IPBA 2021

Introductory Remarks by YJ Chang

Meet and Greet in the Virtual Lounge

Opening Remarks

Jack Li
President, Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)

The Future of Legal Services

Prof. Richard Susskind OBE

Introductory Remarks by James Jung, followed by an Energizing Yoga Session

Stephanie Fukui
Yoga Teacher, New Life Yoga

Developments in Digital Trade

Bryan Tan
Partner, Pinsent Masons Mpillay
Singapore

Panellists

Ryu Ishida
Partner, Commons Law Office
Tokyo

Kent Woo
Partner, Zhong Lun
Guangzhou

Kala Anandarajah
Partner, Rajah Tann Singapore LLP
Singapore

Caroline Berube
Managing Partner, HJM Asia Law
Hong Kong

Alvin Tan
Partner, Rajah Tann Singapore LLP
Singapore

How Does Rising Government Enforcement Against Corporate Wrongdoings Affect Corporate Governance?

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Susan Munro
Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Hong Kong

Yogesh Singh
Co-head – Corporate Practice Group, Trilegal
Gurgaon

Panellists

Gerry Zack
CEO, Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics & Health Care Compliance Association
Minneapolis

George Wang
Managing Partner, Attorney-at-law, Duan & Duan
Shanghai

Stephen Charles O’Sullivan
Partner, Mattos Filho Advogados
Sao Paulo

Eu Jin Ong
Partner, Rosli Dahlan Saravana
Kuala Lumpar

The Role of Women in Resolving International Business Disputes

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Shweta Bharti
Senior Partner, Hammurabi & Solomon Partners
New Delhi

Olivia Kung
Founding Partner, Wellington Legal
Hong Kong

Panellists

Areej Hamadah
President, Legal Challenges Group
Kuwait

Sae Youn Kim
Partner, Kim & Chang
Seoul

Yoko Maeda
Partner, City-Yuwa Partners
Tokyo

Patricia Tysmans-Clemente
Partner, Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz Law Offices
Taguig City

Julie Raneda
Partner, Schellenberg Wittmer’s
Singapore

Survival Strategies: Trade and Tax Imperatives

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Jeff Snyder
Partner, Crowell & Moring
Washington DC

Michael Butler
Partner, Finlaysons
Adelaide

Panellists

Rachael Budd
Managing Director, Transolve
Sydney

Neil Russ
Director, Russ & Associates
Auckland

Augusto Vechio
Partner, Estudio Beccar Varela
Buenos Aires

Seetharaman Sampath
Founder, Sarvada Legal
New Delhi

Liyao Wang
Lawyer / Registered Migration Agent, Finlaysons
Adelaide

Introductory Remarks by Tracey Epps, followed by an Invigorating Kickboxing Session

Julien Ruppert
Kickboxing Instuctor
Berkley

Belt and Road Initiative Energy Projects in the Shadow of the Trade War

Dr. Manoj Kumar
Founder & Managing Partner, Hammurabi & Solomon Partners
New Delhi

Panellists

Paul Aston
Full Time consultant, HFW
Singapore

Martin Desautels
Managing Partner; co-head Regional Energy, Mining and Infrastructure Practice, DFDL Legal & Tax
Ho Chi Minh City

Dr. Net Le
Founding Partner, LNT Partners
Hanoi

Investor State Arbitration along the Belt and Road – Towards More Innovation

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Lars Markert
Partner, Nishimura & Asahi
Tokyo

Kshama Loya
Leader, International Dispute Resolution, Nishith Desai Associates
Mumbai

Panellists

Qian Wu
Counsel, Singapore International Arbitration Centre
Singapore

Kyongwha Chung
Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP
New York

Tony Dymond
Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
London

Guilherme Rizzo Amaral
Partner, Souto Correa Advogados
Sao Paulo

Zhang Xi
Senior Counsel, Beijing Arbitration Commission/ Beijing International Arbitration Center
Beijing

Digitalization Changes the World – How Does it Change the Tax World?

Riccardo Cajola
Managing Partner, Cajola & Associati
Milan

Panellists

George Ribeiro
Partner, Ribero Hui
Hong Kong

Alexander Puperter
Attorney-at-Law, Blomberg Pupeter Heil
Munich

Ron Parks
Partner, SMPP Legal
Myanmar

Ryousuke Kono
Partner, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners
Tokyo

Cyber Risk: Readiness of the Legal Community and its Role in Dealing With a Cyber Crisis

Amira Nabila Budiyano
Associate Director, Gateway Law Corporation
Singapore

Panellists

Samuel Choi
Associate Director, JW Legal
Auckland

Aaron Kamath
Leader-Technology Law, Privacy & Cyber Security Practice, Nishith Desai Associates
Bangalore

Tong Lai Ling
Partner, Raja, Darryl & Loh

Helen Tung
In-House Counsel, NewSpace 2060
Dubai

Rudra Kumar Pandey
Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.
Delhi

Introductory Remarks by Nini Halim, followed by IPBA Trivia Quiz

The Impact of Online Dispute Resolution and AI

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Aoi Inoue
Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Tokyo

Moses W. Park
Barrister, Liberty Chambers
Hong Kong

Panellists

Prof. Yoshihisa Hayakawa
Professor of Law, Rikkyo University
Tokyo

Michael Cartier
Partner, Walder Wyss AG
Zurich

Wendy Lin
Partner, WongPartnership LLP
Singapore

Rodolphe Ruffié
Partner, Clifford Chance
Perth

Rafael Villar Gagliardi
Partner, Demarest, Advogados
Sao Paulo

Deal Performance and Post Execution Risks

Jan Bogaert
Partner, Stibbe
Brussels

Panellists

Dr Till Kosche
Partner, Noerr
Frankfurt

Maëva Slotine
Founder, Slotine
Hong Kong

Eric Marcks
Partner, Southgate
Tokyo

Vittorio De Luca
Managing Partner, De Luca & Partners
Milan

What is Happening in Latin America?

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Luciano Ojea Quintana
Partner, Marval O’Farrell Mairal
Buenos Aires

Gabriel Kuznietz
Lawyer, Demarest Advogados
São Paulo

Panellists

Gonzalo Grez
Partner, Cariola Diez Pérez-Cotapos
Santiago

Juan Carlos Hernández
Partner, Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C
Mexico City

Fernando Hurtado de Mendoza
Partner, Kennedys
Lima

Jose Francisco Mafla
Partner, Brigard & Urrutia
Bogotá

Data Protection and Employment Regulation – European Old School or Global Guidance

Björn Otto
Partner, CMS

Panellists

Ajay Singh Solanki
Leader, Labour & Employment Practice, Nishith Desai Associates
Mumbai

Jenny Tsin
Partner, WongPartnership LLP
Singapore

Carol Zhu
Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm

Frédérique David
Partner, Harlay Avocats
Paris

Introductory Remarks by James Jung, followed by an Energizing Yoga Session

Stephanie Fukui
Yoga Teacher, New Life Yoga

The Principles for Sustainable and Responsible Investment: a New Road for ESG in M&A?

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Sara Marchetta
Partner, Chiomenti Law Firm
Beijing

Jay Shim
Partner, International Tax Planning and Dispute Resolution, Lee & Ko
Seoul

Panellists

Alvaro José Rodríguez
Partner, Posse Herrera Ruiz
Colombia

David Bursey
Partner, Bennett Jones LLP
Vancouver

Sara Zhang
Senior Partner, Y&T Lawyers
Suzhou, Jiangsu

Kosturi Ghosh
Partner, Trilegal
Banglaore

Preparing for Agenda 2030. Sustainable Public Procurement – Adding the Environment to the Equation

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Alberto Cardemil
Partner, Carey
Santiago

Ignacio Santamaria
Partner, Lloreda Camacho & Co
Bogotá

Panellists

Andrey Porfiriev
Partner, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Moscow

Christina S. Reyes
Senior Associate, Cochingyan & Partners Law Offices
Manila

Meryl Koh
Director, Intellectual Property & Dispute Resolution, Drew & Napier LLC
Singapore

Construction Law in Focus, Part 1: Employers’ Rights and Obligations

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Karen Gough
Barrister, Attorney-at-Law (Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago), Chartered Arbitrator, 39 Essex Chambers, London, Singapore and Malaysia
London

Paul Sandosham
Partner, Clifford Chance Asia and Cavenagh Law LLP
Singapore

Panellists

Dr. Christopher Malcolm
A Consultant Senior Legal Advisor to the Ministry of Justice of Jamaica; Secretary General JAIAC, JAIAC
Kingston

Swee Im Tan
Adjudicator/Arbitrator, 39 Essex Chambers
Kuala Lumpar

Antitrust Issues in Digital Platform

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Atsushi Yamada
Partner, Anderson Mori
Tokyo

Janet Hui
Partner, JunHe LLP
Hong Kong

Panellists

Eva Cole
Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
New York

Elizabeth Avery
Partner, Gilbert + Tobin
Sydney

Corrine Chew
Director, Drew & Napier LLC
Singapore

Youngjin Jung
Attorney, Kim & Chang
Seoul

Etsuko Hara
Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Tokyo

Introductory Remarks by Nini Halim, Invigorating Kickboxing Session

Julien Ruppert
Kickboxing Instuctor
Berkley

Adapting a Firm’s Legal Practice to the New Normal

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Emerico O. De Guzman
Managing Partner, ACCRALAW
Manila

Julie Raneda
Partner, Schellenberg Wittmer’s
Singapore

Panellists

Stephen Revell
Chief Executive Officer, Making Change Happen
Singapore

James Miller
Managing Partner, RPC
London

Daniel Yi
Lead – Asia Practice Team, Yulchon LLC

Arya Tripathy
Partner, PSA
New Delhi

Ashish Kabra
Heads the International Dispute Resolution & Investigations Practice, Nishith Desai Associates
Singapore

Challenges in Energy Disputes: Perspectives and Experiences drawing on a Mock Scenario

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Steven Y.H Lim
Arbitrator and Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers
Singapore

Peter Chow
Partner, King & Spalding
Singapore

Panellists

Jeonghye Sophie Ahn
Partner, Yulchon LLC
Seoul

Lam Ko Luen
Partner, Shook Lin & Bok
Kuala Lumpar

Weina Ye
Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills Kewei

Alex Gunning QC
Barrister, One Essex Court
London

Libin Zhang
General Counsel, ENN, Langfang
Hebei Province

ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) in Banking and Finance

Stéphane Karolczuk
Partner, Arendt & Medernach
Hong Kong

Panellists

Vivek Kathpalia
Heads the Singapore Office, Nishith Desai Associates
Singapore

Yuri Suzuki
Partner, Atsumi & Sakai
Tokyo

Don Waters
Partner/Co-Chair, Financial Services Group and Japan Country Desk, McMillan LLP
Ontario

Sino-Foreign M&A and JVs: Typical Causes of Disputes and How to Avoid or Resolve Them

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Robert Rhoda
Partner, Dentons Hong Kong LLP
Hong Kong

André Brunschweiler
Partner, LALIVE
Zurich

Panellists

Omar Puertas
Partner, Cuatrecasas
Shanghai

Dr. Ling Yang
Deputy Secretary-General, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
Hong Kong

Ben Qi
Managing Partner, Attorney at Law, Jin Mao Partners

Dr. Anselm Christiansen
Associate Partner, Gleiss Lutz
Stuttgart

Prof. Dr. Colin Ong QC
Senior Partner, Dr Colin Ong Legal Services
Brunei

Introductory Remarks by YJ Chang, followed by IPBA Trivia Quiz

Litigation Tools and Strategies that Can Be Used to Aid International Arbitration

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Axel Reeg
Attorney at law, REEG RECHTSANWAELTE
Mannheim

Koh Swee Yen
Partner, WongPartnership LLP
Singapore

Panellists

Joaquin P. Terceño
Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Tokyo

Leanne (Yanli) Zheng
Partner, JunHe LLP
Singapore

Thomas Rohner
Partner, Pestalozzi
Zurich

Kevin Nash
Deputy Registrar & Centre Director, Singapore International Arbitration Centre
Singapore

Alipak Banerjee
Leader, International Dispute Resolution, is Nishith Desai Associates
New Delhi

Pitfalls in Due Diligence

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Kenichi Sekiguchi
Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Tokyo

Picharn Sukparangsee
Partner, Bangkok Global Law
Bangkok

Panellists

Santiago Fontana
Partner, Ferrere (Uruguay)
Montevideo

Hong Bui
Partner, LNT & Partners

Fausto Romero-Miura
Corporate Partner, Pérez-Llorca
Madrid

How to Do Business in Countries in Latin America and What Are the Main Challenges?

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Ronaldo Veirano
Founding Partner & Chairman, Veirano Advogados
Rio de Janeiro

Vidaur Mora
Partner, Rivadeneyra, Treviño y de Campo, S.C.
Mexico City

Panellists

Juan Sonoda
Partner, Beretta Godoy
Buenos Aires

Mauricio Salas
Partner, BLP Abogados
San José

Gustavo Rabello
Partner, TozziniFreire Advogados
São Paulo

Ignacio Santamaria
Partner, Lloreda Camacho & Co
Bogotá

Cross-Border Investigations – Priorities and Pitfalls

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Siva Kumar Kanagasabai
Partner, Skrine
Kuala Lumpar

Shin Jae Kim
Partner, TozziniFreire Advogados
São Paulo

Panellists

Dr. Simone Nadelhofer
Partner, LALIVE SA
Zurich

Anuj Berry
Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
New Delhi

Geoffrey Atkins
Partner, Ropes & Gray
Hong Kong

Introductory Remarks by Tracey Epps, followed by an Energizing Yoga Session

Stephanie Fukui
Yoga Teacher, New Life Yoga

Latest Development in Merger Control/Antitrust Filing

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Anand Raj
Partner, Shearn Delamore

Manas Kumar Chaudhuri
Partner, Khaitanco
New Delhi

Panellists

Anthony F. Baldanza
Partner, Fasken
Toronto

Vivian Fraga
Partner, TozziniFreire Advogados
São Paulo

Mingfang Gong
Senior Associate, JunHe LLP
Beijing

Vincent Wang
Partner, Tsar & Tsai Law Firm
Taipei

Women Lawyers Unlimited

Ruby Rose J. Yusi
Senior Partner, ACCR Law
Manila

Panellists

Hanim Hamzah
Regional Managing Partner, ZICOLAW
Singapore

Diep Hoang
Partner, Dilinh Legal
Ho Chi Minh City

Priti Suri
Founder and Managing Partner, PSA Legal Counsellors
Delhi

Yunyan (Chris) Zhang
Senior Partner, Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm
Shanghai

Meryl Koh
Director, Intellectual Property & Dispute Resolution, Drew & Napier LLC
Singapore

Ira Eddymurthy
Founding Partner, SSEK Legal Consultants
Jakarta

Strategies in Developing Projects in the Oil and Gas Industry

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Kirindeep Singh
Senior Partner, Dentons Rodyk
Singapore

Thomas Meister
Co-Founder and Partner of Tax Department, Walder Wyss
Zurich

Panellists

Robin Lonergan
Special Counsel, Mills Oakley
Brisbane

André De Souza Carvalho
Veirano Advogados
Sao Paulo

Andrey Zharsky
Partner, ALRUD
Moscow

Peter Harris
Counsel, International Arbitration Group, Clifford Chance
Tokyo

Picharn Sukparangsee
Partner, Bangkok Global Law
Bangkok

Heike Trischmann
Partner, Watson Farley & Williams
Singapore

Global Strategies to Protect Confidential Information for the Multi-National Employer

Trent Sutton
international Employment Attorney, Littler
Singapore

Panellists

Vikram Shroff
Leader of the HR Law (employment & labour) team, Nishith Desai Associates
Mumbai

Hongjuan Bai
Partner, JunHe LLP
China

Alberto Deluca
Partner, De Luca & Partners

Yap Yeong Hui
Partner, Chooi & Company + Cheang & Ariff
Kuala Lumpar

Introductory Remarks by Jan Peeters, followed by an Invigorating Kickboxing Session

Julien Ruppert
Kickboxing Instuctor
Berkley

IP Protection in Various Jurisdictions in the Post-Pandemic Era

Lidong Pan
Partner, Reiz Law Firm

Panellists

Yoshifumi Onodera
Partner, MORI HAMADA & MATSUMOTO

Christopher Kao
Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Jose Eduardo Genilo
Partner, ACCRA Law Offices

Catherine Verneret
Partner, DS Avocats

Joyce Zhang
Partner, Reiz Law Firm

China’s Recent Developments in International Dispute Resolution

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Chan Hock Keng
Partner, WongPartnership LLP
Singapore

Sae Youn Kim
Partner, Kim & Chang
Seoul

Panellists

Gao Xiaoli
Judge, The Supreme People’s Court of P. R. China
Beijing

Heehwan Kwon
Director, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board(KCAB) INTNERNATIONAL (KCAB INTERNATIONAL)
Seoul

Chen Fuyong
Deputy Secretary-General, Beijing Arbitration Commisison/Beijing International Arbitration Center
Beijing

Alexander Fessas
Secretary-General, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Paris

How to Organize a Multi–Jurisdictional Deal

Christopher Vogl
Corporate/M&A lawyer, Gleiss Lutz
Stuttgart

Panellists

Hideaki Roy Umetsu
Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Tokyo

Jacques Buhart
Partner, McDermott Will & Emery Paris
Paris

Heiko Wiechers
Partner, CMS
Region Stuttgart

Dr. Heida Donegan
Partner, Dentons Kensington Swan
Auckland

Eric Franco
General Counsel, Engie Peru
Lima

Gregory A. Buxton
Partner, Winkler Partners
Taipei–Keelung

Construction Law in Focus, Part 2: Contractors’ Rights and Obligations

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Alfred Wu
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Mirella Lechna
Attorney at law, Partner, Wardynski & Partners
Wrocław

Panellists

Vyapak Desai
Head, Int’l Dispute Resolution and Investigation, Nishith Desai Associates
Mumbai

Rosa Isabel Peña Sastre
Partner, Roca Junyent
Barcelona

Philip Trevor Nunn
Consultant, Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Introductory Remarks by Shin Kim, followed by IPBA Trivia Quiz

Arbitration and Corruption: How to Deal with Hints of Bribery and Money Laundering

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Felix Dasser
Partner, Homburger AG
Zurich

Dr. Simone Nadelhofer
Partner, LALIVE SA
Zurich

Panellists

Ge Huangbin
Director, LVM Law Chambers LLC
Singapore

Michael Peer
Partner, Head of Dispute Advisory South East Asia
Singapore

Dr. Arthur Dong
Partner, AnJie Law Firm

Sahil Kanuga
Co-head, International Dispute Resolution & Investigations Practice

Dr. iur. Kathrin Betz
Attorney at Law, betz law
Basel

Nudra B. Majeed
Barrister, NBM Law Chambers
Lahore

Fintech

Dr. Thomas Zwissler
Partner, ZIRNGIBL
Munich

Panellists

Vinay Ahuja
Partner, DFDL
Bangkok

Catrina Luchsinger
Partner, Froriep Legal AG
Zurich

Digital Payment Platforms: Developments, Issues and Prospects

Miriam Rose Ivan L. Pereira
Counsel, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Panellists

JJ Disini
Managing Partner, Disini & Disini Law Office

Abadi Abi Tisnadisastra
Partner, Akset Law
Jakarta

Lucas Tavares Bueno
Partner, Demarest
Sao Paulo

Lily Yin
Partner, Fangda Partners
Shanghai

Pandemic and the Way Forward: Situation and Reaction in the Aviation Industry

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Fernando Hurtado de Mendoza
Partner, Kennedys
Lima

Gabriel Kuznietz
Lawyer, Demarest Advogados
São Paulo

Panellists

Gabriel Kuznietz
Lawyer, Demarest Advogados
São Paulo

Dr. Jean-Claude Beaujour
Of Counsel, Harlay
Paris

Lai Wai Fong
Partner, Shearn Delamore & Co
Kuala Lumpar

Robert Quon
Partner, Dentons Canada
Vancouver

Nobuhiko Harada
Partner, Nishimura & Asahi
Chiyoda-ku