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Mr Rajesh Sreenivasan

+65 62320751 rajesh@rajahtann.com

Work Department

Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Position

Head, Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Career

Rajesh Sreenivasan heads the firm’s TMT Practice and advises on technology, cybersecurity, data protection, telecommunications, electronic commerce, cloud computing, digital forensics and digital media matters, and is consistently and unanimously cited as a leading TMT lawyer by all major legal ranking agencies for over twenty years.

His work covers cutting edge legal, regulatory and policy work in TMT areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Currency and other blockchain implementations, Data Analytics, Internet of Things (IOT), Telecoms and Media Over-The-Top (OTT) frameworks, Deliberate Online Falsehoods and online privacy and data protection models at a policy and legislative level.

As lead advisor in major TMT transactions in ASEAN, he is highly sought by multinationals, regulators and international bodies such as the World Bank and Commonwealth Secretariat on telecoms and IT regulatory matters.

In 2018, he co-founded Rajah & Tann Technologies Pte Ltd, the corporate arm of Rajah & Tann Asia that provides market leading tech-enabled legal solutions to clients. He also became the Director of Rajah & Tann Cybersecurity which is uniquely placed to help clients protect, mitigate against cyber-attacks, minimise disruptions from a security breach and effectively deal with a breach incident. Rajesh was also appointed Chairman of the National Accreditation Committee for Data and Digital Economy lawyers in Singapore by the Singapore Academy of Law.

Memberships

• Director, MediaCorp Pte Ltd (Singapore’s National Broadcaster and National digital media platform)
• Director, Rajah & Tann Technologies Pte Ltd
• Director, Rajah & Tann Cybersecurity Pte Ltd
• Member, Advisory Board, Centre for Legal Innovation
• Member, Pro-term Committee, AI Professionals Association, AI Singapore
• Board of Advisors, Liberty Wireless Pte Ltd
• Board Member, Asia Advisory Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals
• Associate Fellow, Centre for Asia Pacific Technology Law and Policy (CAPTEL), Singapore from 2002
• Member, International Bar Association
• Member, ICT Committee, American Chamber of Commerce, Singapore
• Editorial Board Member, Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2009-2010, Orbicom, UNESCO.
• Member, Singapore UNCITRAL E-Commerce legislation Working Group 2001 to 2004
• Advisor, Ministry of Finance eGovernment Advisory Panel from 2002 to 2006
• Foreign Legal Consultant, All China Bar Association’s Committee on IT and High-Technology
• Member, e-logistics committee, Singapore Logistics Association from 2002 to present
• Vice-Chairman, Information Technology Committee, Law Society of Singapore, 2002
• Member, Legal Advisory Group, International Chamber of Commerce UK Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation
• Member, Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence OECD Project
• Chairman, Internet Subcommittee, Information Technology Committee, Law Society of Singapore from 1996-1997
• Member, LAWNET Management Committee, Singapore Academy of Law, Law Practice & Research Subcommittee from 1998
• Member, Law Society of Singapore, Electronic Litigation Committee from 1997
• Adjunct Lecturer, Temasek Polytechnic on Malaysian Cyberlaws, 1998
• External Lecturer, Singapore Accountancy Academy, 1999
• Member, Society for Computers & Law (UK) from 1992
• Member, iTechLaw, USA
• Member, Internet Society (ISOC)