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Anastasia is a Director with the Corporate & Finance Department in Drew & Napier. Her key areas of practice are Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT), Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity, as well as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Trust. Prior to joining the firm, Anastasia was Deputy Chief Counsel to Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) and Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) for over 9 years. She was lead counsel for PDPC’s matters, IMDA’s procurement and intellectual property portfolios, as well as IMDA’s Data Administration Group. Anastasia has advised on a broad range of regulatory, compliance and commercial matters, both in her role as in-house counsel as well as in private practice. Her extensive experience includes advising on data protection compliance and management programmes, cross-border data transfers, data incident management and response, investigations and enforcement by the PDPC, AI governance clauses for vendor contracts, and regulatory risks arising from the use of large language models. She has been recognised as a Senior Accredited Specialist in Data & Digital Economy Law by the Singapore Academy of Law.