Caroline Chancé is a partner at Squair, within the firm's dedicated Technology, Data and Digital practice.

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She has been advising French and international companies (software publishers, SaaS providers, digital platforms, industrial groups) for over ten years on IT contracts, European regulatory compliance and the management of risks related to personal data and artificial intelligence.

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Caroline has developed a strong expertise in data protection. She has led GDPR compliance programmes for international groups across a range of sectors (luxury, technology, entertainment, healthcare, energy, among others), served as outsourced Data Protection Officer, handled data breaches and proceedings before the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL), and conducted multi-jurisdictional data processing audits. She spent several years seconded to the legal teams of French unicorns and major corporates, providing direct GDPR and contractual support.

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Her IT contracting practice is predominantly vendor-side. She structures, drafts and negotiates complex technology agreements (SaaS, cloud, licensing, outsourcing) and regularly acts against the procurement and in-house legal teams of large corporate buyers, on negotiations where legal directly impacts the ability to close.

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Caroline is also active in artificial intelligence matters. She advises software companies integrating AI into their products and businesses deploying AI solutions on compliance, governance and contractual structuring under the EU AI Act.

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Her clients range from early-stage startups to listed international groups.

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Caroline holds an LL.M. from the University of California, Berkeley, with a specialisation in Law and Technology. She practised for six years in the IPT department of DLA Piper, in Paris and Hong Kong, before joining Squair in 2021.

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She heads the law programme at Albert School, a data and business school, where she teaches data protection law. She publishes regularly on IT, data and AI topics, including in specialised legal journals. She is a member of the International Bar Association, the Berkeley Global Society and the AFCDP (French Association of Data Protection Officers).

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