IBA 6th Asia Pacific Regional Forum Biennial Conference 2019 | International Bar Association (IBA) | 26 February 2019 | Hotel New Otani, 4-１ Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-0094, Japan

A conference presented by the Asia Pacific Regional Forum

Topics Include:
• Business and Human Rights
• Law Firm Management
• M&A
• Competition Law
• General Counsel Session
• Corruption/FCPA/Compliance
• Infrastructure/Real Estate
• Tax
• Bar Issues Commission
• Insolvency/Restructuring
• Litigation/Arbitration

2019 Speakers

Kala Anandarajah
Rajah & Tann, Singapore

Ameera Ashraf
WongPartnership, Singapore; LPD

Peter Bartlett
Minter Ellison, Melbourne; Vice Chair, IBA Legal

Rika Beppu
Squire Patton Boggs, Tokyo

Horacio Bernardes-Neto
Motta Fernandes Advogados

Edmund Bon
AmerBon, Kuala Lumpur

Kara Brockmeyer
Debevoise & Plimpton, Washington DC

Michael Carl
SSEK Legal Consultants, Jakarta

Christopher Cochlin
Cassidy Levy Kent, Ottawa

Clare Corke
Vice Chair, IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum

Rachelle Diaz
PJS Law, Makati

Professor Masato Dogauchi
Director, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association

Geread Dooley
Minter Ellison, Sydney

David Patrick Eich
Kirkland & Ellis, Hong Kong SAR

Eric Emerson
Co-Chair, IBA International Trade and Customs Law Committee

Sebastien Evrard
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Hong Kong SAR

Mingchao Fan
Director, International Chamber of Commerce

Shin Fukuoka
Nishimura & Asahi, Tokyo

ZiHui Gu
Enlighten Law Group, Taipei

Hanim Hamzah
Vice-Chair, IBA Law Firm Management Committee

Alex Hao
JunHe, New York

Akil Hirani
Majmudar & Partners, Mumbai

Takahiro Ikawa
Fujitsu, Tokyo

Tsuyoshi Ikeda
Ikeda & Someya, Tokyo

Geraldine Johns-Putra
Minter Ellison, Melbourne

Youngjin Jung
Kim & Chang, Seoul; Working Group Officer, IBA Antitrust Section

Hiro Kato
General Counsel, INPEX, Tokyo

Akira Kawamura
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Tokyo

Laura Keily
Immediation, Sydney

Yutaro Kikuchi
President, Japan Federation of Bar Associations

Lizzie Knight
Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Sydney

Hermann Knott
Andersen Tax & Legal, Cologne

Kazumochi Kometani
General Counsel, Ministry of Economy

Charmaine Koo
Vice Chair, Trademark Law Subcommittee

Matthias Kuert
CMS, Zurich

Chung Nian Lam
WongPartnership, Singapore

Sue Hyun Lim
Korean Commercial Arbitration Board

David Liu
Chair, Project Finance Subcommitte

Elizabeth Macknay
Herbert Smith Freehills, Perth

Pooja Mahajan
Chandhiok & Mahajan, New Delhi

Masakazu Masujima
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Tokyo

John Maxwell
Linklaters, Tokyo

Fiona McLeod SC
Former President, Law Council of Australia

Michihiro Mori
Nishimura & Asahi, Tokyo

Yoshiaki Muto
Baker & McKenzie, Tokyo

Wai King Ng
WongPartnership, Singapor

Nafisa Nihmat
Zhong Lun Law Firm, Beijing

Yasutaka Nishikori
Nishimura & Asahi, Tokyo

Atsushi Nishitani
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Tokyo

Yoshiyuki Nojima
General Manager, Mitsubishi

Junko Ogushi
Atsumi & Sakai, Tokyo

Tomohiro Okawa
TMI Associates, Tokyo

Emi Omura
Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo, Tokyo

Tania Pavaskar
LexisNexis, Singapore

Kieran Pender
Legal Advisor, Legal Policy & Research Unit

Preetha Pillai
Skrine, Kuala Lumpur; Litigation Liaison Officer

Thomas Platts
Stephenson Harwood, Singapore

Vinayak Prabhakar Pradhan
Acting Director, Asian International Arbitration

Michael Reynolds
Allen & Overy, Brussels; IBA Honorary Life

Steven Richman
Clark Hill, Princeton

Chiyong Rim
Kim & Chang, Seoul

David Rivkin
Debevoise & Plimpton, New York

Ramiro Rodriguez
Duane Morris & Selvam, Singapore

Manoj Sandrasegara
WongPartnership, Singapore

Benjamin Sauter
Kobre & Kim, New York

Jay Shim
Lee & Ko, Seoul

Wataru Shimizu
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Nagoya

Asa Shinkawa
Nishimura & Asahi, Tokyo

Sajai Singh
J Sagar Associates, Bengaluru

Daniel Slater
Minter Ellison, Melbourne

Doil Son
Yulchon, Seoul; Vice Chair, IBA Technology Law

Yoshikazu Tagami
General Manager, Bengo4.com, Tokyo

Masako Takahata
General Counsel, Eurus Energy Holdings

Heather Thompson
Higgs & Johnson, Nassau

Tomohiro Tohyama
TMI Associates, Tokyo

Takashi Toichi
TMI Associates, Tokyo

Hideaki Roy Umetsu
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Tokyo

Ramesh Vaidyanathan
Advaya Legal, Mumbai

Gregory Vijayendran
Law Society of Singapore, Singapore

John Wilson
John Wilson Partners, Colombo

Robert Wyld
Johnson Winter & Slattery, Sydney

Kimitoshi Yabuki
Yabuki Law Offices, Tokyo

Hiroshi Yamaji
Marubeni, Tokyo

Sky Yang
Bae Kim & Lee, Seoul

Kaye Yoshino
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, Tokyo

Wei Zhang
General Counsel, China Vanke, Shenzhen

2019 Sponsors

HEADLINE SOCIAL EVENT SPONSORS:
• Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
• GALL
• MORI HAMADA & MATSUMOTO
• NAGASHIMA OHNO & TSUNEMATSU
• NISHIMURA & ASAHI
• TMI Associates

ASSOCIATE CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
• LexisNexis
• KCAB International

EXHIBITORS:
• IFLR
• KCAB International
• LexisNexis

CONFERENCE SUPPORTERS:
• Hong Kong Bar Association
• JFBA
• JILA
• Korean Bar Association
• Law Society
• Peradi
• The Bar Association of India
• International Law office
• Lexology

LANYARD SPONSOR:
• K2 Intelligence