Aster Y. Lin

Associate Aster Lin (employee #80086) poses for a portrait at the Latham & Waktins office at the One Exchange Square on 11 April 2018 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Photo by Marcio Rodrigo Machado / S3studio

aster.lin@lw.com

+852.2912.2705

Profile

Aster Lin is an associate in the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Data & Technology Transactions Practice.

Aster focuses on a variety of corporate matters, including cross-border commercial, technology, media, and data privacy matters.

Aster has expertise advising clients from various sectors, with a focus on the technology, gaming, internet, cloud, logistics, and entertainment industries. Her experience is supplemented by the two secondments she has completed with a major global technology company during her time with the firm.

Experience

Aster’s representative experience includes advising:

A leading China-based technology and internet group on global data privacy compliance for cross-border products, including products across the social media, gaming, cloud, and television space, with a focus on data privacy compliance relating to the GDPR as well as across Asia
A leading China-based internet technology company on data privacy compliance, with a focus on US and SEA data privacy laws
A leading China-based logistics solutions provider on the development and implementation of its global data protection compliance program, with a focus on SEA data privacy laws
A global technology company on regulatory compliance for various cross-border product offerings
A variety of private equity clients on data privacy and intellectual property issues arising in the context of private equity and merger and acquisition transactions

Qualifications

Bar Qualification

Hong Kong (Registered Foreign Lawyer)
New York

Education

JD, Duke University School of Law
LLB, Peking University

Languages Spoken

English

Practices

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