Kellie Blyth has joined Addleshaw Goddard as a Dubai-based partner. An experienced technology and privacy lawyer, she has been advising blue chips, multinational businesses and public institutions on the legal implications of their activities across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the wider MENA region since 2012.

Blyth joined Addleshaw Goddard from Baker McKenzie, where she led the firm’s Middle East technology and data practice for nearly five years. Her core practice includes advising on complex commercial arrangements, including outsourcing, digital transformation and data centre-related contracts, as well as on the full spectrum of data privacy and cyber security matters across the region. She also routinely advises clients on the roll-out of new digital offerings and technology-driven procurement and implementation projects.

Blyth focuses on advising businesses on their strategic IT projects and on their compliance with information law. She also advises clients how to develop, commercialize and implement digital services and technology-based offerings whilst managing regulatory risks. She has expertise in advising clients in the healthcare and life sciences sector, technology and financial services sectors. Admitted in Scotland in 2008, she is also a member of the Society of Computers and Law.

“As governments across the Middle East shore up policies and infrastructure designed to advance their journey of digital transformation, I am excited to join Addleshaw Goddard to advise clients on navigating these sweeping changes and to help them thrive in the Middle East’s flourishing digital economy,” Blyth said. “I look forward to supporting the firm’s tech and data practice as it enters into a phase of aggressive growth and expands into exciting new markets.”