Ariel Pardee

Ariel Pardee focuses her practice on data protection and privacy laws, data governance, and technology transactions.

Ariel advises clients ranging from startups to global enterprises across diverse industries, including retail companies, consumer-facing and business-to-business software providers, and businesses in highly regulated industries, such as the financial services, insurance, and healthcare industries. Ariel regularly helps clients design, implement, and maintain their privacy and data governance programs; draft privacy notices, website and software terms of use, and other user-facing policies; respond to data security incidents; and navigate complex regulatory requirements such as biometric privacy compliance and AI governance.

She also assists clients negotiate technology transactions, including software license agreements and software as a service (SaaS) agreements, and which often involve sensitive or large-scale data.  Ariel has experience representing clients on either side of the transaction, whether customer-side or vendor-side.

In addition to her privacy and technology work, Ariel supports clients in corporate transactions and general commercial contracting, bringing a practical, business-oriented approach to each engagement.

Ariel is a Certified Information Privacy Professional in U.S. Law (CIPP/US) and European Law (CIPP/E). Prior to joining Pierce Atwood, Ariel served as a judicial law clerk for Justice Jeffrey Hjelm of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.