Organised by: Technology, Media and Telecommunications Committee
Session abstract:
Economies around the world are striving to become cashless. The pandemic has spurred the use of digital payment alternatives exponentially for a variety of transactions and services, thereby promoting financial inclusion of people previously without access to traditional banking services, bringing businesses, products and services to a broader base of customers, and more.
- Policing the Platforms
How and to what extent are the providers of all sizes of innovative e-payment solutions regulated in selected jurisdictions around the world? - Consumer Protection
How are end-users and their interests protected (e.g., data protection)? - Safeguards
How are abuses or misuses of such systems thwarted (e.g., antitrust regulations, big data regulations, anti-fraud measures, etc.)?
The panel will address these questions/topics and more in light of the regulatory challenges inherent in the borderless nature of digital payments and other fintech services, and the interests of multiple stakeholders in these evolving digital ecosystems.
Miriam Rose Ivan L. Pereira
Miriam is a registered foreign lawyer in Japan licensed in both the Philippines and the State of New York. Since joining Oh-Ebashi in 2008, she has been involved in multiple transactions in Asia, the U.S. and Europe. She regularly deals with contractual, intellectual property, antitrust, fintech, banking and other regulatory issues in cross-border transactions, investments and dispute resolution mainly involving Japanese companies. Together with local lawyers, she also supports foreign companies in investing and doing business in Japan.
Miriam is also actively involved in educational activities. She co-chaired the diversity-themed global conference of the International Section of the New York State Bar Association (“NYSBA”) in Tokyo in 2019, and is on the advisory board of an advocacy forum called Change Makers Japan. She writes and speaks about cross-border transactions, international dispute resolution, Philippine law and compliance matters. She also organizes talks on topics concerning international arbitration and mediation.
Apart from NYSBA, she is a member of several organizations, including the Women in Business Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Women Business Lawyers Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, and ArbitralWomen.
Speakers
JJ Disini
JJ is one of the leading information and technology law experts in the Philippines today. His areas of expertise are litigation, intellectual property, licensing, privacy and data security, copyright, trademark registrations and technology transactions. He has represented local and foreign clients in corporate, project finance, securities, foreign investment, technology, and telecommunications, among others. He holds a master’s degree in law from Harvard Law School. He is also the first lawyer member of the Philippine Internet Commerce Society (PICS) and was actively involved in lobbying for the passage of the eCommerce Act. He drafted its implementing rules in 2000. A year later, he co-drafted the Rules on Electronic Evidence as part of the Supreme Court’s eCommerce Sub-committee. He is a professor of the University of the Philippines College of Law and is a professional lecturer at the Philippine Judicial Academy.
Abadi Abi Tisnadisastra
Principal practice areas/industry focus: Corporate and M&A, Financial Services, Fintech and IT, Telco and Media.
Biodata: Mr. Tisnadisastra is one of the founding partners of AKSET law. His practice covers a broad range of corporate areas, including M&A, restructuring, joint ventures and financing. He has been recently involved in numerous acquisitions and investments in companies from a broad range of industries, including banking, financial services, information technology and financial technology (P2P lending and payments). He also advises foreign investors on operations, corporate governance and legal compliance, advising them, whether at the outset of their investment or in connection with the compliant functioning of their ongoing businesses.
Abi is recognized for his in-depth knowledge on financial services and information technology, having advised on many transactions of multinational financial institutions and investors in consolidating operations in Indonesia. Given his IT background, he is frequently involved in Information Technology and Telecommunications deals, advising investors on operations and opportunities in Indonesia. Abi’s technology clients include NTT, Google, Sony, and Indonesian unicorns, such as Go-jek Group, Tokopedia, and Traveloka.
Mr. Tisnadisastra has also been recognized as a leading corporate lawyer in Indonesia, including by the Chambers Asia, AsiaLaw, Legal500 and Asia Business Law Journal 2021: The A-List: Indonesia’s Top 100 Lawyers.
Lucas Tavares Bueno
Mr. Tavares is a Partner of Demarest’s M&A practice group. He holds a master’s degree in law from Northwestern University (USA) and an MBA in finance from Fundação Instituto de Administração in São Paulo. Specializing in corporate law, Lucas concentrates his practice in corporate, M&A, real estate and contracts. His international experience includes having worked at the Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal office in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and the Demarest office in New York (USA). Mr. Tavares has acted in numerous high-profile and high-value transactions for clients that include Shanghai Pengxin, Sandvik, Bayer, Aliança and Azul Linhas Aéreas, among others. Most recently, he has advised on M&A and JV transactions for Amcor, Tripadvisor, 7 Bridges and 100 Real Estate Investimentos Ltda. (a subsidiary of 7 Bridges Capital Partners).
Lily Yin
Lily Yin is a Partner of Fangda Partners and a registered lawyer licensed in both the PRC and the State of New York. Ms. Yin has extensive experience in private equity, M&A, and fund formation transactions, and is actively involved in transactions in the telecommunications, media and technology industry. For example, Ms. Yin represented Ant Financial in connection with Alibaba Group’s acquisition of its 33% equity interest, as well as Ant Financial and other leading industrial players and PE funds in their investments in Chinese payment service companies. With her expertise in the fund formation and employee incentive structure set-up area, she is also uniquely positioned in the market and has been frequently consulted in complex deal structuring.