Isaivan Naidoo

Isaivan Naidoo is an Executive in the firm's Technology Law and Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice, based in South Africa. He is a market-leading authority on transformative technology transactions and emerging technology regulation across South Africa and the African continent, advising banks, insurers, fintechs, and financial services providers on material technology transactions, outsourcing, and cloud adoption.

He has an exceptional command of regulatory frameworks governing outsourcing and third-party risk, and routinely advises major banks and financial institutions on structuring and negotiating material outsourcing arrangements, ensuring alignment with prudential requirements for operational resilience, data sovereignty, and regulatory reporting. His expertise extends to artificial intelligence governance, AI procurement, and the evolving regulatory landscape for generative AI systems, as well as data protection, digital regulation, and cybersecurity. He is widely recognised as one of the leading practitioners advising on enterprise cloud computing, with unrivalled experience negotiating mission-critical agreements with global hyperscalers across the full IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS stack.

With over 19 years of experience, Isaivan has built an outstanding reputation for combining technical excellence with commercial fluency and pragmatic, deal-closing solutions. He holds a BA and LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand and a Certificate in Access to Information and Privacy Law from the Mandela Institute.