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Cases · Technology & intellectual property · Cybercrime, data breaches & AI disputes

Urgent Recover from a ransomware attack

We've been hit by ransomware. What do we do now?

WONE Global brings in incident response, legal and regulatory professionals together, including sanctions checks on any payment.

Countries in the typical case Italy

The situation

What is happening

Systems are encrypted and attackers demand payment.

What is at stake

Decisions in the first hours affect recovery, liability and whether any payment would be lawful.

Who faces this

  • Corporations
  • Mid-sized companies

A scenario

ManufacturerCorporation · from Italy · in Romania, Tunisia

Its plants in two countries have stopped after a ransomware attack.

Where it ends Decisions made lawfully under pressure.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Ransomware response”“Can we pay a ransom legally?”“Our company has suffered a ransomware attack”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global brings in incident response, legal and regulatory professionals together, including sanctions checks on any payment.

Usually led by Data protection and cyber, with Anti-bribery, sanctions and compliance and Business insurance.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. First hoursIncident and legal teams.
  2. Day 1Sanctions checks.
  3. Week 1Notifications.
  4. ThenRecovery.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Whether payment is legal and sanctions-compliant
  2. 02Notifications and law enforcement
  3. 03Restoration and insurance

Outcomes

What you receive

  • An incident response plan
  • Regulatory and insurer notifications
  • Recovery and post-incident review

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Services

The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsData protection and cyber2 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedAnti-bribery, sanctions and compliance3 markets with a named lead→
  3. Often involvedBusiness insuranceArranged on request→

Who handles it

Data protection and cyber, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Italyin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. Israel WONE Global Partner Karin Horev · Founding Partner Brief this Partner →
  3. Uganda WONE Global Partner Tony Galandi Kiire · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  4. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  5. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  6. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  7. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  8. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  9. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

Karin HorevTel Aviv · Israel

WONE Global Capability Partner · Israel

Karin Horev

Founding Partner · Horev & Co. Law Office · Tel Aviv

Adv. Karin Horev has been practicing corporate and commercial law for more than 20 years, with a focus on complex technology-related matters. Over the years, Karin has led a large number of complex and wide-ranging tran…

Tony Galandi KiireKampala · Uganda

WONE Global Capability Partner · Uganda

Tony Galandi Kiire

Managing Partner · Diamond Advocates · Kampala

Tony Kiire is the Founding and Managing Partner of Diamond Advocates, where he leads the Technology, Innovation, and Intellectual Property Law practice. He is also the founder of Lawtech Associates and Consult, the comp…

Kelvin A. EgbeYaoundé · Cameroon

WONE Global Capability Partner · Cameroon

Kelvin A. Egbe

Managing Partner · Midas Law Group · Yaoundé

Attorney specialized in structuring, licensing, control, project permitting, patents, trademarks & Designs registration, venture financing, trade finance, regulatory intelligence & compliance, Financial markets, natural…

Roberto GilardinoShanghai · China

WONE Global Capability Partner · China

Roberto Gilardino

Regional Partner North Asia & additional countries · Horizons (Shanghai) Corporate Advisory Company · Shanghai

Roberto Gilardino is Regional Partner at Horizons, supervising the advisory’s activities in North Asia as well as additional countries (including Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, UAE, Cyprus and Malta).

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