Matt Pollins leads the Commercial and TMC Team at CMS Singapore.  He is an international technology, media and communications lawyer advising clients across Asia on the full spectrum of commercial, transactional, regulatory, intellectual property and public policy matters.

He is recognised by Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners as being a leading lawyer in his field. His team advises clients from fast-growth companies through to global technology, media and communications companies and governments on business and law in Asia. He focuses in particular on:

• technology, including e-commerce, cloud, data, privacy, cybersecurity, payments, mobile applications, adtech and IoT;
• digital media, including linear and non-linear broadcasting, OTT, real-money and social gaming, advertising, sports, esports and sponsorship;
• complex sourcing, outsourcing and supply chain transactions; and
• telecoms, including regulatory and market entry advice across the region.

Matt is currently a Director of the International Institute of Communications in Singapore, a global non-profit that exists to enable an open dialogue to shape the policy agenda in Technology, Media and Communications. He is the former Chairman of CASBAA 2020, a group studying the future of TV in Asia that includes Disney, 21st Century Fox and Turner. He is also a member of the judging panel for the Asia Communication Awards.

Matt regularly appears on TV and in print media to discuss the tech/media/telecoms sectors. He is a frequent commentator on BBC World News, Channel News Asia, Wall Street Journal, The Business Times, Mashable, Today and The Straits Times. He is active in Singapore’s startup ecosystem and guides startups and fast-growth companies on funding, IP protection and commercialisation. He has lectured at Singapore Management University on "Singapore's Next Billion Dollar Startup".

He and his team blog at www.connectedasia.com about how the unparalleled and explosive groth in connectivity in Asia-Pacific is driving new technologies and business models and reshaping the existing regulatory framework.