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Partner interview - Matt Pollins

Annual Review 2017-2018

June 2018

What will be the most important market trend affecting your clients’ sector over the next 12 months?

The answer for this year is data protection. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect and governments around the world, including in my region (Asia-Pacific), are introducing more stringent data and cybersecurity regulations that will affect every client across every industry.

What does quality mean to you?

Clients expect that we, and other international law firms, can do the legal work well, so that is a given. At least as important, if not more so, is how we deliver the work – on time, on budget and using innovative technology tools where relevant, in a way that makes it easy and enjoyable for our clients to work with us.

What has been your most memorable day as a lawyer?

One of the first things I worked on as a junior lawyer in the London TMC team was the film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and seeing it win eight Oscars (on TV, sadly, rather than in LA) was pretty memorable. I’m not sure I will ever reach those dizzying heights again!

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