ABOUT THIS EVENT Do you wish you could get a 'global' view of legal developments in a wide spectrum of practice areas in a time-efficient manner? Do you often think 'I have no time for learning'? Do you want the option of 'bespoke' learning - permitting you to select the learning segments which are relevant and of interest to you in a cost-effective manner? Join us again in this must-attend event of the year! The Law Society of Singapore is proud to present video recordings from our Annual CPD Day for Busy Practitioners 2014. Practice Area: Professional Skills Training Level: General The morning session compresses legal and practice developments in a wide array of practice areas in short, 'bite-sized' segments, to provide an overview of a few key highlights of the year from a practitioner s perspective. The afternoon session has gathered experienced legal practitioners and experts to discuss more in-depth developments and case studies on the respective areas Intellectual Property, Mergers & Acquisitions, Competition Law and Regulations, Banking and Finance, Family Law and Construction Law. Sessions Session 1 Civil Litigation, Criminal Litigation and Arbitration & Mediation Session 2 Insolvency, Company Law and Regulation of Trusted Companies Session 3 Contract Law, Tort and Restitution / Trusts Total duration for Sessions 1-3: 162 mins Session 4 Recent Developments in Corporate Law (Duration: 71 mins) Session 5 Recent Developments in Family Law (Duration: 63 mins) Session 6 Recent Developments in Construction Law (Duration: 97 mins) Session 7 Recent Developments in Competition Law (Duration: 74 mins) Session 8 Recent Developments in Banking Law (Duration: 68 mins) Session 9 Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Law (Duration: 97 mins)
PROFILE OF SPEAKERS District Judge Tan Boon Heng The State Courts of Singapore (Session 1: Civil Litigation) Tan Boon Heng is a District Judge of the State Courts. He also hears military cases at the Singapore Armed Forces General Courts Martial. Besides teaching Law of Evidence and Civil Procedure at the Singapore Management University s School of Law, he is the course coordinator, lecturer and tutor in Civil Litigation for the Singapore Bar Examinations. Boon Heng graduated with a LL.B. (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and LL.M from the University of California at Berkeley. Chong Yee Leong - Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP (Session 1: Arbitration and Mediation) Yee Leong's primary area of practice is international arbitration specialising in the areas of energy, oil and gas, power and infrastructure projects in Singapore, Malaysia and the region. In practice for more than 23 years, Yee Leong is recognised as a leading international dispute resolution specialist in the Asia-Pacific region. He has been involved in a broad range of international arbitration, dispute boards and litigation matters representing diverse clients, including multi-national entities, consortiums, governments and other agencies throughout Asia. Yee Leong is consistently recognised as a leading arbitration expert by many legal publications. Amongst others, Chambers Global/ Asia Pacific (2013) notes that he is a "prominent figure in the region, thanks to his years of experience in countries such as Singapore, Malaysia and Laos" while Chambers Global/ Asia Pacific (2014) mentions him as "an active, 'very capable and well-known' international arbitration specialist." He is recognised as a leading arbitration expert by many legal publications and most recently by the Euromoney's Guide to World's Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration (2014). Yee Leong is a Chartered Arbitrator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. He is also on the panel of arbitrators for Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration and CIArb Presidential Panel of Arbitrator. Tan Chee Meng, SC - Deputy Managing Partner, WongPartnership LLP (Session 1: Criminal Litigation) Chee Meng is the Deputy Managing Partner of WongPartnership LLP. He was formerly a Deputy Public Prosecutor and Deputy Director of the Commercial Affairs Department. Chee Meng recently successfully defended Mr Ng Boon Gay, the former Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau in a corruption case. Chee Meng is recognised as one of the "Local Disputes Stars" in the inaugural edition of Benchmark Asia Pacific The Definitive Guide to the Leading Disputes Firms and Lawyers in the Region, 2013. He is commended in many legal publications.
Associate Professor Lee Pey Woan Associate Professor, Singapore Management University (Session 2: General Company Law) Associate Professor Lee Pey Woan teaches Company Law at Singapore Management University. She has published in the areas of company, contract and tort law in both local and international leading journals, and has contributed to local textbooks such as The Law of Torts in Singapore and The Law of Contract in Singapore. Pey Woan graduated with from King s College London and subsequently obtained the Bachelor of Civil Law from Oxford University. Prior to joining SMU, she was a legal counsel at Keppel Corporation Limited. Andrew Chan Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP (Session 2: Restructuring and Insolvency) Andrew Chan is a Partner of Allen & Gledhill LLP. His practice encompasses commercial work, and he is a specialist in dispute resolution (especially arbitration), trusts and insolvency (corporate and personal). Andrew is consistently cited as a leading insolvency lawyer in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Chambers Asia- Pacific, Who s Who Legal, and IFLR1000. He is a fellow of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore and Vice-President of the Turnaround Management Association Singapore and South East Asia Ltd. From 2010 to 2013, Andrew served as a Chairman of the Insolvency Committee of Law Society. Andrew is the General Editor of Law & Practice of Corporate Insolvency and the co-author of Butterworths Annotations of The Singapore Bankruptcy Act and Law And Practice of Bankruptcy In Singapore and Malaysia. He is also Consultant Editor of Halsbury s Laws of Singapore volume on Insolvency. In 2011, he received the Minister for Law Outstanding Volunteer Award (the highest volunteer award for individuals given by the Ministry of Law Singapore) for providing expertise and helping shape insolvency practice in Singapore. Goh Yihan Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management of University (Session 3: Contract) Goh Yihan is an Associate Professor at the School of Law, Singapore Management University. Yihan specialises in contract law and tort law. Among his many local and international publications, he is the co-author of Contract Law in Singapore (Kluwer, 2012) and a contributor to The Law of Contract in Singapore (Academy Publishing, 2012). His works have been cited by the High Court and Court of Appeal, before which he has appeared as amicus curiae separately. He also sits on the Board of the Singapore Institute of Legal Studies and is a Visiting Academic at Rajah & Tann LLP. Yihan was awarded the Singapore Academy of Law Merit Award in 2013 for his contributions to the development and advancement of Singapore law. Gary Chan - Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University (Session 3: Tort) Gary is Associate Professor of Law, School of Law, Singapore Management University. He graduated with an LL.B (Honours) from the National University of Singapore and obtained his LL.M from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Gary is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Singapore Supreme Court and an Attorney & Counselor-at-law (New York). Prior to joining academia, he has served as Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court, Magistrate of the Subordinate Courts of Singapore, Corporate Lawyer as well as in-house Legal Counsel.
Tang Hang Wu Professor and Director, Centre of Cross-Border Commercial Law in Asia, Singapore Management University; Consultant, TSMP Law Corporation (Session 3: Restitutions / Trust) Tang Hang Wu is a Professor at the School of Law, Singapore Management University and a consultant at TSMP Law Corporation where he co-heads the Trusts and Private Wealth practice. Hang Wu has published widely and his work has been relied on by all levels of the Singapore courts, the Royal Court of Jersey, the Caribbean Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Malaysia, law reform committees in the Commonwealth, major textbooks and law journals. He has acted as Counsel both in the High Court and Court of Appeal on matters involving property, equity, trust, restitution and charities. In recognition of his expertise in Chancery work, Hang Wu was made an overseas member of the Chancery Bar Association of England and Wales, a country correspondent of Trusts and Trustees and a member of the STEP s Contentious Trusts and Estate Group. Chan Sing Yee - Partner, WongPartnership LLP (Session 4: Corporate Law / M&A) Sing Yee is a Partner in both the Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practices. Her main practice areas are mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, corporate finance and general corporate law. Sing Yee is recommended as a leading practitioner in the 2015 edition of Asialaw Profiles The Guide to Asia-Pacific s Leading Domestic Law Firms and is described as a "rigorous and commercial lawyer who is quick and agile". Sing Yee graduated from the National University of Singapore. She is admitted to the Singapore Bar and to the Roll of Solicitors of England & Wales. Chiam Tao Koon Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP (Session 4: Corporate Law / M&A) Tao Koon s main areas of practice encompass mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, joint ventures and private equity deals. He also advises on general corporate and commercial law, and has experience with varied commercial contracts including distribution, agency and consultancy agreements. Tao Koon is also accredited as an Associate Mediator of the Singapore Mediation Centre. Loh Wai Mooi Partner, Bih Li & Lee Wai Mooi graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1984 and was called to the Singapore Bar in February 1985. Wai Mooi and 4 others founded BIH LI & LEE. Wai Mooi has an extensive practice in Private Client Matters. She has acted in matters relating to custody, adoption and matrimonial disputes. She advises clients in family settlements, trusts, wills and estate planning. Probate and Administration is also an area of her practice. Wai Mooi is also a Child Representative.
Lim Tat Managing Partner, Aequitas Law LLP Lim Tat is the managing partner of Aequitas Law LLP. He has over two decades of experience in litigation, arbitration, adjudication, mediation and collaborative dispute resolution practices. He is an accredited mediator of various institutes in UK, Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore and a member of SMC s panel of collaborative family practitioners. He is passionate on the use of collaborative processes and interest-based approach to conflict and dispute resolution. Michelle Woodworth Partner, RHTLaw Taylor Wessing Michelle Woodworth is a Partner in RHTLaw Taylor Wessing's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice. After more than 12 years in private practice with a focus on Matrimonial Law, Michelle served as a District Judge of the Subordinate Courts of Singapore (now the Family Justice Courts) in the Family & Juvenile Justice Division from 2010 to 2012 before joining the Law Society of Singapore, as Director and Head of their Representation and Law Reform Department from 2012 to 2014. Michelle returned to private practice in August 2014. Michelle is a Collaborative Family Practitioner and Associate Mediator (Matrimonial Mediation Scheme) with the Singapore Mediation Centre. She is also a member of the Law Society of Singapore s Family Law Practice Committee. Yap Teong Liang - Sole Proprietor, T L Yap & Associates Yap Teong Liang was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple) in 1991 and admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in June 1992. After being admitted to the Singapore Bar, he joined a well known law firm where he became a partner and headed the matrimonial department in that firm from January 1996 to May 1997 when he left to become one of the founding partners of another law firm. On 10th June 2002, after 10 years of experience behind him, he set up his own law firm of M/s T L Yap & Associates, a boutique law firm specialising in Family Law. Teong Liang has extensive experience in civil litigation particularly in the area of Family Law where he specialises in. He is no stranger to representing high net worth and high profile clients, handling cases involving foreign marriages, cross border international jurisdictional and forum issues (Australia, China, France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America), complex child custody, care and control and access cases, child maintenance, maintenance for the wife, division of matrimonial assets and family violence. Raymond Yeo Sole Proprietor, Raymond Yeo Raymond is a returning overseas graduate having first been called to the English Bar in 1996. After gaining admission to the Singapore Bar, he started off his professional career handling a wide range of both civil and criminal cases. Raymond has since developed a specialist area of practice and he runs his own boutique law firm providing services in the area on Family and Matrimonial Law. He has been involved in a wide variety of cases ranging from maintenance trials to foreign divorces with complex cross border jurisdictional and forum claims. Raymond has also handled numerous cases concerning acrimonious custody disputes as well as division of assets of substantial value. Raymond is currently serving as Vice Chairman on the Family Law Practice Committee with The Law Society of Singapore. He is a volunteer at the Legal Clinic with the Family Court. He is a also an Associate Mediator with Singapore Mediation Centre as well as Accredited Mediator with Regent s University.
District Judge Sowaran Singh - The Family Justice Courts of Singapore Sowaran Singh is a District Judge of the Family Justice Courts. Sowaran graduated with a LL.B. (Hons) from the University of Singapore. He is married with 2 grown up sons. He has a a granddaugher who is 7 years old and a grandson who is 10 years of age. Chow Kok Fong (Session 6: Construction Law) Chow Kok Fong is a Chartered Arbitrator and currently practices as a mediator, arbitrator and adjudicator. He has been appointed to arbitration tribunals under ICC Rules and Rules of the SIAC as well as Dispute Adjudication Boards. Mr Chow spent 38 years in the construction industry which included appointments as Chief Executive Officer of Changi Airports International, Managing Director of Capitaland Commercial Ltd and Director of Projects of City Developments Ltd. Prior to joining the private sector he was Chief Executive and General Manager of the Construction Industry Development Board (now the Building and Construction Authority). He is Founder President of the Society of Project Managers and Past Chairman of the Society of Construction Law. Currently, he is on the board of the Singapore Mediation Centre and is Chairman of the Construction Adjudicators Accreditation Committee. He has also held adjunct professorial appointments with a number of institutions including the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University. Between 1989 and 1998 he had served as an occasional consultant to the World Bank on various construction industry development assignments. He is author of 13 books including the two volume work Law and Practice of Construction Contracts (4th edition 2012), Security of Payments and Construction Adjudication (2nd Edition 2013) and Construction Contracts Dictionary (2nd Edition forthcoming). Earlier this year he co-authored Adjudication of Construction Disputes in Malaysia (2014). Paul Sandosham - Partner, Clifford Chance Asia (Session 6: Construction Law) Paul Sandosham specialises in dispute resolution, focusing on litigation and international arbitration in the power, energy, oil & gas, infrastructure, construction, engineering, natural resources, mining and commodities sectors. Paul advises clients on disputes on a multitude of different projects in various countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Lao PDR, Philippines, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, KSA, Mauritius, Maldives, China and Papua New Guinea. He acts as counsel in court, and in international arbitration proceedings under various arbitration rules (ICC, UNCITRAL, SIAC, DIAC, ADCCAC etc.) seated in several jurisdictions. Paul is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and is regularly appointed as sole arbitrator or tribunal chairman. Paul is a director of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Singapore) Ltd and the current Honorary Secretary of the Society of Construction Law (Singapore). Paul is recognised as a leading construction and dispute resolution lawyer and has been commended in numerous prominent legal publications including Chambers Global - The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa, Global Arbitration Review's 100, Who's Who Legal The International Who s Who of Business Lawyers, Euromoney s Guide to the World s Leading Construction Lawyers and Asian Legal Business.
Ameera Ashraf - Partner, WongPartnership LLP (Session 7: Competition Law) Ameera heads the Competition & Regulatory Practice of WongPartnership LLP. Ameera actively advises on a full range of competition issues, including merger control, cartel investigations and restrictive practices, abuse of dominance and compliance programmes. She is recommended as a leading competition lawyer by various publications and has been described in Chambers Asia-Pacific as fantastic in giving strategic direction and providing very sound judgement. She holds a Master of Arts in EC Competition Law from King's College, University of London. Ken Chia Principal, Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow (Session 7: Competition Law) Ken Chia s practice covers IT, telecommunications, e-commerce, intellectual property, commercial and competition work. He has advised clients on various merger control filings in Singapore, an appeal on a price-fixing cartel to the Singapore Competition Appeal Board, and regional compliance audits for several banks and MNCs in Singapore and Malaysia. Ken is regularly ranked as a leading IT/C and competition lawyer by top legal directories, including Chambers, Asia Pacific Legal 500, PLC Which Lawyer? and Asialaw. Lee Jwee Nguan Director, Legal and Enforcement Division, Competition Commission of Singapore (Session 7: Competition Law) 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. Gerald Singham Partner (Corporate and Competition Law Practice Group), Rodyk & Davidson LLP (Session 7: Competition Law) Gerald Singham is a partner in Rodyk & Davidson s LLP Corporate and Competition Law Practice Group. Gerald s practice covers competition law and he has experience advising a broad range of industries on competition law matters. He deals with all aspects of competition law including merger notification, notifying anti-competitive agreements for guidance and decision, handling investigations by the Competition Commission of Singapore and the drafting and reviewing of agreements and practices for compliance with competition law. Gerald has been listed in the International Who s Who of Competition Lawyers & Economists 2013 and 2014. Gerald was also recognised by Asialaw as a Leading Lawyer 2014 for Competition & Antitrust.
Aw Wen Ni - Partner (Banking & Financial Disputes Practice), WongPartnership LLP (Session 8: Banking Law) Aw Wen Ni is a Partner in the Banking & Financial Disputes Practice. Her main areas of practice are banking and finance-related disputes, corporate and commercial litigation, arbitration, insolvency and restructuring, financial services regulatory and shareholder disputes. Wen Ni has acted for and advised individuals, multinational corporations and banks in significant disputes. Matters of significance which Wen Ni has been involved in include acting for two members of the Committee of Persons of a prominent psychiatrist in respect of the disputed transfer of a bungalow, and disputed ownership of another property; an international energy firm who are claimants in an SIAC arbitration in connection with disputes concerning a power generator and water desalination facility in Pakistan; and a Malaysian media group in a SIAC arbitration and related litigation in other jurisdictions against an Indonesian conglomerate in a dispute arising out of a proposed joint venture for the operation of directto-home satellite television services in Indonesia. Pradeep Pillai Partner, Shook Lin & Bok LLP (Session 8: Banking Law) Pradeep Pillai is a Partner at Shook Lin & Bok LLP. His principal focus is general commercial litigation with a bias towards banking and finance litigation; as well as domestic and cross-border insolvencies. He is also actively involved in dispute advisory work relating to employment and corporate/shareholder disputes. He regularly appears as lead counsel in High Court and Court of Appeal proceedings as well as lead counsel in international arbitrations. He is the Vice-Chairman of the Insolvency Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association. He is also a member of the Promotion of Singapore Law Committee, Singapore Academy of Law and a member of the Ethics Committee and Admissions Committee of the Law Society of Singapore. Pradeep is a highly recommended dispute resolution lawyer in Asialaw Profiles 2014. He is also noted as a leading labour and employee benefits lawyer in Singapore in PLC Labour and Employee Benefits Handbook, and is a recommended employment lawyer in The Asia Pacific Legal 500 2012 to 2014. Noting Pradeep for his expertise in employment, Asialaw Profiles 2013 quoted a client who commended him: He s very good in court He s an extremely hard fighter but a very fair fighter. In terms of accessibility, he s very good. I ve always been able to contact him. Mohammed Reza - Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP (Session 8: Banking Law) Reza is a Partner with the Commercial Litigation Practice Group in Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, specializing in complex commercial litigation and banking, with an emphasis on directors duties, unfair prejudice actions, shareholders disputes, restitution, and corporate insolvency and restructuring (both litigation and advisory). Reza is also experienced in employment law, with a particular emphasis on litigating and advising on termination of employment issues and non-competition agreements. Reza has been recognizes as a leading individual by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2013 and 2014, Chambers Global 2013 and 2014, as well as a disput resolution star by Benchmark Litigation 2013. He is also recognized for litigation in the Best Lawyers publication for Singapore 2014. In 2014, Reza was named as one of Singapore s 20 most influential 40 and under lawyers by Singapore Business Review (August 2014), in which he was described as being exactly the kind of guy you want on your side.
Elaine Tan - Director, Amica Law LLC (Session 9: Intellectual Property Law) Elaine Tan is a Director in the IP Litigation and Enforcement practice group. Elaine joined Amica Law LLC in 2007 and was made a Director in January 2009. Before joining private practice in 2000, she was a Deputy Public Prosecutor and a State Counsel in the Attorney-General s Chambers. With her unique litigation experience, she has assisted many multinational brand owners and IP rights holders in the planning and management of their anti-counterfeiting campaigns and enforcement actions. Elaine s experience in contentious intellectual property matters also include opposition, revocation and invalidation actions before the Registrar of Trade Marks, domain name administrative proceedings and actions in Court for copyright, trade mark, registered designs and/or patent infringement, passing off and breach of confidence. In addition to assisting and advising clients on contentious intellectual property matters, she also assists clients in the management and supervision of their local and international trade marks portfolios and the development of intellectual property protection, exploitation and enforcement strategies both locally and worldwide. She also advises clients on regulatory issues relating to data protection, privacy and gaming. Wong Siew Hong - Partner, Eldan Law LLP (Session 9: Intellectual Property Law) Siew Hong graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1986 with an LLB (Hons) (Upper Class Division) and was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1988. Siew Hong has more than two decades of experience in both civil and criminal litigation. He has advised on all aspects of infringement, anticounterfeiting and litigation options in Singapore as well as around the ASEAN region. Siew Hong has in addition worked as a private investigator for intellectual property matters. Siew Hong is a Member of the Law Society of Singapore and the Singapore Academy of Law, Counsel to The Law Society of Singapore, Member of the Disciplinary Committees of the Supreme Court of Singapore and Adjunct Teacher on Advocacy at the Practical Law Course. He has received a long service award for his work as a member of the Ministry of Home Affairs Criminal Law Advisory Committee.