Chambers Review

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TMT: IT, Telecoms & Data - United Arab Emirates

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

CMS has a compact TMT team in Dubai, which is well regarded by its peers in the market. The department handles a variety of IT procurement, cloud computing and data privacy matters on behalf of numerous commercial clients, including real estate developers, financial institutions and e-commerce platforms.

Work Highlights

  • CMS assisted Microsoft with the development of UAE versions of its public sector AI procurement and data protection guides.

Notable Practitioners

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3
Ben Gibson
3
Band 3

Ben Gibson is a respected figure with experience advising a number of leading global and regional clients. From his base in Dubai, he heads the firm's UAE TMT department and is regularly mandated on major licensing and procurement matters, with further expertise in data protection.

Ben is great in terms of consistency of advice and the ability to dig a little deeper into topics while still being concise and cost effective for us.

Ben Gibson takes the time to understand our business well and always provides very practical, timely advice.

Ben Gibson demonstrates exceptional expertise across a range of matters in the IT and telecoms space. Ben's advice is always clear, insightful, strategic and tailored to the company's business needs.

Masha Ooijevaar
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Masha Ooijevaar
U
Up and Coming

Masha Ooijevaar is a legal director with noteworthy expertise in data protection. She regularly advises big-name corporate clients on matters in this field, including the completion of company data protection handbooks.

Masha Ooijevaar is fantastic, incredibly helpful. She really understands our business.

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TMT: IT, Telecoms & Data

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Ben Gibson
3
Band 3
Masha Ooijevaar
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Masha Ooijevaar
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Up and Coming