Publication date: 25.09.2025
Paula Thompson Kronig is an experienced lawyer in international business and contract law with over 10 years of practice. She specializes in supporting international agreements, ensuring compliance, and minimizing financial and legal risks.
Legal Case: Cybersecurity Incident Response and Data Protection for an International Project
General Information
Client: CMC (China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation)
Client Representative: Ms. Maria Paula Thompson Kronig
Case Date: April 30, 2021
Industry: International investment, infrastructure projects, information security
Brief Overview: To develop the Brazilian market deeply, CMC requested Ms. Maria Paula Thompson Kronig to provide legal support for railway construction projects, rolling stock supply, solar power plant constructions, and other potential projects.
Challenges and Tasks
During international project operations, the client faced multiple risks, including:
- Data breaches and hacker attacks, which could result in financial losses and compromise confidentiality.
- Non-compliance with regulations, including GDPR (EU) and CCPA (California), in processing partner and contractor data.
- Handling large volumes of digital documentation, requiring specialized e-discovery legal services and digital forensics legal support.
- International contracts, needing clauses on data security and legal liability.
The legal task involved comprehensive cybersecurity legal services, covering both preventive measures and incident response.
Legal Services Provided
- Legal advice for data breach response and hacker attacks
- Assessment of risks and potential consequences for the business.
- Development of a legal strategy for incident response legal counsel.
- Support in communications with regulators and partners.
- Cybersecurity policy development legal help
- Drafting internal regulations and policies on data handling.
- Contract review for data security and inclusion of cybersecurity clauses.
- Implementation of standards for GDPR compliance legal help and CCPA legal support.
- e-discovery legal services and digital forensics legal support
- Support during investigation of data breaches.
- Legal analysis of digital evidence.
- Preparation of reports for judicial and administrative authorities.
- Legal due diligence information security and cybersecurity risk assessment
- Identification of weaknesses in information protection systems.
- Recommendations to strengthen data security.
- Cyber insurance legal review for risk mitigation.
- Legal support for contracts and international projects
- Contract review for data security and compliance with privacy laws.
- Inclusion of legal framework for cybersecurity in agreements with partners.
- Ensuring legal support in project execution across Brazil and other countries.
Benefits of the Services
- Comprehensive approach to cybersecurity legal services and legal responsibility.
- Preventive legal due diligence information security minimizing data breach risks.
- Professional e-discovery legal services and digital forensics legal support.
- International expertise in GDPR compliance legal help, CCPA legal support, and other regulations.
- Cyber law attorney guidance and incident response support.
Q&A
Question
What actions should be taken in case of a data breach in an international project?
Answer
Immediately assess the scope of the breach and document digital evidence.
Notify regulators and partners in accordance with privacy law compliance (GDPR, CCPA).
Conduct legal due diligence information security and contract review.
Develop a strategy to minimize damage and prevent future incidents.
Question
How to ensure cybersecurity regulatory compliance?
Answer
Prepare internal cybersecurity policy development legal help.
Review contracts for data protection legal services and privacy compliance.
Regularly conduct legal risk assessment cybersecurity and audits.
Legal support for international projects in cybersecurity requires a holistic approach, including:
Legal advice for data breach response and hacker attack legal response.
GDPR compliance legal help, CCPA legal support, and other regulatory compliance.
Professional e-discovery legal services and digital forensics legal support.
Risk assessment and legal due diligence information security.
Contract review for data security and inclusion of cybersecurity clauses.
This approach ensures that the client minimizes legal risks and complies with international standards. Ms. Maria Paula Thompson Kronig provided comprehensive legal guidance for CMC’s projects in Brazil, as confirmed in the authorization letter from the Deputy General Manager of the Strategic Business Unit of Railway Engineering.
