Digital & Data

Digital & Data

The regulation of technology and data is evolving rapidly in the Middle East and North Africa. Al Tamimi & Company’s specialist digital & data team works on the ground across the region and is often the first to know about developments in this field. Our clients come from a wide range of sectors and benefit from the team’s specialist technical, legal and regional knowledge.

Specialist advice for significant and complex projects

Our clients choose us because of our specialist knowledge and our ability to handle even the most significant and complex projects. With technical expertise and a deep understanding of the law, as well as our clients’ commercial objectives, our advice is pragmatic and designed to help our clients achieve their goals.

Our diverse team of over 20 specialists is multi-lingual and includes English and Arabic speakers. We have lawyers working on the ground across the MENA region, which means our clients benefit from this local knowledge and the excellent relationships we have with regulators and authorities.

We work with companies across a wide range of sectors including financial services, education, healthcare and life sciences, entertainment and leisure, technology and retail.

Our transactional services

•       Digital transformation: technology acquisition
•       Data related contracts
•       Telecommunications and media related contracts
•       E-commerce facilitation contracts
•       Corporate due diligence
•       Intellectual asset commercialization and licensing

Our advisory services

•       Data protection regulatory
•       Data breach response programmes
•       Data governance
•       Cloud regulatory
•       Media licensing and advertising content regulatory
•       Digital asset (including cryptocurrency) regulatory and use
•       Cyber security regulatory and governance
•       E-gaming facilitation and regulatory
•       Telecommunications advisory and regulatory