Richard Chew joins K&L Gates as Sydney-based partner
22 December 2020
Richard Chew has joined K&L Gates as a partner in the firm’s Sydney office. Chew, who brings a dedicated focus on technology transactions, telecommunications and privacy matters, joins a large global team of technology sourcing and privacy lawyers servicing some of the most sophisticated technology clients in Australia and globally.
Chew is an experienced technology lawyer who assists clients with outsourcing, IT and commercial telecommunications arrangements, technology and IP commercialization, strategic procurement and sourcing, and vendor management.
This experience has seen Chew assist on some of the most extensive Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry outsourcing transactions in Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
Before entering legal practice, Chew spent over a decade in the ICT industry, where he led global technology development and product and operational support teams for leading telecommunications providers in Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
“As many businesses moved operations online, there has been the need for increased depth in our team of highly skilled technology lawyers who can match the pace of change our clients are experiencing, and Richard brings that additional depth of experience to our team,” said Nick Nichola, K&L Gates’ managing partner for Australia.
K&L Gates has welcomed more than 30 new partners and of counsel in 2020.
