We are delighted to welcome Albert, who has joined us to take up the positon of Head of Technology, Media & Communications for Osborne Clarke in Hong Kong, supporting clients across Asia. His extensive sector expertise will further strengthen Osborne Clarke’s team specialising in these areas.
With more than 18 years’ experience at top-tier law firms in Australia and the US, and from strategic secondments with key Asian businesses, Albert is a senior commercial transactions and advisory lawyer specialising in information technology, digital transformation and telecommunications law, as well as FinTech, IP commercialisation, IoT, AI and data privacy/protection. He advises clients on the full spectrum of domestic and cross-border projects – FinTech, technology and digital contracting, licensing and outsourcings, IT transformations, systems implementations, cloud services, AI, data privacy/protection, big data, cyber-security, Internet of Things (IoT), related regulatory issues and other emerging technology transactions. He acts as a trusted advisor on strategic planning, risk and reputation management and stakeholder management.
He has represented clients in the technology, media, telecommunications, financial services, insurance, transport and logistics, energy, infrastructure, health, government, manufacturing and consumer and retail sectors.
Having led on many substantial global transactions, Albert brings significant experience of working with multinationals in multiple jurisdictions, including Australia, South East Asia and North America. In Asia, Albert has worked for clients such as Telstra, MetLife, Origin Energy, Virgin Australia Airlines, Ooredoo Myanmar, Axiata Group, XL Axiata, Maxis, Atos, Thai Life Insurance, Iluka and Beach Energy.
Listed by Legal 500 as a ‘noteworthy contact,’ Albert is also recognised as a top ranked ‘Next Generation Lawyer’ in the IT and Telecoms category in Australia by Legal 500 Asia Pacific in 2017 (one of only two in Australia), in 2018 (one of only three in Australia) and now in 2019 (one of only six in Australia). Albert is also listed as a “Best Lawyer for Information Technology Law” by Best Lawyers in Australia in both 2018 and 2019.
Jasmine Yung
Jasmine joins the team as a trainee, bringing with her valuable expertise in data privacy to add to our strengths here.
Prior to joining Osborne Clarke, Jasmine served for six years at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) here in Hong Kong, where she gained diverse experience of privacy law – from regulatory enforcement to legal policy, as well as undertaking comparative research and international liaison. Some of the key areas she covered were legal research and analyses on latest developments and legislation in local and overseas privacy-related issues, e.g. Big Data analytics, Artificial Intelligence, digital ethics, accountability, FinTech, blockchain, mobile payments, de-identification, developments in China’s data protection regime and Cybersecurity Law, and the “Belt and Road” Initiative.