The Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), Thailand’s first law on data protection, is set to come into full effect on June 1 2022 and is designed to address key issues regarding the collection, use, or disclosure of personal data. With its extraterritorial reach, the PDPA is expected to significantly affect an increasingly global tech sector. In this episode, Lothar Determann, Kritiyanee Buranatrevedhya, Nam-ake Lekfuangfu, and Wasin Lertwalaipong go into detail about the compliance, employment, and…

Tech M&A experienced unprecedented growth in 2021, with an increase of 71% compared to 2020. As the tech sector continues to set records in deal value and volume, it has been more crucial than ever to examine and analyse M&A trends and get a sense of what to expect in 2022 and beyond. Raffaele Giarda, William Holder, and Sze Shing Tan provide their perspectives on these trends, and gives tips for the tech sector on…

Baker McKenzie’s TMT Looking Ahead 2022 in a five-part series presents themes, insights, and recommendations that TMT companies should know. The first report focuses on Tech Regulation and Compliance. This episode of TMT Talk covers one of the key topics in this report: developments in artificial intelligence in the US and China. Listen to Carolina Pardo, Bradford Newman, and Zheng Zhou share their unique perspectives when it comes to AI protection, trade secrets and relevant AI trends that…

In this episode, Harry Valetk, is joined by Carlos Dávila-Peniche, based in  Mexico City and Daniel Villanueva, based in Guadalajara, to discuss consumer protection in video games with a special focus on age ratings. Join us to hear more about how to meet challenges around age ratings, global classifications, localization expectations, how to comply with age ratings in app stores or console purchases, and much more.

Baker McKenzie’s fifth annual report, The Year Ahead: Global Disputes Forecast 2022, took insights from a survey of 600 senior lawyers worldwide on disputes risk and future trends across four continents. In this episode of TMT Talk, Teresa Michaud, Cyrus Vance, Ashish Chugh, Stephen Reynolds, and Francesca Richmond highlight key points in the report and discuss how TMT companies can prepare for and manage dispute risk. Our experts, in particular, give their perspective on threats and…

Baker McKenzie’s Mind the Gap report outlines the main barriers to I&D success and key actions that companies can take to further develop their I&D programs. In this episode of TMT Talk, Kate Alexander, Julia Wilson, and Paul Evans focus on the insights from a survey of  900 employment and I&D leaders, looking at the most relevant issues to the TMT sector. Our experts will highlight the key I&D challenges that the tech industry is facing and…

Baker McKenzie’s 2021/2022 Digital Transformation and Cloud Survey aims to capture an important aspect of the evolution of technology and cloud services, with findings from 500 cross-regional global respondents. In this episode of TMT Talk, Lothar Determann, Adam Aft, Anne-Marie Allgrove, Carlos Vela-Trevino, and Steve Holmes discuss the trends and key issues affecting clients in the TMT industry surfaced by the survey, including around liability, data residency and more.

In this episode of TMT Talk, Harry Valetk is joined by Renata Campetti Amaral, Head of the Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability Practice Group at Trench Rossi Watanabe in Brazil, to discuss consumer protection in the video gaming industry with a special focus on advertising. Learn what makes video game consumers a special category of consumers, who acts as providers according to the law and court decisions, how the law considers children video game consumers…

The OECD’s proposed changes to the Tax regime, particularly seeking to address the issues around taxing multi-national enterprises in an increasingly digital world, have the potential to have far reaching consequences for TMT companies around the world. In this episode, Kate Alexander, Mounia Benabdallah, and Erik Christenson unpack the practical implications of these new proposals. Our experts will discuss what are the changes, what should companies expect, and what should they be doing right now.

In this episode of TMT Talk, Teresa Michaud , Jennifer Connors, and Amy Greer discuss the latest regulatory activity affecting the tech sector. Our experts give their insights on the new enforcement activity from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, including who will be a target and how companies should prepare.

In this episode of TMT Talk, Harry Valetk, is joined by Tiago Zapater, a litigation partner at Trench Rossi Watanabe in Brazil, to discuss the monetization challenges in video games. Join us for this episode to learn how video games sell and make money, loot boxes and their significance in the region, recent decisions and class actions in Brazil and much more.

The emergence and subsequent spread of the Delta variant has led several countries, most notably the United States, into adopting more stringent health and safety protocols. On 29 July 2021, President Biden declared that the US government would be imposing vaccination requirements in certain cases and offering additional incentives for its citizens to be vaccinated. Following this announcement, TMT Talk revisits the important legal aspects of vaccinations, as they apply to the TMT sector. Kate…

In recent years, companies worldwide, including those belonging to the Technology, Media & Telecoms industry, have placed increased importance on ESGs and have shifted their initiatives and operations accordingly. In this episode of TMT Talk, Adrian Lawrence leads our panel of experts in a discussion about aspects of ESG that are relevant to supply chains. Aleesha Fowler, Doug Sanders, and Graham Stuart offer their insights on relevant developments, possible risks, and challenges that TMT companies…

Rapid digitalization, rising expectations when it comes to environmental, social, and governance matters, and the ongoing pandemic, are just a few factors that continue to transform the legal landscape for the TMT industry. This episode of TMT Talk specifically focuses on how these factors have changed litigation, how tech companies have evolved and how they should continue to evolve. Teresa Michaud, Jennifer Semko and Francesca Richmond discuss current litigation trends, litigation readiness strategies employed by…

Every revolutionary technology brings with it, not only new opportunities but also new challenges, and it is no different with the further development of 5G. This episode of TMT Talk takes a closer look at the cybersecurity risks around this exciting new technology. Listen in to Jay Ruan, Francesca Gaudino, and Ken Chia as they share their perspectives on the risks, rewards, and current state of play around 5G.

Sustainability is a rapidly evolving and important area for companies in the Technology, Media & Telecoms industry. This episode concentrates on ESG issues and how focusing on them can continue to help the TMT sector in the wake of the pandemic. Listen in as Adrian Lawrence, Alyssa Auberger, and Greg McNab discuss this topic in the context of tech M&A around the ESG issues that have become the focus of acquisitions, and also on key…

China has approved and enacted its first Export Control Law, the first export control legislation in China aimed at regulating the export of sensitive materials and technologies from China to overseas. Jay Ruan, Marcela Robledo, Alison Stafford-Powell, and Vivian Wu have an insightful discussion about what is covered by this new legislation and how it can possibly affect the US-China trade relations. Our panel of experts delve into the aspects of the Export Control Law…

The EU Digital Markets Act has been proposed in order to further regulate the digital economy. In this episode of TMT Talk, Carolina Pardo is joined by Paul Johnson and Laura Philippou to discuss the potential scope, approach, and effectiveness of this new legislation. Our panel of experts will also give their perspective on the current status of the DMA, and what next steps the Technology, Media & Telecoms industry can expect.

On December 15, 2020, the European Commission published the first draft of the Digital Services Act (“DSA”). In this episode of TMT Talk, Carolina Pardo discusses this impactful legal development with Ben Allgrove, Rebecca Bland, and Julia Dickenson. Our TMT industry experts highlight the key points of the DSA, give their perspectives on the new obligations included in it, who they apply to and provide updates on progress relevant to this new law.

On 11 December 2020, the French Supreme Administrative Court ruled that Valueclick International, an Irish company in the digital sector, had a permanent establishment in France, for purposes of both corporate income tax (CIT) and value-added tax (VAT), through another Valueclick subsidiary, Valueclick France. In this episode of TMT Talk, Kate Alexander, Ariane Calloud, and Erik Christenson review this landmark decision from the perspectives of French and US tax law. Listen to our panel of…