Ceyhun Pehlivan

Ceyhun Necati Pehlivan is an EU (Spain) qualified senior technology lawyer. He is the co-head of the TMT and IP practice in Linklaters’ Madrid office. Ceyhun reads law at IE Law School, ISDE Law & Business School, and the University of St. Gallen. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the prestigious Global Privacy Law Review (GPLR) at Wolters Kluwer. Ceyhun is a member of the European Advisory Board and former co-chair of Spain Chapter at IAPP. He is also a former board member of the International Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Privacy Consortium (IPMPC).

Ceyhun Necati Pehlivan has been ranked in “Top 10 Cybersecurity Lawyers in Spain” and “Top 50 Rising Stars in Spain and Portugal” by Iberian Lawyer. He has also been recognised as a “key TMT lawyer” in Spain by Legal 500. Ceyhun has been ranked by Best Lawyers in Spain for four consecutive years in the categories of (i) privacy and data protection law, and (ii) corporate and M&A Law. He was also nominated for the Best Young Lawyer in Spain by Expansión in 2020.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Attorney-at-law and Co-Head of TMT/IP, Linklaters, Spain, 2018 – Present

• Privacy and Data Security Legal Counsel, Philips, The Netherlands, 2016 – 2018

• Associate in Intellectual Property and Technology, DLA Piper, Spain, 2010 – 2016

• Paralegal in International Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Lenz & Staehelin, Switzerland, 2008 – 2010

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor of Law, IE University, Spain, 2019 – Present

• Professor of Law, ISDE – Higher Institute of Law and Economics, Spain, 2020 – Present

• Lecturer in Data Protection Officer (DPO-HSG) Executive Program, University of St. Gallen (HSG) Executive School, Law & Management, Switzerland, 2022 – Present