Host Committee
| LEE Suet Fern | Chair
LEE Suet-Fern is the Senior Director of Stamford Law Corporation. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets and corporate finance. She has been involved in many of Singapore’s most significant corporate transactions and has been named as a leading practitioner in numerous professional publications including Chambers Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers, Asia Law Leading Lawyers and The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers and Corporate Governance Lawyers. She has been awarded the inaugural Asian Legal Business Life Time Achievement Award. For more information on Lee Suet-Fern click here. |
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| CHAN Su Shan
Ms Chan Su Shan is the General Counsel/Company Secretary of Singapore Telecommunications Limited (“SingTel”), Asia’s leading communications group with operations and investments in more than 20 countries and territories. The Group provides services and solutions in fixed, mobile and data communications, Internet, information technology and consultancy, pay television and satellite. SingTel is listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange and the Australian Stock Exchange. Ms Chan holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (Law) from the University of Cambridge, UK. She qualified as a Barrister-at-Law at Gray’s Inn and is also called to the Singapore Bar. |
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| Lena CHIA
Ms Lena Chia joined Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (“Temasek”) in January 2005 and is currently the Managing Director of Legal & Regulations; heading up the Legal & Regulations division of Temasek. |
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| Stacy CHOONG
Stacy is a partner with the Tax, Private Wealth & Trusts Practice Group in Rajah & Tann LLP. She has more than a decade experience specializing tax and trust laws. Stacy is listed in the 'Who's Who Legal - Singapore 2008’ for Corporate Tax and in 'Best Lawyers - Singapore 2008’ in the specialties of Tax & Trust and Estates and recommended in 'The Practical Law Company's Which Lawyer? Yearbook' in the area of Tax practice. Stacy advises on the full spectrum of tax and trust laws which includes providing tax planning and structuring advice, tax dispute resolution and tax litigation. She also advises local and foreign trust companies, non-profit organisations and high net worth individuals/families on the establishment of trusts, family offices, charitable entities/trusts and foundations. Stacy is a member of the Tax Advisory Committee of the Singapore Ministry of Finance. For more information on Stacy Choong click here. |
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| CHUA Lee Ming
Lee Ming holds a LLB degree from the National University of Singapore (1983) and a LLM degree from Cambridge University (1988). He was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor in Singapore in 1984, and as a Solicitor, England & Wales in 1994. Lee Ming’s experience includes:
Lee Ming is Vice-President of the Singapore Corporate Counsel Association. He has also served and continues to serve as a member of various committees under the Legal Profession Act and the Singapore Academy of Law. |
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| Suresh DIVYANATHAN
Suresh Divyanathan joined Drew & Napier LLC in 1999 and was made a Director on 1st May 2008. Suresh’s main area of practice is International Commercial Arbitration. From the 2006/07 edition onwards of Asia's Leading Lawyers, Suresh has been recommended by name every year under the category “Dispute Resolution”. Suresh has been a member of the IPBA since 2002. Outside of legal practice, Suresh is a member of the Rotary Club of Sentosa Singapore, an avid golfer and takes his National Service military commitments more seriously than people think he should. For more information on Suresh Divyanathan click here. |
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| Michael Philip FURMSTON
LL.M., University of Birmingham
Current Appointment: Dean, School of Law, Singapore Management University, August 2007-Present For more information on Professor Furmston click here. |
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| Abdul Rashid GANI
Abdul Rashid Gani has been a specialist in Insurance and Commercial litigation for over 30 years. He is currently one of the Senior Partners of the firm. Over the years he has developed an extensive practice in insurance law and commercial litigation. Many of Rashid's cases involve not just domestic law but frequently touches on transnational commercial and insurance issues as well. His other areas of expertise include: Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; Industrial Relations; Employment; and Immigration Law. Rashid's appointments and memberships include:
For more information on Abdul Rashid Gani click here. |
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| Sarjit Singh GILL, Senior Counsel
He served as Chairman of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association's Insolvency Committee from 2007 to 2008 and was Vice-Chairman from 1998-2005. He is the only Singapore member of the International Insolvency Institute (since 2004) and has also been the Singapore correspondent for the Receivers, Administrators and Liquidators' Quarterly since 1994. In 1999, he served as the Singapore consultant to the Asian Development Bank for its Symposium on Insolvency Law Reform in Asia. For more information on Sarjit Singh Gill click here. |
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| GOH Joon Seng
Admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1963 and that of West Malaysia in 1964. Remained in practice until he was appointed to the Supreme Court Bench in October 1990. Retired from the Supreme Court Bench in 2000 and is now a Consultant with Lee & Lee. Among his current appointments are:
For more information on Goh Joon Seng click here. |
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| Michael HWANG, Senior Counsel
MICHAEL HWANG SC was educated at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at Oxford University. He was called to the Singapore Bar in 1968, when he joined Allen & Gledhill, now Singapore’s largest law firm. He became a partner in 1972 and retired from the firm at the end of 2002 after serving as Head of its Litigation and Arbitration Department for 10 years. He served as a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court from 1991 – 1992, and was one of the first twelve Senior Counsel of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1997. Michael now practices as a Barrister, primarily servicing lawyers as Independent Counsel and Arbitrator. He has received specialist training in both domestic and international arbitration (as well as mediation), and has lectured and written extensively on international arbitration and mediation. He is active in domestic and international disputes (under ICC, CIETAC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICSID, AAA, BANI and SIAC Rules) as counsel and arbitrator as well as mediator. His arbitrations and mediations have involved disputes in Argentina, Bangladesh, Brunie, China, Egypt, Guam, Indonesia, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mauritania, Macau, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, the Seychelles, Taiwan, Thailand, Tanzania, Turkey, UK, USA and Vietnam. Michael is a Vice Chairman of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, a Vice President of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, a Court Member of the London Court of International Arbitration and a Council Member of the International Council of Arbitration for Sport. He was formerly a United Nations Compensation Commissioner and a Vice-Chair of the International Bar Association’s Arbitration Committee. He also serves as Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Switzerland and is an Adjunct Professor at the National University of Singapore. In 2005 Michael was appointed the Deputy Chief Justice of the Dubai International Financial Centre. In 2008 Michael assumed office as the President of the Law Society of Singapore. For more information on Michael Hwang click here. |
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| Gerald KOO
Gerald is Vice President Legal at Singapore Airlines and has been with the SIA Group since graduating with a law degree from the National University of Singapore in 1981. Gerald obtained his Masters in Law from the Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University in Montreal, Canada in 1989. He has held appointments in the Insurance and Legal departments at SIA. He also served as General Counsel/Company Secretary of Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (now Bank of China Aviation) from 1994 to 2002. He has more than 27 years of experience in handling legal matters and providing legal support to business units and management. |
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| Elaine KWEE
As Head of Group Legal of PSA International, Elaine Kwee has overseen PSA’s rapid global expansion between 2003 to the present day. PSA is one of the world’s two largest global port operators with ports and projects spanning Singapore, Antwerp, UK, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, Morocco, China, India, Korea, Thailand, Panama and Argentina. In that role, she oversees PSA International Group’s legal function, international greenfield project development and M&A activities. Elaine specialises in infrastructure, particularly ports, project finance and M&A developed over a career spanning China, Hong Kong, Australia and Singapore. |
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| Angeline LEE
Angeline Lee has been with the SPH Group, a major newspaper and publishing company for more than 15 years. Angeline was one of the founding members of the SCCA and was elected for two consecutive terms as its President since 2006. She has rich experience in mergers & acquisitions, defamation and intellectual property laws and practises as company secretary to several companies in the SPH Group. She is effectively bilingual in English and Mandarin. |
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| LEE Eng Beng, Senior Counsel
Lee Eng Beng, SC is the Joint Managing Partner of Rajah & Tann LLP. He joined the firm as a partner in 1998 and was the Head of the firm’s Business Finance and Insolvency Practice Group from 2003 to 2009. Eng Beng was formerly a Justices’ Law Clerk in the Supreme Court of Singapore and a Lecturer and Senior Adjunct Fellow in the National University of Singapore, teaching various subjects including insolvency law, securities regulation and company law. He has an active practice in commercial litigation and arbitration, with emphasis on banking and financing disputes, debt enforcement and insolvency litigation, shareholders’ and joint venture disputes and general commercial disputes. He has also handled a wide range of insolvency and banking advisory work, and the debt restructuring of large businesses and public listed companies. He has published widely in the field of insolvency law and commercial law generally and his articles are often judicially cited in the Singapore courts. He is a member of the Board of Legal Education of Singapore and the Criminal Law Advisory Committee. He serves as a President of the Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Tribunals for Singapore’s advocates and solicitors. He has been recognized in his area of expertise by International Financial Law Review 1000 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), AsiaLaw Profiles (2007), Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal: Singapore 2008 and Guide to the World’s Leading Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyers. For more information on Lee Eng Beng click here. |
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| LOK Vi Ming, Senior Counsel
Lok Vi Ming, SC is a partner in Rodyk & Davidson LLP’s Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group and heads the firm’s Aviation Practice. He was appointed Senior Counsel in January 2005. Vi Ming is an internationally renowned aviation lawyer who is also experienced in ship mortgage enforcement matters. Vi Ming is recognised in international publications as a leading international insurance lawyer and has distinguished himself by pioneering what is widely recognised as the leading aviation insurance practice in Singapore. He is consistently named in recent consecutive editions of the International Who’s Who of Aviation Lawyers. Vi Ming has featured in Euromoney Legal Media’s Guide and Guide to the World’s Leading Insurance and Reinsurance lawyers. Vi Ming is immediate past chairman of the Aerospace Committee of the Inter Pacific Bar Association and is on the International Advisory Panel of the Registry of Aircraft Parts established under the Cape Town Convention. For more information on LOK Vi Ming click here. |
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| Arthur LOKE
Arthur’s practice is in the areas of corporate and commercial law, and also in intellectual property. He had been consulted on some of the most significant investments and transactions in Singapore real estate, electronics, and, of late, in oil and gas business and in the construction of oil exploration vessels in the region. His extensive law and business experience is appreciated by business clients who require a sound lawyer able to offer practical law and business solutions. He works closely with Sim Yong Chan, his partner, and also with Phillip Bushby of the associated firm of Loke Bushby International, Sydney, on large transactions in the region. In 2007 and 2008 the two firms have collaborated on two oil-related transactions, each valued at several billion US dollars. He is the current Secretary-General of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association and Advisor to the Singapore Law Review. He is the Director of a telecommunications company (French) in a Vietnam joint venture. For the period May 1996 to December 1997, he was a columnist of the Asahi Shimbun (Sunday international edition) and from 2003 to 2005 he was Advisor to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Mongolia. For more information on Arthur Loke click here. |
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| Philip RAPP
Philip is the head of Clifford Chance's corporate/M&A team in Singapore as well as managing partner of the Singapore office. He has over 20 years' experience of advising on corporate and M&A transactions out of London (until 1991), Beijing (1991-1992), Hong Kong (1992-1999) and Singapore (since 1999). He is admitted in England & Wales and Hong Kong. For more information on Philip Rapp click here. |
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| Susan de SILVA
Susan has more than 20 years experience as a corporate and commercial lawyer. Susan has been named as a leading individual for Employment Law in the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 & 2010 editions) and The International Who’s Who of Management Labour & Employment Lawyers (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 editions). For her full profile click here For more information on Susan de Silva click here. |
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| TAN Cheng Han
Professor Tan Cheng Han is a graduate of the National University of Singapore and the University of Cambridge. He is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. He has been a Visiting Professor at East China University of Political Science and Law, National Taiwan University, and Peking University. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2004 and a Specialist Judge in 2006. His other appointments include being a Vice-President of the Singapore Academy of Law, Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on Society, Advisor to the Singapore Tae Kwon-do Federation, a member of the Competition Commission of Singapore, a member of the Appeal Advisory Panel to the Minister for Finance, a member of the Singapore Committee for Youth Development in Sports, a member of the Steering Committee to Review the Companies Act, and a member of the Military Court of Appeal. He is also a director of various listed companies and has published many book chapters and articles. In his spare time he reads, runs and practises Tae Kwon-do which he holds a 2nd Dan Black Belt. For more information on Tan Cheng Han click here. |
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| Joyce A TAN
Joyce is managing partner of Joyce A. Tan & Partners, which she established in 1998 as a boutique corporate and commercial law firm with special focus on technology, communications, media and intellectual property matters. Her practice typically entails cross-border transactions, in which she represents parties from either side of the Singapore border, including government bodies and multinational corporations. Joyce has been involved in many pioneering deals in her field, often driven by the novelty of the technology deployed or the business model adopted, the changing tides in the view of intangible assets and the availability of the digital platform. Joyce is recognised among the top for Regulatory Communications and Patents in The International Who’s Who Legal Singapore 2008, for Communications in Global Communications 2002, for Communications in PLC Global Counsel 3000 (2003/2004), for Telecommunications in PLC Cross-border Communications Handbook 2005, for Telecommunications in PLC Which Lawyer Year Book 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005, for Information Technology in Legal Who’s Who Singapore 2003/2004, for Information Technology (including e-commerce and telecommunications) in IFLR 1000 The Guide to the World’s Leading International Business Law Firms 2001, in The International Who’s Who of Regulatory Communications 2008, 2007, 2005 and 2003, in An International Who’s Who of Telecoms Lawyers 2001 and 1999, in The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2002, in International Who’s Who Professionals 2006/2007, 2005/2006 & 2003/2004, in AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers 2000-2008, in AsiaLaw IP Awards 2006 and 2005, in Euromoney Guide to The World’s Leading Information Technology Advisers 1999, in Euromoney Guide to The World’s Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers 2008, 2005, 2003 and 2002. For more information on Joyce A Tan click here. |
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| Engelin TEH, Senior Counsel
Engelin Teh is the Managing Director of law corporation, Engelin Teh Practice LLC and a Senior Counsel. She is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and has been appointed to the Institute’s Panel of Arbitrators. Engelin sits on the Regional Panel as well as the Panel for Sports Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the Panel of Arbitration of the Law Society Arbitration Scheme. Engelin is also on the Panel of Arbitrators of the International Chamber of Commerce (Singapore). She is appointed member of the Inquiry Panel (Law Society) and is also a member of the Competition Appeal Board appointed by the Ministry of Trade and Industry. She is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors as well as a member of the Singapore Association of Women Lawyers, the ASEAN Intellectual Property Association and International Women’s Forum (Singapore). Engelin has previously served as Director on the Boards of SMRT Corporation Ltd and Singapore Power Ltd as well as some of their subsidiaries. For more information on Engelin Teh click here. |
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| Serene WEE
Serene is responsible to the President and Senate for the achievements of the Academy. She works with SAL committees to set strategic directions and policies, and to allocate the resources needed for each area of work. Serene joined the Academy in 1993 and over the last 15 years, has been involved in the change of SAL from a membership-based organisation to a service-based institution that is actively involved in developing a core of legal knowledge services, and providing facilities and legal infrastructure, for the profession. Serene was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, and is a principal mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre. She is an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court, Singapore and a member of the Inner Temple, London. |
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| WONG Ai-Ai
Mrs. Wong is qualified as a Barrister in England and Wales (1987); an Attorney in New York (1988) and currently practices as an Advocate and Solicitor in Singapore (qualified in 1989). She holds degrees from the University of Kent (B.A. Law, First Class Hons, 1985) and Harvard University Law School (LL.M., 1987). Mrs. Wong is the Head of the Singapore Corporate & Securities Group, Head of Asia-Pacific Private Equity, and Member of Global Steering Committee for Private Equity of Baker & McKenzie. Wong & Leow. Mrs. Wong has advised many multinational corporations, venture capitalists/private equity houses and financial institutions on their corporate legal requirements, capital raisings, and in their acquisitions and divestments of businesses. For more information on Wong Ai Ai click here. |
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| Lucien WONG
Lucien Wong is the Managing Partner of Allen & Gledhill LLP. He was called to the Singapore Bar in 1979. Specialising in banking, corporate and financial services work, Lucien has extensive experience in debt and equity issues, mergers and acquisitions, banking transactions, and securitisations. Having been involved in some of the largest and most high profile corporate and commercial transactions undertaken in recent years in Singapore, Lucien has also established a considerable reputation for his involvement in international transactions. Lucien is a board member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and chairman of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. He is a member of the Board of Trustees for SingHealth Foundation and the National University of Singapore. He also sits on the Board of Directors of Cerebos Pacific Limited, Hap Seng Plantations Holdings Berhad and Singapore Airlines Ltd. Over the years, Lucien has sat on several law review committees in Singapore, which reviewed amendments to Singapore company and securities law. He is regularly cited as a leading lawyer in banking, finance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance in publications including Chambers Global, Chambers Asia, The Asia Pacific Legal 500, IFLR 1000 and Asialaw Leading Lawyers. For more information on Lucien Wong click here. |
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| Jimmy YIM, Senior Counsel
Mr Jimmy Yim, Senior Counsel, is the Managing Director of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department of Drew & Napier LLC, a leading legal practice in Singapore. Mr. Yim has been at the foremost of the litigation and arbitration bar and consistently ranked by leading legal periodicals, such as Best Lawyers Singapore, Whos Who Legal, Asia Pacific Legal 500 and Asia Law Profiles. Mr Yims practice covers a broad spectrum of Civil & Commercial Litigation and Arbitration. He has acted as Counsel in numerous international and domestic arbitrations under Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Rules (both Domestic and International Rules), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Rules and UNCITRAL Rules and occasionally as an arbitrator. He can be contacted at +65 6531 2505, or Jimmy.Yim@drewnapier.com. For more information on Jimmy Yim click here. |
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| Alvin YEO, Senior Counsel
Alvin YEO, Senior Counsel, is the Senior Partner of WongPartnership LLP. His main areas of practice are banking and corporate disputes, insolvency and restructuring, and construction and civil engineering matters. Alvin also has extensive experience in arbitration proceedings both in Singapore and in the region. Alvin graduated from King’s College London, University of London, and was admitted to the English Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1987 and the Singapore Bar in 1988. In January 2000, Alvin became the youngest lawyer to be appointed Senior Counsel. He is a member of ICC Commission of Arbitration, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre's Main Panel of Arbitrators and a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. He is also a member of the Appeals Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and served on two separate committees in 2002 and 2007, which reviewed the legal services sector and reported to the Government with proposals for reform. He is a Member of Parliament, and the Deputy Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs and Law. Alvin is recognised as a leading litigation and arbitration lawyer in international legal directories such as Asia Pacific Legal 500; IFLR 1000; Best Lawyers International; Guide to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers; Guide to the World's Experts in Commercial Arbitration; and The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers For more information on Alvin Yeo click here. |
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| David ZEMANS
David H. Zemans is the Managing Partner of Milbank’s Singapore office, where his experience includes project finance, mergers and acquisitions and structured finance. David has been with Milbank in Singapore since 1997 and has worked on many of the largest and most complex transactions to take place in Asia over the last 12 years and in particular in Indonesia. David is recognized in 2008 as one of Asia’s leading business lawyers in several publications including Who's Who in the World - 2008 (25th Silver Anniversary Edition), The International Who’s Who Legal - Singapore 2008 and Chambers Asia in several categories. David is a solicitor in England and Wales. For more information on David H. Zemans click here.
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Lee Suet-Fern
Chan Su Shan
Lena Chia
Stacy Choong
Chua Lee Ming
Suresh Divyanathan
Michael Philip Furmston
Abdul Rashid Gani
Sarjit Singh Gill, Senior Counsel
Goh Joon Seng
Michael Hwang, Senior Counsel
Gerald Koo
Elaine Kwee
Angeline Joyce Lee
Lee Eng Beng
Lok Vi Ming, Senior Counsel
Arthur Loke
Philip Rapp
Susan de Silva 
Tan Cheng Han
Joyce A Tan
Engelin Teh
Serene Wee Kheng Lian
WONG Ai-Ai
Lucien Wong
Jimmy Yim
Alvin Yeo
David H. ZemansOrganising Committee
| YAP Wai Ming | Chair
Yap Wai Ming is admitted in Singapore (1987) and Malaysian (1993). His main area of practice is project finance, equity and debt capital markets (including Islamic finance), gaming & leisure. He is recognized as one of Asia’s leading lawyers for Mergers & Acquisitions by Asia Pacific Legal 500 and Asia law & Practice For more information on Yap Wai Ming click here. |
| Stacy CHOONG
Stacy is a partner with the Tax, Private Wealth & Trusts Practice Group in Rajah & Tann LLP. She has more than a decade experience specializing tax and trust laws. Stacy is listed in the 'Who's Who Legal - Singapore 2008’ for Corporate Tax and in 'Best Lawyers - Singapore 2008’ in the specialties of Tax & Trust and Estates and recommended in 'The Practical Law Company's Which Lawyer? Yearbook' in the area of Tax practice. Stacy advises on the full spectrum of tax and trust laws which includes providing tax planning and structuring advice, tax dispute resolution and tax litigation. She also advises local and foreign trust companies, non-profit organisations and high net worth individuals/families on the establishment of trusts, family offices, charitable entities/trusts and foundations. Stacy is a member of the Tax Advisory Committee of the Singapore Ministry of Finance. For more information on Stacy Choong click here. |
| Susan de SILVA
Susan is a founding partner of the Singapore law firm ATMD Bird & Bird LLP and is head of the Singapore Corporate and Commercial Group. Susan has more than 20 years’ experience as a corporate and commercial lawyer. Susan has been named as a leading individual for Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions in The Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2002 to 2009 editions), and AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 editions) as well as for General Corporate Practice in AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers (2005, 2006, 2007 editions). She has also been named as a leading individual in employment law in the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2008 editions) and The International Who’s Who of Management Labour & Employment Lawyers (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 editions). Susan is also one of the few recognized environmental lawyers in Singapore having been named as a leading individual in this category in AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers 2003 as well as The International Who’s Who of Environment Lawyers (2004 & 2006 editions) and The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers (Environment) 2004/2005 & 2006 editions. For more information on Susan de Silva click here. |
| Suresh Divyanathan
Suresh Divyanathan joined Drew & Napier LLC in 1999 and was made a Director on 1st May 2008. Suresh’s main area of practice is International Commercial Arbitration. From the 2006/07 edition onwards of Asia's Leading Lawyers, Suresh has been recommended by name every year under the category “Dispute Resolution”. Suresh has been a member of the IPBA since 2002. Outside of legal practice, Suresh is a member of the Rotary Club of Sentosa Singapore, an avid golfer and takes his National Service military commitments more seriously than people think he should. For more information on Suresh Divyanathan click here. |
| LOK Vi Ming, Senior Counsel
Lok Vi Ming, SC is a partner in Rodyk & Davidson LLP’s Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group and heads the firm’s Aviation Practice. He was appointed Senior Counsel in January 2005. Vi Ming is an internationally renowned aviation lawyer who is also experienced in ship mortgage enforcement matters. Vi Ming is recognised in international publications as a leading international insurance lawyer and has distinguished himself by pioneering what is widely recognised as the leading aviation insurance practice in Singapore. He is consistently named in recent consecutive editions of the International Who’s Who of Aviation Lawyers. Vi Ming has featured in Euromoney Legal Media’s Guide and Guide to the World’s Leading Insurance and Reinsurance lawyers. Vi Ming is immediate past chairman of the Aerospace Committee of the Inter Pacific Bar Association and is on the International Advisory Panel of the Registry of Aircraft Parts established under the Cape Town Convention. For more information on LOK Vi Ming click here. |
| Joyce A TAN
Joyce is managing partner of Joyce A. Tan & Partners, which she established in 1998 as a boutique corporate and commercial law firm with special focus on technology, communications, media and intellectual property matters. Her practice typically entails cross-border transactions, in which she represents parties from either side of the Singapore border, including government bodies and multinational corporations. Joyce has been involved in many pioneering deals in her field, often driven by the novelty of the technology deployed or the business model adopted, the changing tides in the view of intangible assets and the availability of the digital platform. Joyce is recognised among the top for Regulatory Communications and Patents in The International Who’s Who Legal Singapore 2008, for Communications in Global Communications 2002, for Communications in PLC Global Counsel 3000 (2003/2004), for Telecommunications in PLC Cross-border Communications Handbook 2005, for Telecommunications in PLC Which Lawyer Year Book 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005, for Information Technology in Legal Who’s Who Singapore 2003/2004, for Information Technology (including e-commerce and telecommunications) in IFLR 1000 The Guide to the World’s Leading International Business Law Firms 2001, in The International Who’s Who of Regulatory Communications 2008, 2007, 2005 and 2003, in An International Who’s Who of Telecoms Lawyers 2001 and 1999, in The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2002, in International Who’s Who Professionals 2006/2007, 2005/2006 & 2003/2004, in AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers 2000-2008, in AsiaLaw IP Awards 2006 and 2005, in Euromoney Guide to The World’s Leading Information Technology Advisers 1999, in Euromoney Guide to The World’s Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers 2008, 2005, 2003 and 2002. For more information on Joyce A Tan click here. |
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| Pathmanaban SELVADURAI
Selvadurai was educated at Raffles Institution, Singapore, University College, London (LLB) and was called to the English Bar in 1960 at the Middle Temple. Called to the Bar in Singapore in 1961 and has been in practice ever since. He was the President - Inter Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) (1994 - 1995). He acts as arbitrator and serves on many tribunals and charity organizations such as the Pacific Rim Advisory Council, The Law Association for Asia and the Pacific (Singapore’s Representative) (LAWASIA), Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society, The Singapore Eye Foundation, The National Eye Centre, Panel of Accredited Arbitrators of The International Singapore Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Mass Rapid Transport Corporation (MRTC) Panel of Arbitrators, Save the Children Singapore Limited Selvadurai’s practice covers Admiralty and International Air Carriage, Building and Engineering Contract, Land Acquisition and property tax valuation cases and general corporate and commercial matters in the fields of banking and insurance and employment. He wrote the chapters on the Law of Industrial Relations and Practice in Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore Vol 9 (Employment). He also acts as Claims Panel Advisor under the Law Society of Singapore Compulsory Professional Indemnity Scheme, since 1994. For more information on Pathmanaban Selvadurai click here. |
Yap Wai Ming
Pathmanaban Selvadurai