Rahul Matthan
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 1 : TMT: Technology & Telecommunications
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About
Provided by Rahul Matthan
Practice Areas
Partner and Head – TMT Practice
Rahul Matthan has extensive experience advising on high-value TMT transactions in the country. He has worked with companies across sectors, from telecom majors to internet and data service providers, offering advice on regulatory matters and operational issues. Rahul’s expertise spans several sectors in the technology space including data protection, digital finance, cryptocurrencies, e-commerce, telecom, new media, platform technologies, technology acquisitions and biotech.
Rahul has been involved in a number of policy initiatives in the TMT space, including assisting the government in preparing the country's privacy law. He has also served on the Kris Gopalakrishnan Committee on Non-Personal Data and the RBI Committee on Household Finance. He is a published author and a regular speaker across the world on matters relating to emerging technologies and the law.
Rahul now serves on the Board of Trilegal after having served for many years on the firm’s Management Committee.
Professional Memberships
IBLJ – A List – India’s Top 100 Lawyers
ALB Asia’s Top 15 TMT Lawyers
Personal
Education: National Law School, Bangalore
Admissions: Bar Council of Karnataka
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Rahul Matthan leads the practice from the Bengaluru office and brings the benefits of some 25 years' experience in the TMT sector to his work, offering particularly deep experience in the handling of telecoms and online platform-related mandates and data privacy concerns.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Rahul is a stalwart in data privacy and technology law. He is mature and provides excellent and commercially sound and solution-oriented advice."
"He is an aboslute legend."
"Rahul is a stalwart in data privacy and technology law. He is mature and provides excellent and commercially sound and solution-oriented advice."
"He is an aboslute legend."