Camil Abou Farhat

Experience

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  SOCAN

  Jul 2019 - Jul 2019

  Summer Legal Intern
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  Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot

  Nov 2019 - Apr 2020

  Team member
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  El-Aref International Law Office

  Jul 2020 - Sept 2020

  Summer Legal Intern
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  QLegal

  Nov 2021 - May 2022

  Student Legal Extern
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  Aboufarhat Law offices

  Sept 2022 - now

  Intellectual Property Lawyer
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  HewardMills - your global Data Protection Office (DPO)

  Sept 2022 - now

  - Managing, drafting and negotiating all incoming commercial Contracts. - Managing client relationship with big multinational companies like Ennismore, RingCentral, Arup, JellyCat and others. - Assisting SMEs in creating know-how for AI Governance. - Delivering expert guidance on Privacy and cybersecurity-related queries. - Oversaw the development of the company’s guidance on the EU-US Data Protection Framework. - Created Hewardmills' Privacy Audit Programme- Created our know-how in relation to DORA and NIS2 Compliance. Show less

  • Privacy Solicitor

    Mar 2025 - now

  • Privacy Trainee Solicitor / DPP Consultant

    Sept 2022 - Mar 2025
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  JESR

  Mar 2024 - Apr 2025

  Co-Founder

  - Drafted licensing, API, and data usage agreements for AI-driven investor due diligence software.- Developed legal frameworks and risk mitigation strategies for agentic AI systems.- Contributed to product development by coding front-end features in React; bridged legal and technical teams.

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  Cambridge University Press & Assessment

  Feb 2025 - now

  Privacy Solicitor (Secondement)

  - Providing strategic legal advice on data protection and privacy issues to senior legal and technology stakeholders- Leading the RoPA (Records of Processing Activities) and data mapping program