Global Reach

Technology Consulting & Services in the Middle East

FTI Consulting’s Middle East Technology Team solves data-related business challenges, with expertise in legal and regulatory matters.

Our teams in the Middle East deliver proven expertise in computer forensics to help collect, process and make sense of essential data to present the strongest possible case. Outside our experts, we often rely on the application of technology assisted review, one of the industry-leading solutions.

Our reputation is rooted in us helping our clients navigate and solve data-related business challenges. They rely on us to root out fraud, maintain regulatory compliance, reduce spend, protect sensitive materials, quickly find facts and create business value. As data grows and becomes more complex, we can support your organisation better govern, secure, find, analyse and rapidly make sense of information. In highly regulated jurisdictions, we can deploy technology and host data on site. Innovative technology, expert services and tenacious problem solving methodology provides our global clients with defensible and repeatable solutions.

Corporations and their law firms choose FTI Consulting to effectively deliver a wide range of solutions, including:

Data & Analytics

The independent, trusted professionals at FTI Consulting are experts at using data to reveal underlying truths of business operations, and to support companies during regulatory inquiries, competition law, sanctions and with disputes.

E-discovery

New discovery challenges, from collecting off emerging data sources to evolving data privacy laws, ongoing discovery challenges such as large data volumes, multilingual reviews, and the need for rapid understanding of critical documents. FTI Consulting acts as your trusted partner to provide innovative solutions with defensible results.

Managed Review

Our managed review experts deliver efficiency at every step of a comprehensive legal review ensuring the provision of key information early in your case and frequently throughout the review, until completion. Our collaborative approach allows us to help you manage your matter, deliver quality results, and provide transparent pricing.

Information Governance, Privacy & Security

As data volumes increase, challenges range broadly, from securely storing data in compliance with data privacy regulations to implementing data governance and preservation policies for legal obligations. We develop, implement and document information governance programs that reduce corporate risk, secure data, improve the e-discovery process and enable faster and deeper insight into data.

Digital Forensics & Investigations

FTI Technology provides a strategic, systematic, and economic approach to analyzing, collecting and investigating the full spectrum of modern data sources. Leveraging state-of-the-art forensic technology and methodologies, our experts have years of experience finding and collecting evidence in a defensible manner, with chain of custody intact and minimal disruption to daily business operations.

Cybersecurity

Our clients rely on FTI Consulting’s intelligence-led, expert-driven, strategic approach to global cybersecurity challenges affecting your organisation – your people, your operations, and your reputation. We are a global leading provider of independent cyber and risk management advisory services with a core offering focused on cyber readiness, incident response, and complex investigation and litigation.

Risk & Compliance

Our clients rely on FTI Consulting to help them overcome risk and compliance challenges. Our professionals deliver enterprise-wide risk and compliance solutions that promote business transformation, growth and support ethical business behavior. We offer end-to- end industry-specific and expertise-led advisory services to support risk management and compliance programs.

Blockchain & Digital Assets

Our team of blockchain and digital assets experts specializes in Web3, NFTs, stablecoins, and cryptocurrencies. With backgrounds in regulation, law enforcement, cybersecurity and finance, we offer comprehensive support for risk, compliance, transactions, disputes and investigations. We have hands-on experience in high-profile cases involving theft and misappropriation of digital assets.

Location:

Dubai
Unit C1501, East side of level 15 Level, Burj Daman
Dubai International Financial Center
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
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+971 4 437 2100

Saudi Arabia
Laysen Valley Building No.13
Intersection King Khaled and Aruba Road
Po Box 85947
Riyadh, 01 11612
Saudi Arabia

Abu Dhabi
23rd Floor, Sky Tower
Reem Island, Office 2333
PO Box 112249
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

Featured Experts:

Nick Athanasi

Senior Managing Director

nick.athanasi@fticonsulting.com

+971 (0) 58 661 8957

Nick Athanasi is a seasoned expert in forensic technology, complex litigation and regulatory investigations. He has more than 30 years of experience in technology consulting, e-discovery, forensic investigations and executive leadership.

Nick has led teams on many of EMEIA’s largest and most complex litigations and regulatory investigations. He has held leadership and founding roles at numerous consulting firms, including serving as partner and Middle East leader at a Big 4 consulting firm.

Nick was also part of the leadership team that formed and grew FTI Consulting’s Technology segment in EMEIA from its inception in the U.K., through significant growth and expansion throughout the region.

Nick brings significant domain expertise in financial services (OFAC, LIBOR), pharmaceutical, transport, energy and technology sectors. His practice has spanned high-profile matters throughout the EMEIA region, in key areas including litigation, regulatory matters, security breaches and data privacy compliance.

Jorge Carrasco

Managing Director

jorge.carrasco@fticonsulting.com

+971 50 662 3882

Jorge Carrasco is a Blockchain and Web3 expert and enthusiast with more than 15 years of experience building and developing lines of business related to emerging technologies. Mr. Carrasco supports clients in developing strategies for enterprise blockchain implementation across multiple sectors and has supported nationwide consortium implementations.

Mr. Carrasco played a key role in some of the leading enterprise blockchain projects in the Middle East region, creating consortiums in the financial, education and retail industries from the ground up. He has a deep understanding of the goals, challenges and technical nuances corporate and government entities face and can translate them into innovative solutions that leverage the unique properties of blockchain technology and smart contracts. He advises clients from multinational enterprises to start-ups on their value proposition and product-market fit in the Middle East region.

As a prominent member of the Middle East blockchain industry, Mr. Carrasco is involved with numerous organizations, events and endeavors across blockchain, NFT and Web3.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Carrasco was Director of Emerging Technologies at e&, formerly Etisalat, where he designed and implemented innovative solutions in fields such as blockchain, robotics, 5G, digital twins and the metaverse for enterprise customers in the private and public sector, acquiring vast experience on driving business in the Middle East. He has also held senior roles at Fon, Telefonica and Ericsson.

With strong technical background and previous work with a wide range of technologies, Mr. Carrasco’s depth of expertise provides clients with innovative and actionable insights and guidance while implementing emerging technologies, particularly blockchain.

Relevant Experience:

Developed blockchain implementation practices for customers across numerous sectors, such as banking, retail, insurance, healthcare, education and real estate across the Middle East
Worked on the creation, coordination and governance of the largest enterprise blockchain consortium in the United Arab Emirates, participating across numerous consortium tracks and supporting discussions with the regulator
Developed the value proposition for a country-wide digital credentials solution based on blockchain, obtaining ministerial buy-in and adoption by the involved entities
Worked closely with developers and stakeholders on a global supply chain solution based on blockchain, involving private and public entities across several countries
Designed a solution for currency exchanges to streamline funds transfers across different countries using blockchain
Developed bespoke transaction-based business models for new use cases enabled by blockchain technology

Iustina Alban

Director – Business Development

iustina.alban@fticonsulting.com

+971 50 160 3396

Iustina is the Business Development Director within FTI’s Middle East Technology Consulting practice and is based in Dubai from where she leads the Middle East portfolio of clients and go to market initiatives.

Iustina is responsible for market development and client relationships across the Middle East region leveraging FTI Technology’s comprehensive portfolio of e-discovery software, services and consulting to help law firms and corporations reduce the cost and risk associated with eDiscovery events. Iustina also responsible with the wider Technology offering which includes Information Governance, Data Privacy, Blockchain and Digital Assets.