Luca Lucarini

Luca Lucarini is a Senior Associate in Dentons' Privacy and Cybersecurity and Litigation and Dispute Resolution groups, based in the Toronto office, practicing in Data Protection Law. He provides risk management and regulatory compliance advice to clients on privacy, data security, anti-spam (CASL), telemarketing, and AI governance matters, calibrating his advice to each client's individual risk tolerance and operational posture. He regularly drafts and negotiates the privacy and data security elements of technology-related agreements, data processing agreements, and addendums.

Mr. Lucarini assists clients experiencing data incidents, advising on remediation, notification, and reporting obligations, and interfacing with regulators. He also provides risk assessment and mitigation advice for M&A and commercial transactions. Notable matters include defending Nissan in multiple high-stakes privacy class actions (successfully limiting class size and negotiating a settlement worth approximately 0.1% of the original claim), acting as co-lead counsel for The Cadillac Fairview Corporation in successfully opposing certification of a privacy class action, and advising Spotify AB in a judicial-review challenge to the CRTC's new "base contribution" regime (named one of Lexpert's Top 10 Business Decisions of 2024/2025).

Luca holds a J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School (2018) and a B.F.A. from Ryerson University (2005). He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional for Canada (CIPP/C) and has been recognized by Chambers Canada in Privacy & Data Protection and by The Best Lawyers in Canada - Ones to Watch in Privacy and Data Security Law.