Vivek Mohan is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Palo Alto office, where he is Co-Chair of the top-ranked Artificial Intelligence practice and a core member of the Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation practice. Vivek advises clients on legal, regulatory, compliance, and policy issues on a global scale with a focus on cutting-edge technology issues. His practice spans counseling, regulatory response, incident response, advocacy, and transactional matters, allowing him to provide clients with strategic advice whether they are developing a new product or service, responding to a regulatory inquiry, setting up a privacy program, responding to a data breach, or negotiating a complex agreement.
Vivek is ranked by Chambers USA 2025 in Band 1 for his work in Artificial Intelligence, and is recognized by Chambers Global 2025 as a “Global Market Leader” in the field. Reflecting the range of his practice, Vivek has also been recognized by Cybersecurity Docket as one of the 2025 "Incident Response 50,” identifying the top practitioners in the field.
Vivek previously worked at Apple Inc., where he was head of information security law and a leader of the company’s global privacy law & policy team. At Apple, Vivek was responsible for privacy and security legal issues associated with the company’s products, services, and corporate infrastructure. During his time at Apple, Vivek managed a team of lawyers responsible for privacy counseling for all software, biometric, augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), and search products, and served as lead counsel for information security. He oversaw the privacy and security legal aspects of Apple’s forays into regulated spaces, including in financial services and health, and played a key role in the development of Apple’s GDPR and CCPA compliance strategy and program. He handled some of the team’s most complex issues and served as the team’s point person for regulatory response, legislative developments, global policy advocacy, and congressional testimony.
Earlier in his career, Vivek was in private practice, where he counseled clients in the technology, telecommunications, healthcare and financial services sectors on privacy and cybersecurity. He has represented clients in dozens of investigations before the FTC, SEC, FCC, state Attorneys General, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, financial services regulators, and data protection regulators around the world. Vivek also has significant experience counseling companies responding to legal process issued under law enforcement or national security authorities, including advising on attendant cross-border implications. Vivek has worked as an attorney at Microsoft, at the Internet Bureau of the New York State Attorney General (under a special appointment), and at General Electric’s corporate headquarters (on secondment), and was previously a partner at another international law firm. For five years, he was a resident fellow and later a non-resident associate with the Cybersecurity Project at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Vivek is a thought leader recognized by the legal, academic and policy community. He regularly serves as a panelist and presenter at leading privacy and security conferences and industry events and has guest lectured at Harvard, Columbia, and Yale Law School on issues related to technology regulation. Vivek has served as a member of the Law360 Editorial Board for Cybersecurity and Privacy, and as the co-editor and author of the PLI treatise “Cybersecurity: A Practical Guide to the Law of Cyber Risk” (1st-6th ed. 2016 – 2022).
Capabilities
- Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation
- Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
- Artificial Intelligence
- Consumer Protection
- Crisis Management
- Litigation
- Media, Entertainment, and Technology
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- National Security
- Public Policy
- Securities Enforcement
- Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance
- Tech and Innovation
- Technology Transactions
- White Collar Defense and Investigations
Credentials
Education:
- Columbia University - 2010 Juris Doctor
- University of California, Berkeley - 2007 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- California Bar
- District of Columbia Bar
- New York Bar