Jacqueline Clover

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Overview

Jacqueline Clover is a technology & IP transactions partner in Kirkland’s London office.

Jacqueline counsels clients on intellectual property, information technology, data privacy and data security matters in the context of their business transactions. As a complement to her transactional practice, Jacqueline advises clients on data protection compliance, including with respect to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Jacqueline is experienced in drafting and negotiating a broad range of IP and technology-related agreements and commercial contracts, and acts for clients across a variety of industries. She has particular experience advising pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and technology clients with respect to their strategic transactions.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Jacqueline trained and worked as a life sciences lawyer at Covington & Burling LLP. She has also spent time in the in-house legal team of a large multinational technology company advising on digital content and software licensing as part of a six-month client secondment.

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Thought Leadership

Publications 

Co-author, “The Metaverse IRL – EUIPO Refuses to Register ‘METAVERSE FOOD’ and ‘METAVERSE DRINK’ as EU Trade Marks for Real-World Goods”, Entertainment Law Review, 2023

Co-author, “Lloyd v Google: Supreme Court Ruling Sheds Light on UK Data Protection “Class Actions”,” Computer and Telecommunications Law Review, 2022 

Co-author, “Scott v LGBT Foundation Ltd: Do Phone Conversations Amount to "Processing" of Personal Data?,” Entertainment Law Review, Volume 31, Issue 6, 2020

Co-author, “Is Your Video Surveillance Legitimate under EU Data Protection Rules?,” Computer and Telecommunications Law Review, Volume 26, Issue 6, 2020

Co-author, “Schrems Strikes Again: EU–US Privacy Shield Suffers Same Fate as Its Predecessor,” Computer and Telecommunications Law Review, Volume 26, Issue 6, 2020

Schrems Strikes Again: EU-US Privacy Shield Suffers Same Fate as its Predecessor,” Kirkland & Ellis Alert, 2020

Co-Author, “Google LLC v CNIL—CJEU Rules on the Territorial Scope of the 'Right to be Forgotten',” Entertainment Law Review, Issue 2, 2020

Seminars

“EU and UK Data Protection”, Sun Capital Advisors Meeting, June 2024

“EU Cyber Regulations: A Europe Fit for the Digital Age”, Sun Capital Advisors Meeting, June 2024

“The GDPR four years on – from here to where?”, Sun Capital Advisors Meeting, June 2022

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2014, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
  • 2012, New York

Languages

  • English
  • Mandarin

Education

  • BPP Law SchoolLegal Practice Course2012
  • University of ChicagoLL.M.2010
  • University of CambridgeB.A., LawHons2006