{"id":2822,"date":"2023-11-16T13:37:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T10:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/?p=2822"},"modified":"2025-06-04T10:29:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T07:29:36","slug":"crss-christopher-obrien-is-a-touchdown-middle-east-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/en\/crss-christopher-obrien-is-a-touchdown-middle-east-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"CRS\u2019s Christopher O\u2019Brien is a Touchdown Middle East Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2791\" src=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/christopher-obrien-510x340-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"257\" \/>We are delighted to announce that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/obrienchristopherj\/\"><strong>Christopher O\u2019Brien<\/strong><\/a> <strong>Senior Associate<\/strong><strong> at <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesrussellspeechlys.com\/en\/\"><strong>Charles Russell Speechlys<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong>is a Speaker for Touchdown Middle East 2023! Chris will feature on the panel <strong><em>Launch: GDCA GCC Data Sovereignty and Data Flow Report <\/em><\/strong>and the fireside chat <strong><em>Masterclass: Entering the Qatar market.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Launch: GDCA GCC Data Sovereignty and Data Flow Report <\/em><\/strong>which will take place on<strong>\u00a0Day 1, 21<sup>st<\/sup> November at 16:30<\/strong>. This session will feature the\u00a0launch of the Gulf Data Association\u2019s (GDCA) report on data sovereignty and data flow for the GCC. Representatives from law firms from across the GCC will feature on this panel to share their findings and to discuss the future of data laws in the region.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Masterclass: Entering the Qatar market<\/em><\/strong> which will take place on<strong>\u00a0Day 2, 22<sup>nd<\/sup> November at 14:30<\/strong>. Qatar has overseen a number of major deployments and continues to see more Government support to see foreign investors come to the market. This session will look at how easy is it to enter the Qatari market and what lessons can be learned from past projects.<\/p>\n<p>Chris is a Senior Associate in the Firm&#8217;s Construction and Real Estate department, with a focus on construction disputes. Chris acts for a number of employers, contractors and subcontractors in a range of dispute resolution fora, in particular arbitration, mediation, the Qatar International Court and in the local state courts. He also has a wide experience in handling matters in front of the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority and Qatar Free Zones Authority, which have a growing interest in hosting data centres in their jurisdiction.\u00a0\u00a0Christopher is admitted to practice in England and Wales<\/p>\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1622035382\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:rgb(244, 187, 24);border-width:10px 10px 10px 10px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<h4><strong>Need to know:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Christopher O\u2019Brien, Senior Associate, Charles Russell Speechlys<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Panel \u2013 <strong><em>Launch: GDCA GCC Data Sovereignty and Data Flow Report <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a016:30-17:00 | Day 1 | 21st November<\/p>\n<p><strong>Track<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #f4bb18;\"><strong>REGIONAL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Fireside Chat \u2013 <strong><em>Masterclass: Entering the Qatar market<\/em><\/strong> <em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 14:30 | Day 2 | 22nd November<\/p>\n<p><strong>Track<\/strong>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #f4bb18;\"><strong>REGIONAL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Take a look at the full\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/en\/agenda\/\"><em>Touchdown Middle East 2023 Agenda.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1622035382 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n  padding-bottom: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-755904240\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-755904240 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons full-width text-center\" style=\"font-size:112%\"><span>Connect with this Speaker<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/obrienchristopherj\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to announce that Christopher O\u2019Brien Senior Associate at Charles Russell Speechlys, is a Speaker for Touchdown Middle East 2023! 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