A leading regional financial institution and the fourth largest commercial bank in Thailand, Kasikornbank is a dynamic and demanding place to work as a lawyer. Director and legal advisor Abhijai...

Adrian Wong is legal director for the Brunei National Petroleum Company, known as PetroleumBRUNEI and its various subsidiaries and joint ventures and a member of the executive management committee of...

Alix Grice has held a wide variety of in-house and private practice roles in the Asia Pacific region over 25 years, working at Microsoft, General Motors, Herbert Smith Freehills, Baker...

Andrew Gale is one of the few foreign-born corporate counsel based in Myanmar, where he acts as director of legal and regulatory at Asian telecommunications company edotco Group. A subsidiary...

Accomplished general counsel Andry Yudistira has over 13 years’ experience as legal counsel, with three years working experience as legal consultant and 10 years as in-house counsel. Experienced in merger...

Anjali Mohan joined Sumitomo Bank in October 1996 as its first in-house counsel. Following Sumitomo Bank’s merger with Sakura Bank to form Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), Anjali became the...

Anna Michelle Llovido wears several hats as both corporate secretary for Megaworld Corporation and corporate counsel legal manager for Emperador Distillers. Assuming the latter position for Emperador Distillers in 2012,...

Annabel Moore’s route to the position of general counsel at Diageo Asia Pacific was an unconventional one. In 1995 she had joined a small team of in-house lawyers working at...

Antonio Ungson serves as the company secretary, chief legal counsel and chief compliance officer at the global food and beverage company Del Monte Pacific. He has also been in charge...

Coming from an environment where the perception was very much that ‘lawyers belong in a law firm’, and from a family of lawyers all in private practice, moving in-house was...

The first priority for an incoming GC is to become familiar with the business. Since being appointed as vice president legal at Lion Super Indo. in July 2016 Bambang Triwicaksono...

Berenice Lim, head of legal Asia Pacific at Takeda Pharmaceuticals, started her career as a scientist. After studying biotechnology at Murdoch University she pursued research in molecular oncology at the...

Formerly the managing director of DFDL, Brennan Coleman brought a high-level of leadership experience upon his appointment as RMA Group’s first general counsel. Recognised in the region for being a...

Buchan Love was appointed vice president and associate general counsel at Mead Johnson Nutrition in 2013. He manages a team of six lawyers and oversees all legal matters for the...

Chan Hoe leads the legal team of six at Toyota Motor Asia Pacific, the regional headquarters in Asia for the marketing and sales functions of the automobile manufacturer. This office...

CIMB’s group legal head, Chee Fei Meng, is highly respected and praised by private practice lawyers and industry peers. Recognised as an exceptional leader and a central part of CIMB,...

Christoph Kurth began his legal career in private practice in Switzerland and the US in the area of litigation and arbitration, including class action litigation, working through large disputes in...

Christopher Chan is an entrepreneurial lawyer with 10 years of diversified legal experience with industry expertise in tech, transportation, logistics, media, e-commerce, consumer goods, food and pharmaceuticals. He currently manages...

‘When you move in-house, you are able to get a hands-on and practical understanding of legal issues, something that is rarely experienced in private practice. While previously the profession in...

Norwegian-headquartered international certification body and classification society DNV GL has recently undertaken a significant global restructure process that required an understanding of local laws across several countries. In his role...

Damian Yeo currently stands as head of legal and regulatory affairs for Facebook in the Asia Pacific region, which includes the large markets of India and China. As an expert...

Over the last three years, the quickly evolving and dynamic digital space has been among the most affected by international regulations. The impact of regulation on the sector has, however,...

Derek Goh joined Singapore-listed property and development company GuocoLand as general counsel in August 2014, leading a team of 13 lawyers across Singapore, China and Malaysia. Since joining the company...

Diana The, chief counsel for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, is responsible for leading the provision of legal services to the business activities of the professional services firm in...

DJ Goh is chief legal counsel for Asia, Middle East and Africa at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). In his current role, Goh is responsible for legal, contracting, company secretarial and...

Alongside his day-today work as legal and compliance manager for Thalias, Djamel El Akra is dedicated to human rights and academia, serving as a lecturer of law and an avid...

As head of corporate advisory services, Elma Christine Leogardo leads the legal function at Filinvest Land Incorporated, one of the leading real estate developers in the Philippines and a subsidiary...

Headquartered in Jakarta, Bank Mandiri is Indonesia’s largest banking institution by assets, loans and deposits. As group head of legal, Eman Suherman is responsible for providing advice regarding all legal...

Real estate and capital markets lawyer Eugene Phua assumed his current position as legal head of real estate and supply chain financing, and legal co-head of loan capital markets in...

Farah Suhanah Binti Ahmad Sarji boasts over 26 years of legal and commercial expertise across the Malaysian and international legal and regulatory sector, as well as the oil and gas,...

In the wake of increasingly strict quotas on migrant labour, retailers in Singapore have had to change their approach to finding and recruiting staff. For McDonald’s regional general counsel, Faz...

Fina Norhizah binti Haji Baharu Zaman serves as senior general manager of the legal corporate secretarial affairs of MISC Berhad, Malaysia’s largest international shipping line. She started her legal career...

Flavio Porro has 17 years’ worth of experience as a corporate lawyer operating in the oil and gas, renewable and power sectors. In particular, Porro is known for his impeccable...

Frederic Brion has worked on many pioneering projects in Southeast Asia throughout his career in the telecommunications sector. During his decade-long tenure as general counsel at his current employer, Hutchison...

Gerald Chew joined Delfi (then known as Petra Foods), one of the leading players in Southeast Asia’s chocolate confectionery market, in January 2005. A lawyer praised for his professionalism and...

Geraldine Lim started her tenure at Heineken in 2013 following its acquisition of Asia Pacific Breweries, where she had been employed as general counsel. Lim was closely involved in the...

Gilang Hermawan joined Siemens in 2009 and currently leads the legal team that is responsible for all legal and regulatory issues of Siemens in Indonesia. In 2014 he transitioned to...

Gim Boon Tan’s first in-house role was with Telecom Malaysia International, where he served as head of legal until Axiata was demerged and spun off into a separate listed company...

Ginney Lim has been with her current employer, Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), since 1992. After joining the media organisation as corporate secretary and general counsel, Lim successfully set up the...

Gita Tiffany Boer is the chief corporate secretary and group general counsel for PT Astra International, one of Indonesia’s largest conglomerates. The company’s presence in a number of sectors –...

MAXpower Group is a Southeast Asian energy holding company with operations in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar and the Middle East and an installed capacity of over 1,000MW of power generation....

Described as a lawyer who ‘always tries to bring more value than her clients would expect‘, Han Le has had a stellar legal career of two decades. Currently the legal...

Handra Pandu became legal manager of PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang in 2015 and is recognised for his work to modernise and improve the legal department by introducing new and clearer...

Singapore-based lawyer Hemant Sharma has over 17 years’ experience operating as an in-house counsel and company secretary. Having been a crucial part of legal teams for the likes of Airtel,...

Henry Leong joined GE in 2005 as Asean regional counsel for corporate. He has since served as regional legal counsel for GE’s water and process technologies business covering Asia Pacific...

With operations dating back to 1946, Telekom Malaysia is the leading telecommunications company in Malaysia and is ranked as one of the top 20 companies in the country. When he...

Izhar bin Ismail has been the senior general manager of Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) for the last seven years. He started his career as a litigation lawyer with Messrs Skrine...

Jackson Pek runs the Thailand legal department of Amadeus IT Group, the world’s leading transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry. A public company created by Air France,...

Whilst overseeing all legal affairs matters of the local and international business activities for SMRT Corporation, a major public transport operator in Singapore, Jacquelin Tay implemented a comprehensive suite of...

James Ford, senior vice president and general counsel, international, leads a department of 115 legal professionals based in 37 locations covering China, Japan, India, Australia and all major cities in...

Janette Loh joined Canon Singapore – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canon Inc. – in 2009. Canon Singapore operates as the regional headquarters for the group’s sales and marketing operations in...

Jannet Cruz-Regalado concurrently occupies the roles of vice president for legal at Shell Philippines and is Royal Dutch Shell’s managing counsel for global litigation, Asia Pacific. Cruz-Regalado is integral to...

Jason Eng joined Dymon Asia, a leading Asia-focused alternative investment management firm, as its first in-house counsel in 2011.Throughout his career, Eng believes he has had the privilege to learn...

Over the three years of his employment with DKSH, Jaturong Jerdsakulboon has utilised his strong leadership skills to build trust with his stakeholders, thus making his team a key function...

Singapore-based Jeff Bullwinkel has led Microsoft’s Asia Pacific legal operations for the last four years. Responsible for a team of over 75 legal and corporate affairs professionals, Bullwinkel supports Microsoft’s...

Jenny Gozali has a wide range of expertise in the retail sector, having worked at leading brands in Indonesia for many years. She is currently corporate head of legal at...

Joanna Koh joined GlaxoSmithKline in 2009 as legal counsel for Singapore covering the pharmaceutical business. Since then, she has assumed roles of increasing responsibility and has taken on projects as...

Joel Angelo Cruz has been vice president and general counsel at Petron Corporation since 2013. He joined the company in 2010 and initially served as corporate secretary and compliance officer...

John Lee assumed his current position as managing director of Macquarie Group’s infrastructure and real assets funds for Asia in 2008. A year after he joined he was deeply involved...

‘Don’t be afraid to go beyond your comfort zone when you feel it is appropriate – whether it is standing up to your business when you think they are going...

Legal director of Dole Asia for the last six years, Joustine Campaña provides regional legal support to operations in Asia, New Zealand, Australia and the Middle East. He started his...

Kenneth Ho was appointed general counsel for Swire Pacific Offshore in 2008. ‘The learning curve has been extremely steep but the past nine years with Swire have been the most...

After joining Mapletree Investments in 2009, Kwong Weng Wan was asked to build up the legal department at a time when the company was undergoing a dramatic growth phase, expanding...

Vietnam-based Lam Vu Thao is the head of legal, patents and compliance for the Vietnamese entity of multinational pharmaceutical company Bayer. His responsibilities include oversight of legal issues for the...

As group general counsel of Malaysian universal bank CIMB, Lee Chin Tok covers legal affairs relating to the business and support divisions, as well as at group level, across 17...

Loo Hwee Fang joined Singapore-based investment holding company Yoma Strategic Holdings in 2013. Yoma is one of the few foreign entities working on large-scale projects in Myanmar, and has received...

As vice president legal and government relations of Pepsi Cola Products Philippines, Manuel is responsible for setting up, maintaining and providing legal advisory services to the whole Philippine operations of...

Mai Tuyen is a highly skilled lawyer with an expertise of 20 years of practicing law in Vietnam, 10 of which were spent in-house. Currently serving as general counsel and...

An ‘exceptionally gifted’ international lawyer with substantial commercial, transactional and regulatory expertise, Maprang Sombatthai has in excess of 10 years of experience of running the legal affairs of multinational companies...

Maria Lourdes Rausa-Chan has been senior vice president, corporate secretary of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) since 1998. A commercially savvy lawyer, she is considered a trusted voice in...

Supporting the activities of the largest listed drug company in both Indonesia and the Asean region, Kalbe International has been both promising and challenging for Maria Teresa Fabiola and her...

Marianne Malate-Guerrero has been senior vice president and head of legal at SM Investments Corporation (SMIC) for the last 10 years. She started her legal profession in private practice in...

Hong Kong-based Matthew Slater has extensive experience advising on deals across Asia and is known as one of the region’s most capable in-house corporate lawyers. He was appointed managing director...

Michael Qiu has over 20 years’ worth of experience at Procter & Gamble, one of the world’s foremost fast-moving consumer goods companies. He served as general counsel for China for...

Michelle Koh has been praised for her skills in contract negotiation and ability to plan and influence business strategy. In her role of general counsel at CapitaLand, a leader in...

Thailand-based Mitsuaki Kusunoki has enjoyed a hugely successful career working as an intellectual property (IP) lawyer across the Asia Pacific region. She is currently the Asia Pacific general counsel at...

Monisha Kamdar joined Raiffeisen Bank as head of legal-Asia Pacific in 2010. At the time, Kamdar was the bank’s first lawyer in Asia and was responsible as sole regional general...

Advanced Info Services, known as AIS, is the leading mobile operator in Thailand with a customer base of approximately 35 million users. Monthana Wongswangsiri is the current general legal counsel...

When Muzafar bin Munzir joined Malaysia-based global industrials company UMW in 2010 he brought 20 years of experience in private practice as both an advocate and solicitor to the role....

Nathaniel Mangunsong is senior vice president and group head of legal and compliance for GO-JEK, a mobile technology company which seeks to introduce social change through technology. The company was...

Norman Tiongson is the chief legal officer of Philippine Gold Processing & Refining Corporation (PGPRC), the developer and owner of the process plant on the island of Masbate in the...

Telenor Myanamar is one of the most prominent telecoms companies in the important sector growth-market of Myanmar. Øivind Burdal, senior vice president and head of legal for the company is...

Described by one nominator as a ‘truly professional lawyer’ with ‘outstanding social skills’, Ola Hanson has received widespread praise for his ability to combine exceptional managerial skills with outstanding technical...

Patrick McGlinchey assumed the role of regional general counsel Asia Pacific at LafargeHolcim in February 2014. With overall responsibility for all legal and governance matters in Asia Pacific, McGlinchey leads...

A fairly new business, Thailand-based energy company, B. Grimm Power was set up in as a pioneer in the country’s emerging private power generation industry. Currently, B.Grimm Power operates 13...

Peter De Neef was promoted to the role of business developer and chief legal officer in December 2016. He assumed his first in-house role at ENGIE in Dubai in 2008...

Peter Hopp is general counsel, head of legal and government affairs group and a member of the executive committee for Bunge Asia, part of a leading global agribusiness operating in...

Irish-qualified lawyer Peter Plunkett joined the Dublin offices of Aircastle as senior legal counsel and managing director in 2006, and moved to Singapore in 2012 to develop the company’s Asia...

Highlighted as being an ‘outstanding lawyer’, René Mario Scherr leads a team of five market lawyers and one paralegal to advise a large geographical region covering the markets of Korea,...

When Reski Damayanti joined Unilever in January 2016 she became the company’s most senior lawyer in Indonesia. As senior corporate and category counsel director she faces a ‘very dynamic external...

Richard Ancrum is head of legal and compliance for Asia at international reinsurance company PartnerRe. He relocated to Singapore in 2016 to further develop his focus on the region, becoming...

Singapore-based Rivkah Mellor-Bessant has primary responsibility for the Asia Pacific legal function at FTSE-listed management house Schroders, where she leads a team of more than 15 derivatives lawyers and legal...

Described as an ‘outstanding’ general counsel with a ‘sharp’ and ‘analytical’ mind, Roland Samosir heads Dyson’s Asia Pacific legal team. Upon joining the company in 2013, he oversaw an impressive...

With more than 50,000 employees and $15bn in revenue, Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) is one of the leading industrial groups in Southeast Asia. Since Rose Kong joined the group in...

Sadhana Kaul has operated in Singapore for the last three years, where she handles all corporate, commercial and compliance matters across the Southeast Asia region. Leading a team that is...

Sase Karthigesu leads a team of six and provides legal advice to senior management in regards to human resources, marketing, internal sales and operations across a wide variety of contractual...

DuPont’s general counsel for Southeast Asia, Serene Lau also functions as a global deputy general counsel of DuPont Titanium Technologies (DTT), and is a key leader in the country management...

A highly skilled financial lawyer, Sok-Theng Cheng boasts over 20 years of international legal experience advising on corporate finance transactions and financial services legal, regulatory and risk management issues. After...

Solomon Hermosura is currently managing director of Ayala Corporation and a member of its management committee and the Ayala Group managing committee. Hermosura assumed his role in 2006 and has...

Before assuming his current position at property investment specialist Novaland in September 2016, Son Tran had worked for 15 years in the fast moving consumer goods industry where he handled...

Widely praised for his skills in mergers and acquisitions and contract negotiations, Stephen Chojnacki currently manages the legal team of Minor International, one of the largest hospitality and leisure companies...

Su Puay Leng was promoted in 2015 to the role of head of legal of Maxis, Malaysia’s leading telecommunications service provider. Prior to her promotion she led major transactions for...

Subur Tan has been with Bank Central Asia for three decades, occupying a range of legal, non-legal and managerial positions at the Jakarta headquartered financial institution. Subur Tan first joined...

A top 10 company in Thailand and one of the largest financial institutions in the country, Krungthai Bank engages in the provision of commercial banking services and operates through three...

Suit Mae Choo has over 25 years of experience as a corporate commercial lawyer, starting her career in private practice in Malaysia before joining the Sime Darby Berhad Group conglomerate...

As the only Thai company listed on the Fortune Global 500 index, Thai state-owned oil and gas company PTT carries high expectations concerning the conduct of its operations and performance...

Thavakumar Kandiahpillai is general counsel at SapuraKencana, one of Southeast Asia’s largest oilfield services companies and a top 20 company in Malaysia. Having been in charge of the legal department...

Theresa Low’s appointment as general counsel and company secretary of the Sentosa Development Corporation Group of Companies came after both corporate and private practice roles, spanning from listed company Dairy...

Thuy Minh Lai is the chief administration officer and country legal counsel for the Vietnamese entity of Citibank, which became the first US bank to open in the country in...

The multi-lingual and diligent general counsel Tom Thomas is the current general counsel of Agoda, a part of The Priceline Group and a world leading online travel and related services...

A highly skilled in-house counsel with over 14 years of experience both in private practice and in-house, Trisula Dewantara is recognised for possessing a deep understanding of and skills in...

The major multinational manufacturing and electronics conglomerate, Siemens, has a significant presence in Vietnam that dates back to 1979, when the company supplied two industrial turbines and electrical equipment to...

An experienced lawyer of more than 20 years, Tan assumed her current position in 2010. Joining ABN AMRO Bank post-financial crisis, after its acquisition, break-up and nationalisation, Tan regrouped the...

Vanessa Villafuerte is the associate general counsel of Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Company (AG&P), a leading infrastructure solutions provider delivering state-of-the-art products and support services to vessels, projects and plants....

Vanita Jegathesan is Chevron’s disputes and investigations lead for the downstream business in Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. A litigator by training, she was in private practice working...

Over the course of Veronica Lai’s tenure as general counsel at StarHub, the legal function of the company has grown from three legal professionals into a team of 12 lawyers...

Viet Nguyen Tien is a Vietnamese legal professional with extensive experience in the country’s insurance sector. Currently serving as general counsel at Vietinbank Aviva Life Insurance, a joint venture between...

With over 30 years of experience in banking and financial law, Wallaya Kaewrungruang has a deep understanding of commercial bank operations that provides true value to the legal function of...

Xae Hoyy Loh joined Malaysia-based animal feed business Gold Coin Group as group legal counsel in 2015. He was responsible for building the in-house team from scratch and consolidating all...

A well-respected member of CT Corp’s management team, Zainal Rahman is considered a trusted voice amongst peers in the industry. Zainal Rahman started his professional career as a lease officer...