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Stéphanie Martinier

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Stéphanie Martinier is an M&A partner and member of the firm's Private Capital industry group.

Stéphanie is located in the Paris office and licensed to practice law in both France and New York.

Stéphanie advises French and international clients regarding cross-border transactions and commercial matters. She represents private equity funds and corporate entities in business acquisitions, sales and joint ventures, as well as in the negotiation of complex commercial contracts and in corporate restructurings.

Stéphanie focuses in particular in the industrial sector, and on technology and financial companies.

Stéphanie also represents clients in litigation matters relating to M&A transactions and shareholders’ disputes, and regularly counsels clients regarding compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and French data privacy regulations.

In addition, Stéphanie manages the pro bono work of the Paris office and, as part of this commitment, provides legal training on business creation to young entrepreneurs through the not-for-profit Yes Akademia.

Having attended law school in both France and the United States, Stéphanie holds a master of law from University Lyon III as well as a LL.M. degree from the University of Minnesota. She has been with Proskauer for the duration of her legal career.

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Six months after implementation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”),¹ many charitable organizations are still struggling with compliance. Our pro bono clients frequently ask whether consent is now required to send solicitations or communications via email to donors or potential donors.  Before addressing that discrete question, here are some key GDPR principles that apply to non-profit organizations:

What is personal data? Personal data encompasses any information that may directly or indirectly identify an individual (for example, a name is a direct identifying element, while a date of birth, email address, phone number, home address, or photo is an indirect identifying element).²  Personal data also includes information about the characteristics of an individual (hobbies for instance), opinions of a person, and online identifiers (cookies, IP address).  Because the definition of personal data is so broad, all charitable organizations process personal data.

What is data processing?³ Processing is defined very broadly in the GDPR and includes the collection, recording, storage, adaptation, use, erasure, and mere consultation of personal data.