Rhys McWhirter Named Among Asia’s 40 Under 40 Lawyers

Asian Legal Business named Hong Kong partner Rhys McWhirter to its 2026 Asia 40 Under 40. The prestigious recognition highlights 40 lawyers who excel in their field by advising on significant deals, participating in key disputes, and earning accolades from their colleagues and clients.

As Head of Latham & Watkins’ Technology Transactions Practice in Asia, Rhys is at the forefront of the region’s most complex technology and data transactions. He advises global technology companies, digital infrastructure providers, financial institutions, and high-growth AI developers on cross-border transactions and strategic projects where digital infrastructure, emerging technology, data, and regulation intersect.

Rhys’ technology transactions work is anchored in two areas that are reshaping Asia’s digital economy. In digital infrastructure, he advises on the structuring and deployment of cloud, data center, and network assets that underpin large-scale platform operations. In AI, he structures the technology transactions that underpin the full AI lifecycle — from training-data licensing and compute infrastructure procurement through to model deployment, inference-as-a-service arrangements, and enterprise integration — while advising developers and adopters on the associated governance, product risk, and responsible-AI compliance across multiple jurisdictions.