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Compliance, Governance & Risk, Data, Digital, AI

Practical compliance advice and support on regulatory compliance, data risks, digital governance, AI use and compliance exposure.

What we handle

Data Protection & Data Governance

  • Advising on data governance across the data lifecycle, including data ownership, classification, access, use, retention, sharing and disposal
  • Designing and implementing data governance frameworks, policies, procedures and internal controls
  • Advising on compliance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA), including personal data protection obligations, data governance, data sharing arrangements and cross-border data transfers
  • Designing and implementing PDPA compliance programmes
  • Conducting PDPA compliance audits, gap analyses, data protection risk assessments, and advising on data breach response and regulatory notification requirements
  • Providing outsourced Data Protection Officer (DPO) services, including ongoing PDPA compliance support

Digital & AI

  • Advising on the responsible adoption and deployment of AI technologies, including compliance with applicable laws, regulatory guidance and responsible AI principles
  • Assessing how AI adoption affects business operations, internal decision-making, employees and customer interactions
  • Designing and implementing AI governance frameworks, organisational AI policies and internal controls, including accountability structures, human oversight and escalation processes
  • Assessing the governance, regulatory, data protection and operational risks of proposed and existing AI use cases

Regulatory Compliance & Governance

  • Advising businesses on regulatory compliance, governance and risk management
  • Assessing regulatory compliance risks arising from business operations, products and proposed initiatives
  • Designing and implementing compliance frameworks, governance structures, policies and internal controls
  • Defending businesses in regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings, including anti-profiteering matters
  • Delivering compliance training for boards, management and employees
  • Advising on trade remedies, including anti-dumping and safeguard measures

Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABC)

  • Advising on anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) compliance
  • Designing and implementing ABC compliance programmes
  • Conducting ABC risk assessments, gap analyses and compliance reviews
Experience

Notable representations.

If you would like a complete list of our experience and capability statements in this service, please reach out to us at general@wenlaw.co for further details

01

Advised a Hong Kong financial trading company on the general restrictions on the offering and sale of Guaranteed Structure Notes to institutional investors in Malaysia.

02

Advised a Spanish travel technology company on whether its virtual card payment system falls within the definition of “authorised business” regulated by the Central Bank of Malaysia under the Financial Services Act 2013, potential restrictions relating to commercialising it in Malaysia, and legal restrictions imposed by the Central Bank of Malaysia on payment or remittance.

03

Assisted a Danish multinational company engaged in the manufacture of nonwoven solutions to review and localise its data protection procedures to ensure alignment with Malaysian personal data protection laws.

04

Advised a German multinational software corporation on the applicable legal obligations of a company in Malaysia (the Data Importer) receiving personal information from a business based in the European Union, where that personal information is processed in Malaysia.

05

Advised a German multinational software corporation on data breach notification obligations under the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act.

Anonymised where confidentiality requires.

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