Leading global law firm, Baker McKenzie, has hired Kelly Hagedorn as a partner specialising in cybersecurity and privacy.
Kelly’s background in investigations and white-collar work sees her advising clients across a range of sectors on cybersecurity preparedness and resilience, compliance with evolving regulatory requirements, breach response, regulatory investigations and litigation.
Kelly built her practice around high-impact, global incident response matters, often acting as the central coordinating adviser across jurisdictions and providing clients with a structured approach to crisis management. Her broader practice includes proactive cyber risk management and advice on key regulatory and operational frameworks, including GDPR, NIS2, the Cyber Resilience Act and DORA.
Kelly starts at the Firm on 16 November 2026 and will be based in London, working closely with recent Washington DC-based partner hire Kate Hanniford and the wider US Cyber team, to offer clients a seamless transatlantic incident response capability. She joins from Alston & Bird.
Vinod Bange, EMEA Chair of Baker McKenzie’s Data & Cyber Practice, commented: “Kelly is a very exciting hire for us in the cybersecurity and privacy space. Having established and grown the London cybersecurity practice in her previous firm, her arrival will increase the depth, resilience and scalability of our practice at Baker McKenzie.”
Baker McKenzie’s London Managing Partner, Jo Hewitt, added: “As we further strengthen our data & cyber capability, and accelerate development of a transatlantic cyber platform, Kelly’s existing client base of US-headquartered multinational organisations makes her the ideal hire to help us realise our ambitions both here in London and across our global footprint.”
Kelly’s background in investigations and white-collar work sees her advising clients across a range of sectors on cybersecurity preparedness and resilience, compliance with evolving regulatory requirements, breach response, regulatory investigations and litigation.
Kelly built her practice around high-impact, global incident response matters, often acting as the central coordinating adviser across jurisdictions and providing clients with a structured approach to crisis management. Her broader practice includes proactive cyber risk management and advice on key regulatory and operational frameworks, including GDPR, NIS2, the Cyber Resilience Act and DORA.
Kelly starts at the Firm on 16 November 2026 and will be based in London, working closely with recent Washington DC-based partner hire Kate Hanniford and the wider US Cyber team, to offer clients a seamless transatlantic incident response capability. She joins from Alston & Bird.
Vinod Bange, EMEA Chair of Baker McKenzie’s Data & Cyber Practice, commented: “Kelly is a very exciting hire for us in the cybersecurity and privacy space. Having established and grown the London cybersecurity practice in her previous firm, her arrival will increase the depth, resilience and scalability of our practice at Baker McKenzie.”
Baker McKenzie’s London Managing Partner, Jo Hewitt, added: “As we further strengthen our data & cyber capability, and accelerate development of a transatlantic cyber platform, Kelly’s existing client base of US-headquartered multinational organisations makes her the ideal hire to help us realise our ambitions both here in London and across our global footprint.”
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