Ataguba Solomon Aboje
Corporate & Commercial
E: Ataguba.Aboje@kingsley-wood.com
Ataguba is a data protection and technology lawyer, triple-qualified in England & Wales (2022), Ireland (2025) and Nigeria (2007). He is a Solicitor-Advocate in England & Wales with Higher Rights of Audience (Civil), a Solicitor in Ireland, and a Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
He is an IAPP Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) and holds the CIPP/E (Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe), CIPP/US (Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States), CIPM (Certified Information Privacy Manager), AIGP (Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional) and CC (ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity) certifications.
Ataguba has practised across regulatory advisory, AI governance, technology contracts, compliance and litigation. He now advises on UK and EU data protection, cross-border data transfers and the EU’s digital regulation suite.
about
Ataguba’s practice centres on data protection, AI governance and technology contracts.
He advises on UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, EU GDPR, cross-border data transfers, and the EU’s wider digital regulation suite, including the EU AI Act, DORA, the Data Act, the DSA and the DMA. As an AIGP-certified practitioner he carries out AI risk assessments and works directly with product, engineering and compliance teams to align AI systems with legal and privacy standards.
Alongside this regulatory work he brings civil higher-courts advocacy rights in England & Wales and many years of litigation and advisory experience, giving clients guidance that is both technically precise and commercially practical.
Recent Matters
my work
- Advising on UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and EU GDPR compliance programmes, including data subject rights, breach response and information governance.
- Advising on the EU’s digital regulation suite — the EU AI Act, DORA, the Data Act, the DSA and the DMA — across cross-jurisdictional environments.
- Drafting and negotiating technology contracts, including SaaS, licensing and distribution agreements, with a focus on data-processing terms and cross-border transfer requirements.
- Acting as technology and data privacy counsel to a Silicon Valley AI company, aligning AI system outputs with legal and privacy standards.
- Carrying out AI risk assessments and translating regulatory requirements into actionable guidance for data-driven projects.
- Translate complex legal requirements into practical, actionable training modules for AI systems.
Interest
about me
Away from his practice, Ataguba is a keen pianist and spends much of his spare time building legal-technology side projects, pairing his interest in the law with a hands-on enthusiasm for AI assisted coding.
Awards & Experience
my expertise
- Solicitor-Advocate, England & Wales — Higher Rights of Audience (Civil Advocacy), SRA
- Solicitor, Ireland
- Barrister & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Nigeria
- IAPP Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP)
- CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM and AIGP (IAPP)
- ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)
- Google AI Professional Certificate
- Professional Certificate - Google Project Management
- Master of Laws (LL.M), Ambrose Alli University
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), Ambrose Alli University
