Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has been shortlisted for the Financial Times’ Innovative Lawyers North America awards in the “Innovation in New Services to Manage Risk” category.  The firm was selected for its global and interdisciplinary Data Strategy and Security practice (DSS) and the approach taken by DSS to developing its people and their skills. As a result of this initiative, DSS is recognized across the industry as a hub of innovation at the intersection of data, technology, business and law.  The winners of the awards will be announced at the FT’s annual awards dinner in New York on December 9.

The practice was previously recognized by this award program in 2022, when it won the “Innovation in Digitizing Legal Services” category for the Debevoise Data Portal, a groundbreaking suite of tools that helps clients address business critical data security and artificial intelligence regulatory issues. That same year and also for the Debevoise Data Portal, DSS Co-Chair Avi Gesser was recognized as an AI Visionary by Relativity.

The Financial Times’ Innovative Lawyers North America awards program recognizes the best in innovation from law firms and in-house legal teams across North America. Finalists for the awards comprise the top-ranked submissions from organizations that have demonstrated innovative approaches to deliver exceptional value to the legal profession and business communities.

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Charu A. Chandrasekhar is a litigation partner based in the New York office and a member of the firm’s White Collar & Regulatory Defense and Data Strategy & Security Groups. Her practice focuses on securities enforcement and government investigations defense and cybersecurity regulatory counseling and defense.

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Luke Dembosky is a Debevoise litigation partner based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He is Co-Chair of the firm’s Data Strategy & Security practice and a member of the White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group. His practice focuses on cybersecurity incident preparation and response, internal investigations, civil litigation and regulatory defense, as well as national security issues. He can be reached at ldembosky@debevoise.com.

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Avi Gesser is Co-Chair of the Debevoise Data Strategy & Security Group. His practice focuses on advising major companies on a wide range of cybersecurity, privacy and artificial intelligence matters. He can be reached at agesser@debevoise.com.

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Erez is a litigation partner and a member of the Debevoise Data Strategy & Security Group. His practice focuses on advising major businesses on a wide range of complex, high-impact cyber-incident response matters and on data-related regulatory requirements. Erez can be reached at eliebermann@debevoise.com

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Jim Pastore is a Debevoise litigation partner and a member of the firm’s Data Strategy & Security practice and Intellectual Property Litigation Group. He can be reached at jjpastore@debevoise.com.