Attorney Birgitte Toxværd has joined Horten Advokatpartnerselskab as partner on 1 June 2020.
Birgitte Toxværd has worked with data protection law for more than 15 years and is one of the country’s most experienced advisors within this area. In the international legal directory, Legal 500, Horten is recognised as one of Denmark’s leading law firms within Data Privacy and Data Protection, and Birgitte Toxværd will contribute to securing this Tier 1 position. She comes from a position as Senior Director with Bruun & Hjejle.
Birgitte Toxværd has worked with data protection law for more than 15 years and is one of the country’s most experienced advisors within this area. In the international legal directory, Legal 500, Horten is recognised as one of Denmark’s leading law firms within Data Privacy and Data Protection, and Birgitte Toxværd will contribute to securing this Tier 1 position. She comes from a position as Senior Director with Bruun & Hjejle.
Birgitte Toxværd advises on all aspects of data protection, both individual processing and major compliance projects where she assists with the clarification of the use of personal data, analyses how the data may be used and plans the practical implementation of the required measures together with the client.
She has wide experience advising both public authorities and the private sector and has special expertise within the financial sector (banks, insurance companies and management companies), the media business (production companies and broadcasters) and pharmaceutical companies - businesses that are all in the interface between data protection legislation and comprehensive sectoral legislation.
Birgitte Toxværd is certified according to the global standard within data protection Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), and she has is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional for Europe (CIPP/E). Previously, she has also held courses concerning both certifications at Juridisk Uddannelses Center, JUC.
The admission of Birgitte Toxværd as partner is the most recent admission to strengthen Horten’s commercial and public law profile.