Ms. Candy LAM – Senior Legal Counsel, ASTRI (Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd.)
Ms. Candy Lam is the Senior Legal Counsel of ASTRI, the largest Government-funded R&D institution in Hong Kong. ASTRI’s core R&D competence in various areas is grouped under five Technology Divisions: AI and Big Data Analytics; Communications; Cybersecurity, Cryptography and Trusted Technologies; Integrated Circuits and Systems; and IoT and Sensors. It is applied across five core areas which are Smart City, Financial Technologies, Intelligent Manufacturing, Digital Health, and Application Specific Integrated Circuits. Ms. Lam’s role includes advising on technology licensing and transfer, IP protection and commercialization, confidentiality and data protection, litigation and risk management, and various other legal and compliance matters.
Prior to joining ASTRI in 2020, Ms. Lam was 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 located throughout the world. Ms. Lam was 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.
Before moving in-house in 2013, Ms. Lam was a practising solicitor specializing in intellectual property and data protection laws 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. Ms. Lam gained a degree in law from the University of Hong Kong with First Class Honours.