Mayer Brown

Intellectual Property, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Technology & IP Transactions, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy.

Gabriela Kennedy is the co-leader of the IP practice at Mayer Brown, head of the Asia IP & TMT practice and co-leader of the cyber incident response team. Her broad practice spans all areas of intellectual property law, technology, data privacy and cybersecurity, AI and telecommunications law. She advises clients on complex technology transactions, data protection and cybersecurity, and disputes, with deep experience guiding multinational companies through cross‑border regulatory and operational issues.

Gabriela represents corporates and investors in a broad range of mandates and has been involved in large pan-Asian digital transformation projects, mobile payments projects, the regulation of digital assets, as well as high‑profile media transactions and litigation. She has significant experience in data protection matters throughout Asia, advising on Asia wide strategies, cross‑border data transfers, data compliance programs, data breaches and cyber incident response. She has assisted companies with comprehensive data audits and has developed privacy management and governance frameworks for the Asia operations of multinational companies.

In contentious and regulatory matters, Gabriela acts in disputes arising from failed technology projects and advises on telecommunications regulation and transactional issues across the region. She has extensive experience in signal piracy litigation and in disputes concerning “must‑carry” and retransmission rights under copyright legislation, and has advised collecting societies on licensing arrangements and royalty disputes. She is recognised as a leading lawyer across each of her fields of practice and serves on the editorial boards of multiple publications. A former theoretical linguist, she brings a rigorous, solutions‑oriented approach to complex and time‑sensitive matters.

Admitted in Hong Kong and England and Wales.

English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish.

University of Strathclyde, LLM; The University of Hong Kong, PCLL; Manchester Metropolitan University, CPE (Commendation)