Mark Parsons is a technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) partner who heads the firm's corporate practice in Hong Kong office. His practice spans the Asia-Pacific region, covering the full range of commercial and regulatory work in the TMT and other business sectors. His particular areas of focus on the commercial front include technology and business process outsourcing, electronic and mobile payments, fintech, media and data licensing, telecommunications service arrangements, supply chain and procurement, e-commerce and m-commerce, brand licensing and distribution arrangements, and the acquisition and exploitation of intellectual property and information technology assets. Mark is also one of the region's leading advisors on data protection and cyber security regulation.
TMT
Hogan Lovells
Consumer brands, financial services clients and a wide array of players in the TMT sector turn to Hogan Lovells for assistance with issues concerning cyber security, open banking, cloud services and blockchain. Key types of work at the firm include market access analysis, regulatory advice and the drafting and review of commercial contracts; the team is also well-placed to draft and negotiate agreements for technology collaboration in areas such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. Mark Parsons spearheads the offering; his commercial and regulatory expertise extends to advising on technology and business process outsourcing projects. Eugene Low leads the Hong Kong IPMT practice and has focuses on IP and data privacy matters. Andrew McGinty handles transactional work in the TMT arena, while Tommy Liu advises on contractual arrangements for TMT-related projects. PJ Kaur and Katherine Tsang are also key contacts in the group.
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- 'Hogan Lovells is our go-to law firm for wider APAC data privacy, commercial and general regulatory work.'
- 'The team is based in Hong Kong, co-led by Mark Parsons and Tommy Liu, and adopts a practical approach when handling complicated regulatory and compliance work and is able to navigate clients on implementing measures and handling business requests.'
- 'Tommy Liu handles client relationship management, daily legal work, billing and other correspondence with our team in a professional manner, but also with a personal touch.'
Key clients
- Kuaishou
- ESGTech Pte. Ltd.
- The Hong Kong Association of Banks, the trade organization representing banks in Hong Kong
- FTI Consulting
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
- HSBC
Work highlights
- Advised Kuaishou on its: (1) multi-jurisdictional and global data compliance project; and (2) launch of its live streaming video in various jurisdictions globally.
- Advised Singapore-headquartered start-up technology service provider ESG Tech on the launch of its next generation utility data exchange platform.
- Advised the Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) in relation to the launch of Hong Kong’s Multiple Credit Reference Agency Model (MCRA).
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