Masha Ooijevaar

Practice Areas

Masha has extensive experience advising on regional and international data protection, privacy and cybersecurity matters.

Masha is part of Clyde & Co’s Intellectual Property, Technology and Commercial group based in the Dubai office. She has been based in the region since 2019 and previously worked in London, where she first trained in-house at one of the world’s largest media and entertainment companies. Masha has worked in the legal team at KPMG and in the City of London with a leading international law firm.

Masha’s practice includes the development of data protection policies and programmes, conducting gap analyses and data protection compliance audits, localising existing frameworks in line with Middle East data protection, privacy and cybersecurity laws, drafting data processing and data sharing agreements, conducting data protection impact assessments, providing in-house data protection training and advising on cross-border data transfers.

Masha's clients include both public and private sector entities in the healthcare, automotive, financial, education, retail, media and entertainment sectors, as well as some of the world's largest technology companies.

Masha regularly contributes articles and comments on the subject of data protection and privacy including global regulatory research platform OneTrust DataGuidance and international academic journal Privacy Law & Business.

Masha is qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales and admitted to the State Bar of California. In addition, she holds a BCS Data Protection Practitioner certificate and CIPP/E (IAPP) certification.

Masha is fluent in English and Dutch.