Presentations

Dhruv Suri is a Partner at PSA, a full-service law firm headquartered in New Delhi, where he leads the firm’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) and Disputes practices. He specialises in technology laws, data privacy, AI governance and regulatory strategy as well as technology disputes.

At PSA, Dhruv advises on the compliance and implementation of privacy frameworks, governance and risk management for AI models, intellectual property issues, and drafting and negotiation of high-value commercial contracts. His practice also spans corporate and foreign exchange laws, labour & employment, and regulatory investigations. Beyond PSA, Dhruv serves on the Advisory Board of ContentLens.ai, contributing to policy and regulatory approaches on AI, content authenticity and data governance, and advises GoTrust on the ethical and compliant use of technology for personal data processing.

He is widely recognised as one of India’s leading tech-law practitioners. India Business Law Journal (IBLJ) named him a Future Legal Leader (2024), while Asian Legal Business (ALB) has consistently ranked him among Asia’s Super 50 TMT Lawyers (2022), India’s Super 50 Lawyers (2023), and as one of India’s Top TMT & Fintech Lawyers (2021–2023).

Dhruv holds an LL.M. from Columbia Law School, New York, and regularly speaks and writes on data, AI, and regulatory issues shaping the future of business and technology.

Raphael is a corporate and M&A lawyer, with almost 40 years of practicing experience. ALB Top 15 M&A Lawyers in Asia (2022), Key Lawyer, Corporate and M&A, Malaysia (Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021). Honorary Life Member LAWASIA.

Apart from his practice as a corporate and M&A lawyer, Raphael has been the Chairman of the LAWASIA Moot Standing Committee since 2008 Raphael is also the Programme Director of the “LLM (Applied Law) in ASEAN+6 Legal Practice” programme and the subject-matter expert and Teaching Fellow of the Cross-border Contracts and Cross-border M&A courses within this programme at the College of Law (Australia). He also authored the syllabus for, and annually coordinates and lectures as Adjunct Lecturer, the “ASEAN Business and Investment Law” course at Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) for its LLM International Business Law programme. Raphael was formerly Council Member of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) for the year 2024 and the Chair of the IPBA’s Legal Development and Training Committee for the year 2020 – 2024.

David is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Opefin, a global open finance infrastructure platform enabling interoperable cross-border financial data exchange and embedded payment connectivity across jurisdictions. Opefin is designed to facilitate seamless, secure and compliant interoperability between financial institutions, lenders and platforms worldwide, reducing friction in international financial services and accelerating global financial integration.

David is an international technology and financial services specialist with extensive experience advising and leading regulated businesses across Asia-Pacific, Europe, US/Canada and Africa. His expertise spans cross-border regulatory architecture, licensing strategy, payments infrastructure, digital assets, data protection and privacy, and multi-jurisdictional compliance frameworks, with a particular focus on scaling financial services platforms in emerging and frontier markets.

Prior to founding Opefin, David served as Group General Counsel and Managing Director (New Zealand and Australia) for Nala and Rafiki, a global fintech recognised by Forbes as a Top 50 Fintech for two consecutive years (2025 and 2026). He previously held senior roles including Group Legal Counsel at Aspire Group, Group Head of Compliance and Managing Director (Crypto Services) at Vivid Money (a unicorn fintech based in Europe), and international counsel positions with Vodafone and LG Headquarters.

Across his career, David has advised boards, founders and institutional stakeholders on complex cross-border expansion, regulatory risk management and the structuring of scalable global fintech and digital asset platforms operating across developed and emerging markets.

Aprajita is a Partner in the Delhi office of AZB & Partners (a Tier 1 Indian law firm), where she is a member of the TMT and General Corporate practice, with over 15 years’ experience in advising public and private (for profit/nonprofit) sector global and India-based clients on broad range of sectors such as, TMT, AI, robotics, E-Commerce, Financial Services, Data Protection & Cybersecurity. She also has experience on General Corporate & Commercial matters, and advises clients on corporate investigations, regulatory enforcement matters, and strategic advisory.
She is admitted as an Advocate with the Bar Council of India, as a Solicitor in England and Wales, and as a foreign attorney in New York. She is CIPP-E certified, a graduate of Harvard Law School, a Chevening Fellow and certified in AI Governance with National University of Singapore. She has been ranked as a Recommended Lawyer for Technology Law by multiple global & Indian publications like Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and is associated with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society for South Asia AI regulations.