Rajesh Sreenivasan (
Malayalam: രാജേഷ് ശ്രീനിവാസന്,
Tamil: ராஜேஷ் ஸ்ரீனிவாசன்; born 23 November 1969) is a lawyer based in
Singapore.
Career
He is an
equity partner with
Rajah & Tann where he also heads the
technology,
media and
telecommunications practice.
[Digital Review Asia-Pacific - Editorial Board](_blank)
accessed on 18 December 2011 He specializes in matters relating to telecommunications,
electronic commerce
E-commerce (electronic commerce) is the activity of electronically buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. E-commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain manageme ...
, IT contracts,
digital forensics and
digital media
Digital media is any communication media that operate in conjunction with various encoded machine-readable data formats. Digital media can be created, viewed, distributed, modified, listened to, and preserved on a digital electronics device. ' ...
.
[Legal framework for e-development](_blank)
World Bank, accessed on 18 December 2011
Rajesh has previously advised
CIMB Bank
CIMB Group Holdings Berhad () is a Malaysian universal bank headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and operating in high growth economies in ASEAN. CIMB Group is an indigenous ASEAN investment bank. CIMB has a wide retail branch network with 1,080 bran ...
on an agreement for the US$364 million development and implementation of a unified regional core banking platform, acted for Encompass Digital Media on its US$113 million acquisition of
Ascent Media Corporation's global content distribution business, and advised on the world's first national
electric vehicle
An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion. It can be powered by a collector system, with electricity from extravehicular sources, or it can be powered autonomously by a battery (sometimes cha ...
charging infrastructure. Other clients include
Amazon Web Services and Salon Films.
On the international front, Rajesh has advised infocommunications regulators and government departments of
Canada,
Brunei,
Lesotho
Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...
,
Mongolia and
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
on
information and communications technology and other legal reforms.
He has additionally worked with the
World Bank and the
ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN ( , ), officially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a political and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, military ...
on regional legal and regulatory projects.
Who's Who Legal describes him as "one of the area's most respected figures."
In September 2011, his team won a tender to advise the Government of Brunei Darussalam on a review of its telecommunications regulatory framework which will govern changes in the industry for the next five years.
Rajesh graduated with honours in law from
Cardiff University
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in 1992.
On 1 Nov 2016, Rajesh was appointed as one of the new directors on
Mediacorp's board. In addition, he had also served on the School Management Committee in
Montfort since Jan 2016.
Personal life
Rajesh Sreenivasan was born and brought up in Singapore. He enjoys travelling, music, photography. He is married and has three children.
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Living people
20th-century Singaporean lawyers
Singaporean people of Indian descent
Singaporean people of Malayali descent
1969 births
21st-century Singaporean lawyers