Krishna Jhala

Krishna Jhala is a Legal Director at Al Tamimi & Company, based in Abu Dhabi, and a member of the Digital & Data team. Her practice focuses on Technology Law.

Krishna regularly advises on the full range of commercial, outsourcing, telecommunications, technology, privacy, data protection, e-commerce and media law matters.

She spent valuable time on secondment to Smart Dubai Government, the technology arm of the Government of Dubai, where she assisted on their Paperless Initiative, Blockchain Strategy and Smart Services. She was also seconded to Mastercard, where she was part of the Privacy and Data Protection team for the Middle East and Africa region.

Her practice includes advising on local law compliance in respect of technology and data-related issues, ranging from government procurement rules in a technology context, the use of off-shore storage and processing platforms, e-commerce issues and digital payments regulation, the use of encryption technology and VPNs, implementation of cloud-based platforms and wider data localisation and data residency matters.

In 2011, Krishna was presented the ITech Law Travelling Fellowship, as part of which she worked with six different law firms in Europe including Setterwalls (Sweden), Hogan Lovells (Munich), Franklin (Paris), Dr. Widmer & Partners (Switzerland), CMS Hasche Sigle (Germany) and Matheson Ormsby Prentice (Ireland) with their respective TMT teams. She is an active member of ITech Law (International Technology Law Association) and IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals).

Her recent experience includes representing a satellite communications company in its acquisition of up to 100 per cent stake of another mobile satellite communications company, advising on legal regulatory issues concerning the Internet of Things, in particular telematics for connected cars for various major automotive manufacturers in the GCC region, and advising an international technology company on the regional regulatory environment for the establishment and operation of internet data centres and cloud computing operations.

Prior to joining Al Tamimi & Company in 2017, Krishna practised in India, primarily dealing in the technology, media and telecommunication sector as well as corporate commercial matters. She holds a B.S. L. LL.B from ILS Law College, Pune, India, and was admitted as an Advocate of the Bar Council of India in 2010. She speaks English and Hindi.