Data Protection & Privacy

With a growing number of controversies over data and increasingly prevalent AI, businesses are encountering risk that’s more complicated than ever. Under the leadership of top data protection lawyer Suhaila Al Marzooqi and her team, we advise our clients on regulatory, litigation, and arbitration implications in admirably facing this ever-changing area.

Specialists in data protection and compliance, the team provides practical risk-based methodologies and international legislation. As a top-rated privacy law firm, they emphasise strategy to protect clients’ interests in adversarial situations, including enforcement actions and, when required, appeals before regulators or UAE courts.

In this role, Suhaila liaises with clients on a wide range of data breaches, from GDPR compliance and security investigations to data protection compliance and individual claims consequential to enforcement activity. On a transactional front, she advises on the full range of data privacy and cybersecurity issues, from advising on GDPR-compliant terms for service arrangements to commentary and contracts assessing suppliers’ suitability for processing information. Clients also receive GDPR and UAE PDPL compliance lawyer advice, drafting a privacy policy UAE, and data processing agreement lawyer Dubai support.

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Representative Experience

  • Acted for a global insurance broker in this complex fraud claim, involving concurrent investigation by the Dubai Public Prosecutor and DIFC Data Protection Authority.
  • Advising a GCC bank and one of the UAE’s leading airlines in relation to significant data breaches, cybersecurity, compliance, and regulatory inquiries, including ensuring compliance with the UAE International Standards. Data breach legal advice in Dubai was provided throughout.
  • Assisted a Korean technology company in a criminal investigation following employee data leaks to competitors.
  • Counseled European and UAE-based corporations on strategic data protection compliance, cross-border transfers, and compliance with federal laws and international regulations.
  • Assisted clients on complex cryptocurrency and cybercrime matters pertaining to the recovery of stolen funds, regulatory responsibility, and compliance, as a privacy lawyer near me for domestic and international clients.