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For Lawyers, Geopolitics Is the New GDPR

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Saqib Alam published an article in Reuters that explored how geopolitical turbulence is reshaping the regulatory and legal...

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Saqib Alam published an article in Reuters that explored how geopolitical turbulence is reshaping the regulatory and legal environment for companies worldwide and how companies should prepare for and manage potential impacts.He wrote, "Just as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) moment reshaped how organizations think about personal data and privacy, today's volatile global landscape presents a new frontier of global legal risk that requires immediate attention: geopolitics. As geopolitical tensions dominate daily headlines, lawyers must again step up, and help businesses navigate tariffs, sanctions, trade restrictions, and supply chain disruptions with strategic legal guidance."Read the <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/lawyers-geopolitics-is-new-gdpr-2025-03-10/" target="_blank">full article</a>.

For Lawyers, Geopolitics Is the New GDPR

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Saqib Alam is an English solicitor, New York attorney and Singapore advocate who advises global companies, boards and high net worth individuals facing business-critical issues and helps them resolve such matters from a legal and reputational standpoint. A leading practitioner in this field, Saqib has been ranked by Chambers and Partners for 2-years running in Band 1 (the top tier) for Crisis & Risk Management: UK-Wide.Saqib has acted in investigations and advised on corporate crises covering more than 30 countries around the world and has helped companies and individuals resolve issues with government agencies in the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, Germany, India, and Singapore. Practicing in London for the last 14 years, Saqib has helped resolve issues and crises related to corporate governance failures, employee misconduct, national security issues, cyberattacks, bribery, fraud, human rights violations, miscarriages of justice, racism, money laundering, sanctions and antitrust violations for some of the most well-known organisations and individuals in the world. Saqib regularly advises companies and individuals facing concurrent issues in multiple countries and has experience reaching coordinated and global resolutions with government agencies and third parties around the world.Chambers & Partners recognizes Saqib as “one of the most dynamic and effective crisis management lawyers in London. He understands that a multi-disciplinary approach is needed for effective reputation management and delivers clear advice to clients when they need it most.” He understands “how legal investigations may play out in both the press and the political arena" and “is innovative in his thinking.”Saqib has extensive experience guiding companies through investigations relating to UK government contracts. He is currently advising a large global multinational company involved in a high-profile UK Public Inquiry. Saqib also advises companies and senior executives called upon to give evidence in UK Parliamentary Select Committee hearings. As a key part of this work, Saqib regularly works alongside media and public affairs advisers in assisting companies manage reputational risk and adverse media coverage arising out of government investigations.Saqib also represents clients in cross-border litigation and dispute resolution. Together with his US colleagues and local counsel in foreign jurisdictions, he helps companies and individuals engage in and resolve time-critical tactical litigation.Saqib graduated from King’s College, University of London, with First Class Honours in Law in 2006. From 2007 – 2009, he served as a Justice’s Law Clerk in the Supreme Court of Singapore and as an Assistant Registrar in the High Court of Singapore. He is admitted to practice in New York, England and Singapore.Saqib serves as a trustee for Operation Smile UK, a charity that provides free life-changing cleft surgery and comprehensive cleft care around the world. He is also a regular writer and speaker on investigations, crisis management and business resilience.