Data Protection - Asia-Pacific Region
What the team is known for
Latham & Watkins has offices in China, Singapore, South Korea and Japan and can draw on their extensive experience in the life sciences, financial services, litigation and corporate arenas to provide a comprehensive and integrated service. In addition to advising on the data protection aspects of investments and market entry, the firm regularly assists clients with their multi-jurisdictional compliance programmes, including the distribution of technology-based products in the health, fintech and media industries. The teams also have expertise in compliance with data use and breach regulations, updating companies' privacy policies and responding to investigatory proceedings.
Strengths
"Latham & Watkins have been excellent at handling highly complicated and technical work - they deeply understand the product and data flows and add truly valuable input to the work product."
"They are very professional and can pull out the key to some difficult questions. They are well versed in many legal issues and can provide expert advice on a wide range of data privacy issues."
Notable practitioners
Esther Franks in Singapore and Anthony Liu in Hong Kong are key contacts.
