Robert Bond
Senior Counsel

Robert has over 40 years of experience as a legal expert and author in the fields of e-commerce, computer games, media and publishing, data protection, information security and cyber risks.
Robert is a Solicitor and Notary Public and a Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional. He has specialised in data protection & information security law since 1983.
He is Vice President of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics and the Health Care Compliance Association, a Director, Company Secretary and Trustee of South West Grid for Learning which is part of the UK Safer Internet Centre and runs Report Harmful Content
He is a founder member of the UN Global Pulse Expert Group on Governance of Data and of AI, Head of the Examination Board for the Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection, Chairman of the Governance Board of the Data Protection Network, a Director and Honorary Solicitor of the City Livery Club and a Director and Council Member of the Notaries Society.
Robert is listed in Legal 500 as a Leading Individual for Data Protection where he is described as “astounding” and in Band 1 for Data Protection in Chambers UK 2019 where clients describe him as “absolutely exemplary” and the fact that his knowledge of data protection law is “astounding, and his application equally impressive.”
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Data Protection and Information Law
Chambers and Partners 2021
Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity (leading individual)
Legal 500 2021
Charities and not-for-profit
Legal 500 2021
Data Privacy and Protection
Who’s Who Legal Global Elite Thought Leader 2021
Data Security
Who’s Who Legal Global Elite Thought Leader 2021
Information Technology
Who’s Who Legal Global Leader 2021
Telecoms & Media
Who’s Who Legal Global Leader 2021
Information Technology Law
Best Lawyers™ UK 2021
One out of 100 Most Influential People in Data
The DATAIQ 100 2020
Data Protection and Cybersecurity
Leaders League UK 2020
Commercial Contracts
Legal 500 2017
IT and Telecoms
Legal 500 2017