses on cyber security, CFIUS, export controls, government procurement, and immigration and regulation of international travel.

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