Organised by: Women Business Lawyers Committee
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Shweta Bharti
Ms. Shweta Bharti has almost 20 years of professional experience and currently heads the Dispute Resolution and Litigation practice at the Firm. She brings together a perfect blend of unique litigation strategy & business practices meeting the business needs of the clients. She possesses a vast experience of almost two decades in dealing with dispute resolution, corporate and commercial litigation and strategy needs and reliefs of the clients.
Shweta provides an ideal combination of consistent high-quality expertise derived from immense litigation experience and innovative thought in providing solutions to delicate legal needs. Clients refer to her as the ‘most cooperative and diligent representative, as she understands the ecosystem of the problem and provides unique solution, making complex issues look very simple’. Shweta has held numerous positions of leadership in the legal community, both within India and Internationally. Her expertise ranges from International & Domestic Commercial Arbitration, Insolvency & Bankcruptcy Laws, Corporate Laws & Constitutional Laws.
Shweta has been a part of the workshop organized by the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Germany, and the Observer Research Foundation jointly under the aegis of Asian Forum on Global Governance to take a close look at the Asian region and at the challenges facing the global community. The primary objective of this forum is to provide an instructional and networking platform for young professional leaders to discuss debate and challenge conventional interpretations of the existing complex realities confronting communities and leaders.
Shweta is hugely respected and recognized by the Courts and legal luminaries/senior counsels in practice and has been called upon by various ministries and departments of the Government of India on various legal reforms issues.
She holds double MBA in International Trade & Business and Marketing & Business Development. Pursuant to which Shweta has done her LLB from the University of Delhi and is also an Alumni of the prestigious Harvard Business School.
Olivia Kung
Olivia is a co-founder of Wellington Legal.
She is an experienced litigation solicitor who has worked in London and Hong Kong and her practice focuses on contentious work.
Olivia has acted in litigation matters covering a wide variety of areas including complex property ownership disputes; director and shareholder disputes; oral and written contract disputes; fraud cases; injunction proceedings; debt recovery; insolvency and bankruptcy.
She is also experienced in personal injury and fatal accident claims and is a contributing editor of LexisNexis Advance Practical Guidance.
Olivia is a Fellow member of Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators and has acted as counsel in arbitration. She was appointed as an Arbitrator of Guangzhou Arbitration Commission in 2020.
Since 2018, Olivia has been appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Beijing Normal University and is the current Chair of the Women Business Lawyers Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association.
Speakers
Areej Hamadah
CEO of Shanghai Kuwait Business Management and Consulting (China);
Practical experience of more than 21 years in the commercial field, companies, contracts, acquisitions and mergers, banking, labour, civil and administrative cases.
- The founder of Legal Challenges Group for advocacy and consulting work in the State of Kuwait since 2017.
- Editor-in-chief of Legal Challenges Magazine – an international journal specializing in law and economics since 2019.
- Vice President of the International Investments Committee at the Commercial Lawyers Organization for Asia and the Pacific (IPBA) from 2020 to 2023.
- Member of the China-European Commercial Arbitration Centre – Hamburg CEAC.
- An assistant at the team working with the World Bank Group to prepare a report on the business environment in the State of Kuwait, as a representative for the private legal sector in the State of Kuwait.
Sae Youn Kim
Sae Youn Kim is a partner at Kim & Chang. Ms. Kim is a senior member of International Arbitration & Cross-Border Litigation.
Ms. Kim practices primarily in the areas of international litigation and arbitration with an emphasis on commercial and international law.
Before joining Kim & Chang, she served as a judge at various Korean district courts, and practiced as a key member in major Korean law firms. Ms. Kim also sits as an arbitrator and is licensed to practice in Korea and New York. Her expertise in international dispute resolution has been recognized by the variety of roles she holds and held in various institutions, including but not limited to a Commissioner of the Korea Trade Commission, a Vice-Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association, a Co-Chair of the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, and an Alternate member of the ICC Court. She is regularly selected as a leading lawyer by publications such as Chambers Global, Who’s Who Legal, Legal 500, and Asialaw.
She has co-authored various publications on several aspects of Korean law, including commercial litigation, arbitration, investment arbitration, construction, and privilege. She also speaks regularly in conferences organized by the International Bar Association, Inter Pacific Bar Association, and various arbitral institutions across the world. Besides being regularly selected as leading lawyer, she was also awarded Commended Counsel by ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL in 2016 and Woman Lawyer of the Year, by ALB Korea Law Awards in 2018.
Ms. Kim received an LL.M. from Duke University Law School in 2007, and her LL.B. from Seoul National University College of Law in 1991. She speaks and practices in both Korean and English.
Yoko Maeda
YOKO MAEDA is a partner in the Dispute Litigation and Arbitration Practice of City-Yuwa Partners in Tokyo, Japan.
She has an active practice as counsel, with a particular focus on complex and cross-border disputes across a wide spectrum of matters from commercial, construction, distribution, franchise, international sales, joint venture, life science, pharmaceuticals, technology, to investment. She regularly appears before domestic court and in international arbitrations under the major institutional rules, including AAA/ICDR, ICC, KCAB, JCAA, SIAC and VIAC. In addition to her work as counsel, Yoko regularly sits as an arbitrator as well.
She is qualified in both Japan and New York. She is a court member of ICC Court of Arbitration from Japan (alternate member) since 2018.
Patricia Tysmans-Clemente
Patricia Tysmans-Clemente is a Partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department of the Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz Law Offices. She is actively involved in civil and commercial litigation, arbitration, construction law, dispute resolution involving energy contracts and regulations, dispute resolution and corporate succession planning for family-run businesses, estate planning and cybercrime investigation and prosecution.
She served as a resource person for committees that prepared the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Philippine Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 2004 and the Special Rules of Court on Alternative Dispute Resolution. She is a member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, a member and trained Arbitrator of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc. (“PDRCI”) and an accredited construction Adjudicator.
Julie Raneda
Julie Raneda is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s international arbitration practice in Singapore. She represents clients in international commercial, investment and sports arbitration matters.
Julie has been involved as counsel in complex arbitrations seated in civil and common law jurisdictions under various arbitration rules (in particular ICC, SIAC, SCAI, UNCITRAL, CAS, VIAC). Her main areas of expertise include construction and engineering, energy, pharmaceutical/life sciences, manufacturing and international sales. She is also developing a practice as an arbitrator.
After completing a degree in international relations at the Graduate Institute Geneva, Julie graduated with a law degree from the University of Geneva. Julie Raneda joined Schellenberg Wittmer in 2008. She also practiced at a leading international law firm in London in 2014–2015. Julie was admitted to the Swiss Bar in 2011 and to the Singapore bar in 2016 (foreign lawyer).
Julie is the chair of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) South East Asia Chapter and vice chair of the IPBA Next Generation Committee. Julie is AIJA’s National Representative in Singapore and a co-founder of the Women’s Business Society established in Geneva in 2012. Julie Raneda is recognized as a top arbitration practitioner by Who’s Who Legal (2017-2021), and has been described by clients and peers as “excellent advocate, calm and persuasive” combining “all qualities of an outstanding arbitration practitioner”.