Dewi Harkink is an associate director in the technology, media and telecommunications team at Osborne Clarke Netherlands. He specialises in privacy and data protection law and AI regulation, advising Dutch and international clients ranging from scale-ups to large multinationals.
Combining a hands-on approach with practical programming experience, Dewi has a strong understanding of how digital products, data-driven services and AI solutions are designed and built. Dewi regularly advises on compliance with AI-related laws and regulations and drafts and negotiates AI-related and IT-related contracts.
He also advises on a wide range of privacy matters, including complex GDPR compliance projects, cross-border data transfers, GDPR governance and policies, and the use of cookies and other tracking technologies.
Publications
Co-author of the Netherlands chapter in the Artificial Intelligence Law Guide , published 16 July 2026 , alongside Coen Barneveld Binkhuysen and Joanne Zaaijer .