Allen & Gledhill LLP

Cybersecurity & Data Protection; Intellectual Property; International Arbitration; Litigation; Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Head of Intellectual Property and Co-Head of Cybersecurity & Data Protection

Dr Stanley Lai, SC is Head of Intellectual Property and Co-Head of Cybersecurity & Data Protection. He specialises in all forms of IP litigation and information technology disputes, and is also a commercial litigator. He maintains a strong advisory practice for IP/data management and cybersecurity, serving a broad spectrum of clients. He also represents clients in investigations that are undertaken by the Personal Data Protection Commission. In the biomedical and pharmaceutical sectors, Stanley has substantial experience in advising on healthcare and medical IP and regulatory issues concerning medicines, generics, patent linkage, bio-similars, medical devices, clinical trials, product recalls and product liability.

Stanley is a specialist in alternative dispute resolution, appearing as counsel in IP and TMT arbitrations. He is an experienced mediator, specialising in IP disputes. He has practised as a Senior Counsel for more than 10 years and is the first Singapore-born lawyer to have obtained a PhD in law from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

English, Mandarin.

Chairman, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. Commissioner, Government Procurement Adjudication Tribunal. Member, Singapore International Arbitration Centre Intellectual Property Panel. Member, Singapore Copyright Tribunal. Senior Mediator, Singapore Mediation Centre. Specialist Mediator, Singapore International Mediation Centre. Administrative Panellist, Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre. Member, Market Surveillance and Compliance Panel (National Electricity Market of Singapore).

Graduated from the University of Leicester with an LL.B. (Hons) degree and obtained an LL.M. and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge.