Melissa Fai

Melissa is a partner in our Technology and Intellectual Property group.Her clients rely on her advice and solutions to both commercial and regulatory challenges in the tech and digital space.

Melissa's practice spans the whole spectrum of technology contracting, including complex outsourcing, SaaS arrangements, large-scale IT procurement transactions, from both a customer and supplier perspective, digital transformation projects, complex commercial projects and data commercialisation. She also has significant experience advising on the technology separation and transition issues associated with complex M&A transactions.

She is a leading data, privacy, cyber and tech regulatory practitioner. Melissa's experience includes assisting clients in a broad range of sectors, but particularly those in highly regulated industries such as energy and infrastructure, financial services, healthcare and telecommunications, to comply with their privacy (including surveillance issues) and cyber obligations.

Melissa is adept at advising on, and managing the response to, significant cyber-attacks and data breach issues, including reporting obligations to, and investigations conducted by, privacy and other regulators.

She is constantly looking around corners for her clients by focusing on the ever emerging tech and digital regulatory regime; advising on impending priv...