Ksenia Andreeva
Ksenia Andreeva focuses her practice on complex transactions involving technology and intellectual property (IP) as well as data protection, information technology, and cybersecurity matters in connection with business transactions. Ksenia is adept at drafting and negotiating a broad range of IP- and technology-related commercial contracts, including licensing arrangements, outsourcing and services arrangements, SaaS agreements, technology development agreements, complex supply chain agreements, and franchise agreements, among others. Her experience also includes evaluating and advising on IP and technology issues that arise in general corporate transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and strategic alliances.
Based in the UAE office, Ksenia helps companies working in the MENA region evaluate the risks and opportunities related to the use of transformational technologies, the implementation of innovative technology and digitalization strategies, and new business-driving trends such as data monetization and artificial intelligence. She represents companies in the software development, media and entertainment, consumer products, manufacturing, transportation, financial services, and ecommerce industries.
As a registered trademark attorney, Ksenia also helps clients with overall IP protection and brand-building strategies, including registration, maintenance, and policing of their trademark and copyright portfolios.
As a complement to her transactional practice, Ksenia advises clients on data protection compliance issues, including with respect to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and privacy laws in the Middle East. Ksenia holds the prestigious Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) designation from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), having achieved both the Certified Information Privacy Professional/European Union (CIPP/E) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) certifications. She routinely advises clients on the development of privacy programs, procedures, and policies, as well as on compliance related to data collection, use, transfer, and security, including in online environments, Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems, and cross-border arrangements. Ksenia also co-hosts a podcast that explores both existing and emerging security and privacy risks and shares guidance, tips, and news in sphere of data protection.
- Represented a MENA-based airline in the procurement of acquiring and payment orchestration services from several world-leading providers of payment-processing technologies
- Advised an American multinational technology company, engaged in ecommerce, cloud computing, and online advertising, on a wide range of privacy matters in the UAE and Saudi Arabia
- Advised a leading US-based pharmaceutical company on protection of trademarks, copyrights, and know-how in the MENA region
- Represented a global travel technology company in the distribution of its solutions for the reservation system and arrangements with the online travel agencies in Bahrain
- Advised the world leader in music-based entertainment in a complex acquisition of assets, consisting of music and video recordings of folk artists that create music in Qawwali and Punjabi bhangra genres, for their future distribution in the MENA region and India
- Advised an international real estate developer on the establishment of its presence in the UAE and a complex trademark and know-how arrangement with a leading Italian design firm
- Advised one of the largest American information technology companies on the application data privacy laws in relation to its products available across several GCC countries as well as on integration and alignment of the local requirements with the global privacy compliance program
- Advised a global life sciences company on the establishment of a data hub in one of the GCC countries as well as on handling and exporting of patients’ data from Lebanon and the UAE to the United States
- Advised a luxury fashion brand on strategy for the protection of its trademarks and trade dress as a part of its market entry strategy into the UAE
- Advised a leading potash fertilizer producer and exporter on a complex arrangement and technology sharing in relation to the distribution of phosphates in Mozambique
- Moscow State Law Academy, Russia, 2007, B.A., with Honors
- Pericles American Business and Legal Education Project, Russia, 2007, Course of Intellectual Property Law & Entertainment Law of the USA
- Dubai Licensed Legal Consultant
- Russia (Advocat)
- Russian Patent and Trademark Office


Recognized, Transaction Star, United Arab Emirates, Managing Intellectual Property (2025)
Recommended, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, United Arab Emirates, The Legal 500 EMEA (2025)
Leading Trademark Practitioner, Prosecution & Strategy, WTR 1000, World Trademark Review (2016–2018, 2020–2023)
Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)
Advisor of the Year, Privacy, Russia, Russian Privacy Professionals Association (2021)
Ranked, Intellectual Property, Russia, Chambers Global (2022)
Up and Coming, Intellectual Property, Russia, Chambers Global (2021)
Up and Coming, Intellectual Property, Russia, Chambers Europe (2021)
Next Generation Partner, TMT, Russia, The Legal 500 EMEA (2021)
Recommended, Intellectual Property, Russia, The Legal 500 EMEA (2021)
Recommended, TMT, Russia, The Legal 500 EMEA (2019, 2020)
Recognized, Intellectual Property Law, Moscow, The Best Lawyers in Russia (2020–2022)
Recognized, Privacy and Data Security Law, Moscow, The Best Lawyers in Russia (2021, 2022)
Recognized, Technology Law, Moscow, The Best Lawyers in Russia (2022)
Member, Practice Group of the Year, Intellectual Property, Law360 (2019, 2024)
Recommended, IP including Disputes, ТMT, Pravo.ru-300 (2019, 2020)
Leading Lawyer for Business, Chambers Europe (2016)
Associate to Watch, Intellectual Property, Russia, Chambers Europe (2015)
Co-chair, Innovation & Technology Committee, The American Chamber of Commerce in Russia (2018–2022)
Visiting lecturer at Higher School of Economics “National Research University” (specialization course: Intellectual Property Rights) (2014–2022)
