# Fieldfisher LLP - **Type:** Advisory firm - **Website:** https://www.fieldfisher.com - **Assessed by:** The Assurance Desk (Add-Venture Advisory Ltd) A UK law firm whose Data and Privacy Group advises on data protection, AI and cyber security. It also licenses compliance software to clients. ## Fieldfisher scores Scored 1 to 5 on six criteria. There is no overall score. ### Help when things go wrong: 3/5 Led High Court GDPR litigation for child claimants v Refinitiv (World-Check case), settled 2026; clean SRA disciplinary record, but no verified example of defending a client against ICO enforcement was found. ### Qualifications of the people who do the work: 4/5 SRA-recognised body (no. 441075) since 2011, authorised for all legal services; Legal 500 independently ranks its London data-protection team with 5 named lawyers. ### What it publishes about fees: 2/5 No public rate card, fixed fee or hourly-rate information for data-protection or AI-governance advisory work was found on Fieldfisher's own site in this research pass. ### Knowledge of your sector: 5/5 Dedicated Data and Privacy Group led by named partners (Hazel Grant, Leonie Power); Legal 500-ranked team ran a landmark UK GDPR High Court case to settlement. ### Independence from what it sells: 4/5 Primarily a fee-earning law firm; also licenses a data-compliance software suite built on a third-party platform to clients alongside its legal advice. ### Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong: 3/5 As an SRA-recognised body Fieldfisher must hold professional indemnity insurance to SRA minimum terms, but the firm's own specific PII disclosure page could not be directly verified this pass, so this reflects the regulatory baseline only. ## Sources for Fieldfisher Every line carries the page it was read on and the date it was checked. - Company number, type and status - Source: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/OC318472 - Checked: 2026-09-19 - SRA regulatory status - Source: https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/register/organisation/?sraNumber=441075 - Checked: 2026-09-19 - Legal 500 ranking for London data-protection practice - Source: https://www.legal500.com/rankings/ranking/c-london/risk-advisory/data-protection-privacy-and-cybersecurity/1096-fieldfisher - Checked: 2026-09-19 - Named data-protection practice leadership on firm's own site - Source: https://www.fieldfisher.com/en/people/hazel-grant - Checked: 2026-09-19 - High Court GDPR litigation track record - Source: https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/news/world-check-removes-profiles-designating-grandchildren-as-pep-relatives/ - Checked: 2026-09-19 - Compliance software offered alongside legal advice - Source: https://www.lawcadia.com/fieldfisher-data-compliance-manager/ - Checked: 2026-09-19 ## What this provider publishes Not published means we did not find it on the firm's own pages. - Price: Not published - Indemnity cover: Not published - Credentials: Not published - Independent accreditation: Not published - Client results: Published - How it uses AI: Not published ## Strengths - Dedicated, named Data and Privacy Group (Hazel Grant, Leonie Power and others) with an independently published Legal 500 ranking for London data protection, privacy and cybersecurity. - Demonstrated contentious data-protection track record: instructed counsel in a landmark UK High Court GDPR claim (Refinitiv/World-Check) through to a settlement approved by the court in 2026. - SRA-recognised body since 2011 with no disciplinary or regulatory decisions currently published on the public register. ## Things to check Each one carries the factual basis it rests on. - Legal 500's independently published ranking places Fieldfisher's London data-protection, privacy and cybersecurity practice in Tier 3, not the top ranking tier for that category. - Basis: legal500.com ranking page for Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity, London, read 2026-09-19 - Fieldfisher licenses its own 'Data Compliance Manager' compliance-software product to clients alongside paid legal advice, a commercial software interest relevant to independence from a software funnel. - Basis: lawcadia.com/fieldfisher-data-compliance-manager, describing the product as powered by a licensed third-party platform, read 2026-09-19 ## Where this firm appears - [Do you need a data protection officer?](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/first-appointment) - [Does the EU AI Act apply to a UK firm?](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/eu-ai-act-exposed) - [Compare providers](https://theassurancedesk.com/compare) --- **Scope.** The Assurance Desk covers data protection, AI governance and cyber security in the United Kingdom and the United States. It scores providers in both: UK-facing firms, and firms based in the United States. Every provider scored so far was selected for data-protection, AI-governance or security-assurance work. Where a page describes law, it names the country that law applies in. **Who publishes this.** The Assurance Desk is published by Add-Venture Advisory Ltd, company number 11854524, registered in England and Wales. The same owner runs Avouch, a marketing agency that sells AI visibility services to firms of the kind this site covers. That is a conflict of interest, and it is disclosed here. **Corrections.** If you represent this firm and something here is wrong or out of date, email hello@theassurancedesk.com with the evidence.