Amanda Tai
Profile
Amanda is a Senior Associate at Kennedys Legal Solutions. She advises on data protection/ privacy, insurance regulatory, cyber insurance and financial lines insurance matters, and also has extensive experience across transactions, advisory and disputes in real estate, and general corporate and commercial work.
As a member of the APAC Cyber and Data Privacy practice, Amanda provides cyber incident response services, including notifying data breaches to regulators, affected individuals and contractual parties, handling investigations commenced by data protection regulators in particular and assorted data protection issues and obligations.
Amanda has obtained the Certified Information Privacy Professional qualifications for Europe and Asia, and is also an Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional.
Client testimonials for the Legal 500 note that Amanda is “Professional, depth (sic) of knowledge, prompt and responsive to clients”.
Amanda is a member of the Law Society of Singapore, Singapore Academy of Law and International Association of Privacy Professionals.
Market recognition
- Key Lawyer for Real Estate (Singapore)
Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025
“Amanda Tai is detailed, knowledgeable and sharp.”
Work highlights
- Acting for a major data intermediary (being a third party vendor) in a cyber incident/ data breach resulting in significant harm to affected individuals.
- Acting for a data controller in a highly regulated sector in a cyber incident/ data breach.
- Acting for owners/ purchaser in successful collective sales/ purchases of residential, mixed use and commercial properties such as Tanglin Shopping Centre, Shenton House, Maxwell House, Selegie Centre, etc.
- Acting for prime tenants in lease negotiations in respect of premises at iconic commercial developments.
- Acting for leading landlords in downstream leasing of Grade A office buildings and premium commercial spaces.
- Acting in refinancing transactions involving actual or potential mortgage defaults and distressed assets.