04 Feb 2026
Norton Rose Fulbright appoints Helen Christakos as San Francisco partner to strengthen US privacy, AI and cybersecurity capabilities
"Norton Rose Fulbright hires Helen Christakos as a partner in San Francisco to bolster its US privacy, AI and cybersecurity practice, focusing on privacy, AI, data governance and transactional matters."
Christakos joins from A&O Shearman, where she led the US Data Privacy Group. She is known for representing clients across a wide range of industries on regulatory, transactional, counseling and contentious matters. Her practice focuses on privacy, AI and cybersecurity matters, including advice on privacy and security issues arising in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, financings, IPOs and other commercial transactions. She regularly advises on privacy considerations related to product and service development and launches, data governance frameworks to support innovation, drafting and negotiating licensing and other commercial contracts with a focus on data-centric deals, developing privacy, cybersecurity and AI governance policies, and responding to cyber incidents and data breaches.
Christakos is licensed in California and the District of Columbia and is a registered foreign lawyer in England and Wales. She holds a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley, a master’s degree from Cambridge University and a bachelor’s degree from Vassar College, and speaks French, German and Greek.