Zack Laplante

Manager, Legal Function Consulting, Ernst & Young LLP

Legal department consultant and strategist. Lifelong learner. Amateur musician. Neurodivergent advocate.

Zack is a manager in the Legal Function Consulting practice at Ernst & Young LLP, helping clients enhance and reimagine their legal team’s resourcing and capabilities. He has over six years of prior experience serving as an in-house legal and privacy counsel and is also a CIPP/US and CIPP/E certified privacy professional.

Some of Zack’s most recent work includes the optimization of a global privacy impact assessment program, design and implementation of a DSR request management system and delivery of immersive visioning sessions for legal leadership teams.

How Zack is building a better working world

"I specialize in guiding EY clients to enhance and evolve their legal departments, enabling legal professionals to prioritize strategic, high-value projects. My goal with every client is to gain a well-rounded understanding of their operating model, identify key value drivers, and tailor our solutions to their upfront needs and transformation goals with attention to people, process, data and technology priorities. From data privacy compliance and governance, to matter and contract lifecycle management, I enable client legal teams to shine in their roles, demonstrating excellence within their organization and contributing to broader business objectives."

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