Rhys McWhirter

Rhys’s experience includes advising/representing:

Technology

• Vimeo, Inc., the leading video platform for business, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by Bending Spoons, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately US$1.38 billion
• Multiple global and regional airlines across Asia and the Middle East on the renegotiation of their PSS and distribution arrangements with Amadeus IT Group, Sabre, Travelport, Travelsky, Accelya, and Farelogix*
• A global bank over several years on its colocation data centre strategy across Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Korea*
• A global bank on the implementation of a new core banking solution to support their retail and wholesale business units*
• A global technology provider in relation to the licensing of its core banking solution to multiple global and regional financial institutions throughout Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Australia*
• A global data centre provider in relation to various regulatory and outsourcing compliance matters in Singapore and Australia*
• A global consortium of banks in Hong Kong in relation to the establishment of and operation of eTradeConnect*
• A global insurance company in relation to the implementation and operation of a new EPOS Solution to support its business operations throughout Africa*

Privacy & Cyber

• A global airline in relation to the end-to-end due diligence of surveying up to 5,000 third party arrangements to assess compliance with Hong Kong, Mainland China, and UK/EU data protection laws*
• A global manufacturing client in relation to their end-to-end data privacy compliance program regarding Mainland China’s PIPL*
• A critical financial services institution over several years in relation to its cross-border data privacy disclosures, direct marketing, cyber-readiness program, including preparing the necessary data cyber incident framework documentation and associate collateral*
• A global insurance company in relation to its Mainland China compliance program*
• An aerospace and defense industry company in relation to its Mainland China compliance program*
• One of the world’s largest eCommerce and technology companies in relation to data breach incident matters throughout APAC*

Fintech

• A global bank in Hong Kong in relation to Hong Kong’s first tokenized deposit service*
• A global technology and organization over several years in relation to their payment regulatory compliance matters (i.e. merchant acquiring and payment remittance arrangements) throughout Asia and LATAM*
• A global bank in relation to the deployment of a blockchain platform to facilitate treasury management operation for a large corporate customer*
• A global payments company in relation to their APAC compliance matters*
• A global scheme / network provider in relation to regulatory compliance matters regarding wallet top-up and disposal*
• A global fintech company on its award-winning innovative distributed ledger repo (DLR) solution in Hong Kong*
• A global bank on a significant global digital merchant acquiring project, such that the bank will offer comprehensive end-to-end payments and settlement clearance services to a diverse range of merchants, encompassing various payment methods*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham