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Clifford Chance
MARINA BAY FINANCIAL CENTRE
25TH FLOOR, TOWER 3, 12 MARINA BOULEVARD
SINGAPORE 018982
Singapore

Position

Stella Cramer is the APAC Head of Clifford Chance Tech Group and a technology and data lawyer based in Singapore.

Stella advises on technology matters across the Asia Pacific region. She specialises in complex digital and transformational technology projects, platform collaborations, and technology transactions, often involving disruptive technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence.

She has deep experience advising clients on global data compliance programmes, the commercialisation of data and high-profile cyber incidents. She leads high profile cyberbreach response for clients, coordinating the management of an incident and leading the regulatory investigations across multiple jurisdictions, working closely with senior management.

She also advises on significant Fintech projects and was involved in the establishment of industry sandboxes in Singapore.

Career

University of Leeds (LLB Hons) 1993
College of Europe (LLM) 1995
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 1997
Admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong 2001
Tsinghua University (Executive MBA) 2012
INSEAD (Executive MBA) 2012
Joined Clifford Chance 2023

Lawyer Rankings

Hong Kong > TMT

Clifford Chance is well-placed to advise on transformational technology projects, platform collaborations and TMT transactions, in addition to regulatory issues relating to the implementation of technologies such as blockchain and AI. The team is co-headed by the Singapore-based Stella Cramer, who joined in April 2023 from Norton Rose Fulbright, and Ling Ho, whose contentious and non-contentious practice extends to technology-related IP litigation and licensing issues. Fang Liu specialises in TMT work with a capital markets dimension and counsel Clarice Yue joined from Bird & Bird in December 2022, and advises on cross-border data transfer issues in the context of the rolling out of digital platforms.

Singapore > TMT: foreign firms

(Hall of Fame)

Stella CramerClifford Chance

Clifford Chance handles a broad range of matters concerning technology and digitalisation, including artificial intelligence, digital assets, green technologies, data protection, and cybersecurity, in addition to big-ticket technology-related transactions. The practice recently bolstered its capabilities with the arrival of practice leader Stella Cramer and ‘standout’ counsel David Olds from Norton Rose Fulbright in April 2023. Cramer boasts an impressive track record advising on digital and transformational technology transactions, as well as data protection, cybersecurity, and fintech matters, while Olds focuses on telecommunications regulation, IT contracting, and outsourcing mandates. Paul Landless is another key contact in the group.