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P A R T N E R P R O F I L E S

By Jurisdiction

China ......................................................................................................... 238

Hong Kong ......................................................................................... 238-241

India .................................................................................................... 241-245

Indonesia ............................................................................................ 245-247

Japan ................................................................................................... 247-250

Malaysia .............................................................................................. 251-252

Philippines .................................................................................................. 252

Singapore ............................................................................................ 252-253

South Korea ........................................................................................ 253-254

Thailand .............................................................................................. 254-255

Vietnam ..................................................................................................... 255

United Arab Emirates ................................................................................ 255

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yu yAnManaging Partner

Tel.: (86) 10 6641 3377Fax: (86) 10 6641 2855Email: [email protected]

Yu Yan is the managing partner of Jia Yuan Law Firm. Yan represents clients on a wide variety of capital market and corporate issues. She has advised issuers and underwriters on more than 100 offerings of A shares, B shares and H shares and is regarded as one of the premium lawyers in the capital markets. She also has participated in a broad range of corporate transactions, including corporate restructuring, debt-equity conversion, Sino-foreign joint venture projects and merger and acquisition of publicly traded companies. Before she became a lawyer, Ms. Yan was a lecturer at the law school of a prestigious university.

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Wei XiAoManaging Partner

Tel: (86) 10 85191305 (Dir.); (86) 10 85191300 (O)Email: [email protected]

Wei Xiao is the managing partner of Jun He Law offices and specializes in foreign investments, securities, Merger and Acquisition and general corporate practices.

Since 1985, Xiao has advised hundreds of major multinational and domestic clients on a variety of corporate transactions and has represented several of them in litigation and arbitration. He has acted as clients' counsel in diverse industry sectors, such as banking, insurance, securities, telecommunications, natural resources, infrastructure facilities, various manufacturing sectors, agriculture, transportation, entertainment and real estate.

Xiao received his B.S. from Beijing University and his J.D. from Columbia Law School.


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Arun K. nigam Principal Tel: (852) 3752 2800 (General), 852.3752.2801 (Direct)Fax: (852) 2156 1280Email: [email protected]

Arun K. Nigam was born in London of Indian and German parents and educated at St Paul’s School, London and Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge University. He is qualified to practice law in Hong Kong, England, India, Australia and Singapore and has over 30 years of experience in the legal field. He has previously worked with leading international law firms such as Baker & McKenzie, Norton Rose, Freehills and more recently with the Hong Kong office of Sidley Austin. Nigam has a wide range of experience in capital markets, structured finance, general banking, syndicated lending, pre-IPO financing, asset and project finance, debt restructuring, funds, trustee and corporate and commercial work in Europe and Asia including drafting innovative financing, corporate and commercial documents (including joint venture agreements) for cross border transactions.


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Matthew Puhar focuses on public and private cross-border corporate, corporate finance and restructuring transactions. He has particular experience in M&A, flotations, joint ventures, debt and equity investment deals, and investment funds.

Qualified in both England and Wales and in Hong Kong, Matthew has significant experience advising on sophisticated cross-border transactions in Asia. His recent experience includes advising Grandtop International Holdings Limited, the offeror, on the acquisition by way of public takeover of UK-based Birmingham City Football Club.

Matthew PuharPartnerTel: (852) 3182 1788Fax: (852) 3182 1799Email: [email protected]


Connie Wu is a Director in Navigant Consulting’s Asian Litigations & Investigations practice. Based in Hong Kong, Ms. Wu’s responsibilities cover extensive Asian jurisdictions including the Greater China and various South East Asian regions. Ms. Wu is a professional equipped with more than ten years of experience in handling due diligence and risk management projects, ranging from FCPA focused investigations to internal corporate fraud investigations, litigation related investigations to pre-transactional due diligence, competitor’s business intelligence analysis and royalty audit matters. Ms. Wu has served as Research Team Leader for an FCPA assignment involving over 40 jurisdictions across the world. Ms. Wu had also played a leading role in the Asian team for a multi-jurisdictional fraud investigation for a major US listed computer memory chip manufacturing firm. Ms. Wu is fluent in English, Cantonese and Putonghua.

connie WudirectorTel: (852) 2233 2512 (Direct) / 2233 2500 (General)Fax: (852) 2519 8332Email: [email protected]


James Gordon is a Managing Director in Navigant’s Strategic Business Consulting practice and the regional leader for Navigant in Asia and the mainland.

Gordon has worked on some of the most high-profile regulatory and enforcement investigations in US history, including: the Wall Street IPO Securities Litigation; Tyco; WorldCom; Parmalat; HealthSouth and Enron. His work has involved internal fraud and anti-corruption investigations throughout Asia, China and the United States in response to numerous matters involving securities litigation and investigations by: the US Department of Justice (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); and Congressional and Senate Investigations.

James E. GordonManaging directorTel: (852) 2233 2520 (Direct) / 2233 2500 (General)Fax: (852) 2519 8332Email: [email protected]


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John Flannery is a Director in Navigant’s Asian Disputes and Investigations practice based in Hong Kong. Flannery has a total of 30 years law enforcement and private practice experience. In the past ten years in Asia, John has developed extensive experience with multi-nationals, financial institutions and legal firms, both in Asia and globally. He has regular involvement, both as the lead and also as part of the team, with corporate fraud and corruption and integrity issues, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enquiries, pre-transactional due diligence enquiries, design, preparation, implementation and training in whistleblower programmes. Flannery has worked or managed projects in excess of 50 countries globally. He is a certified fraud examiner and has provided oral testimony in several jurisdictions in excess of 100 occasions.

John FlannerydirectorTel: (852) 2233 2522 (Direct) / 2233 2500 (General)Email: [email protected]


Michelle Taylor, a partner in Hong Kong, is Orrick's China Office Leader and head of the firm's Financial Markets Group in Asia.

Consistently recognized as a leading structured and cross-border finance lawyer in Asia, Ms. Taylor represents clients throughout the region including lenders, borrowers, investors, arrangers and swap providers. After relocating to Hong Kong in 1998 from London, Ms. Taylor established one of the most active structured finance practices in the Asia-Pacific Region, focusing on structuring complex cross-border finance transactions. Her pioneering transactions include the first cross-border CMBS in China, the first future flow receivables financings in China and Korea and the first whole-business securitization in Malaysia.

Michelle taylorchina office LeaderTel: (852) 2218 9177Email: [email protected]


Frederick L.H. Chan is a Director in Navigant’s Asian Dispute & Investigations practice based in Hong Kong. He is a Chartered Accountant and a non-practicing CPA in Hong Kong and has a total of 20 years of corporate and consulting practice experience. In the past 13 years, Chan is specialized in complex financial investigations and high-tech forensic technology advising clients in areas of computer forensics, electronic discovery, forensic accounting, corporate internal investigations, transnational fraud investigations, compliance and FCPA investigations through Asia Pacific region and particular in the Greater China. He also has provided expert testimony to courts in Hong Kong and the Grand Jury in the United States for investigations conducted.

Frederick L.H. chandirectorTel: (852) 2233 2528 (Direct) / 2233 2500 (General)Email: [email protected]


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Moses Cheng joined P. C. Woo & Co. in 1973. He was admitted as a partner in 1979 and became the Senior Partner in 1994. Cheng started his practice as a litigator. He has extensive experience in advising public companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on compliance and good corporate governance practice, initial public offers of shares in listed companies and subsequent raising of capital, corporate restructuring and re-financing of corporate loans and borrowings, mergers and acquisition. He has also extensively advised church and non-governmental organisations as well as charities on their tax exemption situation and other legal issues.

Moses Mo-chi chengsenior PartnerTel: (852) 2522 2570Fax: (852) 2525 6516Email: [email protected]


shardul s. shroff Managing PartnerEmail: [email protected]

Shardul S. Shroff is the Managing Partner of Amarchand Mangaldas. As a corporate attorney for 30 years, he has extensive experience in the areas of Infrastructure, Projects & Project Finance, Privatization and Disinvestment, M&A, JV, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets and Commercial Contracts. Shroff is also a leading authority on legal matters related to Corporate Governance, Media Law, Technology Law and Policy and Regulatory Practices. He has participated in the training and drafting of several important economic legislations and company law reforms in India. He is also currently appointed as the Chairman of CII National Committee on Legal Services and Associate President of Society of Indian Law Firms.


Zia ModyFounder and senior Partner

Zia Mody is the Founder and Senior Partner of AZB & Partners and one of India’s foremost corporate attorneys. She passed her law degree from the University of Cambridge in 1978 and did her LLM from Harvard Law School in 1979 and was admitted as a member of the New York State Bar in 1980.

Ms Mody is a non-executive director of HSBC, Hong Kong, the Vice President and Member of the London Court of International Arbitration and member of various Regulatory Committees in India.

In 2010, Ms Mody was voted as “Business Woman of the Year, 2010” by the Economic Times and as one of the 15 most powerful Indian women leaders in 2010.


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Alka Bharucha PartnerTel: (91) 22 6132 3900Fax: (91) 22 6633 3900Email: [email protected]

Alka Bharucha is a founder partner at Bharucha & Partners and chairs the Transaction Practice at the Firm. Her practice ranges across M&A, capital markets, banking, and structured and project finance. Ms. Bharucha has a deep insight in the telecom sector having advised Indian and multinational telecom companies on M&A, financing, IPOs, and regulatory matters. She represents several MNCs engaged in retail, real estate, defence, power, banking, and other sectors. She is noted by Chambers for her mature business perspective and strong negotiation skills and is highly recommended as a leading lawyer in Corporate / M&A by Chambers Asia.


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Girish M. dave M.com, LL.B, cAiiBManaging PartnerEmail: [email protected]

Born in 1938 and admitted to the Bar in 1963, Girish Dave joined the firm as a partner in 1980. He has varied and extensive experience in Financial, Banking and Project Finance, Security documentation (both domestic and offshore) and has been an advisor to most of the foreign banks in India, including the International Finance Corporation (Washington) - Affiliate of the World Bank. He is also a director in a number of companies. Dave is also advisor to large Corporate Houses like the AV Birla Group, Premier Mills Group and Apple Group etc. and Financial Institutions. Dave has also been a speaker at various domestic and international conferences.


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Mona Bhide B.com, LL.B (Bombay university), LL.M (northwestern school of Law, chicago)PartnerEmail: [email protected]

Mona Bhide joined Dave & Girish & Co. in Mumbai, India in 1985 and became a partner in 1992. She graduated from Bombay University in 1987 and obtained her masters degree in law at the Northwestern School of Law, Chicago, which she attended in 2000 –2001. During her stay in Chicago she worked with the American Bar Foundation in the field of investment banking, conflicts and globalization of the legal profession, and with an international law firm, Sedwick, Deetert Moran and Arnold. She is presently in charge of international finance and corporate law mainly dealing in securities law, private equity transactions, structured finance, securitization, swaps, project finance, securities transactions, M&A and restructuring. She has been rated as a “Highly recommended” lawyer for Project Finance and Corporate M&A transactions in India.


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M.L. Bhaktasenior & Managing PartnerTel: (91) 22 66332288, 66230000, 22042288Fax: (91) 22 66339656/7Email: [email protected]

M.L. Bhakta is Senior and Managing Partner of Kanga and Company, a leading firm of Advocates and Solicitors in Mumbai. Mr.Bhakta has been in practice for over 50 years and has vast experience in corporate laws, banking and taxation. He is the legal advisor to leading foreign and Indian Companies and Banks.

Bhakta has been named as one of the Leading Lawyers by Asia Law Journal, Hong Kong. He is a member of the Board of Directors of some large Indian Companies as an Independent Director. Mr.Bhakta is the recipient of the Centennial Service Award for Professional Excellence from Rotary International.


Manjula chawlasenior PartnerEmail: [email protected]

Manjula Chawla is a senior partner with more than 18 years of experience in foreign investments, takeovers, M&A, JVs and other commercial transactions. She has successfully assisted several Fortune 500 companies in establishing a presence in India since the early days of economic liberalisation. Her consistent delivery of high quality services have been recognised by her clients, some of whom have worked with her for over a decade. She was awarded the National Law Day Award - 2000 by the Union Law Minister for “Excellence in Corporate Law” and for her “unique contribution in bringing foreign exchange into India”.


nusrat HassanManaging PartnerTel: (91) 22 6625 2222Email: [email protected]

Nusrat Hassan is founding Partner of the D.H. Law Associates, having more than 18 years of experience in commercial and corporate practice. He is admitted to both the Bar in India & the Law Society in England & Wales. He is one of the leading lawyers for Foreign Direct investment in India and regularly advises Foreign Companies on the commercial, legal and tax implications of Investing in India and represents various multi-national companies. He is also the Director of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, India.


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Abhishek Saxena has vast experience in advising on cross-border deals and has been closely associated with several prestigious projects in diverse sectors including financial services, IT, oil and gas, energy and aviation. His practice areas include project finance, private equity, JVs, structuring and tax advisory, M&A, foreign investment, LNG and upstream oil and gas and secondary capital markets. He is the lead counsel for Petronet LNG in India. Asia Pacific Legal 500 has noted him for providing “outstanding services”. He has featured in ‘ALB’s Hot 100' legal minds in Asia, Chamber’s Asia “Asia’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2010” and IFLR 1000 which named him as a leading Asia Pacific lawyer.

Sawant Singh’s practice areas include banking, private equity, project finance, securitisation, asset reconstruction, domestic and external commercial borrowings and debt restructuring. He also advises clients on labour/employment and real estate issues including inbound and outbound foreign investment, corporate restructuring, M&A and JVs. Singh structured the world's first multi-originator securitisation issuance with the underlying pool being micro-loans arranged by IFMR Capital. He advised Navis Capital in its USD 30 million investment in Edutech. He has been highly recommended in Asialaw Leading Lawyers Survey in the practice areas of Banking and Labour & Employment. Singh “is highly respected by peers and much acclaimed by clients” according to Asialaw Profiles, 2010.

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Saket Shukla focuses on insurance, real estate, private equity, M&A, JVs and LNG and gas sale transactions. He represents promoter groups and investors in complex matters including entry and exit strategies. He has handled several big-ticket transactions including acting as the lead counsel for promoters in one of the largest investments in the real estate sector and for the largest power generating utility in India. Shukla was involved in Vodafone’s acquisition of Hutch in India. According to Asia Pacific Legal 500 “Shukla gives excellent, sound, balanced advice on insurance, JVs and corporate matters”, “is willing to advise and doesn’t sit on the fence”. He is highly recommended by the Asialaw Leading Lawyers Survey.




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diljeet titusFounding PartnerTel: (91) 11 2628 0900Fax: (91) 11 2648 0300Email: [email protected]

Diljeet Titus founded Titus & Co in 1997. His active client practice includes project finance and development, energy projects, industrial projects, loan syndications and structuring, corporate investment and structuring, corporate mergers and acquisition, capital markets, banking, commercial and financial transactions. He was recently awarded Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana (Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity) by the President of Italy for promoting ties between India and Italy. In 2007, he was presented the National Law Day Award “For Unique Achievements and Leadership in the Practice of Corporate and Commercial Laws” by the Hon’ble President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil. Titus was ranked Asia Law’s leading lawyer for 8 consecutive years from 2001 to 2008 and is also ranked by Chambers & Partners, UK among the leading lawyers of the world for 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 in the specialist area of projects work.


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nafis AdwaniManagement committeeTel: (62) 21 250 5125Fax: (62) 21 250 5136Email: [email protected]

Emir nurmansyahManagement committeeTel: (62) 21 250 5125Fax: (62) 21 250 5136Email: [email protected]

Nafis Adwani joined ABNR in 1993 and has been a partner since 1 July 1998. In 1997, he was seconded to an international law firm in Singapore and gained experience in working on international transactions. His major areas of specialization are corporate, labor and agrarian laws. In labour matters he has assisted business corporations in major employment termination cases. Adwani has also been involved in power and mining projects, focusing particularly on the land issues, as a leading part of the ABNR team working on behalf of the investors. He is licensed by the Capital Market Supervisory Board to provide legal opinions to companies offering securities in the Indonesian Capital Market. He is also a licensed advocate.

Emir Nurmansyah has worked with ABNR since 1989 and has been a partner since 1 January 1997. He graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia in 1989, majoring in Economic Law. In 1993, he earned an LL.M degree from the Faculty of Law at Bond University in Australia, majoring in International Transactions. He has, since 1993, dealt with a large number of transactions involving privatization, corporate restructuring, and project and debt financing. Nurmansyah has been involved in most of the restructuring projects in which ABNR is involved; both as a member, and as the leader, of the ABNR team. He has also acted as the advisor of IBRA in several restructuring and asset disposal projects.



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Arisia Arundati PusponegoroPartner


Arisia Arundati Pusponegoro, a Harvard LLM graduate, specializes in merger and acquisition, restructuring, investments, capital market, and project finance. She was the leading lawyer and a key member in a team for several major projects which won several awards including “South East Asia Deal of the Year” and “Indonesia Deal Firm of the Year” by Asian Legal Business in Singapore. She's also an active speaker in seminars and workshops, and regularly lectures at law schools and business schools.


MulyanaPartner

Tel: (62) 21 571 1130Email: [email protected]

Mulyana joined MKK in 1995 and has been made a partner since May 2008. He graduated from the Faculty of Law, Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung, in 1987 and earned an LL.M. degree from Columbia Law School in New York City in 1994. He was appointed as a practising lawyer in 1987 by the High Court of West Java. He advises on corporate, administrative and constitutional law issues, conflict of laws and international law, tax disputes (particularly at the level of the Supreme Court), arbitration and alternative dispute resolutions. He previously taught International Business Transactions at the Faculty of Law, Tarumanagara University in Jakarta. His writings have appeared in various national and international law journals and publications.


rahayu ningsih HoedPartnerTel: (62) 21 252 1272/520 0001Fax: (62) 21 252 2750/252 2751Email: [email protected]

Rahayu Ningsih Hoed has experience in almost every aspect of legal practice from major land for infrastructure to mining projects, from project finance for large size power plants (up to 1,320 MW in one project) and from mass termination of employment of more 400 employees in one occasion to arbitration. Yayuk is a sworn translator and has authored/co-authored a number of significant publications. She is Head of the Resolution of Disputes department at the Firm. Praise for Yayuk’s advice from clients include: “incredible, extremely well-considered advice”, “ensuring that deals always involve “remarkable levels of risk management”, which derive from her experience as a journalist and as a paralegal.


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ira A. EddymurthyManaging PartnerTel: (62) 21 5212038 Email: [email protected]

Ira A. Eddymurthy specializes in general corporate practice, M&A, banking and capital markets and is praised for her active involvement in the development of Indonesian laws and the legal community. Eddymurthy is acknowledged by Who’s Who Legal as a leading lawyer in the areas of M&A, Banking and Capital Markets. She is also noted by Chambers Asia, the International Financial Law Review and The Asia Pacific Legal 500 for her M&A expertise.


osamu Hirakawa,PartnerTel: (81) 3 6888 1032Fax: (81) 3 6888 3032Email: [email protected]

Kenichi MasudaPartnerTel: (81) 3 6888 1043Fax: (81) 3 6888 3043Email: [email protected]

Osamu Hirakawa is a partner at Anderson Mo- ri & Tomotsune, whose practice includes general corporate matters with an emphasis on M&A and financing transactions. He is experienced in assisting multinational companies, both overseas and Japanese. He has assisted in a number of global offerings, including multiple U.K. prioritization offerings and complex TOB (tender offer bid) transactions such as Vodafone's Japan Telecom acquisition and Ripplewood's acquisition of the former Long Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB) (presently Shinsei Bank).

Kenichi Masuda is a partner at Anderson Mo- ri & Tomotsune who has extensive experience in advising foreign clients and is familiar with cross-border issues. In particular, he regularly advises clients on M&A of listed and unlisted businesses, joint ventures and other cross-border investments, and corporate restructurings. His scope of experience also includes assisting and representing venture companies in various aspects, advising venture or other private equity funds on investments in Japanese businesses. He regularly provides legal services on employment and labor union relations, real property transactions, intellectual property issues, general corporate matters and commercial matters.



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Hirohito AkagamiPartnerTel: (81) 3 6888 1044Fax: (81) 3 6888 3044Email: [email protected]

Hirohito Akagami is a partner at Anderson Mo- ri & Tomotsune, engaged principally in the fields of financial, corporate and commercial law, with an emphasis on securities work and M&A. Typical of such transactions are the representation of the purchasers for a number of tender offers such as TI Group (for Japan Marine Technologies in 1998), Mannesmann (for Uchida Hydraulics in 1999), Boehringer Ingelheim (for SSP in 2000) and Solo Cup (for Sanyo Pax in 2001). In addition, he has represented a number of issuers in their securities offerings such as Citigroup's Samurai bond offerings in 2003.


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Hideki thurgood KanoPartnerTel: (81) 3 6888 1061Fax: (81) 3 6888 3061 Email: [email protected]

Hideki Thurgood Kano is a partner at Anderson Mo- ri & Tomotsune, and has been practicing in the area of labor and employment and currently devotes his practice exclusively to the areas such as Collective Labor-Management, Individual Labor-Management, Labor Insurance, Social Insurance and Pension Plans, Labor and Employment Related Dispute Resolution and Litigation. He acts on behalf of both Japanese and non-Japanese multinational companies, advising them on all aspects of labor and employment. Although he advises companies on ways to avert formal labor and employment disputes, he is also an experienced labor and employment litigator, having successfully defended many cases.


Kazutoshi KakuyamaPartnerTel: (81) 3 6888 1036Fax: (81) 3 6888 3036 Email: [email protected]

Kazutoshi Kakuyama is a partner at Anderson Mo- ri & Tomotsune, and has general practice on behalf of domestic and overseas clients, specializing in the representation of overseas companies in labor and employment law and general corporate matters.


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yukiko imazuPartnerTel: (81) 3 6888 1063Fax: (81) 3 6888 3063 Email: [email protected]

Yukiko Imazu is a partner at Anderson Mo- ri & Tomotsune, and practices in the areas of labor and employment and general corporate transactions. She acts on behalf of both Japanese and non-Japanese companies in advising on labor and employment issues. She is also an experienced labor and employment litigator, having successfully defended many cases.


Masaakira KitazawaPartnerTel: (81) 3 6888 1034Fax: (81) 3 6888 3034Email: [email protected]

isao shindo PartnerTel: (81) 3 6888 1038Fax: (81) 3 6888 3038 Email: [email protected]

Masaakira Kitazawa is a partner at Anderson Mo- ri & Tomotsune, and specializes in the banking, securities and commercial fields for foreign and domestic clients. He has worked on financial regulatory matters, including corporate governance and compliance, and financial transactional matters, including acquisition and restructuring of corporate group entities as well as M&A transactions for domestic and foreign companies. He is also involved in private equity investment and securitization matters. He was also involved in many IPO's and public offerings as well as listings on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Isao Shindo is a partner at Anderson Mo- ri & Tomotsune, who has been involved principally in the fields of banking, securities, asset management and insurance, as well as M&A projects involving insurance companies and financial institutions. He has long experience representing a large number of Japanese and foreign financial firms with respect to various aspects of their businesses in Japan, including regulatory issues. He is a pioneer in the area of advising financial institutions regarding global multi-currency loan facilities. He has also acted as the Japan counsel in relation to the merger of major global financial companies.



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Kunihiko MorishitaPartnerTel: (81) 3 6888 1040Fax: (81) 3 6888 3040 Email: [email protected]

Kunihiko Morishita is a partner at Anderson Mo- ri & Tomotsune, and has primarily worked in the fields of domestic and international securities and finance matters. He is well experienced in representing financial institutions before the regulatory authorities such as the Financial Services Agency. He regularly advises a number of multinational financial institutions, located inside and outside of Japan, in relation to financial regulatory issues in the field of banking, securities, trust and asset management. He is also highly experienced in insurance matters and has worked as primary counsel on complex matters such as demutualization and other restructuring of insurance companies.


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Hiroo AtsumiFounding partnerTel: (81) 0 3 5501 2111Fax: (81) 0 3 5501 2211

Hiroo Atsumi is the founding partner of Atsumi & Sakai (formerly Atsumi & Partners), a multi-award-winning full service independent Tokyo law firm. He has extensive experience in banking, capital markets and structured/asset finance, and has represented most major Japanese financial institutions, and many major international investment banks on high value and complex banking and finance transactions. Atsumi has been frequently recognised by legal and financial commentators as one of Japan’s leading finance lawyers. Under his leadership, the firm has built a reputation for innovative and strategic thinking.


Hideyuki sakaiManaging PartnerTel: (81) 3 6721 3111Fax: (81) 3 6721 3112Email: [email protected]

Hideyuki Sakai is managing partner of the Tokyo office and one of Japan’s leading authorities on insolvency, financial restructuring and other complex matters for global financial institutions and investors. His practice includes international M&A, licensing and joint venture agreements, establishment of operations for foreign entities and financial institutions, complex commercial litigation, workouts, bankruptcy, and other proceedings involving international insolvency procedures. Sakai earned his Master of Laws from Duke University School of Law and a degree at The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Tokyo.


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Muthanna Abdullah is the Managing Partner of Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill. He graduated from the University of Buckingham, England, and is a Barrister of the Middle Temple and enrolled as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1984. Prior to his appointment as Managing Partner, Muthanna’s main areas of practice were general corporate law and advising private clients how to preserve and transmit their family assets and wealth.

Muthanna is a director of Sapura Resources Berhad. He also serves on the committees of the Malaysian Biotechnology Industry Organization, the Swiss Malaysian Business Association, and the British Malaysian Chamber of Commerce’s committee for Government.

Muthanna AbdullahManaging PartnerTel: (603) 2165 8559Fax: (603) 2161 3933 Email: [email protected]


Wong sai FongManaging Partner, co-Head of intellectual Property Practice Group

Wong Sai Fong is the Managing Partner of Shearn Delamore & Co. in Kuala, Lumpur, Malaysia. He was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1980. Wong Sai Fong has been a member of the Intellectual Property Practice Group since 1980. He practices exclusively in the field of intellectual property, such as counterfeiting trademarks - copyright, industrial designs, patents, confidential information and trade secrets and is an experienced litigator in all fields of intellectual property matters, franchising, sports and entertainment law. Apart from advisory work, he is essentially a litigator and frequently appears as Senior Counsel in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Federal Court.


Tay Beng Chai is responsible for the management of the firm and, concurrently, he heads the Corporate & Commercial team. Tay graduated from the National University of Singapore with a degree of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B Hons) (Second Upper) in 1985. He was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor to the Singapore Bar in 1986 and as an Advocate and Solicitor to the Malaysian Bar in 1989. He is a member of the Investment & International Trade Committee of the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is also a member of the GATS Committee and the Corporate and Commercial Committee of the Malaysian Bar Council.

Mr. tay Beng chaiManaging PartnerTel: (603) 2050 1881 (Direct)Tel: (603) 2050 1888Fax: (603) 2031 8618Email: [email protected]


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Adeline Wong is the Firm's Managing Partner and heads the Tax, International Trade, Customs and Compliance Practice Groups. She has over 20 years of experience advising multinationals in various industries on tax, mergers & acquisitions and general corporate and commercial matters. Adeline is recognised as a leading tax lawyer in Malaysia.

Her practice focuses on tax planning and tax advisory for local, regional and cross-border corporate exercises including joint ventures, establishing of new operations, mergers & acquisitions and restructuring. Adeline also advises on all aspects of tax disputes and controversies, transfer pricing, tariff and customs, foreign trade and the WTO.

Adeline WongManaging PartnerTel: (603) 2298 7888Fax: (603) 2282 2669Email: [email protected]


rafael A. MoralesManaging PartnerTel: (632) 982-3500/982-3600/982-3700Fax: (632) 817-3145/817-3896Email: [email protected]

Rafael A. Morales is the Managing Partner of SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan. Morales joined SyCipLaw in 1975. Until his election as Managing Partner in 2009, he was the head of the firm’s Banking, Finance and Securities department. He is cited in Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Banking Laywers. Morales is also a Professorial Lecturer at the University of the Philippines College of Law and has authored several books and articles on Philippine banking and securities law. In 2009, he served as President of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association. Morales was a foreign attorney with Rosenman Colin Freund Lewis & Cohen in New York (1978-1979), and later at Anderson Mori & Rabinowitz in Tokyo (1984-1986). He was also a Visiting Professor at the School of Law, La Trobe University (2007, Melbourne).


Lucien WongManaging PartnerTel: (65) 6890 7702Fax: (65) 6302 3202Email: [email protected]

Lucien Wong is the Managing Partner of Allen & Gledhill LLP. He is widely acknowledged as a leading lawyer in banking, finance and mergers and acquisitions in several leading publications, including Chambers, The Asia Pacific Legal 500 and IFLR 1000, and is named as one of Asia’s top 25 M&A lawyers by Asian Legal Business (Issue 9.9). Wong has sat on several law review committees in Singapore and has contributed to the review and reform of Singapore company and securities law. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and is the Chairman of The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. Wong is also a member of the Board of Trustees for the National University of Singapore and sits on the Board of Directors of Cerebos Pacific Limited, Hap Seng Plantations Holdings Berhad, Singapore Airlines Ltd and Singapore Press Holdings.


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tan chong HuatManaging PartnerHead, corporate and securities LawsTel: (65) 6238 3007Fax: (65) 6534 4892Email: [email protected]

Tan Chong Huat is the Managing Partner of KhattarWong and the Head of its Corporate and Securities Laws Department. He has extensive experience in corporate, banking and project finance law in Singapore and the region, and acted in numerous significant corporate transactions. He was also named a leading practitioner in many reputable professional publications, including Asia Pacific Legal 500 and AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers. He sits on the board of four listed companies and is an non executive chairman and deputy chairman of Ramba Energy Ltd and C20 Holdings Ltd respectively. Recently he has been appointed to the Corporate Governance Council set up by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.


ik-Hyun seoPartnerTel: (82 2) 6207 6800Fax: (82 2) 6207 6801Email: [email protected]

tae-yeon cho PartnerTel: (82 2) 6207 6800Fax: (82 2) 6207 6801Email: [email protected]



Ik-Hyun Seo is experienced in both U.S. and Korean intellectual property litigation and prosecution matters, and represents a broad range of clients, from high-tech companies to luxury and fashion companies. His detailed knowledge of the similarities as well as differences between these two jurisdictions has been a valuable asset when advising foreign clients on effective IP management and enforcement strategies in Korea. Seo is recognized as a “Leading Individual” in the area of IP by the Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2001-2010), a “Leading Lawyer” by Asia Law & Practice (2004-2010), and a “Highly Recommended” attorney for IP by PLC (2005-2010). Seo is a member of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center’s Domain Name Panel, and also serves on the editorial board of Managing Intellectual Property. Seo also serves as the regional counsel for a number of multi-national clients with intellectual property programs in Asia.

Tae-Yeon Cho began his legal career focusing on intellectual property law at a time when the concept of intellectual property was in its infancy in Korea. As a result, he is considered to be among the most knowledgeable and experienced lawyers in the area of IP in Korea. Cho is also recognized in Korea as a distinguished trial lawyer, having served as lead counsel for a number of significant cases involving intellectual property issues, as well as commercial subjects. Cho serves as an executive member of Korea’s Internet Address Dispute Resolution Committee. He has been recognized by Asia Law & Practice as one of Asia’s leading business lawyers in the area of IP. Cho was also recognized as a “Leading Individual” in the area of IP by the Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2001-2010, and also as a “Highly Recommended” attorney for IP in Korea by PLC, 2005-2010.

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yong deuk AhnManaging PartnerTel: (82) 2 2262-6227Fax: (82) 2 2279-5020Email: [email protected]


Former Supreme Court Justice Yong-Deuk Ahn is a managing partner of Lee International IP & Law Group. Ahn specializes in litigation and alternative dispute resolution related to criminal, civil, administrative and insurance matters. Ahn is widely recognized as a leading litigator having won numerous high profile cases in the areas of foreign investment, white collar crime, and product liability. Prior to joining Lee International IP & Law Group, Ahn served as the Chairman of the Korea Press Ethics Commission, Commissioner of the National Court Administration, Justice of the Korean Supreme Court, and Chief Judge of the Busan and Daegu High Courts.

c. F. tsaiFounding PartnerTel: (886) 2 2585 6688 X 200Fax: (886) 2 2598 9900Email: [email protected]


C.F. Tsai is founding partner of Deep & Far. He is active in all phases of legal services, with a special focus on Intellectual Property. With an LLB & LLM, he is a Bachelor in marine engineering, and was the first patent attorney in Taiwan to attain a technological degree and a law degree and be qualified as a local attorney-at-law at the same time. Tsai is a member of INTA, AIPLA, APAA. Copies of articles written by Tsai can be found at:

http://www.deepnfar.com.tw/english/newsletters.htm

natee thongdee Managing director Tel: (66) 2 655 5425Fax: (66) 2 253 6994 Email: [email protected]


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Natee Thongdee was admitted to the Thai bar in 1972, and graduated with a law degree from Chulalongkorn University (LL.B., 1969); the Institute of Legal Education, Thai Bar Association (Barrister-at-Law, 1970); and Temple University, USA (LL.M., 1980). Fluent in both Thai and English, he is practicing the following areas: Foreign Business Law, the Amity Treaty, Corporate and Commercial, Telecommunications, Real Estate, M&A, Work Permit & Visa Matters, Taxation, Construction, Bankruptcy, International Trade, Arbitration and Litigation. Natee was Lecturer and Assistant Professor at Chulalongkorn University and taught Corporations and Contracts, 1977-1987, and has been recognised by AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers as a prominent general corporate lawyer from 2005 to 2010.

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Phisud dejakaisayaManaging PartnerTel: (66) 2 646 1888Fax: (66) 2 646 1919Email: [email protected]

Phisud is one of the founding members of Siam Premier and is recognized in the Thai legal world as being an expert in the field of banking and finance and investment. He is particularly skilled in advising on legal matters in a governmental, regulatory and institutional context.

His expertise at negotiating the complexities of Thai law and government bureaucracy means that he is always in demand by those wishing to bid for state projects or seeking assistance in gaining government licensing. Once his clients’ projects have gained approval Phisud is instrumental in helping them establish their operations in Thailand.


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EHusam HouraniManaging Partner & Head of Banking & Finance

Tel: 971 (0) 4 364 1641Email: [email protected]

As head of the firm's Banking & Finance practice, Husam is part of the team who regularly provide legal advice to clients such as HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered, Julius Baer, Bank Sarasin, Lloyds TSB Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, First Gulf Bank, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, to name a few. Moreover, Husam and the team can be credited for transactions including advice on almost all of the IPOs that took place in the UAE from 2006 - 2009; assisting in setting up several Islamic banks including Al Hilal Bank, Ajman Bank, Noor Islamic Bank, Tamweel and the conversion of Dubai Bank; assisting the DIFC and Nasdaq Dubai in drafting the laws and regulations required for allowing UAE incorporated entities to list on Nasdaq Dubai and the IPOs of Depa and Damas using this structure; and undertaking a majority of the recovery work in Dubai having obtained numerous judgments on the enforcement of conventional and Islamic finance documents (most the first of their kind).


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tuan nguyenManaging PartnerTel: (844) 39332129Fax: (844) 39332130Email: [email protected]

Tuan Nguyen is the Managing Partner and the Head of bizconsult law LLC’s Intellectual Property & Franchise Group. He has been practicing law since 1988, representing and advising considerable number of foreign and Vietnamese investors on incorporation and operation of companies, mergers and acquisitions, real estate and construction, banking and financial transactions, business contracts and contractual negotiations, employment, construction, intellectual property and franchise.

Tuan Nguyen is admitted to Hanoi Bar Association. He is member to New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), International Bar Association (IBA), Anti-Counterfeiting Committee of International Trademark Association (INTA) and Anti-Counterfeiting Committee of Asian Patent Attorneys Associations (APAA).


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