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Justin is an Of Counsel in the Singapore office and a member of CMS’ Singapore Technology, Media, Intellectual Property and Competition (TMIC) Practice. He is an Accredited Specialist in Data and Digital Economy Law, a distinction awarded by the Singapore Academy of Law recognising practitioners who have demonstrated specialist expertise in this field.

His practice covers a wide breadth of high value and complex IT transactions, novel technologies and use cases, and multi-jurisdictional regulatory compliance. Justin advises on the full lifecycle of technology-driven deals, with particular depth in negotiating high-value IT outsourcing agreements and enterprise SaaS deployments for global financial institutions and conglomerates, leading the technology and IP workstreams of M&A deals (including technology due diligence and IP structuring), and advising on digital infrastructure projects (including data centre colocation and subsea cable arrangements). On the regulatory front, he is a seasoned hand in multi-jurisdictional data breach management, guiding numerous clients through the intricacies of incident response and global reporting obligations. 

Clients recognise Justin for his ability to translate complex and novel technical concepts into actionable legal risk assessments, being regularly ahead of the curve in fast-evolving technological sectors, and his commercially pragmatic approach to deals.

Relevant experience

  • DBS in its joint venture with J.P. Morgan and Temasek to develop a common and open industry platform for payments, trade and foreign exchange settlement through the use of blockchain solutions. *
  • The Alliance for Action on Supply Chain Digitalisation in relation to the creation and launching of the Singapore Trade Data Exchange (SGTraDex), a national digital infrastructure that facilitates trusted and secure sharing of data between supply chain ecosystem partners. *
  • The Association of Banks in Singapore in relation to the development and rollout of the Trade Finance Registry (TFR), a blockchain-based industry utility that facilitates transparency between banks in order to combat duplicate financing fraud. *
  • VietJet in its acquisition of 92 Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines, a deal worth USD 3.8bn and one of the largest aviation asset orders in the world that year. *
  • Mapletree Investments in relation to its sale of the Oakwood Worldwide business to The Ascott, which involved the transfer of a substantial global IP portfolio. *
  • Several data centre owners and users on data centre colocation and GPU-as-a-service arrangements. *
  • Several major Banks on the legal issues and risks relating to the adoption and integration of electronic instruments such as bills of lading, bills of exchange and promissory notes into the Bank’s trade finance business. *
  • A global port operator in relation to a long-term partnership involving the development, implementation and commercialisation of autonomous prime movers in port infrastructure environments. *
  • A Hong Kong-listed Chinese online insurance company in a joint venture with a Singapore-based technology company for the launch of an insurance platform on the technology company’s regional online platform. *
  • A large cosmetics company, a property developer, a US-listed conglomerate, and a logistics service provider, among other, in managing the legal and regulatory aspects of a data breach, including coordinating the notification of the breach to data protection regulators across multiple jurisdictions in the region. *
  • A major e-commerce company, a healthcare conglomerate, a national broadcaster, a major insurer and a health and fitness company, among others, in several investigations commenced by the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore for alleged breaches of the PDPA, all of which closed with no adverse findings against the client. *

* Experience acquired prior to joining CMS
 

Memberships & Roles

  • Accredited Specialist in Data and Digital Economy Law, Singapore Academy of Law

Education

  • 2015 – Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Singapore Management University, Singapore.

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