{"id":5389,"date":"2025-10-27T14:30:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T11:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/?p=5389"},"modified":"2025-10-23T11:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:12:42","slug":"simmons-simmonss-jas-shocker-joins-as-a-speaker-at-touchdown-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/en\/simmons-simmonss-jas-shocker-joins-as-a-speaker-at-touchdown-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Simmons &#038; Simmons\u2019s Jas Shocker joins as a speaker at Touchdown Middle East!"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5390 \" src=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jas-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jas-scaled.jpg 2554w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jas-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jas-1022x1024.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jas-768x770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jas-1533x1536.jpg 1533w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jas-2044x2048.jpg 2044w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jas-510x511.jpg 510w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jas-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are excited to announce that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jas1shoker\/\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Jas Shocker<\/span><\/a>, <span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Supervising Associate at <\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Simmons &amp; Simmons <\/span><\/strong>will be joining Touchdown Middle East 2025 as a speaker! Jas will join our <strong>\u2018<span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Panel: AI, Automation &amp; the Future of Data Centre Operations<\/span>\u2019 .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jas Shoker is a senior technology and digital infrastructure lawyer at Simmons &amp; Simmons based in the UAE. Since relocating to the Middle East in 2019, Jas has developed his practice advising global technology companies, investors, and developers on complex digital infrastructure projects. Jas regularly advises on the full lifecycle of subsea cable projects, including joint build and consortium arrangements, supply and landing party agreements. He also has extensive experience supporting the development, financing, and operation of hyperscale and enterprise data centres across the GCC. In addition, he advises clients on broader technology transactions and regulatory issues, including telecoms licensing, cloud and AI.<\/p>\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_991903853\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:rgb(227, 10, 135);border-width:10px 10px 10px 10px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<h4><strong>Need to know:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jas1shoker\/\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Jas Shocker<\/span><\/a>, <span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Supervising Associate at <\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Simmons &amp; Simmons<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session<\/strong>: \u00a0 <strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Panel: AI, Automation &amp; the Future of Data Centre Operations<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Time: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">DAY 1 | 19th NOVEMBER | 14:40 &#8211; 15:10<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Take a look at the full\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/en\/2025-agenda\/\"><em>Touchdown Middle East 2025 Agenda.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_991903853 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n  padding-bottom: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-424436835\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-424436835 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons full-width text-center\" style=\"font-size:112%\"><span>Connect with this Speaker<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jas1shoker\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to announce that Jas Shocker, Supervising Associate at Simmons &amp; Simmons will be joining Touchdown Middle East 2025 as a speaker! 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