Amita Haylock

Practice Areas

Amita Haylock is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Asia IP & TMT group. Her practice focuses on all aspects of IP and TMT, competition and public law across a broad range of industries.

Amita also has substantial experience in representing applicants and respondents in high-profile judicial reviews involving various complex issues including those in the technology, media and telecommunication sectors.

In the arbitration context, Amita has worked on various cross-border arbitrations involving licensing, commercial, and competition, technology and intellectual property issues.

Amita has recently been named one of the most outstanding lawyers in Asia under the age of 40 by Asian Legal Business (ALB). She co-chairs the firm’s Women’s Network in Asia and is a strong advocate of pro bono work. Amita was the recipient of individual awards at the Law Society of Hong Kong Pro Bono and Community Service Awards in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in recognition of the number of hours contributed to pro-bono work in each of those years, of which a significant portion was spent handling an arbitration case for a well-known charity.

Amita is fluent in English, Malay, Hindi, Punjabi and Bahasa Indonesia.