Residency
Where supervisory data may sit, and what “on-premise” must mean in that file.
Local counsel
Fatima Bennani
Independent regulatory counsel for GCC deployments: data residency, local content, and contracting beside the UK OEM licence.
Role
Fatima is independent counsel retained to pressure-test GCC vendor files: what must be local, what can remain a UK licence, and what a CBUAE or SAMA procurement lawyer will query.
Background
She does not replace the buyer’s own legal advisers and does not speak for any regulator. Local law firms of record are set out in the implementation file when a jurisdiction requires it.
Works with the Middle East SI node and the three-layer buy model.
What this seat is for
Local content
What the SI agreement must show that a UK OEM licence cannot.
Clearances
How native security-clearance expectations are owned by the in-country party, not Doncaster.
Engagement
Independent retainer. Not an employee of Inject Group Ltd.