{"id":11651,"date":"2019-11-11T14:55:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T14:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging.legal500.com\/events\/?post_type=event_report&p=11651"},"modified":"2020-01-22T12:21:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T12:21:46","slug":"asia-pacific-disputes-summit-singapore-2019","status":"publish","type":"event_report","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/report\/asia-pacific-disputes-summit-singapore-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Pacific Disputes Summit: Singapore 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 10 September 2019, The Legal 500 hosted the inaugural Asia Pacific Disputes Summit in Singapore.<\/span><\/p>\n

With over 150 of the region\u2019s leading in-house lawyers participating, the event underscored Singapore\u2019s importance as a global disputes hub for international businesses and their advisers.<\/p>\n

With the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Singapore International Mediation Centre, the island city-state already boasts some of the world\u2019s leading dispute resolution forums, institutions and services.<\/p>\n

But a disputes hub is only as strong as the confidence placed in it by business. To ensure the content of the event reflected the needs of business, we drew on the wisdom and advice of Singapore\u2019s GC community. Over 20 of the country\u2019s senior in-house counsel with extensive experience of international disputes provided thoughts, suggestions and comments on the panels and sessions for discussion.<\/p>\n

The event also benefited from the support and insight provided by some of the leading law firms, funders, barristers\u2019 chambers and consultancies active in the region, namely:\u00a0Clyde & Co<\/a>,\u00a0Eversheds Harry Elias LLP<\/a>,\u00a0King & Spalding<\/a>,\u00a0K&L Gates Straits Law<\/a>,\u00a0WongPartnership LLP<\/a>,\u00a0RPC Premier Law<\/a>,\u00a0Schellenberg Wittmer<\/a>,\u00a0IMF Bentham<\/a>,\u00a0FTI Consulting<\/a>,\u00a0Fountain Court Chambers<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Eugene Thuraisingham LLP<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over the course of eight sessions, the conference covered the most topical issues in dispute resolution, including third-party funding, the evolution of financial services disputes, how technology is driving and solving disputes, and the challenges of managing cross-border litigation.<\/p>\n

Please scroll down to see the panel sessions in full and photos of the event:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Panel 1: The International Commercial Courts and arbitration in Singapore \u2013 the next 10 years<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Moderator<\/strong><\/h4>\n


\nGerald Yee, partner, RPC Premier Law<\/td>\n

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Panellists<\/strong><\/h4>\n


\nKevin Nash, Deputy Registrar & Centre Director \u2013 SIAC<\/td>\n

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\nGeorge Lim, Singapore International Mediation Centre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nLaurence Wong, Senior Director, Business Development – Singapore International Commercial Court<\/td>\n

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\nShaun Leong, Partner, international arbitration, Eversheds Harry Elias LLP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Panel 2: Managing cross-border tech disputes inside and outside the tech sector, from arbitrating disputes faced by tech clients to cybersecurity and data protection considerations<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Moderator<\/strong><\/h4>\n


\nFrancis Goh, partner and head of international arbitration, Eversheds Harry Elias LLP<\/td>\n

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Panellists<\/strong><\/h4>\n


\nKK Lim, Partner, Eversheds Harry Elias LLP<\/td>\n

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\nStanley Park, Managing director and head of legal Asia Pacific, Scotiabank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nKwong Wen Wang, Group chief corporate officer and group general counsel, Mapletree Investments<\/td>\n

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\nLanx Goh, Senior Legal Counsel, Privacy & Cybersecurity Lead, and Global Data Protection Officer, Klook<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nHoward Wallis, VP – Legal & Assistant General Counsel, FIS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Panel 3: What do in-house counsel expect from external firms during the arbitral process?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Moderator<\/strong><\/h4>\n


\nJun Bautista, Counsel, King & Spalding<\/td>\n

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Panellists<\/strong><\/h4>\n


\nMaree Myerscough, General counsel, Conergy<\/td>\n

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\nPeter Hopp, General counsel \u2013 commercial, Rio Tinto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nSigrid Wettwer, Head of Group Legal Middle East & Asia Pacific, DNV GL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Panel 4: Third-party funding: a transparent look at litigation finance and how businesses can best use it to their advantage<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Panellists<\/strong><\/h4>\n


\nSapna Jhangiani, partner, Clyde & Co<\/td>\n

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\nTom Glasgow, Chief Investment Officer (Asia), IMF Bentham<\/td>\n

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\nNishtha Kharb, Director, Association of Corporate Counsel, Singapore chapter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Panel 5: What The Fraud! Preserving evidence and assets and other strategies to combat commercial fraud<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Moderator<\/strong><\/h4>\n


\nSreenivasan Narayanan S.C., Managing Partner, K&L Gates Straits Law, Singapore<\/td>\n

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Panellists<\/strong><\/h4>\n


\nJarrod Baker, Southeast Asia leader for forensic investigations, Deloitte<\/td>\n

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\nMuralli Rajaram, Partner, K&L Gates Straits Law, Singapore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Panel 6: Navigating a regulatory investigation minefield<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Interviewer<\/strong><\/h4>\n


\nJames Wood, Global Head of Research, The Legal 500<\/td>\n

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Panellists<\/strong><\/h4>\n


\nGino Bello, managing director, technology, FTI Consulting, Singapore<\/td>\n

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\nRitankar Sahu general counsel and head of compliance, Max Power Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Panel 7: The evolution of financial services disputes in the Asia Pacific region<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Moderator<\/strong><\/h4>\n


\nChou Sean Yu, partner, WongPartnership LLP<\/td>\n

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Panellists<\/strong><\/h4>\n


\nLim Wei Lee, Partner, WongPatnership LLP<\/td>\n

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\nSitesh Mukherjee, Head of disputes, Trilegal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nNik Yeo, Barrister, Fountain Court Chambers<\/td>\n

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\nMoses Park, Barrister, Liberty Chambers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Panel Session 8: The end user\u2019s perspective: How GCs can stay on top of disputes<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Moderator<\/strong><\/h4>\n


\nJulie Raneda, partner, Schellenberg Wittmer<\/td>\n

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Panellists<\/strong><\/h4>\n


\nJuan Rinc\u00f3n-Cort\u00e9s, Head of legal for Southeast Asia operations\/general counsel for human resources, Citibank<\/td>\n

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\nRhonda Hare, General counsel \u2013 Asia Pacific, Accor Hotels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nPaul Fredrick, General counsel – East Asia & Japan, Schneider Electric<\/td>\n

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\nEmilia Law, APAC Head of Legal, Novartis Technical Operations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11653,"template":"","class_list":["post-11651","event_report","type-event_report","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_report\/11651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_report"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event_report"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_report\/11651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13836,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_report\/11651\/revisions\/13836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}