IPBA 2021

Speakers

View speaker details by clicking on the speaker photo.

Speakers

Jeonghye Sophie Ahn

Partner
Yulchon LLC
Seoul

Vinay Ahuja

Partner
DFDL
Bangkok

Guilherme Rizzo Amaral

Partner
Souto Correa Advogados
Sao Paulo

Kala Anandarajah

Partner
Rajah Tann Singapore LLP
Singapore

Paul Aston

Full Time consultant
HFW
Singapore

Geoffrey Atkins

Partner
Ropes & Gray
Hong Kong

Elizabeth Avery

Partner
Gilbert + Tobin
Sydney

Hongjuan Bai

Partner
JunHe LLP
China

Anthony F. Baldanza

Partner
Fasken
Toronto

Alipak Banerjee

Leader, International Dispute Resolution
is Nishith Desai Associates
New Delhi

Dr. Jean-Claude Beaujour

Of Counsel
Harlay
Paris

Anuj Berry

Partner
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
New Delhi

Caroline Berube

Managing Partner
HJM Asia Law
Hong Kong

Dr. iur. Kathrin Betz

Attorney at Law
betz law
Basel

Shweta Bharti

Senior Partner
Hammurabi & Solomon Partners
New Delhi

Jan Bogaert

Partner
Stibbe
Brussels

André Brunschweiler

Partner
LALIVE
Zurich

Rachael Budd

Managing Director
Transolve
Sydney

Amira Nabila Budiyano

Associate Director
Gateway Law Corporation
Singapore

Lucas Tavares Bueno

Partner
Demarest
Sao Paulo

Jacques Buhart

Partner
McDermott Will & Emery Paris
Paris

Hong Bui

Partner
LNT & Partners

David Bursey

Partner
Bennett Jones LLP
Vancouver

Michael Butler

Partner
Finlaysons
Adelaide

Gregory A. Buxton

Partner
Winkler Partners
Taipei–Keelung

Riccardo Cajola

Managing Partner
Cajola & Associati
Milan

Alberto Cardemil

Partner
Carey
Santiago

Michael Cartier

Partner
Walder Wyss AG
Zurich

Manas Kumar Chaudhuri

Partner
Khaitanco
New Delhi

Corrine Chew

Director
Drew & Napier LLC
Singapore

Samuel Choi

Associate Director
JW Legal
Auckland

Peter Chow

Partner
King & Spalding
Singapore

Dr. Anselm Christiansen

Associate Partner
Gleiss Lutz
Stuttgart

Kyongwha Chung

Of Counsel
Covington & Burling LLP
New York

Eva Cole

Partner
Winston & Strawn LLP
New York

Felix Dasser

Partner
Homburger AG
Zurich

Frédérique David

Partner
Harlay Avocats
Paris

Emerico O. De Guzman

Managing Partner
ACCRALAW
Manila

Vittorio De Luca

Managing Partner
De Luca & Partners
Milan

Fernando Hurtado de Mendoza

Partner
Kennedys
Lima

André De Souza Carvalho

Veirano Advogados
Sao Paulo

Alberto Deluca

Partner
De Luca & Partners

Vyapak Desai

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

Martin Desautels

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

JJ Disini

Managing Partner
Disini & Disini Law Office

Dr. Heida Donegan

Partner
Dentons Kensington Swan
Auckland

Dr. Arthur Dong

Partner
AnJie Law Firm

Tony Dymond

Partner
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
London

Ira Eddymurthy

Founding Partner
SSEK Legal Consultants
Jakarta

Alexander Fessas

Secretary-General
ICC International Court of Arbitration
Paris

Lai Wai Fong

Partner
Shearn Delamore & Co
Kuala Lumpar

Santiago Fontana

Partner
Ferrere (Uruguay)
Montevideo

Vivian Fraga

Partner
TozziniFreire Advogados
São Paulo

Eric Franco

General Counsel
Engie Peru
Lima

Chen Fuyong

Deputy Secretary-General
Beijing Arbitration Commisison/Beijing International Arbitration Center
Beijing

Rafael Villar Gagliardi

Partner
Demarest, Advogados
Sao Paulo

Jose Eduardo Genilo

Partner
ACCRA Law Offices

Kosturi Ghosh

Partner
Trilegal
Banglaore

Mingfang Gong

Senior Associate
JunHe LLP
Beijing

Karen Gough

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

Gonzalo Grez

Partner
Cariola Diez Pérez-Cotapos
Santiago

Alex Gunning QC

Barrister
One Essex Court
London

Areej Hamadah

President
Legal Challenges Group
Kuwait

Hanim Hamzah

Regional Managing Partner
ZICOLAW
Singapore

Etsuko Hara

Partner
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Tokyo

Nobuhiko Harada

Partner
Nishimura & Asahi
Chiyoda-ku

Peter Harris

Counsel, International Arbitration Group
Clifford Chance
Tokyo

Prof. Yoshihisa Hayakawa

Professor of Law
Rikkyo University
Tokyo

Juan Carlos Hernández

Partner
Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C
Mexico City

Diep Hoang

Partner
Dilinh Legal
Ho Chi Minh City

Ge Huangbin

Director
LVM Law Chambers LLC
Singapore

Janet Hui

Partner
JunHe LLP
Hong Kong

Yap Yeong Hui

Partner
Chooi & Company + Cheang & Ariff
Kuala Lumpar

Aoi Inoue

Partner
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Tokyo

Ryu Ishida

Partner
Commons Law Office
Tokyo

Youngjin Jung

Attorney
Kim & Chang
Seoul

Ashish Kabra

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

Aaron Kamath

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

Siva Kumar Kanagasabai

Partner
Skrine
Kuala Lumpar

Sahil Kanuga

Co-head
International Dispute Resolution & Investigations Practice

Christopher Kao

Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Stéphane Karolczuk

Partner
Arendt & Medernach
Hong Kong

Vivek Kathpalia

Heads the Singapore Office
Nishith Desai Associates
Singapore

Charandeep Kaur

Partner
Trilegal
Delhi

Chan Hock Keng

Partner
WongPartnership LLP
Singapore

Sae Youn Kim

Partner
Kim & Chang
Seoul

Sungman Kim

Partner
Lee & Ko
Seoul

Shin Jae Kim

Partner
TozziniFreire Advogados
São Paulo

Meryl Koh

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

Ryousuke Kono

Partner
Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners
Tokyo

Dr Till Kosche

Partner
Noerr
Frankfurt

Dr. Manoj Kumar

Founder & Managing Partner
Hammurabi & Solomon Partners
New Delhi

Olivia Kung

Founding Partner
Wellington Legal
Hong Kong

Gabriel Kuznietz

Lawyer
Demarest Advogados
São Paulo

Heehwan Kwon

Director
Korean Commercial Arbitration Board(KCAB) INTNERNATIONAL (KCAB INTERNATIONAL)
Seoul

Dr. Net Le

Founding Partner
LNT Partners
Hanoi

Mirella Lechna

Attorney at law, Partner
Wardynski & Partners
Wrocław

Jack Li

President
Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)

Steven Y.H Lim

Arbitrator and Barrister
39 Essex Chambers
Singapore

Wendy Lin

Partner
WongPartnership LLP
Singapore

Tong Lai Ling

Partner
Raja, Darryl & Loh

Ivy Liu Wei

Partner
Watson Farley & Williams
Singapore

Robin Lonergan

Special Counsel
Mills Oakley
Brisbane

Kshama Loya

Leader, International Dispute Resolution
Nishith Desai Associates
Mumbai

Catrina Luchsinger

Partner
Froriep Legal AG
Zurich

Lam Ko Luen

Partner
Shook Lin & Bok
Kuala Lumpar

Yoko Maeda

Partner
City-Yuwa Partners
Tokyo

Jose Francisco Mafla

Partner
Brigard & Urrutia
Bogotá

Nudra B. Majeed

Barrister
NBM Law Chambers
Lahore

Dr. Christopher Malcolm

A Consultant Senior Legal Advisor to the Ministry of Justice of Jamaica; Secretary General JAIAC
JAIAC
Kingston

Sara Marchetta

Partner
Chiomenti Law Firm
Beijing

Eric Marcks

Partner
Southgate
Tokyo

Lars Markert

Partner
Nishimura & Asahi
Tokyo

Thomas Meister

Co-Founder and Partner of Tax Department
Walder Wyss
Zurich

James Miller

Managing Partner
RPC
London

Vidaur Mora

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

Susan Munro

Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Hong Kong

Dr. Simone Nadelhofer

Partner
LALIVE SA
Zurich

Kevin Nash

Deputy Registrar & Centre Director
Singapore International Arbitration Centre
Singapore

Philip Trevor Nunn

Consultant
Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Stephen Charles O’Sullivan

Partner
Mattos Filho Advogados
Sao Paulo

Eu Jin Ong

Partner
Rosli Dahlan Saravana
Kuala Lumpar

Prof. Dr. Colin Ong QC

Senior Partner
Dr Colin Ong Legal Services
Brunei

Yoshifumi Onodera

Partner
MORI HAMADA & MATSUMOTO

Björn Otto

Partner
CMS

Lidong Pan

Partner
Reiz Law Firm

Rudra Kumar Pandey

Partner
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.
Delhi

Moses W. Park

Barrister
Liberty Chambers
Hong Kong

Ron Parks

Partner
SMPP Legal
Myanmar

Michael Peer

Partner
Head of Dispute Advisory South East Asia
Singapore

Rosa Isabel Peña Sastre

Partner
Roca Junyent
Barcelona

Miriam Rose Ivan L. Pereira

Counsel
Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Andrey Porfiriev

Partner
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Moscow

Omar Puertas

Partner
Cuatrecasas
Shanghai

Alexander Puperter

Attorney-at-Law
Blomberg Pupeter Heil
Munich

Ben Qi

Managing Partner, Attorney at Law
Jin Mao Partners

Luciano Ojea Quintana

Partner
Marval O’Farrell Mairal
Buenos Aires

Robert Quon

Partner
Dentons Canada
Vancouver

Gustavo Rabello

Partner
TozziniFreire Advogados
São Paulo

Anand Raj

Partner
Shearn Delamore

Julie Raneda

Partner
Schellenberg Wittmer’s
Singapore

Axel Reeg

Attorney at law
REEG RECHTSANWAELTE
Mannheim

Stephen Revell

Chief Executive Officer
Making Change Happen
Singapore

Christina S. Reyes

Senior Associate
Cochingyan & Partners Law Offices
Manila

Robert Rhoda

Partner
Dentons Hong Kong LLP
Hong Kong

George Ribeiro

Partner
Ribero Hui
Hong Kong

Alvaro José Rodríguez

Partner
Posse Herrera Ruiz
Colombia

Thomas Rohner

Partner
Pestalozzi
Zurich

Fausto Romero-Miura

Corporate Partner
Pérez-Llorca
Madrid

Rodolphe Ruffié

Partner
Clifford Chance
Perth

Neil Russ

Director
Russ & Associates
Auckland

Mauricio Salas

Partner
BLP Abogados
San José

Seetharaman Sampath

Founder
Sarvada Legal
New Delhi

Paul Sandosham

Partner
Clifford Chance Asia and Cavenagh Law LLP
Singapore

Ignacio Santamaria

Partner
Lloreda Camacho & Co
Bogotá

Kenichi Sekiguchi

Partner
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Tokyo

Jay Shim

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

Vikram Shroff

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

Yogesh Singh

Co-head – Corporate Practice Group
Trilegal
Gurgaon

Kirindeep Singh

Senior Partner
Dentons Rodyk
Singapore

Maëva Slotine

Founder
Slotine
Hong Kong

Jeff Snyder

Partner
Crowell & Moring
Washington DC

Ajay Singh Solanki

Leader, Labour & Employment Practice
Nishith Desai Associates
Mumbai

Juan Sonoda

Partner
Beretta Godoy
Buenos Aires

Picharn Sukparangsee

Partner
Bangkok Global Law
Bangkok

Priti Suri

Founder and Managing Partner
PSA Legal Counsellors
Delhi

Trent Sutton

international Employment Attorney
Littler
Singapore

Yuri Suzuki

Partner
Atsumi & Sakai
Tokyo

Bryan Tan

Partner
Pinsent Masons Mpillay
Singapore

Alvin Tan

Partner
Rajah Tann Singapore LLP
Singapore

Swee Im Tan

Adjudicator/Arbitrator
39 Essex Chambers
Kuala Lumpar

Joaquin P. Terceño

Partner
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Tokyo

Abadi Abi Tisnadisastra

Partner
Akset Law
Jakarta

Arya Tripathy

Partner
PSA
New Delhi

Heike Trischmann

Partner
Watson Farley & Williams
Singapore

Jenny Tsin

Partner
WongPartnership LLP
Singapore

Helen Tung

In-House Counsel
NewSpace 2060
Dubai

Patricia Tysmans-Clemente

Partner
Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz Law Offices
Taguig City

Hideaki Roy Umetsu

Partner
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Tokyo

Augusto Vechio

Partner
Estudio Beccar Varela
Buenos Aires

Ronaldo Veirano

Founding Partner & Chairman
Veirano Advogados
Rio de Janeiro

Catherine Verneret

Partner
DS Avocats

Christopher Vogl

Corporate/M&A lawyer
Gleiss Lutz
Stuttgart

George Wang

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

Liyao Wang

Lawyer / Registered Migration Agent
Finlaysons
Adelaide

Vincent Wang

Partner
Tsar & Tsai Law Firm
Taipei

Don Waters

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

Wang Weijun

Deputy Secretary-General
Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Shanghai International Arbitration Center)
Shanghai

Heiko Wiechers

Partner
CMS
Region Stuttgart

Christian Wind

Partner
Bratschi Ltd
Zurich

Kent Woo

Partner
Zhong Lun
Guangzhou

Alfred Wu

Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Qian Wu

Counsel
Singapore International Arbitration Centre
Singapore

Zhang Xi

Senior Counsel
Beijing Arbitration Commission/ Beijing International Arbitration Center
Beijing

Gao Xiaoli

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

Atsushi Yamada

Partner
Anderson Mori
Tokyo

Dr. Ling Yang

Deputy Secretary-General
Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
Hong Kong

Weina Ye

Partner
Herbert Smith Freehills Kewei

Koh Swee Yen

Partner
WongPartnership LLP
Singapore

Daniel Yi

Lead – Asia Practice Team
Yulchon LLC

Lily Yin

Partner
Fangda Partners
Shanghai

Ruby Rose J. Yusi

Senior Partner
ACCR Law
Manila

Gerry Zack

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

Libin Zhang

General Counsel
ENN, Langfang
Hebei Province

Sara Zhang

Senior Partner
Y&T Lawyers
Suzhou, Jiangsu

Joyce Zhang

Partner
Reiz Law Firm

Yunyan (Chris) Zhang

Senior Partner
Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm
Shanghai

Andrey Zharsky

Partner
ALRUD
Moscow

Leanne (Yanli) Zheng

Partner
JunHe LLP
Singapore

Carol Zhu

Partner
Zhong Lun Law Firm

Dr. Thomas Zwissler

Partner
ZIRNGIBL
Munich

Activity leader

Stephanie Fukui

Yoga Teacher
New Life Yoga

Julien Ruppert

Kickboxing Instuctor
Berkley