Habib Saeed is a UK-qualified employment and data privacy lawyer at Squire Patton Boggs. He has five-plus years’ experience of dedicated employment law and data privacy law expertise gained across both the UK and the UAE, establishing himself quickly as a respected employment and data privacy law adviser in the regional legal market. Habib acts for multinational and regional companies in the Sports & Entertainment industry in the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on all aspects of labour law, employment, immigration issues and data protection compliance.

Habib has experience in handling labour law claims across the UAE, drafting and negotiating employment contracts, settlement agreements, senior executive terminations, advising on employment aspects of corporate transactions and, in particular for companies in the Sports and e-Sports sectors, dealing with immigration matters for the recruitment and termination of employees. Habib also has experience in advising on and conducting workplace investigations into allegations of discrimination, harassment and misconduct, and has delivered workplace training to companies across the Middle East.

In addition, Habib specializes in data protection with a particular focus on employee data issues and advises on the impact of GDPR for HR, subject access requests, privacy notices and data protection policies. Habib’s profile and the recognition of his expertise in data privacy continues to grow in the region with recent speakership at a number of high-profile roundtable data privacy events including the Global Data Privacy, Cyber Security & GRC ConfEx. As a recognised voice in this space, Habib is often called upon by media outlets to provide commentary on topical data protection issues. Most recently this includes an interview with Dubai Eye and ARN news on ‘How to Protect Yourself from Hackers’: https://www.arnnewscentre.ae/en/news/uae/how-to-protect-yourself-from-hackers-online/