Saima is a silk at 3VB chambers. She is a global expert in financial services and has a particular expertise in matters at the intersection of financial services and public law. Listed in the legal directories in FS across the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific, she is described as being ‘the dominant force in FS reg, both domestically and abroad ’ and having ‘excellent judgement’ and a ‘great knowledge of the FS industry’. She has appeared in a number of high-profile enforcement cases, including Tinney v FCA, an Upper Tribunal decision which set a new precedent on penalties, Rollet v DFSA, where she obtained a rare privacy order in the Dubai Financial Markets Tribunal, and T & I v FCA, where she acted for the claimants in a rare successful judicial review of the FCA. She has represented clients before regulatory bodies in numerous jurisdictions including Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai. Saima was listed as one of The Lawyer’s Hot 100 for 2022, which noted that her “practice has moved… into the super leagues”. She sits part-time as a Justice in the Astana International Financial Court and as a Senior Decision Maker in Guernsey, where she hears contested FS enforcement cases.