Senior Counsel and Founder, Global Privacy and Cybersecurity, Sidley Austin LLP

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Alan Raul is Senior Counsel and founder of Sidley Austin LLP’s global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice and a member of the firm’s top ranked Crisis Management and Strategic Response team. He represents companies on U.S. and international privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and technology issues. Alan advises on global regulatory compliance, data breaches, and crisis management. Alan also focuses on issues concerning national security, constitutional, and administrative law. He handles enforcement, litigation and public policy issues involving the FTC, State Attorneys General, SEC, DOJ, FBI, DHS/CISA, the intelligence community, and their respective international counterparts. Alan advises companies and financial sponsors regarding transactions involving cybersecurity, AI, international data transfers, digital and communication technologies and data-centric business models, and related due diligence. Alan serves as a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, where he teaches classes on “Digital Governance: Privacy, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology” and “Cybersecurity Risks, Rules and Responsibilities.” Alan is Chair and President of the governing Board of Directors of the Future of Privacy Forum. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown. He is a member of the Technology Litigation Advisory Committee of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, and the Council on Foreign Relations. Alan previously served in government as Vice Chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. During his service on PCLOB, the Board addressed the Terrorist Surveillance Program authorized by the President. He also served as General Counsel of the Office of Management and Budget; General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and Associate Counsel to the President. In his prior government service, Alan represented the White House in connection with congressional and independent counsel investigations of the Iran-Contra episode. He maintains a national security clearance. Alan received his J.D. from Yale Law School, M.P.A. from Harvard Kennedy School, and A.B. magna cum laude from Harvard College.