Lai Ling Tong

Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)

Admitted to the New Zealand Bar in 1993 and to the Malaysian Bar in 1999, Lai Ling heads the TMT Practice Group of Raja, Darryl & Loh. She works with a range of clients in the TMT sector, advising on commercial issues and drafting and negotiating IT and telecommunications contracts, including agreements relating to procurement, software development, maintenance and support services, outsourcing, service level agreements, e-commerce, cloud services and privacy policies. She also advises clients from a variety of industries (such as telecommunications, software, healthcare and pharmaceuticals) on compliance with cyber laws, as well as emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things. Clients have described her as "a recognised expert in this sector" and "an outstanding lawyer with excellent client service standards".

For many years, she has been highly ranked in several publications, including being listed in Legal 500 Asia Pacific's Hall of Fame and Asian Legal Business’s Asia Super 50 TMT Lawyers, one of only two lawyers from Malaysia to be included.

In addition to TMT, Lai Ling is well-versed on the subject of data protection and has been providing advice on issues arising under the Personal Data Protection Act 2010, data sharing agreements and cross border data transfer risk assessment. The Lexology Index (formerly known as Who’s Who Legal) ranked her as a Global Elite Thought Leader in the category of “Client Choice – Data” and also ranked her as Recommended in 2 other categories:

• Data – Data Privacy and Protection;

• Southeast Asia – Data

Member of the Malaysian Bar Council Cyberlaws & Privacy Committee; Member of the Malaysian Bar Council Personal Data Protection Committee; Member of the Society for Computers & Law (UK)