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Jaya Malhotra

Senior Associate

Contact
Holborn Law LLC
7 Straits View #19-01
Marina One East Tower
Singapore 018936
Languages English, Hindi

Jaya provides commercial and regulatory advice to clients in the telecommunications, technology, and media industries. Over the past four years, Jaya has served as in-house counsel at Amazon, supporting the Devices and Digital Content business in APAC and Amazon Web Service’s Network Infrastructure business in APAC and the Middle East.

As in-house counsel, Jaya has been involved in landmark submarine and terrestrial cable projects navigating complex telecommunications regulatory and policy issues. Her expertise includes master services agreements, consortium arrangements, system supply agreements, landing party agreements, IRU agreements, and dark and lit fibre transactions. She has also advised the business on content acquisition, sale and distribution arrangements, platform liability and consumer protection regulations.

Jaya began her career in M&A and capital markets, focusing on the telecommunications sector. Jaya is admitted in Singapore and New York. 

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Relevant experience

  • A leading device company on the launch of digital devices in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, and South Korea.
  • A leading digital e-book business on content licencing and distribution arrangements for e-books in India.
  • A leading cloud service provider on several terrestrial and subsea network builds and acquisitions in APAC and EMEA.
  • Protolindo, the largest telecommunication tower company in Indonesia, on the US$102M share purchase of Komet Infra Nusantara.
  • Circles Asia, a Singapore-based mobile virtual network operator, on its Series A preference share funding by Sequoia Capital and Salim Group, and Series A1 preference share funding by Sequoia Capital.
  • ICICI Securities and Nomura Financial Advisory & Securities (India) on the sale of approximately US$65 million of shares in Affle (India), an AI powered tech company, in an IPO in India and concurrent private placements outside India. 
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Education

  • LL.B., University College London
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Expertise