4th IBA Asia-based International Financial Law Conference 2020 | International Bar Association (IBA) | 25 February 2020 | The Peninsula Tokyo, 1 Chome-8-1 Yūrakuchō, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0006, Japan

Topics Include:

• Development of disclosure of listed companies and directors’ liabilities, and change of institutional investors’ ownership engagement
• Market abuse rule and enforcement in Asia
• Changing REITs markets
• Fintech’s impact on Asian financial markets I: the regulatory and legislative developments in STO/ICO and crypto-assets
• Fintech’s impact on Asian financial markets II: the entry of big technology companies into financial services
• Shareholder activism in Asia
• Real estate investment and financing
• Environmental, social and governance investment (ESG)
• Direct lending and lending type crowdfunding
• Legal opinions

2020 Speakers

CO-CHAIRS:

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

Yuri Suzuki
Atsumi & Sakai, Tokyo; Vice-Chair, IBA Financial and Banking Law Conferences Subcommittee

KEYNOTE:

Koichiro Miyahara
President & CEO, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Tokyo

MODERATOR:

Kaku Hirao
Nishimura & Asahi, Tokyo

Adrian Ang
Allen & Gledhill, Singapore

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

Vivian Lam
Paul Hastings, Hong Kong SAR; Chair, IBA Financial Conferences Subcommittee

André Andersson
Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm; Member, IBA Banking Law Committee Advisory Board

Rowan Russell
Monash University, Victoria; Vice-Chair, IBA Securities Law Committee

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

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

CO-MODERATORS:

Ko Hanamizu
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Singapore

Alfred Page
Borden Ladner Gervais, Toronto; Council Member, IBA Legal Practice Division

PANELISTS:

Philip M Berkowitz
Littler, New York; Co-Chair, IBA Diversity and Equality Law Committee

Christopher D Frey
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Tokyo

Hyunjoo Oh
Lee & Ko, Seoul

Kazuhiko Takeda
Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission, Tokyo

Martin Hess
Wenger & Vieli AG, Zürich

Josh Hogan
McCann FitzGerald, Dublin; Vice-Chair, IBA Financial and Banking Law Conferences Subcommittee

Seungmin Jasmine
Jung LAB Partners, Seoul

Mark Makdad
Moneytree KK, Tokyo

Masakazu Masujima
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Tokyo

Leiming Chen
Ant Financial Services Group, Hong Kong SAR

Scott Farrell
King & Wood Mallesons, Sydneypton, Hong Kong SAR

Anu Tiwari
AZB & Partners, Mumbai

Masaki Tsujioka
TMI Associates, Tokyo

Jan Bogaert
Stibbe, Brussels

Taro Fujikawa
SMBC Nikko Securities, Tokyo

Susumu Tanizawa
Nishimura & Asahi, Tokyo

Sammuel (Xiyong) Zhao
JunHe Law Offices, Beijing

Harry Du
King & Wood Mallesons, Beijing

Hiroto Inoue
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Tokyo

Hiroyuki Kano
Clayton Utz, Brisbane

Angela Lim
Rajah & Tann, Singapore

Tim Gordon
Gibert + Tobin, Sydney; Chair, IBA Public Company Practice and Regulation Subcommittee

Eiichiro Hata
Atsumi & Sakai, Tokyo

Reiko Hayashi
Merrill Lynch Japan Securities, Tokyo

Frédéric Heremans
Eubelius, Brussels

Douglas Leys
Green Climate Fund, Incheon

Blanca Arlaban
Uría Menéndez Abogados, London

Ma Feng
King & Wood Mallesons, Beijing

Wataru Higuchi
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Tokyo

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

Tomoyuki Sugiyama
Crowd Credit, Tokyo

George Iguchi
Nissay Asset Management, Tokyo

Hye Sung Kim
Kim & Chang, Seoul

Masako Nomoto
Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, Tokyo

Keita Yasui
Fidelity International, Tokyo

Michael Chang
Shin & Kim, Seoul

Vicente D Gerochi IV
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan, Manila

Azman bin Othman Luk
Rahmat Lim & Partners, Kuala Lumpur

Motoki Saito
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Tokyo

Maria Wang
Fangda Partners, Shanghai

Ariel J Deckelbaum
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York

Harumi Hyotani
UBS Securities Japan, Tokyo

Yasuyuki Konuma
Tokyo Stock Exchange, Tokyo

Dominic Wai
ONC Lawyers, Hong Kong SAR

Tracy Whiriskey
Ashurst, Tokyo

2020 Sponsors

HEADLINE SOCIAL EVENT SPONSORS:
• Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
• Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
• Nagashima Ohno & Tsunemats
• Nishimura & Asahi
• TMI Associates

CONFERENCE RECEPTION AND DINNER SPONSOR:
• Atsumi & Sakai

SUPPORTED BY:
• Daiichi
• Daini
• Global Legal Group
• JFBA
• Tokyo Bar Association