{"id":82212,"date":"2023-03-24T09:39:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T09:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/?post_type=event_report&p=82212"},"modified":"2024-01-05T14:28:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T14:28:07","slug":"disputes-summit-singapore-2023","status":"publish","type":"event_report","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/report\/disputes-summit-singapore-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Disputes Summit Singapore 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Legal 500 returned to Singapore with a bang at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, with the first of our disputes-focused GC Summits since the end of the pandemic. Head of business development for Asia Ben Lovell and global editor for Legal 500\u00a0Powerlists\u00a0Joe Boswell oversaw proceedings alongside the nine leading\u00a0law firms\u00a0who partnered with us for this event: Allen & Overy, Dechert, K&L Gates Straits Law, Reed Smith, Schellenberg Wittmer,\u00a0WongPartnership, RPC, Ashurst and Eugene\u00a0Thuraisingam\u00a0LLP.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The 150 GCs in attendance were treated to an enthralling lineup of eight separate sessions;\u00a0panel discussions and shorter fireside chats,\u00a0covering a wide breadth of disputes challenges in Singapore.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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From the start, this was one of the highest quality events in terms of content that I can remember. First on the agenda was\u00a0a panel discussion in association with Schellenberg Wittmer, \u2018How can GCs add value to dispute management and what do in-house counsel expect from external firms during the arbitral process?\u2019\u00a0This highly practical session was helmed by Julie\u00a0Raneda\u00a0and supported by\u00a0Nathalia\u00a0Lossovska, Doris Chen, Andrew Haynes\u00a0and Maija\u00a0Burtmanis.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Foreign investment naturally comes with risks, especially now\u00a0with geopolitical tensions and the pandemic debt burden potentially setting the stage for further, and bigger, problems.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Our next panel, alongside Allen & Overy, took a deep dive into these concerns, outlining \u2018the state of the nation in managing foreign investment risks in Asia Pacific\u2019.\u00a0John Rainbird, Jae\u00a0Hee\u00a0Suh, Steve Wilford, Howard\u00a0Wallis\u00a0and Chee Chong Lau\u00a0put their minds to this key topic.<\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After a coffee break, delegates were welcomed back to a\u00a0scintillating and unique session\u00a0alongside Dechert\u00a0and including the\u00a0leader of their International Arbitration Team of the Year award-winning arbitration team, Mark Mangan.\u00a0As well as practical advice on cross-examination, the panel discussed preparing witnesses\u00a0from their own\u00a0vast experience.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Our first fireside chat, alongside RPC, and featuring Yuankai Lin and Russell Pereira on stage, dealt with a potentially groundbreaking new piece of technology But how much of a gamechanger is GPT-4 for the legal world? As it turns out, potentially a significant one. During the Q&A, many in the audience admitted to trying out GPT-4 for some of their more mundane legal tasks, and being surprised with its efficacy. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After lunch, the schedule moved over to the world of crisis management alongside Wong Partnership. During a conversation moderated by the highly charismatic Koh Swee Yen, Chou Sean Yu, Monica Chong Wan Yee, Gladys Chun, Chen Xinping and Kapil Kirpalani looked in detail at how to avoid, manage and resolve disputes, including a robust Q&A session.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The second fireside chat, alongside Allen & Overy,\u00a0saw speakers Chris Mainwaring-Taylor of A&O and Tejus Chauhan of the ICC look at alternative dispute resolution in the context of the arbitral process.\u00a0This session led to a lot of\u00a0conversation during the networking sessions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Reed Smith took charge of the next panel, with their highly regarded\u00a0international arbitration barrister\u00a0Timothy\u00a0Cooke\u00a0taking the stage alongside\u00a0Jasmine Chin-Sabado, Mitchell Dearness and Philip Lomax. A highly practical session\u00a0which led to many in the audience realising the potential of litigation funding, litigation insurance and other possibilities relating to\u00a0commercial dispute funding.\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Finally, those in attendance were able to enjoy another highly practical session in association with K&L Gates Straits Law.\u00a0Effortlessly mixing crisis management\u00a0advice with lessons on marshalling an in-house legal team to respond to impending litigation, this highly distinguished panel of Muralli Rajaram, Joan Lim-Casanova, Piyush Gupta, Jayne Kuriakose and Matthew\u00a0Kasdin\u00a0expertly handle the room.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Networking drinks followed this highly educational,\u00a0practical\u00a0and entertaining agenda. As always, it was a huge\u00a0honour\u00a0to work with so many talented people on this event, and\u00a0we look forward to our next event in Singapore!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":83176,"template":"","class_list":["post-82212","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\/82212","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\/82212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150612,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_report\/82212\/revisions\/150612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}