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Cyber Defense Dialogues - 2025 NATO Summit Episode 2

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Ahead of the 2025 NATO Summit, hosts Lokke Moerel and Alex van der Wolk speak with top experts and policymakers about hybrid...

Cyber Defense Dialogues - 2025 NATO Summit Episode 2

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<div class="videoWrapper"><iframe class="sticky-video" title="Meet Lokke Moerel, Privacy and Data Security Senior Of Counsel" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uk873cH6OuE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="1" title="iframe"></iframe></div>Among the world’s best-known privacy and cybersecurity advisers, Lokke is regularly called upon by some of the most sophisticated multinational organizations to confront their global privacy and ethical challenges. Lokke routinely offers guidance to clients when implementing new technologies and digital business models and assists them with their global cybersecurity incident response and regulatory investigations.An authority on artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and the Internet of things, Lokke has a proven track record helping clients shape complex AI projects that combine global data assets of multinational companies in the healthcare, financial services, technology, and recruitment sectors, with the intricate technologies of tech giants to create next generation AI solutions.Lokke is also a professor of global ICT law at Tilburg University and co-academic director of two Tilburg University professional learning programs, “Big Data: AI & Law” (teaching Algorithmic Accountability) and “Advanced Cyber Security and Governance”. Lokke is a member of the Dutch Cyber Security Council (the independent advisory body of the Dutch cabinet on cybersecurity), a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the Netherlands AI Coalition and the Dutch Corporate Governance Code Monitoring Committee, and a non-executive board member of several nonprofit organizations.Lokke has practiced law in the Netherlands, London, and Berlin, and is now resident in MoFo’s Amsterdam office. She is a member of MoFo’s Responsible Tech Committee and the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Steering Committee. Lokke is MoFo’s lead counsel on Binding Corporate Rules (BCR) and has unsurpassed experience advising multinational companies on obtaining their BCR approvals throughout the EU, having authored the leading textbook on BCR published by Oxford University.Lokke is an IAPP Emeritus Fellow and has received many international awards, including the International Law Office Client Choice Award as best Internet & Technology Lawyer 2019 and 2021 and recognition by Global Data Review’s 2022 Women in Data Award for being on the cutting edge of legislation, regulation, and technology around the world.

Lokke Moerel

Senior Of Counsel

<div class="videoWrapper">Alex van der Wolk, co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s preeminent Global Privacy & Data Security practice and managing partner of the firm’s Amsterdam and Brussels offices, employs his nearly 20 years of experience to advise global companies on their most complex data strategies and compliance programs governing all aspects of information management. Alex’s clients benefit from his practical approach and global perspective, saying: “he quickly gets to the heart of the issue and provides solid, pragmatic advice based on the experience he has gained,” “in addition to having very strong legal knowledge, he has a commercial understanding and provides great insight in global matters,” and  “Alex is a true privacy expert with the ability to offer practical guidance on complex problems” (Chambers EU).</div>Alex helps clients develop privacy and data strategies at the forefront of their digital and data-driven endeavors, especially those involving new technologies, such as artificial intelligence and the metaverse. He has particular experience assisting clients with structuring their approach to data in specialized areas, such as health-tech, Agtech, and Adtech. Alex is an experienced litigator, representing clients in privacy litigation in Europe, including successfully representing clients in the first class action cases in the Netherlands and the UK. Additionally, Alex is often called upon to head crisis management teams for clients facing investigations by data protection authorities or responding to cybersecurity incidents. He counsels clients on their incident and cyber preparedness and has done significant work advising clients on EU cyber and data regulatory frameworks, such as NIS2, DORA, the Cyber Resilience Act, and the EU Data Act.Notably, Alex was one of the first practitioners in Europe to help companies set up Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs), and since that time has used this deep knowledge to develop a longstanding and unparalleled track record in obtaining regulatory approval for BCRs, both in the EU and in the UK.Alex is a frequent speaker at high-profile international conferences, including IAPP and South by Southwest (SXSW), and is a guest lecturer at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society. He is a Dutch-qualified lawyer and a member of the Amsterdam and Brussels Bars. He speaks fluent English and Dutch.

Alex van der Wolk

Managing Partner, Amsterdam and Brussels

Privacy + Data Security