An established leader in the market, our Intellectual Property, Technology, Media and Telecommunications (IPTMT), Data Protection and FinTech practices work with leading clients in a diverse range of sectors.
Advising on the full spectrum of intellectual property (IP) matters, our Intellectual Property Practice works with some of the region’s best-known brand and IP rights owners. On the enforcement front, our team has acted on behalf of international rights protection agencies in the music and movie industries, assisting them with strategic initiatives for dealing with emerging IP issues. We also assist government regulators with the formulation of policies, licensing schemes and research projects.
In the technology space, we have worked on complex IT roll outs for major institutional clients (both customers and vendors), often for software systems which are mission critical, including banks, securities exchanges and financial institutions. On the media front, our clients include government media regulatory bodies, some of the world’s best known content producers in the motion picture and music industries, as well as collecting societies and content protection agencies, television networks and other creative sector clients including filmmakers and song writers, producers and production houses, and project investors.
As a market leading firm in the Telecommunications sector, we advise major telecommunications companies and industry leaders on various commercial and regulatory issues arising under the Telecommunications Act and Telecom Competition Code. We have worked with some of the world’s largest telecommunications and network hardware companies, advising them on wholesale telecommunications customer agreements, equipment procurement, network roll-outs and competition/consolidation compliance.
On the Data Protection front, we have advised many large local and multinational clients on their data compliance obligations, including some of Singapore’s largest banks, insurers, telecommunications, transport, media, hospitality, healthcare and property companies.
Our FinTech Practice is a multidisciplinary sector integrating financial services with innovative technology. Our leading lawyers and specialists in the fields of technology and media, financial regulation and compliance, intellectual property, capital markets, corporate mergers and acquisitions, tax and employment are able to assist clients holistically in all legal, transactional and regulatory aspects of FinTech. Whether it be a financial institution, FinTech provider, technology corporation, investor or venture capitalist, we are committed to building strategic long term relationships and partnerships with our clients, and to support them in the journey to shape the future of finance.
• Advised Temasek Holdings, which together with returning investor GGV Capital, led the $20 million Series B investment round raised by CashShield;
• Advised United Overseas Bank Limited in the strategic alliance with Grab to deliver payment services to Grab’s ASEAN-wide user base;
• Advised various financial institutions on the implementation and roll-out of their e-payment solutions and digital wallets, including the national PayNow initiative;
• Advised Centrality, the blockchain-based marketplace platform, in its token generation event which raised US$80 million in CENNZ tokens in 6 minutes;
• Advised Singapore Airlines Limited on its digital innovation projects, including its research collaboration with A*STAR, collaboration with NUS Enterprise to create a joint accelerator program, and advising on key IT projects under SIA’s digital transformation plan;
• Advised a leading multinational technology company specialising in artificial intelligence and internet-related services on initiatives relating to the use of autonomous vehicles in Singapore;
• Advised various owners of critical infrastructure on cybersecurity and data protection related issues, as well as their compliance with their obligations under the Cybersecurity Act and Personal Data Protection Act;
• Advised Parkway Pantai on the integration of patient records with the move towards making available its patient records on the National Electronic Health Record system, including structuring arrangements to take into account the unique relationships between Parkway Pantai and parties such as its doctors working in their own specialist the provision of information from private specialist clinics;
• Advised a multinational conglomerate specialising in e-commerce and technology on its multi-million dollar collaboration with Nanyang Technological University, to establish a Joint Research Institute;
• Advised GoTruck (a subsidiary of Pan-United Corporation Ltd) in its development and launch of a resource sharing platform for the construction sector;
• Advised the National Arts Council on its various initiatives to promote and champion the arts in Singapore, including the appointment of the artistic team to represent Singapore at the 58th Venice Biennale; the introduction of the Singapore Producers Platform to nurture outstanding and committed individuals with a passion for production work; and the launch of “The Art and Consequence of Collaboration” with the Australian Network for Art & Technology and Experimenta, jointly organised by the National Arts Council, Culture Academy and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay;
• Advised various multinational corporations on their global cybersecurity incidents and their engagements with the Personal Data Protection Commission and their customers;
• Advised Marriott International Inc. in a corporate restructuring exercise involving a review of its brand assets and hotel licensing & management agreements in Asia-Pacific;
• Advised DBS Bank Ltd. on the launch of PayNow for Corporates;
• Advised Pizza Hut on its collaboration with MasterCard to introduce humanoid robots at selected Pizza Hut’s outlets and for payment processing;
• Advised Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited on its strategic partnership with StarHub; and
• Advised Smithsonian Channel on channel licensing and carriage agreements in connection with its launch of the Smithsonian Channel outside of North America.
Tier 1 in Copyright – Singapore
Managing Intellectual Property – IP Stars Handbook:Trade Mark, Copyright and Patents 2018
Recognised expertise in Telecommunications, Media & Technology – Singapore
Chambers Asia-Pacific – Asia-Pacific’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2019
Tier 1 in Copyright – Singapore
ILO Client Choice Awards 2018
Recognised expertise in Intellectual Property and TMT – Singapore
The Legal 500: Asia-Pacific – The Client’s Guide to the Asia-Pacific Legal Profession 2019