Lee Jwee Nguan - Legal Enforcement Division Director, Competition Commission of Singapore (“CCS”)

Mr Lee Jwee Nguan, as the Director of the Legal and Enforcement Division at the Competition Commission of Singapore (“CCS”), supervises the legal officers and the enforcement officers at CCS. He provides advice on legal, enforcement and policy matters to the Commission, and oversees the investigation of cases as well as the conduct of raid and intelligence operations. Jwee Nguan joined the Singapore Legal Service after graduating from the National University of Singapore in 2001. In 2008, under a post-graduate Legal Service Commission Scholarship, he obtained Master of Law degrees from the National University of Singapore as well as the New York University. He has also read and obtained a post-graduate diploma in EU Competition Law from the King’s College, London.

Ms. Nguyen Ha Quyen Hoang heads the firm’s Corporate Practice group. She advises in matters of corporate and commercial compliance, mergers and acquisitions, contract drafting and negotiation, investment, labor, and intellectual property. She has been ranked (by Chamber and Partners) as a Corporate/M&A expert. Ms. Hoang and her team have been proactively involved in the successful completion of various projects, including numerous foreign-invested projects, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and corporate management. She has also been active in arbitration and dispute settlement. Spanning over 17 years of experience, Ms. Hoang has been recognized by the legal community as one of few life insurance law experts in Vietnam who has a deep understanding of international insurance regulations and their application under Vietnamese law. Ms. Hoang has been highly recommended by the Asia Law Profiles for having “all the important connections and experience” that corporate clients need in addition to her being recognized as a Leading Lawyer for Corporate and M&A and Labor & Employment for 2 years in 2015. Ms. Hoang is also a regular columnist for the PhapLuat Newspaper, the Vietnam Investment Review and several other legal periodicals. Prior to co-founding LNT & Partners, Ms. Hoang was Chief Counsel and Head of PR for a U.S. insurance company, where she was a member of the executive board, undertaking a broad portfolio of responsibilities and getting involved in all strategic decisions for the company. Ms. Hoang also previously worked as in-house counsel for British American Tobacco (Vietnam), where she advised in numerous domestic and international commercial issues. She is a co-founder of the firm. 

James Lau - Company Secretary & Chief Legal Officer- NatSteel Holdings Pte. Ltd 

Mr. James Lau is the Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary of a well-known Singapore subsidiary of a Fortune 500 Company, Tata Steel Limited. Founded in 1868, the TATA Group is a global enterprise headquartered in India, and comprise over 100 operating companies in seven business sectors including communications and IT, engineering, materials, services, energy, consumer products and chemicals. TATA Group had total revenues of US$103 billion in financial year 2013-2014, with 67% of these revenue coming from businesses located in more than 100 countries across six continents. Key companies in TATA Group include : Tata Consultancy Group, Tata Motors Limited (Land Rover and Jaguar), Tata Steel Limited and Vistara (joint-venture between TATA and Singapore Airlines).

Oliver Massman – Partner - Duane Morris Vietnam LLC

Oliver Massmann has more than 15 years experience working as commercial lawyer in Vietnam. He practices in the area of corporate international taxation and on power/water projects, matters related to oil and gas companies and telecoms, privatization and equitization, mergers & acquisitions, and general commercial matters for multinational clients in relation to investment and doing business in Vietnam. Mr. Massmann is the only foreign lawyer as Member to the Supervisory Board of PetroVietnam Insurance Corporation, Vietnam's largest industrial insurer. Mr. Massmann is currently working on several investment projects as well as taxation matters and advising the Ministry of Electrical Power on building the power generation infrastructure in Myanmar. He is registered Arbitrator of Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (The VIAC). He is the only foreign lawyer in Vietnam who is presenting to the National Assembly of Vietnam in Vietnamese language and teaching International law in Vietnamese language at Ministry of Justice in Hanoi. Mr. Massmann is a 1994 graduate of Bochum Law University, first state exam and Ministry of Justice, Duesseldorf Germany, second state exam 1997. He is holding a LLM degree in international taxation from St. Thomas University Florida- USA. He is admitted to the Bar Association in Berlin and a licensed foreign lawyer in Vietnam

Judy Chang - Head, Global Business Ethics & Compliance - Ebay Inc

Ms. Judy Chang is a lawyer by training with a degree from the National University of Singapore. She also has a Masters in Art Administration from the University of New South Wales. After an initial few years in law, Judy began her compliance career in 1997 when compliance was not a common term nor was Compliance Officer a recognized occupation. She handled various compliance roles for the Asia Pacific region as well as globally with American Express, based out of Singapore and Australia. Judy moved to PayPal in 2010 managing Government Relations for Asia Pacific, working on many challenging regulatory issues in a nascent e-money transfer industry in the world of financial services coupled with the new economy. Judy currently heads the Business Ethics & Compliance Office for eBay Inc, PayPal’s parent company. She is a regulatory compliance veteran and has vast experience in compliance program building across various areas including Anti-Corruption/FCPA, Vendor Management, Anti-Money Laundering, Data Protection and Sanctions.

Justus Chua- Head of Legal and Compliance, South East Asia & S.Korea - Boehringer Ingelheim Singapore Pte Ltd

Mr. Justus Chua is currently Head of Legal and Compliance for SEA and S.Korea at Boehringer Ingelheim based in Singapore Read law at the University of Leicester,UK and post-graduate studies in Law at the National University of Singapore and is a qualified lawyer in Singapore. In private legal practice for 8 years  in the areas of commercial litigation & arbitration before switching careers to an in-house corporate counsel role in MNCs such as Wincor Nixdorf AG, Syngenta AG and Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals where he was Regional Counsel for Developing Markets. Recognised in 2014 by global legal ranking publication, Legal500 as one of the top 100 Corporate Counsels in Asia Pacific.

Owen Hawkes - Partner - KPMG

Mr. Owen Hawkes is a Partner in KPMG’s Forensic practice with over fifteen years of investigation and litigation experience. Prior to joining KPMG, he practiced as a barrister for eight years, including six years as an Investigating Lawyer at the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office.  Owen joined KPMG Forensic in 2007 and specialises in investigations, fraud and corruption risk management, and litigation support. At KPMG, Owen has been involved in numerous investigations and litigation engagements in particular in the financial and natural resources sectors.  He has also undertaken a variety of fraud, corruption and regulatory risk management engagements assisting clients with assessing and upgrading their organisational readiness to prevent, detect and respond to fraud, corruption and regulatory incidents.

Neil McInnes- Partner - Pinsent Masons MPillay LLP

Neil is a Partner and Barrister, qualified in England & Wales.  A criminal defence specialist, Neil has extensive experience of conducting anti-corruption and other investigations across Asia and Europe. His practice includes related compliance advisory work for European, UK,  Asia-Pac, and multinational corporates. Previously based in the London office of Pinsent Masons LLP, Neil relocated to Singapore in August 2014 to set up the firm’s corporate crime practice in the region, working across South East Asia. He regularly advises clients on the implications of the UK Bribery Act and global anti-corruption trends, as well as on fraud, money laundering and related global regulatory investigations, frequently involving multiple law enforcement agencies around the world.

Rebecca Tai - Director of Legal - Rongsheng Offshore & Marine Pte Ltd 

Ms. Rebecca CC Tai has been the Head of Legal of Ezion Holdings Limited, a Singapore stock listed company based in Singapore. She was previously Director of Legal of Rongsheng Offshore & Marine Pte. Ltd., based in Singapore, with its parent company listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange which owns the largest private shipyard in the PRC. Prior to joining Rongsheng, Rebecca was Director of Legal of an American-British oil and gas drilling company based in Singapore and before that Group General Counsel and Group Head of Legal of Kencana Petroleum Berhad (now SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad) based in Kuala Lumpur for many years. Throughout the course of her career, Rebecca has taken charge of all legal, risks, contractual, dispute, compliance as well as management and to a large extent the business direction of the organisations she works with. She has more than 17 years’ experience in combination of both in private law practice and senior/chief in-house counsel roles. Rebecca has spoken at numerous professional events on topics such as “The Shifting Paradigm of Our Role of Corporate Counsel” (Year 2013) organised by International Centre For Dispute Resolution (ICDR), “Doing More With Less: Controlling Costs While Enhancing Efficiencies” (Year 2014) organised by Global Outsourcing Association of Lawyers (GOAL) and "Metamorphosis of the Modern General Counsel" (Year 2014) organised by Legal Week in the Corporate Counsel Forum 2014. She sits as a General Committee member of Singapore Corporate Counsel Association (SCCA)

Stanley Park - Managing Director/Head of Legal – Asia Pacific- Scotiabank

Mr. Stanley Park is Managing Director and Head of Legal - Asia Pacific Region for Scotiabank's Global Banking and Markets Division. He is based in Singapore and is responsible for all legal matters across the region, including China, Japan, Korea, India, Australia, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore. Among other responsibilities, Stanley provides (i) transactional advice and support to the Bank's businesses related to capital markets, investment banking, commodities, corporate lending/trade finance and global transaction banking; (ii) regulatory advice and support re the Bank's businesses; (iii) management of litigation and disputes; (iv) advice and support to the Bank's internal or proprietary functions (including proprietary investments, HR matters, Finance); and (v) participation in corporate governance or oversight. Prior to joining Scotiabank, Stanley was with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton and Coudert Brothers in NYC, from 1992 - 2001; with Salomon Smith Barney and UBS Securities in Tokyo from 2001 - 2007; with DKR Oasis, as Chief Compliance Officer, in Hong Kong in 2008; with Barclays Global Investors, as General Counsel, in Tokyo from 2009 - 2010; and with Daiwa Capital Markets, as Senior Legal Counsel, in Singapore and Hong Kong from 2011 - 2014. Stanley graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in 1985 and received his law degree from the Harvard Law School in 1988, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.  Stanley has been a member of the New York State Bar since 1994.

Mr. Jonathan A. C. Wise- Managing Director and Head of Legal, Singapore and SE Asia - Nomura

Jonathan Wise is a Managing Director and Head of Legal for Singapore and Southeast Asia at Nomura.  He has close to 18 years of experience as a lawyer advising on a broad range of corporate and transactional matters in Asia Pacific, North America and Europe/CIS.  He has also substantial experience on compliance, regulatory and dispute resolution matters.

In his present role, Jonathan leads a thirteen person legal team based in Singapore, Hong Kong and Mumbai that provides legal coverage to Nomura's Global Markets, Investment Banking, and Private Wealth Management businesses across the region as well as Corporate and Strategy functions supporting such businesses.  He also serves as a member of Nomura's Asia ex-Japan Debt/Loan Committee, Equity Commitment Committee, and Non-Standard/Complex Transaction Committee.

Prior to joining Nomura, Jonathan was a senior legal counsel with Lehman Brothers and was involved in integration of the two firms' legal departments following the purchase by Nomura of Lehman's Asian and European businesses.

Jonathan was previously based in Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York and London and is a member of the New York State Bar.

Mr. CHUA Cheng Kwee – Regional Sales Director, Asia, Elite Client Services APAC - Thomson Reuters

Chua Cheng Kwee is the Regional Director Sales for Elite client services in Asia. The client services team is responsible for providing Sales & Client Account Management for Asia clients. Prior to joining Sales in January 2015, he was responsible for project management, application and technical consulting, data conversion and training services across the Elite range of products – Elite Enterprise and Elite 3E. He has over 25 years of IT experience, with the last 19 in the legal industry including Business Management, IT Management, Project Management and Development roles. With Thomson Reuters Elite, Chua has successfully managed many Enterprise/3E projects including King and Wood Mallensons (Internationally), Junhe Law Offices (China), Landers & Rogers (Australia), Johnson Stokes & Master (Hong Kong), Amarchand Mangaldas (India), Nishith Desai (India), Barlow Lyde & Gilbert (Hong Kong), Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill (Malaysia) and DLA Phillips fox (New Zealand).

Bijie Thomas Elavinkal - Regional Counsel, Asia Pacific - Ingredion Singapore Pte. Ltd

Ms. Bijie Thomas Elavinkal has experience of over 17 years as an attorney and in-house counsel. She currently serves as a corporate counsel with a century old US leader in certification and safety consulting. She has served as an Attorney with Kirkland & Ellis, Khattar Wong & Partners and as Counsel with Star TV, Britannia. Graduate of Northwestern Law School and National Law School, she is called to the bar in the State of Illinois, England & Wales and India. She and family live in Singapore.

Ranajit Dam - Managing Editor, Asian Legal Business - Thomson Reuters

Ranajit Dam is the Managing Editor of Thomson Reuters’ Legal Media Group, which includes Asian Legal Business, Asia’s foremost monthly publication covering the legal industry. A former lawyer, he has been a journalist for more than a decade, after graduating from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Since then, he has worked in China, India and Singapore, where he is currently based.