Mr Alexander Yap > Allen & Gledhill LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile
Allen & Gledhill LLP Offices
ONE MARINA BOULEVARD
#28-00
SINGAPORE 018989
Singapore
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Mr Alexander Yap
Work Department
Cybersecurity & Data Protection; Corporate & Commercial; FinTech; Intellectual Property; Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Position
Co-Head of the Firm’s FinTech Practice
Career
Alexander is Co-Head of the Firm’s FinTech Practice. He advises on three key pillars:
- The acquisition, divestiture, provision, sharing, and receipt, of data, technology and intellectual property-related services and assets, including cryptographic tokens and digital assets;
- Data breach and cybersecurity strategy, communications, management and compliance; and
- Emerging and frontier technologies, such as autonomous driving, metaverses, large language models, transformer neural networks, and generative AI.
This involves advising on licensing, research & development, sponsorships, collaborations, franchising, online gaming, ‘as-a-service’ platforms (IaaS, PaaS, etc.), and on consumer-facing agreements and activities, such as lotteries and other promotions in compliance with gaming/gambling legislation.
Languages
English.
Education
Graduated from the University of Oxford with an M.A. in Jurisprudence.
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > TMT: local firms
(Next Generation Partners)Housing a sizeable team of ‘industry leaders’, Allen & Gledhill LLP handles the full range of TMT-related transactions concerning disruptive technologies, cloud deployment and strategy, regional and global data protection compliance, and cross-border outsourcing projects. Tham Kok Leong spearheads the technology and corporate IP practice, while Tan Wee Meng leads the telecommunications group and Stanley Lai heads the IP team, with demonstrable experience in IP and IT-related disputes. Alexander Yap ‘is at the forefront’ of all issues arising out of the fintech arena and Eugene Ho ‘provides quality and salient advice’ on matters concerning data protection and cybersecurity.
Singapore > Data protection and cyber security
The ‘prompt, efficient and responsive’ team at Allen & Gledhill LLP handles a broad range of data protection and cyber security mandates, from regulatory investigations and compliance projects to data breaches and cyber security incidents, among others. Stanley Lai jointly leads the team alongside Eugene Ho, who focuses on the commercialisation of data, pre- and post-cyber-attack cases, in addition to the data aspects of corporate transactions. Praised as a ‘knowledgeable partner with great experience’, Alexander Yap handles privacy compliance matters and data breach management issues, while Tham Kok Leong advises on a range of commercial agreements related to data protection, privacy and cyber security.
Singapore > Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
Described as the ‘pre-eminent firm in APAC for fintech and financial services regulatory matters’, Allen & Gledhill LLP‘s practice runs the gamut of contentious and non-contentious work, including licensing and conduct of business requirements for banking, corporate finance and reorganisations in the financial services sector. Licensing advisory work for fintechs and crypto disputes are further areas of expertise for a team that frequently plays an active role in the consultation process for new regulations. Leadership duties are divided between Francis Mok, a practitioner who is described as standing ‘heads and shoulders above his competitors in the regulatory field’, Karen Tiah, who excels in banking and finance regulatory matters, the ‘incredibly helpful’ co-head of fintech Adrian Ang, and fellow fintech specialist Alexander Yap, who is a key contact for data breach matters. Catherine Neo is well equipped to advise on regulatory issues arising from the acquisition of regulated entities. Ensuring a smooth relationship exists between regulators and financial institutions is a staple of Zhi Feng Tan‘s far-reaching practice. Associate Alexander Fong Yi is a further name to note.
Lawyer Rankings
- Data protection and cyber security Singapore
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms Singapore
- Next Generation Partners Singapore > TMT: local firms
- TMT: local firms Singapore
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- Data protection and cyber security
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- Intellectual property: Local firms
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