Data Protection

Securing the Future: The Role of Software and SaaS Escrow in Cloud Resilience and AI-Driven Digital Transformation

The Bench

Aug 19
6 min

Securing the Future: The Role of Software and SaaS Escrow in Cloud Resilience and AI-Driven Digital Transformation

Written by Salio De Souza . In today's digital landscape, where #AI and #Cloud computing are at the forefront of technological...

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Digital World and AI - Quick Business Overview

The Bench

Aug 5
4 min

Digital World and AI - Quick Business Overview

Written by Salio De Souza. The EU AI Act and the Digital Services Act (DSA), are two groundbreaking regulations poised to reshape the...

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The Bench

Apr 2
3 min

The Legal 500 EMEA 2024 Recognises The Bench's Collaborative Responsive Approach

Since 1991, Legal 500 has been providing readers with an annually updated, impartial, third-party opinion on the leading law firms and...

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The Bench

Jun 22, 2023
2 min

The Bench Expands Data Protection Services Offering

The Bench is delighted to announce that Muhanned Bukhatwa has joined the firm as a Senior Data Protection & Privacy Advisor. Muhanned...

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The Bench

Jun 19, 2023
2 min

The Bench Boosts TMT Team with Salio De Sousa

The Bench is delighted to announce that TMT specialist Salio De Sousa has joined the firm. Salio is an ex-software engineer, and a city...

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The Bench

Feb 20, 2023
2 min

Chambers & Partners Awards the Founder of The Bench a Band 1 TMT Ranking for 10th Consecutive Year

Chambers and Partners is the leading independent professional legal research company operating across 200 jurisdictions. Since its...

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The Bench

Apr 11, 2022
3 min

The Bench's Flexibility Recognised in Legal 500 2022 Results

Since 1991, Legal 500 has been providing readers with an annually updated, impartial, third-party opinion on the leading law firms and...

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The Combined Bench Strength of TMT Specialists Recognised in Chambers Global 2022

The Bench

Feb 18, 2022
3 min

The Combined Bench Strength of TMT Specialists Recognised in Chambers Global 2022

The Chambers & Partners Global rankings have just been released and two of the Bench's Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) team (Joby...

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The Bench

Dec 14, 2021
4 min

The New UAE Federal Data Protection Law

The long-anticipated UAE federal level data protection law (The Law No. (45) of 2021 on Protection of Personal Data (“Law”)) was...

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Chambers FinTech Guide 2022 Recognises Deep Bench

The Bench

Dec 14, 2021
2 min

Chambers FinTech Guide 2022 Recognises Deep Bench

The Chambers & Partners Global FinTech Guide 2022 has just been released and The Bench is the only law firm in the UAE that has been...

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The Bench

Oct 10, 2021
1 min

The Bench in the Running for TMT and Real Estate Team of the Year

The Oath Middle East Legal Awards has announced the 2021 finalists and we are chuffed that The Bench is in the running for awards in our...

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The Bench

Sep 22, 2021
2 min

The Bench Hires Senior Hospitality Lawyer Suzanne Barrett from Hilton

Suzanne has over 15 years' experience gained initially in the UK in some of the leading real estate law firms (Nabarro, now CMS) before...

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Outsourcing - UAE Central Bank Regulations 2021

The Bench

Sep 2, 2021
3 min

Outsourcing - UAE Central Bank Regulations 2021

Earlier this year, the Central Bank of the UAE issued new Outsourcing Regulations for Banks (Circular No. 14/2021) ("Regulations") and...

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Recent Data Protection Developments in the GCC

The Bench

Jul 29, 2021
7 min

Recent Data Protection Developments in the GCC

A re-formatted version of this article first appeared in the Lexis-Nexis Middle East Law Alert in August 2021. Unlike the pan-national...

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The Bench

Jun 24, 2021
2 min

The Bench Advises Beside Group on Launch of Diesel E-Commerce Platform

The Bench recently advised Beside Group on the launch of the first Diesel e-commerce store in the region; a key milestone in Beside’s...

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The Bench

Apr 6, 2021
1 min

The Bench Awarded Rising Law Firm of the Year 2021

The Bench was recently awarded 'Rising Law Firm of the Year' at Thomson Reuter's inaugural Asian Legal Business Middle East Law Awards...

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The Bench

Apr 16, 2020
2 min

The Bench Promoted in Legal 500 2020 Rankings

The latest Legal 500 EMEA results are out and The Bench's Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) team has been promoted one tier and now...

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The Bench

Sep 10, 2018
4 min

The Bench Checklist: Is Your Privacy Policy GDPR Compliant Yet?

In our previous article on GDPR in the Middle East: Impact, Reach and Compliance, we looked at which companies here in the Middle East...

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GDPR in the Middle East: Impact, Reach and Compliance

The Bench

Oct 21, 2017
6 min

GDPR in the Middle East: Impact, Reach and Compliance

This article first appeared in The Oath in October 2017. With the impending enforcement of the GDPR in early 2018, how far do the...

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The Bench

Jan 11, 2017
5 min

Big Data: Is the GCC Ready?

First published in the Oath, Issue 39, March 2015 (Updated 11 Jan 2017 for change in Kuwaiti Law) What is Big Data? Most of us have heard...

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