SINGAPORE Law and Practice Contributed by: Lim Chong Kin, David N Alfred, Albert Pichlmaier and Goh Boon Yeow, Drew & Napier LLC
Drew & Napier LLC established a dedicated data protection, privacy and cybersecurity practice to leverage its experience in data privacy and data and cyber governance and offer clients best-in-class so - lutions to address their legal and compliance needs in Singapore and across the region. The firm repre - sents many regional and multi-national companies, industry associations, government bodies and regu - lators, and regularly assists them on a wide range of matters in Singapore and ASEAN member countries. At the forefront of data protection law in Singapore
since 2013, the data protection, privacy and cyberse - curity practice group has worked on significant data protection enforcement cases and appeals, includ - ing those involving cybersecurity elements. Building on its experience in this field, the Drew Data Protec - tion and Cybersecurity Academy was established in 2020 to offer clients services relating to data protec - tion and cybersecurity compliance, including train - ing, consulting and external Data Protection Officer services.
Authors
Lim Chong Kin is the managing director of Drew & Napier’s corporate and finance department, heads the telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) practice and co-heads the data protection, privacy
substantial experience advising on data law and policy including areas such as data privacy, data protection management, data breaches cybersecurity compliance, AI governance and international aspects of data protection. David was previously the first chief counsel of Singapore’s data protection authority, the Personal Data Protection Commission.
and cybersecurity practice. With his strong background in competition, data protection and technology laws, Chong Kin offers clients expert commercial advice. He has been an external legal and regulatory adviser for the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore since it was established in 2013. He also played a key role advising Singapore’s Infocom regulator, the Info- communications Media Development Authority, since 1998 on the liberalisation of Singapore’s telecoms, media and postal sectors and development of the competition regimes for those sectors. Chong Kin is highly regarded by his peers, clients and rivals alike for his expertise, and is consistently recommended as a leading lawyer by major international legal publications.
Albert Pichlmaier is a senior cybersecurity and privacy engineer with Drew & Napier and concurrently senior learning technology designer of the Drew Data Protection and Cybersecurity Academy. Albert is an
IT professional with over 30 years of international experience in the private and public sectors. He has worked in a wide range of IT and security domains, from smart card firmware development and test automation to AI and blockchain development, as well as IT security product certifications. Albert holds a degree in computer science and the AIGP, CISSP and CDPSE certifications. Prior to joining the firm, Albert worked for over ten years in the public sector in Singapore, most recently for Singapore’s data protection authority.
David N Alfred is a director of Drew & Napier and co-head of the firm’s data protection, privacy and cybersecurity practice group. He is concurrently co-head and programme director of the Drew Data Protection and
Goh Boon Yeow is a director of Drew & Napier’s corporate and finance department. Boon Yeow’s main areas of practice are technology, media and telecommunications (TMT), broadcasting, cybersecurity, data
Cybersecurity Academy. David is a senior technology lawyer with over 25 years’ experience advising on matters relating to digital technology, telecommunications and the internet. He has
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