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Jaya Malhotra Baker Botts Singapore
Jaya Malhotra Baker Botts Singapore
Jaya Malhotra
Senior Associate
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Practices
Corporate
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Digital Infrastructure
Technology

Overview

Jaya Malhotra is a Senior Associate in the Corporate practice based in Singapore. She advises clients on complex commercial and regulatory matters in the digital infrastructure sector across Asia, including Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Japan, Hong Kong, and Korea. Her work includes subsea cable systems and terrestrial fiber networks, including joint build and supply agreements, master services agreements, and IRU arrangements for dark and lit fiber network deployments.

Jaya also advises data center operators and colocation providers on telecommunications regulatory frameworks, including licensing and ongoing compliance for connectivity services. Her experience further extends to privacy and data governance issues impacting cloud operations, such as cross-border data transfers, data localization requirements, and government access considerations.

Jaya previously served as in-house counsel at Amazon Web Services, supporting the Network Infrastructure division across APAC and the Middle East. She began her career in M&A and capital markets, focusing on the telecommunications sector and is admitted to practice law in Singapore and New York.

Admissions & Affiliations

  • Qualified in Singapore, 2017
  • New York State Bar

Education

  • LL.B., University College London 2015

Experience

Transactional

  • A hyperscaler on an IRU and O&M agreement for a ring network in Malaysia.
  • A hyperscaler on a national long-distance managed fibre services agreement covering multiple Indian cities.
  • A hyperscaler on the joint-build agreement for the JAKO System (Japan, Korea).
  • A hyperscaler on the supply agreement for the AUG East System (Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Philippines, Japan).
  • A hyperscaler on a capacity equipment supply agreement for the MIST System (Singapore, India, Malaysia).
  • Protelindo, the largest telecommunications tower company in Indonesia, on the USD 102 million 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.

Regulatory

  • Equinix Inc. on telecommunications, privacy, and cybersecurity issues for the launch of its digital services and interconnection services across Asia.
  • F5 Inc. on data localization, retention requirements, and telecommunications licensing requirements for CDN services in Singapore and Indonesia.
  • A U.S. cloud service provider on securing an FBO license and privacy compliance matters for cloud services, including data transfer and government access issues.