‘Innovative and forward looking, with strategic vision’, Tan Gin Boon heads both legal and risk at leading regional telecommunications company Axiata. ‘The highlights have been building the department from a...

For the past three years, Simon Bladen has built up and led a nine-lawyer team across Mongolia and China, dealing with all legal aspects of Rio Tinto’s game-changing Oyu Tolgoi...

The Carlyle Group is now the largest private equity firm in Asia, and general counsel Wayne Bannon became managing director in 2012, the same year the company became publicly listed....

The first lawyer in Korea to join a certified public accountants’ firm, Seung Jae Baek established a ‘first-of-its-kind’ legal function from scratch. He also founded the Korea In-house Counsel Association...

Millette Asuncion-Arnedo has primary responsibility for Pfizer’s Asia Pacific’s legal function, spanning 12 jurisdictions. ‘As an in-house counsel, you are expected not just to give a legal opinion that is...

Faris Alsagoff manages 175 people across luxury resort and casino Marina Bay Sands’ legal and surveillance functions. Delphi Automative’s former Asia Pacific general counsel joined in 2010 when the centre...

During his decade-long career at global telecommunications company Telstra, Paul Abfalter has handled some of its most significant transactions. In his current role, he takes a deep involvement in strategic...

Australian Securities Exchange listed engineering company WorleyParsons is serviced by a legal team consisting of lawyers, contracts administrators and two administrative staff reporting to the general counsel in its operations...

A major Australian retail conglomerate that delivered a revenue figure of $65.98bn AUD in 2016 and is Australia’s largest private employer, Wesfarmers has a diverse array of business operations including...

‘The ultimate goal of the Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) legal team is to provide excellent and pragmatic advice and support, to ensure that Vodafone meets its objectives with acceptable levels...