Biography
Dr Stanley Lai, SC is the Head of the Firm’s Intellectual Property Practice and Co-Head of the Cybersecurity & Data Protection Practice and Partner of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department.
Stanley specialises in all forms of IP litigation and information technology disputes, and is also a commercial litigator. He maintains a strong advisory practice for IP/data management and cybersecurity, serving a broad spectrum of clients. He also represents clients in investigations that are undertaken by the Personal Data Protection Commission. In the biomedical and pharmaceutical sectors, Stanley has substantial experience in advising on healthcare and medical IP and regulatory issues concerning medicines, generics, patent linkage, bio-similars, medical devices, clinical trials, product recalls and product liability.
Stanley is recognised as a leading individual in Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and other leading legal publications. Asian Legal Business named Stanley as one of Asia’s Top 15 Intellectual Property Lawyers in 2022, 2024 and 2025. Stanley was named Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year at The Legal 500 Southeast Asia Awards 2023. In the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in Singapore, Stanley was recognised as “Lawyer of the Year” in Technology Law.
Stanley was formerly the Chairman of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. He was awarded the Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) in 2020, and the Public Service Star (Bintang Bakti Masyarakat) in 2024. On 31 August 2022, Stanley was awarded the Singapore Academy of Law Merit Award. In 2010 Stanley was appointed Senior Counsel.