Clifford Chance
Sian Smith is a technology, innovation and IP lawyer based in Tokyo.
Sian's practice focuses on complex, cross-border technology projects in the Asia Pacific region, specialising in digital transformation and platform agreements, data privacy and cybersecurity issues, artificial intelligence, and transactional intellectual property matters.
She has undertaken several secondments to clients, working with their in-house teams to gain an in-depth understanding of their business and strategic priorities.
Sian advises on a range of commercial and technology-related transactions including:
- Commercial contracts for clients across a range of sectors including data sharing agreements, technology licensing agreements, and services agreements
- Data privacy and cybersecurity issues for numerous clients, including advising on multi-jurisdictional data breaches as well as reviewing privacy policies and procedures for compliance with local regulations
- IP contracts, such as assignment agreements and licences as well as co-branding and collaboration agreements.
Sian advises on a range of commercial and technology-related transactions including:
- Commercial contracts for clients across a range of sectors including data sharing agreements, technology licensing agreements, and services agreements
- Data privacy and cybersecurity issues for numerous clients, including advising on multi-jurisdictional data breaches as well as reviewing privacy policies and procedures for compliance with local regulations
- IP contracts, such as assignment agreements and licences as well as co-branding and collaboration agreements.
News and client work
Contact details
お問い合わせ先
- Clifford Chance, Tokyo
- +81366326320
- Email me
- Speaks English
- English
Career and qualifications
- University of Cambridge BA 2013
- Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2017
- University of Oxford Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice Law 2017
- Joined Clifford Chance 2023
経歴、資格
- University of Cambridge BA 2013
- Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2017
- University of Oxford Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice Law 2017
- Joined Clifford Chance 2023