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Al advises clients across sectors on cybersecurity and data privacy matters, with a focus on financial services and technology companies. He provides practical and actionable advice on complex and evolving privacy and cybersecurity regulations, including CCPA/CPRA, GLBA, CDPA, CPA, FCRA, NY DFS cybersecurity regulations, NY SHIELD Act, MA data security regulations and state data broker requirements. Al also counsels clients responding to data breaches and related regulatory investigations; developing global cybersecurity and privacy programs; negotiating privacy and cybersecurity issues in technology transactions; and on cybersecurity and privacy risks in mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Al helped lead cybersecurity initiatives while working at the New York State DFS, including the development and drafting of the department’s cybersecurity regulations and investigations regarding cybersecurity and privacy breaches. Al additionally led DFS’s virtual currency initiatives, including developing and drafting DFS’s virtual currency regulation and overseeing the chartering, licensing, examination and supervision of New York regulated virtual currency companies. His previous experience also includes serving as an associate for a New York law firm, where he represented and advised commodity and derivatives clients regarding regulatory compliance matters arising under the Dodd-Frank Act and related rules and regulations promulgated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Futures Association.