--- title: "Florence Chafiol" id: "735" type: "collaborateur" slug: "florence-chafiol-2" published_at: "2025-12-29T09:28:18+00:00" modified_at: "2026-03-31T15:22:26+00:00" url: "https://augustdeboustg.wpenginepowered.com/en/collaborateur/florence-chafiol-2/" markdown_url: "https://augustdeboustg.wpenginepowered.com/en/collaborateur/florence-chafiol-2.md" taxonomy_language: - "English" taxonomy_post_translations: - "pll_695249b2357b6" taxonomy_tax_expertise: - "Artificial intelligence" - "Digital and Technology Regulation" - "Personal Data and Cybersecurity" - "Tech and digital" - "Tech, Digital and Data Litigation" taxonomy_tax_fonction: - "Partner" taxonomy_tax_gouvernance: - "Partners’ Assembly" - "Partnership Committee" taxonomy_tax_langue: - "English" - "French" taxonomy_tax_localisation: - "Paris" --- Menu Interagir avec notre IA Practice Areas (66) Transactional- [Artificial intelligence](https://augustdeboustg.wpenginepowered.com/en/expertise/artificial-intelligence/) - [Capital Markets](https://augustdeboustg.wpenginepowered.com/en/expertise/capital-markets/) - 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[Telecommunications & Digital Infrastructure](https://augustdeboustg.wpenginepowered.com/en/secteur/telecommunications-digital-infrastructure/) [Profil Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/florence-chafiol-64704415/) [Voir la page Équipe](https://augustdeboustg.wpenginepowered.com/en/team/) : 06H 45M 08.9173S Vertical : -16° 42' 58.017" # Florence Chafiol 0 0 - Position Partner - Email fchafiol@august-debouzy.com - Phone Number +33145615181 - Languages English, French - Location Paris - Barreau Barreau de Paris ## Practice Areas - [Artificial intelligence](https://augustdeboustg.wpenginepowered.com/en/expertise/artificial-intelligence/) - [Digital and Technology Regulation](https://augustdeboustg.wpenginepowered.com/en/expertise/digital-and-technology-regulation/) - [Personal Data and Cybersecurity](https://augustdeboustg.wpenginepowered.com/en/expertise/personal-data-and-cybersecurity/) - [Tech and digital](https://augustdeboustg.wpenginepowered.com/en/expertise/tech-and-digital/) - [Tech, Digital and Data Litigation](https://augustdeboustg.wpenginepowered.com/en/expertise/tech-digital-and-data-litigation/) 0 ## Biography Florence Chafiol, partner at August Debouzy, provides both advisory and litigation support to her clients, whether major French and foreign players or new economy companies (Next 40), on all their legal and strategic issues related to innovative technological projects in the digital, artificial intelligence or e-commerce fields. She has also developed a highly recognized practice on all issues related to personal data in connection with the GDPR, and cybersecurity. Florence Chafiol also assists her clients in the event of cyber security attacks and personal data breaches that they may experience and throughout the management of the resulting crisis. Finally, she assists her clients who have been the subject of formal notices or have undergone audits with the handling of their pre-litigation and litigation processes with the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) as well as with their “personal data” disputes before civil and criminal courts. Florence has been teaching for several years at the DJCE of Montpellier (Corporate Lawyer Diploma) and at the University of Panthéon-Assas, in Paris, in connection with the DPO University Degree. She regularly leads or takes part in conferences and debates pertaining to personal data protection, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, and publishes articles on these subjects in the general and specialized press. > Florence gives clients the confidence they need to get to the right commercial answer, always backed up by in-depth knowledge of both the law and the regulatory environment. She is a superb, market-leading operator. - Chambers and Partners > "Florence Chafiol is a trusted legal advisor who we can always rely on to provide strong strategic advice. She understands our business and the wider sector very well, meaning that her advice is always on point and her insights are valuable." - Legal 500 ## Background : 06H 45M 08.9173S Vertical : -16° 42' 58.017" - 1995 Montpellier - Université de Montpellier | Master's degree (DESS-DJCE) in Business Law - 1995 Montpellier - Université de Montpellier | Post-graduate degree (Magistère-DJCE) in Business Law ## *Rankings and* **Recognition** 0 0 m - (01)Chambers and Partners 2026 TMT: Data Protection - (02)Chambers and Partners 2025 - Global TMT: Data Protection - (03)Legal 500 2025 - Global Data privacy and data protection [More distinctions](https://augustdeboustg.wpenginepowered.com/en/distinctions/?search_type-collaborateur%5B%5D=florence-chafiol-2) ## *Latest* News 0938103903 ...// //301 k [24/04/26 Legal Article 2 min August Debouzy advises Verdoso on the contemplated acquisition of Globecast from Orange](https://augustdeboustg.wpenginepowered.com/en/legal-article/august-debouzy-advises-verdoso-on-the-contemplated-acquisition-of-globecast-from-orange/) [10/04/26 Deal 2 min August Debouzy advises Fisk Alloy on the acquisition of Thermo Technologies’ Specialty Wire business](https://augustdeboustg.wpenginepowered.com/en/deal/august-debouzy-advises-fisk-alloy-on-the-acquisition-of-thermo-technologies-specialty-wire-business/) [08/01/26 Deal 2 min August Debouzy advises GazelEnergie on exclusive discussions for the acquisition of green energy supplier ilek](https://augustdeboustg.wpenginepowered.com/en/deal/august-debouzy-advises-gazelenergie-on-exclusive-discussions-for-the-acquisition-of-green-energy-supplier-ilek/) [19/12/25 Deal 2 min August Debouzy advises SPIE on the signing of an agreement for the contemplated acquisition of Artemys](https://augustdeboustg.wpenginepowered.com/en/deal/august-debouzy-advises-spie-on-the-signing-of-an-agreement-for-the-contemplated-acquisition-of-artemys/) [08/12/25 Legal Article 5 min Toward a Two-Tier Liability Regime for Online Platforms? 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