Atty. Anne Renard

Atty. Anne Renard

Professional activity · Lawyer, Member of the Paris Bar (admitted in 2011); · Lexing Alain Bensoussan Avocats, Head of the Compliance and Certification department; DPO recommended to lawyers by the CNB (French National Bar Council). Education Certificat d’Aptitude à la Profession d’Avocat (Bar Exam) (2011); Master 2 in Technical Innovation Law (2010); Master 1 in Business Law (2009).

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Anne Renard is a internet attorney, practicing at Lexing Alain Bensoussan Avocats. Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Information Technology Law (2026). Serands clients in Paris and the surrounding metropolitan area.

Verified attorney profile · Updated June 2026

About

  • Professional activity · Lawyer, Member of the Paris Bar (admitted in 2011)
  • · Lexing Alain Bensoussan Avocats, Head of the Compliance and Certification department
  • DPO recommended to lawyers by the CNB (French National Bar Council)
  • Education Certificat d’Aptitude à la Profession d’Avocat (Bar Exam) (2011)
  • Master 2 in Technical Innovation Law (2010)
  • Master 1 in Business Law (2009)

Experience Data Protection Compliance

  • o managing French and international projects and devising strategy for compliance with applicable personal data protection laws in both the private and public sectors
  • o assisting in the deployment of data protection governance (procedures, policies, committees, codes of ethics, data protection policies)
  • o acting as the external Data Protection Officer (DPO) for both public and private sector organizations and providing legal assistance to internal DPOs
  • o carrying out or assisting in carrying out data protection impact assessments and prior consultations of the competent supervisory authorities (in particular France’s data protection authority, the CNIL)
  • o managing data subjects’ requests to exercise their rights (such as right of access, right to portability, right to object)
  • o auditing the legal compliance of entities and their information system with the applicable personal data protection laws and assisting in achieving compliance
  • o carrying out formalities with the CNIL
  • o providing assistance for audits carried out by the CNIL
  • o drafting responses to formal letters sent by the CNIL
  • o managing litigation proceedings before the CNIL
  • Advisory in Corporate Compliance: o implementing internal compliance procedures (internal controls, codes of conduct, ethics policies, whistleblowing and reporting procedures)
  • o conducting risk audits
  • o conducting governance audits
  • o conducting advertising compliance audits
  • o providing legal assistance for setting up a communication campaign
  • o drafting policies for use of IT and electronic communication resources
  • Trainings Anne Renard designs and provides tailor-made training courses for both private and public companies and entities Recent training courses include: · Webinar Wolters Kluwer Lamy Formation « Comment élaborer le registre des activités de traitement de son Cabinet d'Avocats ? » (Law Firm: How do you design your record of processing activities?), 5 July 2019
  • · E-learning training module for lawyers to assist small businesses and associations in complying with personal data protection laws, Conseil National des barreaux, Febraury 2019
  • · Webinar Wolters Kluwer Lamy Formation « Le RGPD appliqué aux cabinets d’avocats » (The GDPR as applied to law firms), 24 October 2018
  • · Campus 2018, atelier sur le thème : « Le RGPD applicable à l’avocat (mise en conformité des cabinets) » » (The GDPR as applied to law firms: law firm compliance), Barreau de Paris, à l’EFB et à la Maison de la Chimie, 2/6 July 2018
  • · Webinar, Wolters Kluwer Lamy Formation, thème de l’intervention : « Mise en conformité RGPD pour les cabinets d’avocats » (GDPR Compliance for Law Firms), 3 May 2018
  • · Webinar, Wolters Kluwer Lamy Formation, thème de l’intervention : « Mise en conformité RGPD pour les cabinets d’avocats » (GPPR Compliance for Law Firms), 14 March 2018
  • · Maison du Barreau, thème de l’intervention : « Data Protection Officer : le CIL 2.0 ? » (Data Protection Officer: the CIL 2.0?), 13 March 2018
  • · Maison du Barreau, thème de l’intervention : « Le RGPD applicable au 25 mai 2018 : quels enjeux pour les cabinets d’avocats et leurs clients » (The GDPR applicable on 25 May 2018: What's at stake for law firms and their clients), 7 March 2018
  • · EFB, thème de l’intervention : « Le RGPD applicable au 25 mai 2018 : quels enjeux pour les cabinets d’avocats et leurs clients » (The GDPR applicable on 25 May 2018: What's at stake for law firms and their clients), 5 March 2018 Teaching Lecturer at: Université Paris-Dauphine, Diplôme universitaire DPO
  • Ecole de formation des barreaux du ressort de la cour d’appel de Paris (EFB), Formation initiale, Droit de la protection des données personnelles
  • Neoma Business School, Master en Marketing and Data Analytics
  • Articles · « Guide cybersécurité à destination des collectivités locales », site alain-bensoussan.com, 22 july 2022
  • « Commande publique : la Cnil se penche sur la responsabilité des acteurs », site alain-bensoussan.com, 28 june 2022
  • « Mise en demeure de 22 communes n’ayant pas désigné de DPO », site alain-bensoussan.com, 17 june 2022
  • « Mairies : se préparer et réagir en cas d’incident de sécurité » (Mayors: How you should prepare and react in case of security incident), alain-bensoussan.com, 21 April 2020
  • « Sécurité numérique des mairies : l’essentiel de la réglementation » (Digital security for mayors : key legal principles), alain-bensoussan.com, 16 March 2020
  • « Obligations en matière d’analyse d’impact pour les mairies » (Mayors: Know your DPIA obligations), alain-bensoussan.com, 14 November 2019
  • « RGPD dans les mairies : quels impacts ? » (GDPR for mayors: what are the impacts?), alain-bensoussan.com, 14 October 2019
  • « Guide de la Cnil pour la mise en conformité des mairies au RGPD (A CNIL guide to mayors for GDPR compliance), alain-bensoussan.com, 30 September 2019
  • « L’impact du RGPD sur les cabinets d’avocats » (The impacts of GDPR on law firms), site lexbase.fr, 19 July 2018
  • « Dispositif d’alerte professionnelle et analyse d’impact RGPD » (Whisteblowing and DPIA under the GDPR), alain-bensoussan.com, 27 March 2018
  • « Le régime de protection des lanceurs d’alerte issu de la loi Sapin 2 » (The protection of whisleblowers under the Sapin 2 Act), co-authored with Bénédicte Querenet-Hahn, Cahiers de droit de l’entreprise, éd
  • LexisNexis, n°1 January-February 2018
  • « RGPD : les cabinets d’avocats sont-ils prêts ? » (GDPR: Are law firms ready?), interview of Anne Renard, www.lja.fr, 8 February 2018
  • « RGPD : Les professions du droit et du chiffre sont-elles prêtes ? » (» (GDPR: Are legal and accounting professionals ready?), Interviewée par Caroline Dupuy, Droit et patrimoine, n°277, 1er février 2018 ;

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Anne Renard's Areas of Practice

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Internet & Cyber Law

Internet and cyber lawyers for data breaches, online defamation, privacy law, and cybersecurity matters.

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Anne Renard's notable recognition includes: Best Lawyers in America — Information Technology Law.

Awards

Best Lawyers in America — Information Technology Law
- 2026

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