Saeed Hasan

Bizilance Legal Consultants Ltd practices trade remedy laws, privacy and data protection, taxa­tion, and antitrust and competition, among oth­ers. The firm is backed by the rich experience of its partners, spread over two decades. The partners have served clients in multiple jurisdic­tions, including the UAE, the USA, the UK, Swit­zerland, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, Thailand and Pakistan. In the personal data and privacy space, Bizilance Legal Con­sultants at Abu Dhabi Global Market is strate­gically well placed to serve multi-jurisdictional clients in an era when laws related to personal data protection have either just been imple­mented or are in the process of being imple­mented.

Mr. Saeed Hasan Khan has more than twenty years of experience in rendering taxation services and corporate law services. His tax related work experience includes customs, sales tax, income tax, federal excise, provincial laws on sales tax on services. This includes tax planning, return preparation, risk assessment, tax audits, transaction advisory & opinions, representation before the authorities, dispute settlement (alternate means and ombudsman) and tax litigation, advising on transfer pricing and country by country reporting, advising on cross-border transactions, advising on international tax treaties and carrying out tax due diligence. He assists and represents the clients during their tax audits conducted by the tax authorities. He advises clients on duty and tax structure in relation to cross-border transactions. Regarding corporate law services, hos experience include advising on corporate structures, shareholder agreements, contractual stipulations between the companies, compliance and representation before the authorities. Interpretation of statutes and legal drafting are his special areas of interest.

He has also carried out system audits of various funded projects and their evaluation as per the grant documents. He has studied accounting & procurement processes of various entities, advised modifications therein and developed finance and procurement manuals.He has also been engagement director in respect of special assignments concerning due diligence, third part mandated financial and non-financial assignments, internal audit (both financial and system) investigation and special purpose audit engagements.During 20+ years of career he has developed a particular expertise in report writing, legal drafting, agreements drafting.

He has developed keen professional interest in emerging laws about personal data protection and have gained understanding of underlying concepts and principles governing the global data protection laws including General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union. He carried out great deal of research on personal data protection laws in various jurisdictions to have comparison of core legal principles in various jurisdictions. He advises clients on privacy policies, compliance, cross-border transfer of personal data and related advisory concerning personal data protection. He has contributed professional articles about Data Protection and Cyber Security, International Arbitration, Anti Money Laundering and International Trade. His professional articles are published byGlobal Legal Group’s International Comparative Legal Guide, Chambers and Directors, Lexology, Legal 500, Mondaq, OneTrustDataGuidance and Thomson Reuters.He has also completed a certificate course on “Data: Law, Policy and Regulation” from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He Member of International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

He is an Advocate enrolled with Bar at Islamabad, Pakistan and Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) United Kingdom.