Privello

A practice built for Europe's data rulebook Privello LLC is a European data regulation consultancy advising US and international companies across the EU, Switzerland, and Norway. The firm holds its work to one standard: analysis a regulator would credit, documentation an enterprise buyer would accept, and advice a client's own team can operate.

Privello was founded by Patrick Smith, a U.S.-licensed attorney (State of Texas) and Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E), who works at the intersection Europe's privacy rules were written for: personal data that moves between jurisdictions. The practice covers the GDPR, the revised Swiss FADP, and the transfer regime that governs data flowing to the United States — with particular depth in the Swiss and Nordic frameworks alongside the EU baseline, a coverage the established European compliance houses rarely offer under one roof.

The model is deliberate. Privello engagements are consulting engagements: fixed-scope, plain-language, and built to be operated by the client's own team rather than parked in a legal file. The legal training shows up in the rigor of the analysis — the regulation, the guidance, and the enforcement practice, read in the original — not in law-firm billing. Where a matter requires legal advice or representation, Privello is candid about that line and brings in qualified counsel in the relevant jurisdiction.