Ms. Candy Lam is the Regional Counsel for IFPI Asia. IFPI represents the music industry worldwide with more than 1,300 record producers and distributors from over 59 countries. Its membership includes the major multinational recording companies and hundreds of independent record companies, large and small, located throughout the world.
Based in the IFPI Asian Regional Office in Hong Kong, Candy is responsible for advising on the legal, licensing, business and operational activities in respect of the exploitation and enforcement of rights controlled by IFPI members, monitoring developments in copyright and other laws affecting the music industry, lobbying governments and lawmakers regarding legislations and policies concerning the music industry, and overseeing the anti-piracy actions and litigations relating to the enforcement of IFPI members’ rights in the region.
Prior to joining IFPI in 2013, Candy was a practising solicitor specializing in intellectual property law in a leading law firm and the largest IP practice in Hong Kong.
She is a practicing solicitor in Hong Kong and was admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of England and Wales. Candy gained a degree in law from the University of Hong Kong with First Class Honours.