--- title: "Florence Chafiol" id: "735" type: "collaborateur" slug: "florence-chafiol" published_at: "2025-12-29T09:28:18+00:00" modified_at: "2026-09-02T12:29:11+00:00" url: "https://www.august-debouzy.com/en/collaborateur/florence-chafiol/" markdown_url: "https://www.august-debouzy.com/en/collaborateur/florence-chafiol.md" taxonomy_language: - "English" taxonomy_post_translations: - "pll_695249b2357b6" taxonomy_tax_expertise: - "Artificial intelligence" - "Contractual Engineering and Partnerships" - "Digital and Technology Regulation" - "European Law" - "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" --- [Profil Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/florence-chafiol-64704415/) [Voir la page Équipe](https://www.august-debouzy.com/en/team/) # Florence Chafiol - Position Partner - Email fchafiol@august-debouzy.com - Phone Number +33145615181 - Languages English, French - Location Paris - Bar Paris Bar ## Practice Areas - [Artificial intelligence](https://www.august-debouzy.com/en/expertise/artificial-intelligence/) - [Contractual Engineering and Partnerships](https://www.august-debouzy.com/en/expertise/commercial-contracts-and-strategic-partnerships/) - [Digital and Technology Regulation](https://www.august-debouzy.com/en/expertise/digital-and-technology-regulation/) - [European Law](https://www.august-debouzy.com/en/expertise/european-law/) - [Personal Data and Cybersecurity](https://www.august-debouzy.com/en/expertise/personal-data-and-cybersecurity/) - [Tech and digital](https://www.august-debouzy.com/en/expertise/tech-and-digital/) - [Tech, Digital and Data Litigation](https://www.august-debouzy.com/en/expertise/tech-digital-et-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. > She is simply the best privacy lawyer in France. > > Chambers and Partners France 2026 > Florence undoubtedly is among the best with expertise in France and Europe in data privacy, particularly in relations with regulators. > > Chambers and Partners France 2026 > Florence Chafiol is the standout individual. Experienced, client friendly and hard working - our team, and our clients, trust her to be the best there is. > > Legal 500 EMEA 2026 ## Background - 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 - University Degree in Contracts, Business Organizations, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA ## *Rankings and* **Recognition** m - (01)Best Lawyers 2027 - France Technologies Media IP The Best Lawyers in France - (02)Chambers and Partners 2026 TMT: Data Protection - (03)Legal 500 2026 - France Data privacy and data protection TIER 1 [More distinctions](https://www.august-debouzy.com/en/distinctions/?search_type-collaborateur%5B%5D=florence-chafiol) ## *Latest* News k [17/09/26 Deal 3 min August Debouzy advises Main Capital Partners and its portfolio company cisbox on the acquisition of Oxalys Technologies August Debouzy a conseillé Main Capital Partners et sa société en portefeuille cisbox dans le cadre de l’acquisition d’Oxalys Technologies, éditeur français de solutions SaaS Source-to-Pay. 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