Sophia Suleman

Full Profile

Sophia advises clients operating in the energy, financial services, retail and consumer, and trade and commodities sectors.

Sophia joined Clyde & Co from a rail operator in the UAE where she focused on multi-million procurements for the operation, development, and maintenance of the network.  

Sophia is admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales. 
 

Experience

• Advising a global logistics provider based in Dubai on a multi-million-dirham transaction with the largest e-commence retailer for warehousing and logistic services in Egypt.  
• Drafting and negotiating a variety of contracts for multinational organisations, including terms and conditions for sponsorships and events, multi -mode freight transportation and custom clearance services, supply of goods and services agreement, warehousing and logistics, MOUs and NDAs. 
• Preparing and advising a UK client facing energy company and its subsidiaries on the implementation of GDPR, including drafting a new Data Protection Schedule to ensure all commercial contracts were GDPR-compliant; drafting agreements for data sharing and data processing; reviewing and updating the company privacy policy, data breach and data subject access request policy; and delivering training across multiple internal departments that GDPR. 
• Drafting website terms and conditions for a gas trading platform based in the UK.  
• Advising the retail division of a global energy company on the rules surrounding the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) in the UK for an online sales campaign for the supply of gas to B2B clients. 
•  Advising an international courier company of the risks in relation to trade compliance and legal risks of acting as an exporter and importer of record for shipments entering and exiting the UAE freezone into mainland.