Agenda

12.00pm-1.00pm Registration and welcome lunch 

1.00pm-1.15pm Opening remarks 

    • Allan Cohen, senior research editor, Legal 500

1.15pm-2.05pm Cyber, data and compliance: protecting the business in a digital age, in association with HHQ

As digital transformation accelerates, the landscape of cyber and data privacy risk is evolving rapidly. This panel will examine the practical and legal implications of GDPR, emerging privacy regulations, and cyber security threats for corporations. Top GCs will discuss strategies for balancing innovation with compliance, embedding data protection and risk management into organisational practices, and ensuring resilience in the face of increasingly complex regulatory and technological challenges.

    • Ong Johnson, partner, co-head of the technology practice group, HHQ
    • Lo Khai Yi, partner, co-head of the technology practice group, HHQ
    • Charmian Aw, partner, Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee

2.05pm-2.55pm Corporate innovation and investment to drive growth and manage risk, in association with Zaid Ibrahim

This panel explores the latest trends and challenges in corporate finance, private equity, capital markets, and technology-driven transactions. Our discussion will delve into innovative deal structures, fintech developments, and the role of W&I (Warranty & Indemnity) insurance in mitigating transactional risk. Senior in-house counsel will share insights on aligning commercial objectives with regulatory expectations while structuring deals that drive growth and innovation across the region.

2.55pm-3.15pm Coffee break

3.15pm-4.05pm The modern general counsel and risk dashboard, in association with ROSLI DAHLAN SARAVANA PARTNERSHIP

Today’s General Counsel must anticipate risk as much as respond to it. Yet the most serious threats rarely exist in isolation: challenges in projects, governance, workforce, or tax often overlap, with a breakdown in one area creating ripple effects across the business.

This session explores how a holistic ‘risk dashboard’ perspective can help GCs understand how risks emerge and interact across the business lifecycle, from investment and expansion to crisis management. Drawing on real-world examples, the panel will consider major projects and energy transition initiatives, governance frameworks, workforce challenges, and the strategic role of tax.

Attendees will gain practical insights for aligning legal functions across the organisation, breaking down silos, and managing risk proactively to support stronger, more resilient decision-making.

      • S. Saravana Kumar, partner, head of the firm’s tax, SST & customs, Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership
      • Kamilah Kasim, partner, Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership
      • Michele Lim, partner, Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership
      • Rajeswari Karupiah, partner, Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership

4.05pm-4.35pm Geopolitics, trade wars and supply chain shifts – legal risks and what in-house counsels should be preparing for, in association with TSF Law

This session will explore how rising geopolitical tensions and trade disruptions are impacting businesses and the key legal risks that follow, including sanctions, cross-border restrictions and contractual uncertainties. It will focus on how in-house counsels can respond by strengthening contractual protections, assessing counterparty and jurisdictional risks, and building flexibility into commercial arrangements to better manage uncertainty.

4.35pm-4.50pm Coffee break

4.50pm-5.40pm Panel 5 in association with Juen, Jeat, Nic & Nair

5.40pm-6.30pm Carbon markets, carbon tax and Malaysia’s green energy transition, in association with Rahmat Lim & Partners

As Malaysia’s transition to a low-carbon economy accelerates, this panel will consider recent regulatory and policy developments from a practical in-house perspective, focusing on the implications for investment, project structuring and strategic decision-making in the energy transition.

The session will also examine the growing exposure to climate-related litigation, and how general counsel can mitigate legal, regulatory and reputational risk through governance, disclosure and contracting strategies.

    • Dzuhairi Jaafar Thani, partner, Rahmat Lim & Partners
    • Kwong Chiew Ee, partner, Rahmat Lim & Partners

6.30pm-6.35pm Closing remarks

    • Allan Cohen, senior research editor, Legal 500

6.35pm-7.30pm Drinks and canapes