Dera Nevin

Dera Nevin is a data lawyer and expert with more than 20 years of experience addressing digital risk issues, including privacy, data protection, information risk management, e-discovery and the application of emerging technologies to the delivery of legal services and compliance programs. Supporting clients in the United States and Canada, Ms. Nevin specializes in applying artificial intelligence, automation and synthetic data strategies to complex client challenges. She is also an experienced client advisor in the field of AI governance and the risk and opportunities at the intersection of AI and data privacy.

Ms. Nevin works closely with corporate and law firm clients to establish litigation and regulatory readiness programs, as well as benchmark and operationalize technology-forward data compliance frameworks. She has expertise in developing, testing and validating compliance frameworks and testing controls and compensating controls for the use, movement, deletion, transfer and transformation of sensitive and personal data in highly regulated industries. In supporting litigation, regulatory investigations and multijurisdictional mergers and acquisitions for clients, Ms. Nevin helps clients navigate cross-border challenges and use technology to acquire, process and present data.

An expert across numerous areas of Digital Insights & Risk Management, Ms. Nevin is known for her work in e-discovery, legal process automation and privacy engineering. She is regarded as a visionary and leader in the treatment of sensitive and personal data.

Ms. Nevin’s experience includes supporting global organizations in regulated sectors across information governance, proactive privacy, data protection compliance, breach response, regulatory investigations, technology implementation, e-discovery and the development of litigation readiness programs. She has facilitated privacy and data protection assessment programs and advised on scoping frameworks for privacy assessments and audits. She has also helped investment advisors navigate privacy equity and make investment decisions related to privacy, data risk and data monetization.

Prior to joining FTI Technology, Ms. Nevin was the Data Policy and Strategy Officer at Blackstone, Inc., where she developed and oversaw global privacy, data protection, information risk management and data science compliance programs.

Relevant Experience:

• Advised an organization responsible for accrediting health specialists on its AI governance strategy; included submissions to regulators, organizational policy development and member education on AI and its ethical uses
• Implemented a comprehensive litigation hold and defensible deletion program across emails and backup tapes for a regulated financial entity
• Assisted organizations in the financial services, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries to implement General Data Protection Regulation readiness and compliance programs
• Assessed the privacy-by-design maturity of an Internet of Things (“IoT”) company; provided recommendations for enhancements to the software development lifecycle to continue to mature the program; developed and delivered privacy training programs for engineering and technical personnel
• Served as the case manager and lead for a complex second request for a U.S. target of a foreign buyer; included the production of high-volume database information from financial, customer relationship management and product manufacturing systems