
Tamsin Allen
Tamsin Allen is a senior consultant at Bindmans and Head of the Media and Information Law team. She manages a wide-ranging media practice with an emphasis on defamation and privacy, whistleblowing, information and data protection, copyright and human rights. Tamsin works closely with crime, employment, family, public law and actions against the police to provide a seamless reputation and crisis management service. She was awarded Solicitor of the Year – Private Practice by the Law Society for her pioneering work successfully defending high-profile whistle-blowers – most notably in the Cambridge Analytica and ‘Vote Leave’ cases. You can read Tamsin’s interview with the Law Gazette here. Tamsin is an experienced and skilled media lawyer. She has acted for Christopher Wylie, the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, since Autumn 2017, advising on strategy and wider legal issues arising out of the information he has brought to light about Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and the Brexit Referendum. These have included advice in relation to exposing confidential and contentious information safely; giving evidence to Parliament, Congress, the Senate, and the European Parliament; and advice on media strategy. · Bindmans LLP
About
Tamsin Allen is a senior consultant at Bindmans and Head of the Media and Information Law team, managing a wide-ranging media practice focused on defamation, privacy, whistleblowing, data protection, copyright and human rights. She is noted for defending high-profile whistle-blowers (including Christopher Wylie and Shahmir Sanni), advising on legal and media strategy in major data and reputation cases, and was awarded Solicitor of the Year – Private Practice by the Law Society.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- BA (History), Balliol College, Oxford University (1986)
Admissions
- Qualified as a solicitor (1998)