Eleonor Duhs is a barrister. She is a partner and the head of data and privacy at Bates Wells LLP in London. She advises regulators, public sector bodies, commercial companies and third sector organisations on all aspects of data and privacy law including the privacy aspects of new technologies, international data transfers, data and human rights and the UK’s post-Brexit legal frameworks. She was previously a senior UK government lawyer and lead lawyer in negotiations on the GDPR. She worked at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, advising on EU and international law and in the Department for Exiting the European Union where she led on the core provisions of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and aspects of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement and the Framework for the Future EU-UK relationship. She has co-authored a well-received book on Brexit: Retained EU law: a Practical Guide, published by the Law Society.