Alhanoof Al Debasi

GRM 2015 Workshop: Intellectual Property in the New Era in the GCC States: Enforcement and Opportunity

Lecturer, Department of Law College of Business and Administration - Princess Nourah University

Alhanoof Al Debasi is an Intellectual Property Law lecturer at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University (PNU), College of Business and Administration in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. When Ms. Al Debasi earned her LLB in 2009, she became one of the first 5 Saudi women in Saudi Arabia to hold a law degree. She worked with Al-Assaf Law Firm in association with Norton Rose and with the Legal Department of King Saud University. In 2013, she graduated with an LLM from the University of Pittsburgh Law School, USA. Ms. Al Debasi previously held positions at PNU, such as the Vice Head of the Department of Business Administration, and Head of the Scheduling Unit. Currently, she is working on developing an IP law program, which focuses on IPR in GCC states, in the Department of Law at PNU. She is also an IP consultant for the University.Ms. Al Debasi has been an active speaker on topics such as empowering Saudi women and women’s rights. Besides, she is a member of the Saudi Arabian Women's Advocacy Association and the Muslim Lawyer Association at the University of Pittsburgh.