An independent regulatory consultancy
NWLexTech advises technology businesses on data protection, AI regulation and digital compliance — combining legal analysis with practical understanding of how software is built and operated.
Bridging regulation and practice
Organisations face an increasingly dense regulatory environment, and much of the available guidance falls into one of two categories: highly technical material that is difficult to apply, or simplified content that lacks legal rigour.
NWLexTech was established to address that gap. The practice provides clear, proportionate guidance to organisations navigating the GDPR, ePrivacy, the EU AI Act, the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, alongside educational material that makes these subjects easier to understand and apply.
Work spans advisory, documentation and implementation support. Whether the client is a multinational, a growing technology company or an early-stage startup, the aim is the same: establish what the obligations actually are, and implement measures that hold up in the product as it is built.
How we work
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Accessible
Complex regulatory requirements should be understandable and actionable. We prioritise clarity, transparency and practical communication.
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Precise
Regulatory complexity should not come at the expense of accuracy. Clear explanation and rigorous analysis are not alternatives to one another.
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Practical
Compliance measures should reflect genuine risk and business objectives rather than unnecessary bureaucracy.
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Technology-aware
We understand how digital products are designed, developed and deployed, so advice integrates with existing systems and workflows.
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End-to-end
From regulatory interpretation and governance documentation through to implementation, we support clients across the compliance lifecycle.
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Independent
Advice is driven solely by client needs, without vendor affiliations, referral incentives or commercial conflicts.
Areas of advice
Full service descriptions, turnaround times and fees are set out on the services page.
- GDPR and UK GDPR compliance
- The EU AI Act and AI governance frameworks
- ePrivacy, cookies and consent implementation
- Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act obligations
- Data protection impact assessments and risk management
- International transfers and transfer impact assessments
- Outsourced Data Protection Officer services
- Privacy-by-design implementation
- Regulatory compliance for digital products and online platforms
Selected consulting experience
Client identities are withheld. These summarise the kind of question the practice is engaged to answer.
- US analytics SaaS
- Territorial scope assessment under Article 3(2), transfer position review, and the processing agreement and subprocessor documentation required to clear enterprise security review.
- Consumer mobile application
- Third-party SDK inventory and data flow mapping against published store declarations, with consent implementation traced against the ePrivacy Directive and Article 7 GDPR.
- B2B platform with an AI feature
- Classification under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, obligations arising from use of a third-party general-purpose model, and the Article 50 transparency notice shipped with the feature.
- European healthtech startup
- Article 30 records, a DPIA covering special category processing, and a breach response plan with defined roles and Article 33 notification thresholds.
- Online marketplace
- Review of Digital Services Act obligations — notice and action mechanisms, transparency reporting and contact points — alongside the platform's business-user position under the Digital Markets Act.
Qualifications
NWLexTech was founded by Nirajan Wagle, a data protection and technology specialist working on privacy, AI governance and the EU and UK digital regulatory landscape, with direct experience building software.
- CIPP/E — Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe
- LL.M. in Innovation, Technology and the Law, University of Edinburgh
- LL.B., University of Essex
Work with NWLexTech
Whether you are preparing for market expansion, launching an AI-enabled product, strengthening a privacy programme or responding to a regulatory requirement, start with a scoping call.