(February 8, 2024) - Washington, D.C.-based Crowell & Moring has hired cybersecurity and data privacy attorney Rafi Azim-Khan as head of its digital law practice in Europe.

Azim-Khan will also be a partner in Crowell & Moring's London and San Francisco offices, the firm said in a Feb. 7 statement.

In addition to counseling clients on cybersecurity and data privacy, Azim-Khan provides advice on marketing, intellectual property, e-commerce, advertising and artificial intelligence matters. His practice covers the information technology, media, sports, food, health care, travel, defense and automotive sectors.

He previously served as a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Gowling WLG and McDermott Will & Emery.

Azim-Khan's appointment "deepens our ability to advise clients navigating rapidly increasing regulator and competitor challenge risks as they embrace new technologies or roll out new products or services," said Crowell & Moring Chair Philip T. Inglima.