Nichole Sterling collaborates with clients across industry sectors to develop practical, global compliance solutions to complex data management challenges, from navigating the dynamic international privacy and data protection landscape to managing everyday data use.
Nichole’s practice spans privacy and data protection, information governance and emerging technologies, with a focus on assisting companies subject to multiple privacy laws. A certified privacy professional (CIPP/E and CIPP/US), Nichole advises on a wide range of legal questions related to information and data use. She regularly counsels clients on domestic and cross-border regulatory and compliance matters, including cross-border data transfers, international security incident response, advertising technologies and information governance. Nichole also has considerable experience handling all aspects of discovery in complex litigation and regulatory investigations, and frequently advises on electronic discovery issues, particularly as they intersect with privacy concerns. In addition to holding a foreign language doctorate, Nichole spent several years living and working in Europe, including a clerkship at the Court of Justice of the European Union.