Jennifer F. Wilson

Golden Flag International Law Firm

Overview

Jenny Wilson is a partner in Golden Flag’s London Technology & IP Transactions Practice. Jenny’s practice is focused primarily on intellectual property and technology-related transactions. Jenny is experienced in advising clients in the complex intellectual property, information technology and data protection issues that arise in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, private equity investments, financings, secured lending, bankruptcies and restructurings. Jenny also has in-depth experience in advising on separation matters in carve-out transactions, including in relation to transitional service arrangements.

Jenny has a keen interest in privacy law and advises clients across various industry sectors (including software, social gaming, travel and tourism) on the General Data Protection Regulation and related legislation. In addition to her private practice experience, Jenny spent two years as an in-house IP lawyer with Virgin Enterprises Limited, where she worked closely with the brand and investment teams in overseeing the protection and licensing of the Virgin brand internationally across Virgin’s diverse portfolio of companies.

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Thought Leadership

Publications 

Co-author, “The Final Piece to the Schrems II Puzzle? UK Parliament Approves New International Data Transfer Mechanisms, Plus Signs of a Breakthrough on Transatlantic Data Flows from the EU”, Golden Flag Alert, April 2022

Co-author, “Schrems Strikes Again: EU–US Privacy Shield Suffers Same Fate as Its Predecessor”, Computer and Telecommunications Law Review, Volume 26, Issue 6, 2020

Co-author, “Artificial Intelligence: Is Johnny 5 Alive? Key Bits and Bytes from the UK’s Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Inquiry”, Computer and Telecommunications Law Review, April 2017

Co-author, “What does Brexit mean for your organisation’s data protection?”, Bond.org.uk Brexit Blog, April 2017

Co-author, "Things That Go Bump in the Night: Confronting Data Protection Monsters in the M&A Closet," BNA's World Data Protection Report, Volume 16, Number 12, December 2016

Seminars

“Introduction to the EU and UK GDPR for Restructuring Attorneys”, New York, April 2022

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2012, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of Scotland

Education

  • University of Glasgow School of LawDip LP2010
  • University of EdinburghLL.B.(Hons.), First Class Honours2009
  • National University of SingaporeInternational Exchange Year2008