Two Cooley Partners Honored for Data Breach Response

Washington, DC – April 28, 2025 – Two Cooley partners were recognized on Cybersecurity Docket’s prestigious Incident Response 50 for 2025, an annual list of the best data breach response lawyers globally. The publication again selected a transatlantic pair of firm lawyers – Travis LeBlanc, DC-based co-chair of the cyber/data/privacy practice, and Guadalupe Sampedro, head of the cyber/data/privacy practice in Cooley’s London office. The 2025 recognition marks LeBlanc’s eighth and Sampedro’s third consecutive listing.

Based on input from numerous senior lawyers and other professionals in the field, as well as considerable research, Cybersecurity Docket’s IR 50 seeks to identify the lawyers who can manage a large data breach response with professionalism and urgency.

Cooley’s cyber/data/privacy practice is a cross-functional, integrated team of lawyers in the US, Europe and Asia spanning the spectrum of advisory, transactional, regulatory and litigation matters involving privacy, cybersecurity and data governance. The firm’s c/d/p lawyers have handled hundreds of data breaches since 2003, including complex international breaches spanning multiple jurisdictions. The team leverages that experience – and the insights gained from it – to help clients successfully respond to security incidents and mitigate their liability, along with their reputational, operational and regulatory risk.

The c/d/p practice works with clients on breach preparedness and response – including incident response planning, proactive strategy development, response playbook development, response training and tabletop exercises, incident investigation, mitigation and remediation, and engagement with key vendors.

The practice group’s blog – cyber/data/privacy insights – provides proactive legal insight and analysis on the full range of cybersecurity, data protection and privacy issues. Cooley’s data incident and breach response team can be reached 24/7 via incident.response@cooley.com, or at +1 844 476 1248 or +44 (0) 20 7556 4567.

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