3rd IBA Asia-based International Financial Law Conference 2018 | International Bar Association (IBA) | 8 March 2018 | Conrad Hong Kong, One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong

A conference presented by the IBA Banking Law Committee and the IBA Securities Law Committee, supported by the IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum.

Key Topics:
• Corporate governance for public companies and banks: how to improve standards and practices in Asia?
• REITs and infrastructure funds in Asia: challenges and outlook
• Private investment funds: marketing passports available to Asian asset managers
• The rise of NPLs: restructuring and distressed investing in Asia
• Gender equality: let’s include the men
• Competition and challenges facing stock exchanges in Asia
• Perspectives on FinTech developments: impact on banking and securities market in Asia
• Acquisition and leveraged financing: continuing the conversation
• Maximising shareholder value: the new age of shareholder activism
• Evolution of online payment systems and lessons for Asia

2018 Speakers

Teresa Cheng
Secretary of Justice, Department of Justice, Hong Kong SAR

Johnson Chng
Silk Road Finance Corporation Limited, Hong Kong SAR

MODERATORS:

Henry Lau Zhong
Lun Law Firm, Hong Kong SAR

Alfred Page
Borden Ladner Gervais, Toronto; Corporate Governance Monitor, IBA Capital Markets Forum

Tony Dhar
MinterEllison, Melbourne

Jerry Koh
Allen & Gledhill, Singapore; Co-Chair, IBA Securities Law Committee

Paul Christopher
Mourant Ozannes, Hong Kong SAR

Vivien Teu Vivien
Teu & Co in Association with Llinks Law Offices, Hong Kong SAR

André Andersson
Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm; Council Member, IBA Legal Practice Division

Chee Wai Kok
Allen & Gledhill, Singapore; Derivatives Liaison Officer, IBA Banking Law Committee

Anita Phillips
Herbert Smith Freehills, Hong Kong SAR

Teresa Ko
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hong Kong SAR

Michael Qi
Fangda Partners, Shanghai; Regional Representative Asia General, IBA Securities Law Committee

Adrian Ang
Allen & Gledhill, Singapore

Michael Steen
Jensen Gorrissen Federspiel, Copenhagen; Senior Vice Chair, IBA Banking Law Committee

Jonathan Ross
Non-executive Director, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Auckland

Patricia Openshaw
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Hong Kong SAR

Pit Reckinger
Elvinger Hoss Prussen, Luxembourg; Co-Chair, IBA Securities Law Committee

Dominic Wai
ONC Lawyers, Hong Kong SAR

Steven Winegar
Paul Hastings, Hong Kong SAR

Robert Silvers
Paul Hastings, Washington, DC Rajesh Sreenivasan Rajah & Tann, Singapore

PANELISTS:

Wai King Ng
WongPartnership, Singapore

Professor Rowan
Russell Monash University, Melbourne; Vice Chair, IBA Securities Law Committee

Benita Yu
Slaughter and May, Hong Kong SAR

Joe Zhou
Managing Director and Head of Legal, China International Capital Corporation Limited, Hong Kong SAR

Jonathan Zhou
Fangda Partners, Shanghai

John Cahill
Paul Hastings, New York

Ricky Chan
Director (Legal) & Company Secretary, Link Real Estate Investment Trust (Link REIT), Hong Kong SAR

Taro Omoto
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Tokyo

Jeremy Ong
Baker McKenzie, Hong Kong SAR

Zandra Tan
Rahmat Lim & Partners, Kuala Lumpur

Jiexin Choo
Research Manager, Preqin, Hong Kong SAR

Alice Huang
Luk & Partners in association with Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Hong Kong SAR

Stéphane Karolczuk
Arendt & Medernach, Hong Kong SAR

Jeremy Lam
Deacons, Hong Kong SAR

Xavier Le
Sourne Elvinger Hoss Prussen, Hong Kong SAR

Nobuharu Onishi
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Tokyo

Jeff Chen
Dentons, Hong Kong SAR

Naoyuki Kabata
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Tokyo; Asia Pacific Regional Forum Liaison Officer, IBA Banking Law Committee

Azman Luk
Rahmat Lim & Partners, Kuala Lumpur

Catherine Miao
JunHe Law Offices, Guangzhou

Cyril Shroff
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai; Member, IBA Law Firm Management Committee Advisory Board

Kwan Kiat
Sim Rajah & Tann, Singapore

Philip M Berkowitz
Littler Mendelson PC, New York

Richard Bird
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hong Kong SAR

Fiona Duffy
Director of Development and Fellow, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge

Angelina Kwan
Head of Regulatory Compliance, Listing and Regulatory Affairs Division, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Hong Kong SAR

Adrian Warr
Managing Director, Edelman, Hong Kong SAR

Clarence Yang
Director, BlackRock, Hong Kong SAR

David Graham
Chief Regulatory Officer and Head of Listing, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Hong Kong SAR

Dr Cong
Huaiting Manager of SSE legal department, Shanghai Stock Exchange, Shanghai

David Rockwell
Sullivan & Cromwell, London; Conference Quality Officer, IBA Capital Markets Forum

Tim Steinert
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Alibaba, Hong Kong SAR

Chew Sutat
Head of Equity and Fixed Income, Singapore Stock Exchange, Singapore

Katsumasa Suzuki
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Tokyo; Chair, Mergers and Acquisitions Subcommittee, IBA Securities Law Committee

Leiming Chen
General Counsel and Senior VP, Ant Financial Services Group of Alibaba, Hong Kong SAR

Ben Hur
Yulchon, Seoul; Corporate Counsel Forum Liaison Officer, IBA Securities Law Committee

Chee Kin
Lam Group Head of Compliance, DBS Bank, Singapore

Betty Yap
Paul Weiss, Hong Kong SAR

Ashley Alder
Chief Executive Officer, Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong SAR

Paul Yuen
General Counsel, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore

Ko Hanamizu
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Singapore

Ameya Khandge
Trilegal, Mumbai

David Lam
King & Wood Mallesons, Hong Kong SAR

Eric Rosof
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York; Vice Chair, Legal Opinions Subcommittee, IBA Banking Law Committee

Amit Tanna
Managing Director, Head Leveraged and Structured Solutions, Greater China & North Asia, Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong SAR

Nelson Zhou
JunHe Law Offices, Shanghai

Jan Bogaert
Stibbe, Brussels

William Chua
Debevoise & Plimpton, Hong Kong SAR; Conference Coordinator Asia Pacific, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee

Dr Ami de Chapeaurouge de Chapeaurouge + Partners, Frankfurt

Ronald Low
Managing Director, Sard Verbinnen & Co, Hong Kong SAR

Judit Budai
Szecskay Attorneys at Law, Budapest

Ik Hwan
Cho Kim & Chang, Seoul

Wayne Chin
Senior Compliance Officer, Tencent Holdings Limited, Shenzhen

Karen Man
Baker McKenzie, Hong Kong SAR

Stephen Revell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Singapore; Member, IBA SPPI Council Advisory Board

Takaharu Totsuka
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Tokyo

2018 Sponsors

RECEPTION AND DINNER SPONSORS:
• Fangda Partners
• JunHe

CONFERENCE SUPPORTERS:
• Association of Corporate Counsel
• HK IFA
• Japan Federation Bar Association
• Korean Bar Association
• International Financial Law Review
• International Law Office
• Lexology
• Singapore Corporate Counsel Association (SCCA)
• Women in Law Hang Kong (WILHK)