Hua Liu is general counsel for state-owned entity China National Cotton Reserves Corporation (CNCRC). Established to manage, regulate and distribute national cotton reserves, CNCRC has become the largest cotton warehouse...

The ‘very impressive’ Thierry Lintermans manages a team of around 75 across the whole of Asia Pacific, including Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, India, Japan and China. He previously spent...

‘Looking back at my career, I believe my biggest personal achievement is having built up a strong, capable, dedicated, effective and conscientious team,’ says Ginney Lim, reflecting on her 20...

In six years, Sheila Liang has built up leading Chinese internet provider Tencent’s specialist M&A and technology transaction teams from scratch. After having no specialist transactional lawyers when she arrived,...

China National Electric Engineering Corporation (CNEEC) successfully agreed to expand Thailand’s TPI PP 60MW MSW Power Plant in 2014. General counsel Li Liwen led all legal aspects of the agreement,...

State Grid International Development (SGID) is the state-owned entity’s flagship body for international business and overseas investment. During Li Ling’s tenure as legal head and executive board member, SGID has...

In 2006, US billionaire investor Carl Icahn attempted a $10bn hostile takeover of Korean tobacco business KT&G Corporation. ‘This was probably one of the biggest challenges that my company had...

Founder of peer-to-peer networking group The Asian Hedge Fund Legal and Regulatory Group, Kher Sheng Lee is the first general counsel of Azentus Capital. An SFC-regulated, multi-strategy, global investment manager,...

John Lee is managing director for Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), which is the world’s largest private manager on infrastructure assets. He works as general counsel for MIRA’s Asia-based...

‘One of the success factors of an in-house counsel is the ability to stay close to the business,’ opines Diana Lee, Ceva Asia Pacific’s senior vice president. Lee began her...