Afaf is a Senior Legal Consultant and US-qualified attorney with over 10 years of legal experience in the United Arab Emirates and the surrounding region. Specialising in commercial and regulatory advisory, she offers a wide range of experience in the telecoms, media and technology (TMT) sectors, combined and strengthened by her strong background in both corporate and commercial advisory as well as disputes and litigations in the region. Her practice is focused on TMT, data protection, copyright, AI, fintech, payment services, and medical regulations and advisory. She has advised major players in the region on wide-ranging, complex and new-to-market matters, including matters related to the laws, regulations and standards applicable to telecom service providers, payment service providers, healthcare service providers, e-commerce, technology, AI, IT and cloud service providers. In addition to assisting such providers with their legal and compliance obligations under the relevant licensing regimes, Afaf has supported her clients in carrying out market benchmarking exercises, interpreting as well as drafting legislation, and drafting framework documents, policies and agreements in compliance with applicable laws, regulation and standards. She is fluently bilingual (written and spoken) in English and Arabic. Afaf has significant experience in advising a range of key players in both the public and private sectors in the region and has worked for top-tier law firms in both Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.