singapore - International Bar Association
singapore - International Bar Association
singapore - International Bar Association
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Programme<br />
Supported by<br />
Held in<br />
s i n g a p o r e<br />
2 0 0 7
IBA office<br />
In addition to the <strong>Association</strong>’s senior<br />
officers, many staff from the IBA office<br />
in London and regional office in<br />
São Paulo will be attending the<br />
conference and would be happy to talk<br />
to delegates about any aspect of the<br />
<strong>Association</strong>’s work.<br />
IBA senior staff<br />
Executive Director<br />
Mark S Ellis<br />
Deputy Director; Director of Marketing<br />
and Public Relations<br />
Tim Hughes<br />
Director, São Paulo Regional Office<br />
Rodrigo Lopes do Espirito Santo<br />
Deputy Director, Special Projects<br />
Erin Callahan<br />
Head of the Legal Practice Division<br />
Leslie Alekel<br />
Managing Editor<br />
Kath Farrell<br />
Head of Production and Design<br />
Tim Licence<br />
Head of Divisions Administration<br />
Ronnie Hart<br />
Human Rights Institute Director<br />
Fiona Paterson<br />
Head of Conferences<br />
Julie Elliott<br />
Head of Advertising and Sponsorship<br />
Andrew Webster-Dunn<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
10th Floor, 1 Stephen Street<br />
London W1T 1AT, UK<br />
Tel: +44 (0)20 7691 6868<br />
Fax: +44 (0)20 7691 6544<br />
www.ibanet.org<br />
contents<br />
Messages of welcome 5<br />
Committee information 9<br />
Daily schedule of sessions 13<br />
Information for newcomers 29<br />
Showcase sessions 1<br />
General interest<br />
Rule of Law Symposium 36<br />
Working sessions<br />
Legal Practice Division 9<br />
Public and Professional Interest Division 89<br />
General information 101<br />
Venue layout – Suntec <strong>International</strong> Convention Centre 103<br />
Social programme<br />
Conference events 105<br />
Committee events 107<br />
Hotels 109<br />
Embassies and Consulates 111<br />
Exhibition 115<br />
Exhibition plan 121<br />
Subject index 123<br />
Continuing Professional Development / Continuing Legal Education<br />
The conference has been accredited for 25 hours of CPD/CLE by the Law Society of England<br />
and Wales, the New York State <strong>Bar</strong> and the State <strong>Bar</strong> of California.<br />
For delegates from other countries where CPD/CLE is mandatory, the IBA will be pleased<br />
to provide a Certificate of Attendance for this conference. Subject to your bar association/<br />
law society, the certificate may be used to obtain the equivalent accreditation in your<br />
jurisdiction.<br />
Certificates will be available from IBA staff at the Registration Desk.<br />
contents
messages of welcome<br />
from the IBA President<br />
It is my great privilege to welcome<br />
you to the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong>’s 2007 Annual<br />
Conference. I also extend an<br />
especially warm welcome to the great<br />
many of you who are attending an<br />
IBA conference for the first time.<br />
Here you will meet friendly and<br />
knowledgeable colleagues from every<br />
practice area around the world. I hope<br />
you will participate in all of the wonderful social programmes<br />
and the superb learning opportunities that comprise this<br />
special event. I am certain that the tremendous benefits you<br />
will gain this week here with us will encourage you to come<br />
back to many more of our events throughout the years to<br />
come.<br />
We are especially honoured that Singapore Minister<br />
Mentor Lee Kuan Yew will be taking the time to address<br />
us at the Opening Ceremony. Singapore’s amazing global<br />
connections echo the diverse connections within the IBA,<br />
where lawyers from around the world share knowledge<br />
and experience in current developments in all areas of the<br />
legal profession. Here at this conference, the year’s work<br />
culminates in a dynamic exchange of concepts and opinions<br />
from a truly international perspective.<br />
I urge you to take some time to look through this<br />
programme, so that you can take full advantage of the<br />
wide variety of sessions pertinent to you and your practice.<br />
Additionally I hope to see you at the many social events<br />
where you can meet and talk with your colleagues in a<br />
casual and congenial setting.<br />
Lastly, I hope this conference will inspire you to get<br />
involved in our work during the rest of the year. Please feel<br />
free to talk to me, other IBA Officers or members of staff, to<br />
let us know of your interest so we can keep in touch with<br />
you after this week ends. Your experience and dedication<br />
form the core of the <strong>Association</strong>. The IBA is a tremendously<br />
satisfying experience for me on both personal and<br />
professional levels. I am certain that you will feel the same.<br />
I send you my warmest wishes for a very enjoyable week.<br />
fernando Pombo<br />
President, <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Conference Host Committee<br />
chair<br />
Philip Jeyaretnam SC<br />
President, Singapore Law Society<br />
•<br />
Vice-chair<br />
Lucien Wong<br />
Allen and Gledhill<br />
•<br />
Michael Hwang SC<br />
Michael Hwang<br />
Wong Meng Meng SC<br />
Wong Partnership<br />
Jimmy Yim SC<br />
Drew & Napier LLC<br />
Christopher Lau SC<br />
Alban Tay Mahtani & de Silva<br />
Leslie Chew SC<br />
Gurbani & Co<br />
Andre Yeap SC<br />
Rajah & Tann<br />
Professor Tan Cheng Han SC<br />
Dean, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore<br />
Lawrence Boo<br />
Singapore <strong>International</strong> Arbitration Centre<br />
Abdul Rashid Bin Abdul Gani<br />
KhatterWong<br />
Lee Suet Fern<br />
Stamford Law Corporation<br />
Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara<br />
Wong Partnership<br />
Lawrence Teh<br />
Rodyk & Davidson<br />
Shashi Nathan<br />
Harry Elias Partnership<br />
Swanur McGowan<br />
McGowan & Co<br />
Chandran Arul<br />
C Arul & Partners<br />
Teh Hwee Hwee<br />
Singapore Academy of Law<br />
Angeline Joyce Lee<br />
President, Singapore Corporate Counsel <strong>Association</strong><br />
David Lum Chin Weng<br />
AON, Singapore<br />
Shawn Toh<br />
Singapore Law Society<br />
messAges of Welcome
from the chair of the legal<br />
Practice Division<br />
I<br />
am so pleased you have joined<br />
us in Singapore, an international<br />
centre for trade and commerce,<br />
and a fitting place for us to gather<br />
and to discuss a wide range of hot<br />
topics across the spectrum of the<br />
legal profession.<br />
This week’s stimulating collection<br />
of sessions, which bring together<br />
the foremost experts in all fields<br />
of legal practice, are the result of much hard work by our<br />
committees and fora. The results are stunning in their quality<br />
and diversity, and there is something for practitioners in every<br />
field and jurisdiction. I want to thank the LPD’s Committee<br />
and Forum officers for their hard work throughout the year<br />
in organising these sessions and in pursuing their other<br />
projects. In particular, I encourage you to join us at the Legal<br />
Practice Division Showcase Session on Wednesday morning,<br />
at which we will discuss the importance of the rule of law<br />
to international business, as well as the public session on<br />
Tuesday morning of the Task Force I established on the<br />
extraterritorial application of the law – a subject that impacts<br />
almost every practising business lawyer. I also hope to see<br />
you at some of the many enjoyable social events throughout<br />
the week.<br />
Beyond Singapore, I urge you to become involved in<br />
the LPD committees and fora that match your practice<br />
and interests. These committees are involved in intriguing<br />
projects and in publishing newsletters that keep all their<br />
members informed of current developments worldwide.<br />
There is so much that we can accomplish when we combine<br />
our knowledge and experience, and we encourage you to<br />
become active. Please talk to me or any of the committee<br />
officers if you are interested in joining our efforts.<br />
The work of the IBA is vital in advancing the global<br />
practice of law. This conference in Singapore will itself lead<br />
to improvements and to better understanding of the law<br />
in dozens of practice areas. Thank you for joining us, and<br />
please stay involved.<br />
Enjoy the conference and the wonderful city of Singapore.<br />
I look forward to meeting you soon.<br />
David W Rivkin<br />
Chair, Legal Practice Division<br />
from the chair of the<br />
Public and Professional<br />
Interest Division<br />
Welcome to Singapore!<br />
Together with its<br />
tremendous commercial<br />
and trade connections, Singapore is a<br />
lively and exciting cultural centre<br />
which provides a wonderful context<br />
for our week here together.<br />
The Public and Professional Interest<br />
Division has put together a wide<br />
variety of sessions with prestigious<br />
and interesting speakers, and I hope to see many of you<br />
during the various sessions through the week.<br />
In particular I want to recommend to you the PPID<br />
Showcase Session, where we have assembled an exceptional<br />
panel to speak on the cultural differences that can affect<br />
your cross-border client work, including negotiation styles,<br />
multiple sets of professional rules and rule of law issues. I<br />
encourage you to attend and participate in this session<br />
which promises to be fascinating and very relevant to your<br />
work.<br />
I also want to remind you that as part of your IBA<br />
membership, you receive membership in a PPID constituent<br />
of your choice, so please use this week’s sessions to find out<br />
more about your area of interest and join its work. IBA staff<br />
at the Membership Stand will be pleased to tell you how to<br />
formally register your choice of constituent.<br />
The PPID is giving you a chance to contribute meaningfully<br />
to the development of the legal profession as we face the<br />
challenges of increased globalisation. Activities in the areas<br />
of human rights, rule of law, access to justice, pro bono, CSR<br />
etc make PPID the true heart of the IBA. I look forward to<br />
meeting you this week and discussing these issues further,<br />
and I wish you a fulfilling conference experience.<br />
ˆ<br />
martin solc<br />
Chair, Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
messAges of Welcome
committee Information<br />
legal Practice Division<br />
Antitrust and Trade Law Section 39<br />
The Antitrust and Trade Law Section is<br />
among the largest sections in the Legal<br />
Practice Division with over 1,400 members.<br />
Antitrust 40<br />
The Antitrust Committee provides an<br />
inter-national forum for the exchange of<br />
the most current thinking in the field of<br />
antitrust law.<br />
trade and customs law 41<br />
The Trade and Customs Law Committee<br />
brings together private sector and<br />
government lawyers who are active in the<br />
areas of international trade, customs and<br />
investment law.<br />
Corporate Law Section 42<br />
The Corporate Law Section has almost<br />
2,000 members from around the world.<br />
Business organisations 42<br />
The Business Organisations Committee is<br />
the principal committee covering issues<br />
relating to mergers and acquisitions. The<br />
committee reviews developments relating to<br />
corporate governance, privatisations, joint<br />
ventures, as well as multinationals to listed<br />
corporations to private family companies, to<br />
partnerships and business trusts.<br />
closely Held and growing Business<br />
enterprises 43<br />
The Closely Held and Growing Business<br />
Enterprises Committee addresses issues of<br />
ownership, management and financing of<br />
start ups, owner managed, closely held and<br />
family businesses and their legal advisers,<br />
and to organisations with ambitions for<br />
growth.<br />
Criminal Law Section 44<br />
The Criminal Law Section has over 500<br />
members from around the world and<br />
membership is steadily growing.<br />
Business crime 44<br />
The Business Crime Committee’s primary<br />
objective is to promote awareness within<br />
the business community and among<br />
transactional lawyers of the growing<br />
significance of legal compliance.<br />
criminal law 45<br />
The Criminal Law Committee provides a<br />
forum for members from many countries<br />
and criminal justice systems to meet<br />
regularly, communicate, exchange views,<br />
and monitor developments in substantive<br />
and procedural criminal law.<br />
Dispute Resolution Section 46<br />
The Dispute Resolution Section has over<br />
3,000 members from around the world.<br />
Arbitration 46<br />
The Arbitration Committee focuses on laws,<br />
practice and procedures relating to the<br />
arbitration of transnational disputes, as well<br />
as alternate dispute resolution methods.<br />
consumer litigation 47<br />
The aim of the Consumer Litigation<br />
Committee is to consider international<br />
aspects of liability and the consumer’s<br />
rights.<br />
litigation 48<br />
The Litigation Committee focuses on<br />
the legal, practical and procedural issues<br />
involved in conducting litigation. Differences<br />
and developments in individual jurisdictions<br />
are compared, including issues such as<br />
jurisdiction, choice of law, and the role of<br />
international judicial assistance in dispute<br />
resolution.<br />
mediation 49<br />
The Mediation Committee focuses on laws,<br />
practices and procedures relating to the<br />
mediation, conciliation, and negotiation<br />
of transnational disputes, as well as<br />
other alternative dispute resolution (ADR)<br />
processes.<br />
negligence and Damages 50<br />
The global travel supermarket presents<br />
new challenges and opportunities to<br />
personal injury and other litigation lawyers<br />
worldwide. The Negligence and Damages<br />
Committee has the objective of providing<br />
information from a range of jurisdictions<br />
worldwide.<br />
Energy, Environment, Natural<br />
Resources and Infrastructure Law<br />
Section (SEERIL) 50<br />
The Section on Energy, Environment,<br />
Natural Resources and Infrastructure<br />
Law (SEERIL) has a membership of 2,400<br />
lawyers in private practice, oil and mining<br />
companies, international organisations,<br />
government and academia.<br />
environment, Health<br />
and safety law 51<br />
The objective of the committee is to<br />
promote knowledge and awareness in all<br />
areas of environmental, health and safety<br />
law and related issues, as well as the<br />
interrelationships between them.<br />
<strong>International</strong> construction Projects 51<br />
This committee is for lawyers interested<br />
in construction law and in exchanging<br />
experiences from construction projects<br />
around the world, from traditional building<br />
and civil engineering contracts to stateof-the<br />
art project finance infrastructure<br />
projects.<br />
mining law 52<br />
The objective of the Mining Law Committee<br />
is to promote an interchange of information<br />
and views and to advance knowledge<br />
among individual members of the section<br />
and others as to laws, practices and<br />
procedures affecting all activities concerning<br />
minerals and mining throughout the world.<br />
oil and gas law 53<br />
The Oil and Gas Law Committee focuses on<br />
issues such as: exploration and production<br />
for all forms of hydrocarbons; onshore<br />
and offshore oil and gas; joint operating<br />
agreements and other usual contracts used<br />
by the industry; financing and insurance;<br />
comparative tax regimes; state participation<br />
and national oil companies; natural gas<br />
transportation and distribution; LNG chain;<br />
and hydrocarbons regulatory bodies and<br />
agencies.<br />
Power law 54<br />
The Power Law Committee examines<br />
electricity law and law applicable to nonmilitary<br />
uses of nuclear power, including<br />
the generation, distribution and sale of<br />
electricity; contractual and regulatory<br />
problems relating to the electricity sector,<br />
including competition law aspects;<br />
licensing and decommissioning of nuclear<br />
installations, nuclear waste management;<br />
nuclear liability; uranium exploration and<br />
mining.<br />
Water law 54<br />
The Water Law Committee looks at the<br />
following issues: quantity and quality<br />
rights in international rivers; national water<br />
allocation systems; national water quality<br />
protection systems; water resource related<br />
aspects of natural resource development;<br />
hydroelectric development; water transfers;<br />
alternative dispute resolution mechanisms;<br />
institutional issues in water resources<br />
development and distribution.<br />
Financial Services Section 55<br />
The Financial Services Section is one of<br />
the largest sections in the Legal Practice<br />
Division, comprising approximately 3,100<br />
members from 132 jurisdictions.<br />
9<br />
commIttee InfoRmAtIon legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
commIttee InfoRmAtIon legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon<br />
Banking law 55<br />
The Banking Law Committee provides a<br />
worldwide forum for banking lawyers and<br />
other legal professionals within the banking<br />
community to address all sorts of practical<br />
and legal issues arising in commercial and<br />
regulatory activities in this context.<br />
capital markets forum 56<br />
The Capital Markets Forum is a private<br />
sector initiative set up to monitor and<br />
assist in the orderly development of capital<br />
markets, while recognising the importance<br />
of the legal role in providing a framework<br />
for market forces, and in settling the<br />
parameters of fair behaviour.<br />
Insurance 57<br />
Insurance is present in every facet of<br />
commercial, industrial and private life. The<br />
committee aims to encourage the global<br />
exchange of knowledge and experience<br />
in connection with the law of insurance/<br />
reinsurance as well as industry practice and<br />
to provide opportunities for professionals<br />
working in this area of the law/industry to<br />
meet and foster relationships.<br />
Investment funds 58<br />
The Investment Funds Committee provides<br />
a forum for its members to consider current<br />
developments in the global investment<br />
funds industry, including regulatory<br />
developments, product structuring and<br />
distribution, and other issues relating to<br />
investment management.<br />
securities law 59<br />
The Securities Law Committee, in addition<br />
to looking at traditional regulatory<br />
topics dealing with the organisation and<br />
functioning of capital markets, focuses<br />
on all financing techniques including the<br />
raising of finance generally or for specific<br />
projects whether in the form of equity,<br />
convertible debt or other forms of debt,<br />
equity or hybrid instruments, as well as<br />
securities issues in the context of mergers<br />
and acquisitions and security holders‘ rights.<br />
Human Resources Section 60<br />
The Human Resources Section has over 750<br />
members from around the world.<br />
Discrimination and<br />
gender equality 60<br />
The committee focuses on discrimination<br />
and gender equality issues which arise in<br />
the profession and under the general law.<br />
employment and Industrial<br />
Relations law 61<br />
The aims of the committee are to develop<br />
and exchange knowledge of employment<br />
and industrial relations law and practice.<br />
10<br />
Immigration and nationality law 62<br />
The Immigration and Nationality Law<br />
Committee is concerned with all aspects<br />
of immigration and nationality law on a<br />
worldwide basis, including business-related<br />
immigration, family reunion policies,<br />
refugees and compassionate cases.<br />
Insolvency, Restructuring<br />
and Creditors’ Rights Section<br />
(SIRC) 63<br />
The Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors’<br />
Rights Section has over 900 members. The<br />
section is the most prominent international<br />
association of lawyers interested in<br />
insolvency and creditors’ rights law and<br />
serves as an Official Observer to the<br />
UNCITRAL Working Group on Insolvency<br />
Law, which it has assisted in developing<br />
the UNCITRAL Model Cross-Border<br />
Insolvency Law. It is currently working<br />
with the organisation to identify areas<br />
for harmonisation of domestic insolvency<br />
laws aimed at ensuring certainty and<br />
effectiveness in cross-border trade and<br />
other financial transactions.<br />
Intellectual Property,<br />
Communications and<br />
Entertainment Law Section 64<br />
With 2,400 members, the Intellectual<br />
Property, Communications and Technology<br />
Section is one of the largest sections in the<br />
Legal Practice Division.<br />
Art, cultural Institutions<br />
and Heritage law 65<br />
The Committee is concerned with all<br />
aspects of law as it relates to art, artists,<br />
and cultural heritage in the broadest<br />
context. This extends from archaeology<br />
and the protection of ancient monuments<br />
to national heritage and public and<br />
private collections to the art trade<br />
and contemporary art. ‘Art law‘ is an<br />
interdisciplinary field involving tax (individual<br />
estates and charities), commercial transactions,<br />
intellectual property in all aspects<br />
and private and public international law.<br />
communications law 65<br />
The committee focuses on communication<br />
technology, delivery mechanisms, services<br />
and equipment.<br />
Intellectual Property<br />
and entertainment law 66<br />
The purpose of the committee is to<br />
encourage contacts between intellectual<br />
property and entertainment lawyers<br />
around the globe, and also to disseminate<br />
information about new developments and<br />
topical problems in these fast-changing<br />
areas of law.<br />
media law 68<br />
The committee is dedicated to gather<br />
and disseminate, among its members<br />
and friends, knowledge in all areas<br />
of law related to the media industry.<br />
This encompasses both content and<br />
communication issues.<br />
outer space law 69<br />
The Outer Space Law Committee provides a<br />
forum for lawyers to address the increasing<br />
number of practical legal issues arising<br />
in commercial and regulatory activities<br />
in this specialised area of domestic and<br />
international law.<br />
technology law 70<br />
The committee’s primary area of interest<br />
includes any law which touches on the use<br />
of computer and internet technology in<br />
commerce, whether contentious or noncontentious,<br />
civil or criminal.<br />
<strong>International</strong> Sales,<br />
Franchising and Product Law<br />
Section 70<br />
The <strong>International</strong> Sales, Franchising and<br />
Product Law Section has over 2,300<br />
members from around the world.<br />
<strong>International</strong> franchising 71<br />
The <strong>International</strong> Franchising Committee<br />
focuses on the law and business of<br />
international franchising. Committee<br />
interests include competition law<br />
principles,cross-border sales and licensing<br />
issues, the business forms employed,<br />
and trademark and intellectual property<br />
protections required to assure franchising<br />
success.<br />
<strong>International</strong> sales 72<br />
The <strong>International</strong> Sales Committee examines<br />
legal issues fundamental to the growth and<br />
development of international commerce,<br />
including international sales contracts,<br />
agency and distribution, cross-border<br />
acquisitions, warranties and financing of<br />
international sales.<br />
Product law and Advertising 73<br />
The committee covers a broad range<br />
of topics and problems, which are of<br />
increasing importance to the international<br />
lawyer in both national and transnational<br />
work in the field of product law and<br />
advertising.<br />
Law and Individual Rights<br />
Section 73<br />
The Law and Individual Rights Section has<br />
a membership of over 750 and its main<br />
function is to coordinate the activities of the<br />
following committees:
family law 73<br />
The committee focuses on developments of<br />
international significance in all aspects<br />
of family law, including marriage, divorce,<br />
inheritance, human rights in the family,<br />
adoption, and international child abduction.<br />
Human Rights law 74<br />
The committee is concerned with all human<br />
rights matters relevant to legal practice<br />
The committee directs its attention to both<br />
national laws and to international human<br />
rights instruments and the position of<br />
lawyers themselves and the protection of<br />
the rights of others.<br />
Indigenous Peoples 74<br />
The Indigenous Peoples Committee looks at<br />
questions of development as it affects both<br />
land and people. It approaches the subject<br />
from the legal perspective of the people<br />
and the land affected rather than that<br />
of developers or proponents of projects,<br />
governments or business in general.<br />
medicine and the law 74<br />
The Medicine and the Law Committee is<br />
concerned with all aspects of medicine and<br />
law including health law on a worldwide<br />
basis.<br />
Leisure Industries Section 75<br />
The Travel and Leisure Section looks at<br />
the latest developments and changes in<br />
laws relating to various leisure pursuits.<br />
This includes sports and gaming,<br />
which demonstrates ever-increasing<br />
internationalisation of the legal issues in<br />
recent years. It also includes legal issues<br />
arising from travel, tourism and hospitality,<br />
providing a focused specialist perspective<br />
on the related fields of aviation, property,<br />
finance, maritime, intellectual property,<br />
employment, litigation, conflict of laws,<br />
consumer law, insurance and trade law.<br />
Maritime and Aviation Law<br />
Section 76<br />
The Maritime and Aviation Law Section has<br />
over 1,100 members.<br />
Aviation law 76<br />
The Aviation Law Committee is concerned<br />
with several major areas of law. Aircraft<br />
transactions and financing are always a<br />
major interest. The committee also follows<br />
developments of international law with<br />
respect to airlines in both economic and<br />
tort areas, and also focuses on competition<br />
issues related to aviation.<br />
maritime and transport law 77<br />
The committee works to increase<br />
knowledge on a worldwide basis of the<br />
most current legal issues in the field of<br />
maritime and transport law.<br />
Public Law Section 78<br />
With over 300 members in 76 countries,<br />
the Public Law Committee provides a<br />
worldwide forum where all topics of public<br />
law are discussed, focusing on furthering<br />
the debate relating to governmental policy<br />
and the implementation and regulation of<br />
administrative action, and exploring both<br />
traditional and non-traditional aspects of<br />
administrative law.<br />
Real Estate Section 79<br />
The Real Estate Law Committee represents a<br />
vast knowledge pool within its membership<br />
and works to communicate and disseminate<br />
that knowledge throughout the profession.<br />
Worldwide trends, individual jurisdictional<br />
matters and transnational developments<br />
are regularly the focus of newsletters and<br />
conference presentations.<br />
Taxation Section 79<br />
With over 1,300 members, the Taxation<br />
Section coordinates the activities of the<br />
following committees:<br />
Individual Tax and<br />
Private client 80<br />
The committee is concerned with not only<br />
what the law is but how it might develop<br />
internationally in: inheritance rights and<br />
succession rules; will making; lifetime<br />
giving; trusts; creditor claims against trusts<br />
and estates; and regulatory compliance<br />
affecting trusts.<br />
taxes 80<br />
The Taxes Committee offers its members<br />
access to the highest quality technical,<br />
practical and professional tax expertise<br />
to understand and find solutions to<br />
international tax issues and concerns,<br />
encourages interface between international<br />
tax specialists, and promotes the building<br />
of networks among tax lawyers worldwide.<br />
The committee is divided informally into<br />
four practice group areas – Income Taxes,<br />
Other Taxes, Tax Litigation and Employee<br />
Benefits.<br />
Legal Practice Division Fora 82<br />
African Regional forum 82<br />
The problems facing African lawyers are<br />
different to those affecting lawyers in other<br />
regions. To this end, the African Regional<br />
Forum was created to identify and address<br />
these problems.<br />
Arab Regional forum 82<br />
Working alongside national <strong>Bar</strong>s, this<br />
forum provides a network for lawyers who<br />
work in or have an interest in the Arab<br />
region to establish contact and exchange<br />
information. A particular focus of interest<br />
is the continuing economic importance<br />
of the region, including reconstruction<br />
and investment projects following peace<br />
initiatives.<br />
Asia Pacific forum 83<br />
In addition to offering an unrivalled<br />
opportunity to establish contact among<br />
lawyers within and outside the region, and<br />
with acknowledged experts on different<br />
areas of law, specialist forum activities<br />
provide an unparalleled opportunity to keep<br />
abreast of legal business developments in<br />
the Asia Pacific region.<br />
corporate counsel forum 83<br />
The Corporate Counsel Forum is the preeminent<br />
forum for discussion, education<br />
and spokesmanship for corporate counsel<br />
within the IBA. Through its conference<br />
sessions and publications, it looks at the<br />
most topical issues for corporate counsel<br />
in all legal fields, as the responsibilities<br />
and complexities of the role continue to<br />
increase.<br />
european forum 84<br />
The Forum was established to provide a<br />
focus for the work carried out by the IBA<br />
in Europe, as lawyers in the region develop<br />
their practice under changing legal systems.<br />
It also acts as a channel for the IBA to<br />
communicate with the local bar associations<br />
in the region.<br />
latin American forum 86<br />
The Latin American Forum covers all<br />
countries in Latin America as well<br />
as Mexico, Puerto Rico and Spanishspeaking<br />
areas of the Caribbean, and<br />
provides a focus for all activities in the<br />
region.<br />
north American forum 87<br />
The North American Forum covers Canada,<br />
Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United States, and<br />
English-speaking areas of the Caribbean.<br />
Launched at the Chicago Annual<br />
Conference in 2006, the NAF is the focus<br />
for all activities in the region.<br />
11<br />
commIttee InfoRmAtIon legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
commIttee InfoRmAtIon PuBlIc AnD PRofessIonAl InteRest DIVIsIon<br />
constituent Information<br />
Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
Academic and Professional<br />
Development 89<br />
The Academic and Professional<br />
Development Committee aims to represent<br />
the interests of law teachers (academic<br />
and professional) as well as professional<br />
developers.<br />
Anti-corruption 90<br />
The Anti-Corruption Committee focuses<br />
on the effect of new anti-corruption<br />
laws around the world. The advent of<br />
several anti-corruption conventions has<br />
brought about the enactment of new<br />
anti-corruption laws in scores of countries.<br />
Aggressive enforcement, including<br />
extraterritorial enforcement of national<br />
laws and a wide range of anti-corruption<br />
initiatives, has brought this issue to the<br />
forefront worldwide.<br />
<strong>Bar</strong> Issues commission 90<br />
The <strong>Bar</strong> Issues Commission (BIC) supports<br />
the activities and interests of the IBA’s<br />
member organisations by providing a forum<br />
for discussion on issues of common interest<br />
and, through its Policy Committee, proposes<br />
resolutions and guidelines for approval that<br />
are of relevance to member organisations.<br />
The BIC holds an annual conference in<br />
May of each year, presents programmes at<br />
annual conferences on issues of particular<br />
interest to member organisations, has<br />
resource pages on the IBA website and<br />
provides e-bulletins for its members.<br />
corporate social Responsibility 92<br />
The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)<br />
Committee identifies issues and takes steps<br />
to strengthen the understanding and<br />
adoption of CSR principles in the operation<br />
of corporations’ overall businesses. The<br />
CSR Committee recognises that today’s<br />
corporation has duties extending beyond<br />
its shareholders to its workforce, the<br />
communities that it impacts and the<br />
environment. The CSR Committee deals<br />
extensively with issues relating to human<br />
rights, diversity and corporate governance.<br />
forum for <strong>Bar</strong>risters and Advocates 93<br />
The Forum for <strong>Bar</strong>risters and Advocates<br />
represents those who practise as<br />
independent referral practitioners in<br />
jurisdictions where the legal profession is<br />
divided. It was formed by the bar leaders<br />
in these jurisdictions to give a voice within<br />
the IBA to the principles of independent<br />
advocacy. The Forum has played a particular<br />
role in addressing the importance to<br />
the rule of law of the independence of<br />
advocates and the judiciary, the need for<br />
ethical conduct and training and education.<br />
Human Rights Institute 93<br />
Established in 1995 under the honorary<br />
presidency of Nelson Mandela, the IBA’s<br />
Human Rights Institute (HRI) is a leading<br />
12<br />
voice in the promotion of the rule of law<br />
worldwide and works to promote, protect<br />
and enforce human rights under a just<br />
rule of law in a variety of ways. The HRI<br />
also liaises closely with international and<br />
regional human rights organisations and<br />
produces newsletters and other publications<br />
highlighting issues of concern to worldwide<br />
media.<br />
Judges’ forum 94<br />
The Judges’ Forum offers an opportunity<br />
for judges from all jurisdictions to meet<br />
and discuss issues that are of common and<br />
current interest to members of the judiciary.<br />
Membership of the Forum is open to judges<br />
of all levels of court and seniority, whether<br />
exercising general or special jurisdiction,<br />
and including part-time retired judges.<br />
law firm management 95<br />
The Law Firm Management Committee has<br />
something of interest and relevance to every<br />
member of the IBA. Its principal objective is<br />
to be a leading global commentator on and<br />
provider of thought-provoking, informative,<br />
practical and relevant articles, programmes,<br />
seminars and discussion forums on all<br />
aspects of law firm management for<br />
firms in private practice of all sizes. The<br />
committee seeks to provide lawyers with<br />
the practical tools that they need in order<br />
to enhance their practice, their business<br />
development skills and their management<br />
capabilities.<br />
legal Profession and<br />
World organisations 96<br />
The aim of this committee is to oversee<br />
IBA contacts with the UN and other world<br />
organisations, ensuring that the relevant<br />
IBA committees and constituents are fully<br />
informed and their inputs coordinated.<br />
Multi-Disciplinary Practices<br />
This committee is involved in the study<br />
of developments in, and the impact of,<br />
non-lawyer ownership and participation<br />
in organisations delivering services to the<br />
public. It also focuses on the provision of<br />
non-legal products and services (as well as<br />
legal services) by lawyer-owned firms.<br />
Pro Bono and Access to Justice 96<br />
During the 2006 IBA Annual Conference in<br />
Chicago, the Access to Justice Committee<br />
was reconstituted as the Pro Bono and<br />
Access to Justice Committee to emphasise<br />
the committee’s accelerated efforts to<br />
promote pro bono work by lawyers, law<br />
firms and organisations of lawyers.<br />
The constituent’s objectives are: to foster<br />
worldwide recognition that access to justice<br />
is the right of all individuals; to promote<br />
access to justice for all, with particular<br />
attention to the indigent, disadvantaged<br />
and marginalised; to strengthen a culture<br />
of pro bono work among lawyers, law firms<br />
and other organisations of lawyers; and<br />
to identify/facilitate best practices in the<br />
delivery of legal aid.<br />
Professional ethics 97<br />
Professional ethics involves an area that all<br />
lawyers must be familiar with, regardless<br />
of their field of practice. The Professional<br />
Ethics Constituent seeks to promote the<br />
high standards of professional conduct and<br />
ethics on a global basis. The committee<br />
provides a forum for all international<br />
lawyers who are interested in discussing<br />
and debating issues affecting the practice<br />
of law. In today’s world a lawyer may face<br />
conflicting duties and the application of<br />
professional standards may be far from<br />
apparent.<br />
Anti-money laundering legislation<br />
Implementation group 97<br />
The group tackles the practical difficulties<br />
for the legal profession presented by<br />
compliance with anti-money laundering<br />
legislation in Europe and the rest of the<br />
world. The group is in constant dialogue<br />
with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF),<br />
the European Commission, local regulatory<br />
bodies, bar associations and others to<br />
share information and encourage more<br />
coordination.<br />
senior lawyers 98<br />
The Senior Lawyers’ Committee is designed,<br />
as the name implies, to cater for the needs<br />
and interests of senior lawyers. It acts, not<br />
only within, but also outside the IBA to<br />
advance the interests of senior lawyers,<br />
particularly in issues of age discrimination.<br />
Women’s Interest group 98<br />
The Women’s Interest Group offers a<br />
forum for women members from Australia<br />
to Zambia to discuss topics of global<br />
significance to women practitioners.<br />
Young lawyers 98<br />
The Young Lawyers’ Committee’s primary<br />
goal is to further the interests and<br />
objectives of young lawyers around the<br />
world and within the IBA. It aims to help<br />
them establish themselves within the legal<br />
profession by promoting their professional<br />
skills.<br />
PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE<br />
ON THE RULE OF LAW<br />
The IBA President has created a Rule of<br />
Law Task Force to continue to address<br />
and guide the <strong>Association</strong> in its Rule of<br />
Law work.<br />
See pages 36-37 for information on the<br />
Rule of Law Symposium on Friday<br />
19 October, 0900 – 1700.
Daily schedule of sessions<br />
time event location Page<br />
sAtuRDAY<br />
1400 – 1730 Registration Convention Hall<br />
602, Level 6<br />
sunDAY<br />
1000 – 1800 Registration Convention Hall<br />
602, Level 6<br />
1800 – 1900 Opening ceremony Convention Hall<br />
603, Level 6<br />
1930 – 2230 Welcome party Raffles Hotel 105<br />
monDAY – fRIDAY<br />
0830 – 1730 Registration Convention Hall<br />
602, Level 6<br />
OPENING CEREMONY<br />
sunDAY 14 october<br />
1800 – 1900<br />
convention Hall 603, level 6<br />
suntec <strong>singapore</strong> <strong>International</strong> convention & exhibition centre<br />
Welcome<br />
Philip Jeyaretnam SC President, The Law Society of Singapore<br />
Speakers<br />
Fernando Pombo President, <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
David W Rivkin Chair, IBA Legal Practice ˆ<br />
Division<br />
Martin Solc Chair, IBA Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
Keynote Speaker<br />
Lee Kuan Yew Minister Mentor, Republic of Singapore<br />
Lee Kuan Yew was born in Singapore in 1923. Educated at Raffles<br />
College, then at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England, he<br />
graduated in 1949 with a double honours Law Degree.<br />
He retuned to Singapore and founded the law firm Lee & Lee.<br />
As a lawyer, he caught the public’s attention in 1952 when under<br />
his guidance, the Postal Workers Union succeeded in obtaining<br />
important concessions from the British colonial government. He<br />
helped found the People’s Action Party (PAP) two years later and<br />
went on to win the Tanjong Pagar Constituency, a working-class<br />
dock area, putting him in a position to become Prime Minister when<br />
the PAP secured a majority in 1959.<br />
During his tenure as Prime Minister, Singapore grew from an economic outpost to<br />
a modern developed economy, despite its many constraints. Mr Lee served as Prime<br />
Minister for over three decades until 1990. Since relinquishing the post, he has remained<br />
active in the political arena, currently serving as Minister Mentor.<br />
Minister Mentor Lee’s remarkable contributions go beyond Singapore. He has been<br />
honoured by many leading institutions throughout the world and has received state<br />
decorations including First Class Order of the Rising Sun, Japan; Freedom of the City of<br />
London; the Most Honourable Order of the Crown of Johore; First Class and the Most<br />
Esteemed Family Order, DK, Brunei.<br />
He is married to Kwa Geok Choo, a lawyer. They have two sons and one daughter. The<br />
eldest son, Lee Hsien Loong, is the current Prime Minister of Singapore.<br />
•<br />
The opening ceremony will be followed by the welcome party at Raffles Hotel.<br />
105<br />
Working sessions<br />
Working sessions will take place from<br />
0930–1230 and 1430–1730 at the suntec<br />
<strong>singapore</strong> <strong>International</strong> convention &<br />
exhibition centre.<br />
Please refer to the meeting room layouts on<br />
page 103<br />
Coffee and tea break times:<br />
104 – 111 and 1 0 – 1600<br />
Committee business meetings discuss future<br />
activities; members and non-members are<br />
welcome to attend.<br />
Guests are not entitled to attend working<br />
sessions, with the exception of the Cultural<br />
Issues Programme ‘The unique culture of<br />
Singapore: a view from the stage’<br />
1430 – 1730 Monday 15 October, which<br />
will take place in the Suntec Theatre.<br />
Dress code<br />
The dress code is: casual for working<br />
sessions and smart casual for social events.<br />
Social programme<br />
Full details of all conference and committee<br />
social events appear on pages 105 and 107.<br />
All functions are open to delegates and<br />
registered guests. Tickets for social events,<br />
subject to availability, may be purchased<br />
from the IBA Registration Desk.<br />
* Indicates functions open to delegates<br />
and registered guests and for which<br />
there is no charge. Admission is by<br />
conference badge unless otherwise<br />
indicated.<br />
IBA Council meeting<br />
1400 – 1800 thurday 18 october<br />
Ballroom 2<br />
The IBA Council is the governing body<br />
of the <strong>Association</strong>, having the general<br />
control of the affairs of the <strong>Association</strong><br />
and passing, as required, resolutions and<br />
guidelines for members. Those entitled<br />
to attend are the nine IBA Officers, any<br />
Honorary Life President and Honorary<br />
Life Members of the Council, any<br />
co-opted members, appointed<br />
representatives from Member<br />
Organisations and Deputy Secretaries-<br />
General.<br />
1<br />
DAIlY scHeDule of sessIons
SECTION/COMMITTEE EVENT LOCATION PAGE<br />
monDAY All day 0930 – 1730<br />
legal Practice Division<br />
Human Resources Section<br />
Employment and Industrial Relations Law Understanding Asian employment and labour law in a<br />
globalisation context: the role of Asian and non-Asian<br />
multinationals<br />
Room 202 61<br />
Maritime and Aviation Law Section<br />
Maritime and Transport Law <strong>International</strong> maritime centres – Singapore Room 305 77<br />
monDAY morning 0930 – 1230<br />
legal Practice Division<br />
Antitrust and Trade Law Section Challenging and defending subsidies – the trade law<br />
and competition law weapons<br />
Room 208 39<br />
Corporate Law Section<br />
Business Organisations Running a sale of a company through an auction Room 301 42<br />
Criminal Law Section<br />
Business Crime Business intelligence and industrial espionage:<br />
challenges and recent trends – a working group<br />
meeting<br />
Room 304 44<br />
Dispute Resolution Section The enforcement of dispute resolution clauses Room 203 46<br />
Energy, Environment Natural Resources<br />
and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL)<br />
Oil and Gas Law<br />
Water Law<br />
Who is to blame? Allocating liability in upstream project<br />
contracts<br />
Procuring water projects in Southeast Asia<br />
with particular reference to China and India<br />
Financial Services Section And the winner is . . . the 2008 Beijing Olympics:<br />
project structure, financial implications and long-term<br />
impact<br />
Intellectual Property, Communications and<br />
Technology Section<br />
<strong>International</strong> Sales, Franchising and<br />
Product Law Section<br />
Room 306<br />
Room 313<br />
53<br />
54<br />
Room 325 55<br />
Second dates: up to speed tabletalk Room 326 64<br />
Total recall Room 209 70<br />
Law and Individual Rights Section<br />
Indigenous Peoples Redressing historic wrongs through the courts Room 311 74<br />
Leisure Industries Hotel and casino development Room 303 75<br />
Maritime and Aviation Law Section<br />
Aviation Law Financing structures with particular emphasis on India<br />
and China<br />
Room 310 76<br />
Public Law Section Precautionary principle, the environment and the law Room 312 78<br />
Taxation Section Non-corporate income tax aspects of mergers and<br />
acquisitions<br />
Fora<br />
Corporate Counsel Forum<br />
Latin American Forum<br />
Extraterritorial application of laws for multinationals and<br />
corporate counsel<br />
Constraints in the financing of PPP construction projects<br />
in emerging countries<br />
Room 201 79<br />
Room 302<br />
Room 308<br />
83<br />
86<br />
1<br />
DAIlY scHeDule of sessIons
DAIlY scHeDule of sessIons<br />
SECTION/COMMITTEE EVENT LOCATION PAGE<br />
16<br />
Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
0800 – 0915<br />
<strong>Bar</strong> Issues Commission BIC welcome meeting Room 204 90<br />
0930 – 1230<br />
sHoWcAse Are lawyers aware of cultural differences and are they<br />
able to deal with them?<br />
Suntec Theatre 31<br />
Corporate Social Responsibility Law firms and CSR Room 309 92<br />
Forum for <strong>Bar</strong>risters and Advocates What is a referral bar and how does it work? Room 205 93<br />
Women Lawyers’ Interest Group Glass ceilings and compensation discrimination facing<br />
women lawyers<br />
Room 307 98<br />
Young Lawyers Young lawyers’ introductory meeting Room 320 98<br />
monDAY lunch 1230<br />
monDAY lunch 1245<br />
monDAY Afternoon 1430 – 1730<br />
Capital Markets Forum lunch Long <strong>Bar</strong><br />
Steakhouse, Raffles<br />
Hotel<br />
Cultural Issues Programme lunch for guests Pacific 1 Ballroom,<br />
Pan Pacific Hotel<br />
European Forum lunch Pearl River<br />
Restaurant<br />
North American Forum lunch Ballroom 2 105<br />
Senior Lawyers’ lunch Ballroom 1 105<br />
Women Lawyers’ lunch Ballroom 3 105<br />
Antitrust Committee lunch China Club 107<br />
general Interest Turn contacts into clients and referrers – five steps for<br />
successful rainmaking<br />
legal Practice Division<br />
Cultural Issues Programme for guests – The unique<br />
culture of Singapore: a view from the stage<br />
107<br />
107<br />
105<br />
Room 326 33<br />
Suntec Theatre 33<br />
Antitrust and Trade Law Section<br />
Antitrust <strong>International</strong> cartels and strategic leniency Room 208 40<br />
Corporate Law Section<br />
Business Organisations Burdens, duties and obligations of shareholders in<br />
public and private companies<br />
Dispute Resolution Section<br />
Arbitration<br />
Negligence and Damages<br />
Energy, Environment Natural Resources<br />
and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL)<br />
Mining Law<br />
Water Law<br />
The art of advocacy in arbitration<br />
What the East can teach the West in the context of the<br />
laws of negligence and damages<br />
Development and financing of infrastructure for mining<br />
projects<br />
Private ownership of water<br />
Room 301 42<br />
Room 201<br />
Room 308<br />
Room 205<br />
Room 313<br />
46<br />
50<br />
52<br />
54
SECTION/COMMITTEE EVENT LOCATION PAGE<br />
Financial Services Section<br />
Insurance<br />
Investment Funds<br />
Securities Law<br />
Intellectual Property, Communications and<br />
Technology Section<br />
Copyright and Entertainment Law<br />
Subcommittee<br />
Technology Law<br />
Resolving international insurance and reinsurance<br />
disputes<br />
Investment funds in Asia: issues for fund managers,<br />
sponsors and investors<br />
Consolidation of securities exchanges: moving towards<br />
a truly global securities market?<br />
Google issues – is content liability sexy again?<br />
The globalisation of bio and pharma research and<br />
development<br />
Room 307<br />
Room 325<br />
Room 306<br />
Room 203<br />
Room 303<br />
<strong>International</strong> Sales, Franchising and<br />
Product Law Section<br />
<strong>International</strong> Sales Trends in public procurement 2007 Room 209 72<br />
Real Estate Section Global impact of real estate private equity Room 310 79<br />
Taxation Section<br />
Taxes Negotiating the trade-off – handling conflicting tax<br />
interests of parties to common business transactions<br />
57<br />
58<br />
59<br />
67<br />
70<br />
Room 309 80<br />
Fora<br />
Corporate Counsel Forum How to preserve privilege and confidentiality Room 302 83<br />
1730<br />
Dispute Resolution Section<br />
Negligence and Damages Open committee business meeting Room 308 50<br />
Fora<br />
Corporate Counsel Forum<br />
Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
1400 – 1730<br />
Open forum business meeting<br />
<strong>Bar</strong> Issues Commission Tour of the Law Society of Singapore, local law firms<br />
and court visit<br />
1430 – 1730<br />
Academic and Professional Development Transnational legal practice – global qualifications v<br />
mutual recognition<br />
Law Firm Management Where to draw the line? Ethical issues that law firms<br />
may ignore at their peril<br />
Pro Bono and Access to Justice Who is doing the best international pro bono work?<br />
What models are being developed? How can they be<br />
adapted?<br />
monDAY evening 1900<br />
Room 302 84<br />
90<br />
Room 204 89<br />
Room 304 95<br />
Room 311 96<br />
Hosted Singapore Law Society reception The Legends, Fort<br />
Canning Hill<br />
105<br />
1<br />
DAIlY scHeDule of sessIons
DAIlY scHeDule of sessIons<br />
SECTION/COMMITTEE EVENT LOCATION PAGE<br />
18<br />
tuesDAY All day 0930 – 1730<br />
legal Practice Division<br />
Financial Services Section<br />
Insurance<br />
Corporate governance and the evolving directors’ and<br />
officers’ liability insurance<br />
Human Resources Section<br />
Discrimination and Gender Equality Pursuing and defending discrimination claims in the<br />
workplace<br />
Intellectual Property, Communications and<br />
Technology Section<br />
Licensing Intellectual Property and<br />
<strong>International</strong> Treaties Subcommittee<br />
tuesDAY morning<br />
Room 203 57<br />
Room 307 60<br />
Wireless distribution IP issues Room 303 67<br />
0800 – 0930 ABA Breakfast Ballroom 1 35<br />
legal Practice Division<br />
0900 – 1300<br />
Intellectual Property, Communications and<br />
Technology Law Section<br />
Outer Space Law<br />
0930 – 1230<br />
Bikinis and burkas, satellites and snoopers – what limits<br />
should the law impose on surveillance technology?<br />
Room 314 69<br />
IBA Task Force IBA Task Force on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Room 209 39<br />
Antitrust and Trade Law Section<br />
Antitrust The interface between merger control and foreign<br />
investment promotion and other industrial policy<br />
imperatives<br />
Corporate Law Section<br />
Private Equity Subcommittee Club deals: legal, ethical and practical issues when<br />
representing a private equity consortium<br />
Dispute Resolution Section<br />
Arbitration<br />
Consumer Litigation<br />
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources<br />
and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL)<br />
<strong>International</strong> Construction<br />
Projects<br />
Mining Law<br />
Financial Services Section<br />
Banking Law<br />
Capital Markets Forum<br />
Human Resources Section<br />
Employment and Industrial Relations Law<br />
Immigration and Nationality Law<br />
Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors’<br />
Rights Section (SIRC)<br />
Court support for arbitration in the Asia Pacific region<br />
Global class action judgments and settlements – dream<br />
or reality? A report of the Task Force on <strong>International</strong><br />
Procedures and Protocols for Class Actions<br />
EPC contracting in the PPP environment<br />
Influence of China and India on the mineral industry<br />
Islamic finance<br />
Recent developments regarding the law of clearing and<br />
settlement: a global perspective<br />
Understanding human resources law for non-Asian<br />
multinationals operating in Asian countries<br />
Global business immigration update<br />
The new corporate raiders: the role of hedge funds in<br />
financial restructuring<br />
Room 208 40<br />
Room 301 43<br />
Room 325<br />
Room 326<br />
Room 312<br />
Room 313<br />
Room 202<br />
Room 201<br />
Room 205<br />
Room 308<br />
46<br />
47<br />
51<br />
53<br />
55<br />
56<br />
61<br />
62<br />
Room 305 63
SECTION/COMMITTEE EVENT LOCATION PAGE<br />
Maritime and Aviation Law Section<br />
Aviation Law Mediation in aircraft accidents Room 310 76<br />
Taxation Section<br />
Taxes Limitation on benefits and other treaty and EU law<br />
attacks on structures considered abusive<br />
Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
0900 – 1030<br />
<strong>Bar</strong> Issues Commission Law firms and bar associations – friends, foes or merely<br />
acquaintances?<br />
0930 – 1230<br />
Academic and Professional Development Establishing professional development within the firm<br />
– when is it practicable and how should it be done?<br />
Law Firm Management Where have all the flowers gone? The latest strategies<br />
for attracting and retaining young lawyers<br />
1115 – 1300<br />
Room 309 80<br />
Room 306 91<br />
Room 311 89<br />
Room 304 95<br />
<strong>Bar</strong> Issues Commission The public interest work of bar associations Room 306 91<br />
1130<br />
tuesDAY lunch 1230<br />
tuesDAY Afternoon<br />
1430 – 1630<br />
Maritime and Transport Law Committee lunch excursion Mount Faber 107<br />
Asia Pacific Forum lunch Pearl River<br />
Restaurant<br />
Committees on Banking Law and Securities Law joint<br />
lunch<br />
Long <strong>Bar</strong><br />
Steakhouse, Raffles<br />
Hotel<br />
Consumer Litigation Committee lunch My Humble House 107<br />
Corporate Counsel Forum lunch Ballroom 1 105<br />
<strong>International</strong> Franchising Committee lunch Ba Xian 107<br />
Latin American Regional Forum lunch Ballroom 2 105<br />
Latin American Forum Open forum business meeting Room 314 86<br />
1430 – 1730<br />
general Interest Increase your value to current and future clients: the<br />
RAINBOW strategy<br />
105<br />
107<br />
Ballroom 3 33<br />
general Interest IBA Foundation open forum and reception Room 204 33<br />
legal Practice Division<br />
Corporate Law Section<br />
Closely Held and Growing Business<br />
Enterprises<br />
Dispute Resolution Section<br />
Arbitration<br />
Litigation<br />
Cross-border strategic alliances for closely held and<br />
growing businesses: identifying the key challenges<br />
Investment treaty arbitration workshop<br />
Strategies for companies facing patent litigation – is it<br />
possible to win?<br />
Room 301 43<br />
Room 325<br />
Room 326<br />
46<br />
48<br />
19<br />
DAIlY scHeDule of sessIons
DAIlY scHeDule of sessIons<br />
SECTION/COMMITTEE EVENT LOCATION PAGE<br />
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources<br />
and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL)<br />
<strong>International</strong> Construction<br />
Projects<br />
20<br />
Water Law<br />
Financial Services Section<br />
Investment Funds<br />
Securities Law<br />
Human Resources Section<br />
Employment and Industrial Relations Law<br />
Immigration and Nationality Law<br />
Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors’<br />
Rights Law Section (SIRC)<br />
<strong>International</strong> Sales, Franchising and<br />
Product Law Section<br />
<strong>International</strong> Sales<br />
Getting paid – the contractors’ challenge<br />
Incentive based mechanisms in the water and<br />
wastewater sectors/risk sharing in water projects:<br />
contractual versus regulatory<br />
Anatomy of a fund blow-up: what happens when<br />
things go wrong?<br />
Communication strategies in securities and M&A<br />
transactions<br />
Understanding human resources law for Asian<br />
multinationals operating in non-Asian countries<br />
Collision course? Coordination of immigration law and<br />
tax law strategies for expatriates<br />
Room 312<br />
Room 313<br />
Room 201<br />
Room 208<br />
Room 205<br />
Room 308<br />
Insolvency reform in Asia Room 305 64<br />
How to protect your distribution network around the<br />
world: dos and don’ts<br />
51<br />
55<br />
58<br />
59<br />
62<br />
62<br />
Room 209 72<br />
Law and Individual Rights Section<br />
Medicine and the Law Legal issues for cross-border patient mobility Theatre 74<br />
Maritime and Aviation Law Section<br />
Aviation Law How terrorism changes the way we fly Room 310 76<br />
Taxation Section<br />
Taxes Tax-efficient investment in China Room 309 80<br />
Fora<br />
Corporate Counsel Forum Open forum – identification of issues common to<br />
corporate counsel, including session on delicate<br />
dealings – how in-house counsel can best manage<br />
interactions with regulators<br />
1630 – 1730<br />
Room 302 84<br />
Arab Regional Forum Open forum business meeting Room 323 82<br />
Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
<strong>Bar</strong> Issues Commission Mandatory v voluntary membership of bar associations Room 306 91<br />
Human Rights Institute Trial observations: a practical approach Room 311 93<br />
Law Firm Management Strategic planning: is it an oxymoron for the smaller<br />
firm?<br />
Anti-Money Laundering Legislation<br />
Implementation Working Group<br />
Room 304 95<br />
How to money-launder – a guide for lawyers Room 202 97
SECTION/COMMITTEE EVENT LOCATION PAGE<br />
tuesDAY evening<br />
1745 Newcomers’ reception Ballroom 1 105<br />
1930 African Regional Forum dinner Cilantro 107<br />
2000<br />
2030<br />
WeDnesDAY All day 0930 – 1730<br />
legal Practice Division<br />
Business Organisations Committee dinner Long <strong>Bar</strong><br />
Steakhouse, Raffles<br />
Hotel<br />
Committees on Communications Law and Outer Space<br />
Law joint dinner<br />
Section on Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors’<br />
Rights dinner<br />
Indochine<br />
Waterfront<br />
East India rooms,<br />
Raffles Hotel<br />
Investment Funds Committee dinner Senso 107<br />
Taxation Section dinner Tower Club 107<br />
Committees on Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage<br />
Law and Media Law Joint Dinner<br />
Committees on Employment and Industrial Relations<br />
Law and Discrimination and Gender Equality Law joint<br />
dinner<br />
Committees on <strong>International</strong> Sales and Product Law and<br />
Advertising joint dinner<br />
Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee<br />
dinner<br />
Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and<br />
Infrastructure Law (SEERIL) dinner<br />
Antitrust and Trade Law Section<br />
Trade and Customs Law The changing regulatory environment in Asia:<br />
regional trade liberalisation and global implications<br />
WeDnesDAY morning 0930 – 1230<br />
legal Practice Division<br />
sHoWcAse The importance of the rule of law to international<br />
business<br />
107<br />
107<br />
107<br />
Senso 107<br />
My Humble House 107<br />
China Club 107<br />
China Club 107<br />
Ba Xian 107<br />
Room 208 41<br />
Suntec Theatre 31<br />
Corporate Law Section<br />
Current Legal Developments Subcommittee Recent developments in M&A law Room 325 43<br />
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources<br />
and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL)<br />
Environment, Health and Safety Law<br />
Mining Law<br />
Financial Services Section<br />
Banking Law<br />
Insurance<br />
Securities Law<br />
The impact of environmental aspects on real estate<br />
projects around the globe<br />
Security of tenure<br />
Legal opinions<br />
Captives<br />
Capital markets financings for private equity deals in<br />
Asia: recent trends and key issues<br />
Room 304<br />
Room 314<br />
Room 201<br />
Room 202<br />
Room 203<br />
51<br />
53<br />
56<br />
58<br />
60<br />
21<br />
DAIlY scHeDule of sessIons
DAIlY scHeDule of sessIons<br />
SECTION/COMMITTEE EVENT LOCATION PAGE<br />
22<br />
Human Resources Section<br />
Discrimination and Gender Equality<br />
Immigration and Nationality Law<br />
Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors’<br />
Rights Section (SIRC)<br />
Intellectual Property, Communications and<br />
Technology Law Section<br />
Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law<br />
Media Law<br />
Outer Space Law<br />
Technology Law<br />
Sex, age and race discrimination in law firms<br />
Fines, jail, deportation and bad publicity: immigration<br />
enforcement trends affecting employers and<br />
international employees<br />
Room 307<br />
Room 308<br />
Transnational insolvency and fraud Room 305 64<br />
Best practice in IP litigation in the courts for the<br />
resolution of local and cross-border disputes<br />
Return of human remains<br />
Gaming<br />
Consolidation in the aerospace industry: lean and mean,<br />
or weak and bleak?<br />
Technology, risk assessment and management<br />
Seminar Room 4-4<br />
(located in Block B,<br />
4th Floor, National<br />
University of<br />
Singapore<br />
Room 209<br />
Room 311<br />
Room 204<br />
Room 303<br />
Leisure Industries Section Show me the miles – loyalty programmes Room 302 75<br />
Maritime and Aviation Law Section<br />
Aviation Law<br />
Land Transport Subcommittee<br />
Aviation roundtable<br />
Transportation and storage of hazardous cargo<br />
Room 310<br />
Room 301<br />
Fora<br />
European Forum Investment incentives in the European Union Room 326 84<br />
1230 – 1330<br />
Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Open committee business meeting Room 209 65<br />
Leisure Industries Section<br />
Public and Professional Interest Division Open committee business meeting Room 302 75<br />
0930 – 1100<br />
Legal Profession and World Organisations Open committee business meeting Room 313 96<br />
0930 – 1230<br />
Academic and Professional Development The business case for professional development – is it<br />
an expense or an investment? How does it relate to<br />
marketing the firm?<br />
60<br />
62<br />
66<br />
68<br />
68<br />
69<br />
70<br />
77<br />
78<br />
Room 205 89<br />
<strong>Bar</strong> Issues Commission Running a bar association on limited funds Room 306 91<br />
Human Rights Institute <strong>International</strong> justice on trial – the first ICC case goes to<br />
court<br />
Room 312 94<br />
Young Lawyers Networking tools for the future Room 309 99<br />
WeDnesDAY lunch 1230<br />
WeDnesDAY Afternoon 1430 – 1730<br />
legal Practice Division<br />
Legal Practice Division lunch Ballroom 2 105<br />
Corporate Law Section<br />
Business Organisations Vendor’s due diligence: how does it affect law firms? Room 301 42
SECTION/COMMITTEE EVENT LOCATION PAGE<br />
Dispute Resolution Section<br />
Arbitration<br />
Litigation<br />
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources<br />
and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL)<br />
Oil and Gas Law<br />
Power Law<br />
Financial Services Section<br />
Banking Law<br />
Capital Markets Forum<br />
Private Investment Funds Subcommittee<br />
Hot topics in international commercial arbitration<br />
Can we afford the dispute resolution process?<br />
The bottom of the barrel? The prospects for refineries in<br />
Southeast Asia<br />
Renewable electricity and clean development<br />
Bank confidentiality<br />
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs): a global<br />
phenomenon<br />
Hedge and private equity funds as clients – what a nonfunds<br />
lawyer should know<br />
Human Resources Section<br />
Immigration and Nationality Law Section Immigration and work visa options in the Asia Pacific<br />
region<br />
Intellectual Property, Communications and<br />
Technology Law Section<br />
Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law<br />
Communications Law<br />
Patent Law Subcommittee<br />
Media Law<br />
Technology Law<br />
Buying art: can the risks be reduced?<br />
The mobile divide: can regulation foster progress<br />
internationally and inter-regionally?<br />
Maximising patent rights globally<br />
State intervention in the media<br />
Corporate information governance<br />
Room 325<br />
Room 314<br />
Room 312<br />
Room 313<br />
Room 203<br />
Room 202<br />
Room 201<br />
47<br />
48<br />
53<br />
54<br />
56<br />
57<br />
59<br />
Room 308 63<br />
Room 311<br />
Room 309<br />
Room 305<br />
Room 303<br />
Room 306<br />
<strong>International</strong> Sales, Franchising and<br />
Product Law Section<br />
<strong>International</strong> Franchising Competition issues in international franchising Room 209 71<br />
Law and Individual Rights Section<br />
Indigenous Peoples A case study on traditional land rights in Malaysia Room 205 74<br />
Maritime and Aviation Law Section<br />
Maritime and Transport Law Liability of maritime service providers Room 310 77<br />
Taxation Section<br />
Taxes EU tax harmonisation versus EU tax competition Room 326 81<br />
Fora<br />
European Forum Shareholders’ activism Room 307 85<br />
1500 – 1800<br />
Employment and Industrial Relations Law Open committee business meeting Room 320 62<br />
Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
Human Rights Institute<br />
sHoWcAse<br />
The many faces of corruption – efforts, challenges and<br />
opportunities for the future<br />
Law Firm Management The Asian legal market – business development models<br />
for law firms in Asia<br />
65<br />
65<br />
67<br />
69<br />
70<br />
Suntec Theatre 31<br />
Room 304 95<br />
2<br />
DAIlY scHeDule of sessIons
DAlIY scHeDule of sessIons<br />
SECTION/COMMITTEE EVENT LOCATION PAGE<br />
24<br />
WeDnesDAY evening<br />
1930 Aviation Law Committee dinner My Humble House 107<br />
Technology Law Committee dinner Ivory 107<br />
2000 Arbitration Committee dinner Grand Shanghai 107<br />
<strong>International</strong> Construction Projects Committee dinner Ivory – The Indian<br />
Kitchen<br />
Maritime and Transport Law Committee dinner Singapore Zoo 107<br />
2030 Leisure Industries Section dinner Xi Yan 107<br />
tHuRsDAY All Day 0930 – 1730<br />
0630 – 1600 IBA golf day Laguna National<br />
Golf & Country Club<br />
legal Practice Division<br />
Leisure Industries Section The Olympic Games – a legal guide to all things Olympic Room 302 75<br />
Taxation Section<br />
Taxes Current developments Room 201 81<br />
Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
0930 – 1630<br />
Professional Ethics A successful lawyer is an ethical lawyer – true or false? Room 320 97<br />
tHuRsDAY morning 0930 – 1230<br />
legal Practice Division<br />
Criminal Law Section<br />
Criminal Law Current barriers to defence lawyers’ access to potential<br />
and confirmed witnesses for the prosecution<br />
Dispute Resolution Section<br />
Arbitration<br />
Litigation<br />
Mediation<br />
Negligence and Damages<br />
Arbitration in the energy and natural resources<br />
industries<br />
Young Litigators’ Forum: case management in the<br />
electronic age – are young lawyers prepared to lead the<br />
way?<br />
Deal mediation – the use of mediation in the course of<br />
M&A transactions<br />
Partners in crime? The risks facing lawyers in today’s<br />
world<br />
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources<br />
and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL)<br />
<strong>International</strong> Construction Projects Exclusion and limitation of liability in construction<br />
contracts<br />
Financial Services Section<br />
Insurance Effective regulation in an increasingly globalised<br />
marketplace<br />
Intellectual Property, Communications and<br />
Technology Law Section<br />
Communications Law<br />
Trademark Law Subcommittee<br />
New multimedia platforms: who is riding the wave?<br />
HDTV, broadband, wireless, fixed line – issues arising<br />
from the convergence of media<br />
Measures for combating counterfeiting and piracy<br />
107<br />
105<br />
Ballroom 3 45<br />
Room 326<br />
Room 314<br />
Room 325<br />
Suntec Theatre<br />
Room 309<br />
47<br />
48<br />
49<br />
50<br />
52<br />
Room 203 58<br />
Room 303<br />
Room 305<br />
66<br />
68
SECTION/COMMITTEE EVENT LOCATION PAGE<br />
<strong>International</strong> Sales, Franchising and<br />
Product Law Section<br />
<strong>International</strong> Franchising<br />
Product Law and Advertising<br />
Law and Individual Rights Section<br />
Family Law<br />
Human Rights Law<br />
Immigration issues for franchisors that expand<br />
internationally and news from around the world<br />
Alternative methods of payment<br />
My partner or my spouse?<br />
Iraqi Higher Tribunal – the delivery of procedural<br />
fairness?<br />
Room 208<br />
Room 209<br />
Room 310<br />
Room 312<br />
Maritime and Aviation Law Section<br />
Maritime and Transport Law Piracy and crimes at sea including pollution liability Ballroom 1 78<br />
Taxation Section<br />
Individual Tax and Private Client Do you speak ‘trust’? Holding, managing and<br />
transferring family assets around the world through<br />
the use of trusts, foundations, nominees and other<br />
techniques<br />
Fora<br />
European Forum Enforcement of European judgments in Asia and Asian<br />
judgments in Europe<br />
1030 – 1230<br />
71<br />
73<br />
73<br />
74<br />
Room 202 80<br />
Room 304 85<br />
African Regional Forum Open forum business meeting Room 323 82<br />
Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
0800 – 0930<br />
Academic and Professional Development Academics’ breakfast Room 204 89<br />
Law Firm Management Managing partners’ breakfast Pearl River<br />
Restaurant<br />
0930 – 1230<br />
Academic and Professional Development Greening the tiger: balancing client profitability with<br />
environmental responsibility – the role of the legal<br />
profession<br />
96<br />
Room 306 90<br />
Anti-Corruption Global anti-corruption survey Room 308 90<br />
<strong>Bar</strong> Issues Commission BIC open forum and open policy committee meeting Room 323 92<br />
Corporate Social Responsibility The UN Norms on the responsibility of transnational<br />
corporations and other enterprises with regard to<br />
human rights<br />
Pro Bono and Access to Justice When disaster strikes – how lawyers can mobilise to<br />
restore order and preserve access to justice<br />
Young Lawyers Guidelines for setting up a national young lawyers’<br />
association<br />
1230<br />
Room 307 92<br />
Room 311 96<br />
Room 313 99<br />
Anti-Corruption Open committee business meeting Room 308 90<br />
thursday lunch<br />
1230 Human Rights Law Committee lunch Ocean 6, Pan Pacific<br />
Hotel<br />
Public and Professional Interest Division Lunch Pearl River<br />
Restaurant<br />
1245 Mediation Committee lunch Le Papillon 107<br />
107<br />
105<br />
2<br />
DAIlY scHeDule of sessIons
DAlIY scHeDule of sessIons<br />
SECTION/COMMITTEE EVENT LOCATION PAGE<br />
26<br />
1300 Litigation Committee lunch Cheng Ho III 107<br />
tHuRsDAY Afternoon 1430 – 1730<br />
legal Practice Division<br />
Antitrust and Trade Law Section<br />
Antitrust <strong>International</strong> comity in dominance cases: shall global<br />
convergence or global confusion reign?<br />
Corporate Law Section<br />
Closely Held and Growing Business<br />
Enterprises<br />
Room 203 40<br />
Venture capital and the growing company Room 305 44<br />
Criminal Law Section<br />
Criminal Law Organised crime, corruption and terrorism: all about<br />
money<br />
Dispute Resolution Section<br />
Mediation<br />
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources<br />
and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL)<br />
<strong>International</strong> Construction Projects<br />
Power Law<br />
Diversity of cultural perspectives on mediation: face<br />
saving, attitudes, relationships to courts and other<br />
considerations<br />
Latest developments in international construction<br />
Manipulation of electricity markets<br />
Room 304 45<br />
Room 325 49<br />
Room 307<br />
Room 309<br />
Human Resources Section<br />
Discrimination and Gender Equality Religious symbols in the workplace and in public places Room 306 61<br />
Intellectual Property, Communications and<br />
Technology Law Section<br />
Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Real IP in a virtual world: IP issues arising out of virtual<br />
characters and scenes in online video games<br />
<strong>International</strong> Sales, Franchising and<br />
Product Law Section<br />
<strong>International</strong> Franchising<br />
<strong>International</strong> Sales<br />
Franchising in the Pacific Rim<br />
Sex, lies and the CISG<br />
Room 303<br />
Room 208<br />
Room 209<br />
Law and Individual Rights Section<br />
Family Law The international family – mobility and diversity Room 310 73<br />
Public Law Section Theocracy, democracy and secularisation – is there any<br />
room for compromise?<br />
52<br />
54<br />
66<br />
71<br />
72<br />
Room 313 79<br />
Taxation Section<br />
Individual Tax and Private Client Estate planning for the Asian family Room 202 80<br />
Fora<br />
European Forum<br />
Latin American Forum<br />
Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
Open forum business meeting<br />
Free trade in the Pacific Rim and its impact in Latin<br />
America<br />
Room 205<br />
Room 308<br />
Human Rights Institute The internationalisation of legal education Room 314 94<br />
Judges’ Forum How adults suffer from sexual abuse as children and<br />
how drug treatment and mental health courts can help<br />
85<br />
87<br />
Room 312 94<br />
Senior Lawyers Making a new start after retiring from your firm Room 311 98<br />
Young Lawyers Strategy for a successful legal career plan – becoming a<br />
partner, going in-house, pro bono, going solo<br />
1630 – 1730<br />
Room 326 99<br />
Professional Ethics Open committee business meeting Room 320 97
DAIlY scHeDule of sessIons<br />
SECTION/COMMITTEE<br />
tHuRsDAY evening<br />
1700<br />
1745<br />
1930<br />
2230<br />
fRIDAY All Day 0900 - 1700<br />
Rule of lAW<br />
fRIDAY morning 0930 – 1230<br />
EVENT<br />
IBA football match<br />
Young Lawyers’ reception<br />
Criminal Law Section dinner<br />
Immigration and Nationality Law Committee dinner<br />
Insurance Committee dinner<br />
Young lawyers’ night out<br />
<strong>International</strong> Construction Projects Committee<br />
excursion<br />
Rule of Law Symposium<br />
LOCATION<br />
3 St Wilfrid Road<br />
Ballroom 1<br />
Li Bai<br />
Long <strong>Bar</strong><br />
Steakhouse, Raffles<br />
Hotel<br />
Poppi<br />
The Pump Room<br />
Sungei Buloh/<br />
Mandai Orchid<br />
Garden<br />
Ballroom 3<br />
PAGE<br />
105<br />
105<br />
107<br />
107<br />
107<br />
99<br />
107<br />
36<br />
general Interest Give a winning presentation Room 314 33<br />
legal Practice Division<br />
Antitrust and Trade Law Section<br />
Antitrust Criminalisation of cartels: global trends Room 325 41<br />
Corporate Law Section<br />
Business Organisations Issues in doing M&A transactions in China Room 301 43<br />
Leisure Industries Section Low cost and no frills – the emergence of low-cost<br />
carriers in Asia<br />
Room 302 76<br />
Maritime and Aviation Law Section<br />
Maritime and Transport Law Recent developments in maritime law Room 306 78<br />
Taxation Section<br />
Taxes Tax aspects of construction projects Room 307 82<br />
Fora<br />
European Forum<br />
Latin American Forum<br />
Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
Do BITs have bite?<br />
How to rationalise your distribution structure in<br />
Greater China and Latin America in a regulatory and<br />
business efficient manner<br />
Room 305<br />
Room 303<br />
Law Firm Management Law firm visits 96<br />
1900 Closing party Asian Civilisations<br />
Museum and<br />
Indochine<br />
Waterfront<br />
86<br />
87<br />
105<br />
2
Information for newcomers<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
the global voice of the legal profession<br />
Become a full IBA member today and reap the benefits of being part of<br />
the global voice of the legal profession<br />
• Enjoy access to a network of over 30,000 lawyers,<br />
judges and corporate counsel including partners<br />
from the world’s leading firms and counsel from<br />
virtually all the world’s leading corporations.<br />
• Generate new business and learn quickly who are<br />
the best firms and lawyers to do business with in the<br />
world’s key cities.<br />
• Discuss ‘hot issues’ and keep up to date on current<br />
legal issues at our wide range of conferences – earn<br />
your quota of CPD/CLE points.<br />
• Learn about key developments, new legislation<br />
and real-world issues faced each day by lawyers<br />
internationally through our series of magazines and<br />
journals. Use our huge online library of articles and<br />
informed opinion on all legal specialisations.<br />
• Have your voice heard – be part of the debate<br />
on international law reform and make your own<br />
contribution to the advance of cross-border law<br />
reform.<br />
• Show your support for rule of law and human rights<br />
around the world through the world body for your<br />
profession.<br />
• Develop your knowledge and skills, interact with<br />
different cultures and make friendships that will last<br />
a lifetime.<br />
to find out more about IBA membership please<br />
visit the IBA stand in the exhibition Area or<br />
contact the IBA membership Department at<br />
member@int-bar.org<br />
HInts AnD tIPs foR neWcomeRs<br />
Attending an IBA conference is a unique experience and for those of you who are attending for the first time,<br />
the following guide will help you get the most out of your week!<br />
• The conference programme comprises over 150<br />
working sessions so do take time to study the range<br />
of sessions taking place during the conference so<br />
you can plan the best possible way to spend your<br />
time during the week.<br />
Check the daily schedule on pages 13-27 which will<br />
help you map out your time.<br />
• Take the opportunity to step outside of your practice<br />
area and broaden your knowledge by checking out<br />
some of the sessions tackling the wider global issues<br />
affecting the profession as well as those of direct<br />
relevance to your practice area.<br />
neWcomeRs’ RecePtIon<br />
• You may find it beneficial to introduce yourself to<br />
the officers of committees you have an interest in,<br />
who will be more than happy to discuss any issues<br />
you may have about the IBA or the conference<br />
itself. Committee officers will be present at the<br />
Newcomers’ Reception.<br />
• Make sure you visit the Exhibition Area during the<br />
week where there will be 60 stands including the<br />
IBA stand where you can learn how to gain the<br />
most from IBA membership, find out about current<br />
IBA work, products and conferences and familiarise<br />
yourself with the website.<br />
Make sure you attend the Newcomers’ Reception taking place at 1745 on Tuesday 16 October, Ballroom 1,<br />
Suntec Convention Centre. Come and enjoy a drink and mingle with fellow delegates and committee officers<br />
in an informal setting. It is a great opportunity to step outside your committee background, meet others<br />
from different backgrounds and cultures and find out more about the committees, constituents and<br />
sections that make up the IBA.<br />
29<br />
InfoRmAtIon foR neWcomeRs
showcase sessions<br />
The importance of the rule of law<br />
to international business<br />
Presented by the Legal Practice Division<br />
Session Chair<br />
David W Rivkin Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, USA; Chair,<br />
Legal Practice Division<br />
This programme examines the relationship of the rule of law and<br />
economic development, specifically through foreign investment. The<br />
session will bring together general counsel of leading multinational<br />
companies, government officials, officials of multilateral institutions<br />
and leading legal and economic scholars who have studied these<br />
issues for a robust discussion. In particular, the panellists will focus<br />
on the problems faced by international businesses when countries<br />
abandon the rule of law and the economic impact of the rule of law<br />
or its absence. For example, do companies leave or decide not to<br />
invest in countries that do not provide an effective legal regime?<br />
The programme will also consider the effectiveness of various<br />
international protection mechanisms such as bilateral and<br />
multilateral investment treaties that provide for arbitration of<br />
disputes between investors and host nations. The effectiveness of<br />
efforts by multilateral institutions like the World Bank will also be<br />
considered. Panellists will also discuss whether foreign investors can<br />
act as institution builders and thereby contribute to the development<br />
of the rule of law through legal and judicial reform in their host<br />
countries. The programme will focus on the experience of countries<br />
in Asia, as well as the rest of the world.<br />
Speakers<br />
The Honourable Chao Hick Tin Attorney-General of Singapore<br />
The Honourable Guo Jian’an Director-General, Department of<br />
Judicial Assistance and Foreign Affairs, Beijing, China<br />
Lord Peter Goldsmith QC former Attorney General of the United<br />
Kingdom, London, England<br />
Bernard R Hanotiau Hanotiau & van den Berg, Brussels, Belgium<br />
Johnnie W Hoffman Assistant Chief Attorney, ExxonMobil, Houston,<br />
Texas, USA<br />
Simone Lahorgue Nunes General Counsel, TV Globo, Rio de Janeiro,<br />
Brazil<br />
Kate O’Leary Senior Counsel for Litigation and Legal Policy, General<br />
Electric Corporation, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA<br />
Rich Sauer Microsoft Corporation, Singapore<br />
Vidhi Tambiah Associate Director, World Economic Forum, Lausanne,<br />
Switzerland<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
theatre, suntec convention centre<br />
Are lawyers aware of cultural<br />
differences and are they able to<br />
deal with them?<br />
Presented by the Public and Professional Interest<br />
Division<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Wong Meng Meng ˆ SC ˆ WongPartnership, ˆ<br />
Singapore<br />
Martin Solc Kocián Solc Balastíc, Prague, Czech Republic; Chair,<br />
Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
In the globalised economy, lawyers work on transactions involving<br />
many jurisdictions. They have to cope with a variety of legal<br />
systems and traditions, often operating in countries whose<br />
governments show little respect for the rule of law and for those<br />
who promote it, negotiate with counterparts used to different<br />
traditions of negotiating and practice temporarily under several<br />
sets of professional rules. Are those who are supposed to give<br />
guidance to their clients, even when operating abroad, always<br />
able to understand the pitfalls related to the cultural differences?<br />
Using mainly examples from Asia, the panellists will focus on key<br />
challenges facing international business lawyers when doing a crossborder<br />
deal.<br />
Speakers<br />
Justice Anthony M Kennedy Associate Justice, The Supreme Court<br />
of the United States, Washington DC, USA<br />
The Honourable Chan Sek Keong Chief Justice of Singapore,<br />
Singapore<br />
Eduardo Ramos-Goméz Former Mexican Ambassador to Singapore;<br />
Duane Morris LLP, Singapore<br />
Simon Tay Director, Singapore institute of <strong>International</strong> Affairs (SIIA),<br />
Singapore<br />
Professor Zhang Yuejiao Professor of Law, Shantou University,<br />
Shantou, China<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
theatre, suntec convention centre<br />
The many faces of corruption<br />
– efforts, challenges and<br />
opportunities for the future<br />
Presented by the Human Rights Institute<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Ambassador Emilio J Cárdenas Former Permanent Representative to<br />
the United Nations for Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina;<br />
Co-Chair, Human Rights Institute<br />
Homer Moyer Miller & Chevalier, Washington DC, USA; Chair, Anti-<br />
Corruption Committee<br />
The face of corruption can take many forms. Despite significant<br />
international advances in the field, the recent Oil for Food Enquiry<br />
has illustrated that corruption occurs in both developed and<br />
developing countries alike.<br />
From extortion in the awarding of public contracts to the many<br />
and contrasting challenges faced by Eastern and Western European<br />
countries in the EU accession process, speakers will analyse<br />
the distinct problems that exist in different social and political<br />
frameworks across the globe. Questions for consideration include:<br />
the complexities of addressing judicial corruption; the effectiveness<br />
of international instruments such as the UN Convention Against<br />
Corruption and the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of<br />
Foreign Public Officials in <strong>International</strong> Business Transactions; and<br />
the implementation of national anti-corruption strategies on the<br />
ground. The session will highlight some of the key developments<br />
in the global struggle against corruption and will use various case<br />
studies to identify obstacles and opportunities for future progress.<br />
Speakers<br />
Timothy L Dickinson Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP,<br />
Washington DC, USA<br />
Daniel Fung Former Solicitor General, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Justice Richard J Goldstone Past Justice of the Constitutional Court<br />
of South Africa, Morningside, South Africa; Co-Chair, Human<br />
Rights Institute<br />
Assya Kavrakova European Policies and Civic Participation<br />
Programme, Open Society Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria<br />
Angela Keller-Herzog Transparency <strong>International</strong>, Germany<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
theatre, suntec convention centre<br />
1<br />
sHoWcAse sessIons
general Interest<br />
Developing your practice<br />
Pippa Blakemore BSc PGCE, of The PEP Partnership LLP, will be<br />
leading three separate sessions on ways in which your practice can<br />
be developed.<br />
turn contacts into clients and referrers – five<br />
steps for successful rainmaking<br />
This session will help you to:<br />
• follow-up contacts efficiently and effectively;<br />
• expand your practice;<br />
• develop referrers and intermediaries;<br />
• remember people’s names and help others to remember yours;<br />
• learn some opening lines for a conversation;<br />
• read other people’s body language and control your own;<br />
• find reasons to keep in touch in different ways;<br />
• overcome your own resistance to following-up initial contacts;<br />
• develop and strengthen relationships – even with no work;<br />
• talk about fees without embarrassment;<br />
• conduct sales meetings with confidence; and<br />
• win new work.<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 326, suntec convention centre<br />
Increase your value to current and future clients:<br />
the RAInBoW strategy<br />
Your clients can be your greatest ambassadors and sources of new<br />
work. We will develop strategies to:<br />
• increase the quality and quantity of work from your clients;<br />
• meet client expectations;<br />
• provide ‘added value’;<br />
• anticipate and prevent problems;<br />
• deal with difficult clients;<br />
• handle complaints productively;<br />
• handle difficult fee discussions;<br />
• cross-sell between your firm and the client;<br />
• prepare a client relationship management strategy and plan; and<br />
• implement your client relationship strategy.<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Ballroom 3, suntec convention centre<br />
give a winning presentation<br />
By the end of this session, you will have given a presentation, in<br />
which you know how to:<br />
• win and keep the audience’s attention for a wide range of<br />
audiences;<br />
• make a complex legal lecture interesting to all;<br />
• deliver a winning pitch presentation;<br />
• keep to time;<br />
• project your voice effectively;<br />
• use your body language powerfully;<br />
• be impressive in your personal appearance;<br />
• handle awkward people and answer difficult questions;<br />
• increase your confidence and overcome your nerves; and<br />
• use your notes and visual aids effectively.<br />
0930 – 1230 fRIDAY<br />
Room 314, suntec convention centre<br />
IBA foundation<br />
The IBA Foundation is committed to supporting the rule of law<br />
by grants and providing other assistance to a wide range of<br />
educational and other projects.<br />
open forum and reception<br />
Following its annual meeting, the Foundation’s trustees invite all<br />
conference attendees to a special open forum to:<br />
• learn about the work of the Foundation;<br />
• hear from some of our grant recipients;<br />
• share your thoughts about specific needs or projects of which<br />
you are aware, and any area of expertise you may be able to<br />
contribute to the Foundation’s activities; and<br />
• tell us about other organisations with which you are<br />
associated, and opportunities for collaboration.<br />
After the open forum, please join the trustees for coffee with<br />
the IBA leadership.<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 204, suntec convention centre<br />
cultural Issues Programme<br />
the unique culture of <strong>singapore</strong>: a view from<br />
the stage<br />
The session is most generously sponsored by the Singapore Law<br />
Firm Rodyk & Davidson LLP.<br />
Live on stage: a dramatic survey of the fascinating and unique<br />
cultural changes that Singapore as a city-state has undergone<br />
since independence, presented through diverse material drawn<br />
from the multilingual, intercultural and eclectic world of the<br />
Singapore Theatre.<br />
The session will be created and run by T ‘Sasi’ Sasitharan,<br />
for more than 30 years a distinguished actor/performer and<br />
producer in the local theatre scene. Over the last ten years his<br />
active participation in Singapore culture includes the National<br />
Arts Council, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore <strong>International</strong><br />
Foundation and National Book Development Council. Sasi is the<br />
co-founder and director of the Theatre Training and Research<br />
Programme, a division of Practice, one of the oldest and most<br />
reputable theatre and dance companies in Singapore. Sasi has<br />
taught philosophy and is also a journalist.<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
theatre, suntec convention centre<br />
Those who will be attending the Cultural Issues Session are<br />
warmly invited to attend the Guest’s Lunch being held prior to<br />
the session.<br />
Tickets £28.00 in advance from the IBA Registration Desk.<br />
1230 monDAY<br />
geneRAl InteRest
Scholarship Programme – Singapore 2007<br />
The following conference scholarships have been awarded by the<br />
Sections of the Legal Practice Division to lawyers under the age of<br />
35, enabling them to attend this conference:<br />
Antirust and trade law<br />
Selby Segoptše Mampuru Pretoria, South Africa<br />
criminal law<br />
Salanieta Tudrau Tamanikaiwaimaro Suva, Fiji Islands<br />
corporate law<br />
Eugene Ochieng Nyamunga Nairobi, Kenya<br />
Dispute Resolution<br />
Soo Hyun Lim Seoul, South Korea<br />
Amie Joof-Conteh Banjul, The Gambia<br />
energy, environment, natural Resources<br />
and Infrastructure law<br />
Gonzalo Oliva Beltran Buenos Aires, Argentina<br />
Human Resources<br />
Esine Okudzeto Accra, Ghana<br />
Intellectual Property communications and technology<br />
Mary Mayiladumpara Chennai, India<br />
Alejandro Alterwain Montevideo, Uruguay<br />
<strong>International</strong> sales, franchising and Product law<br />
Javier Canosa Buenos Aires, Argentina<br />
Mariana Estrade Montevideo, Uruguay<br />
law and Individual Rights<br />
Alexander Giudice Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia<br />
leisure Industries<br />
Gabrielle Patrick <strong>Bar</strong>ataria, Trinidad<br />
maritime and Aviation law<br />
Shashank Agrawal Mumbai, India<br />
Public law<br />
Salman Haq Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<br />
Real estate law<br />
Samuel Whitley Houston, Texas, USA<br />
taxation<br />
Shreya Rao Mumbai, India<br />
<strong>Bar</strong>bara Emma Pizzoni Milan, Italy<br />
AmeRIcAn BAR AssocIAtIon<br />
8th Annual American <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong> complimentary Welcome Breakfast –<br />
global challenges to the rule of law<br />
Please join the top leaders of the American <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
(ABA) and its Section of <strong>International</strong> Law (‘ABA <strong>International</strong>’)<br />
who will discuss the ABA’s action plan to respond to rule<br />
of law challenges worldwide, including protection of the<br />
independence of the judiciary and the profession, protection of<br />
the attorney–client privilege, right to counsel and civil liberties,<br />
efforts to eradicate corruption, enhance economic development<br />
and establish dispute settlement mechanisms to encourage<br />
foreign investment, and efforts to establish norms for corporate<br />
IBA Fellows 2007<br />
Upon successful completion of five <strong>International</strong> Practice Diploma<br />
modules within seven years, participants earn the designation of<br />
IBA Fellow in <strong>International</strong> Legal Practice. This includes:<br />
• Two years’ free membership of the IBA<br />
• One free committee in each of the Legal Practice and the Public<br />
and Professional Interest Divisions as well as membership of a<br />
regional forum of their choice<br />
• Waiver of Annual Conference registration to attend Awards<br />
Ceremony at the IBA Council Meeting<br />
We are delighted to announce that 21 participants were awarded<br />
a Fellowship this year. They are:<br />
January 2007 may 2007<br />
Mr Fahad Al-Zumai (England) Mr Fahad M Al-Majid (England)<br />
Ms Cara Atha<br />
Mr Frank J Caramuru<br />
(Hong Kong SAR)<br />
(Brazil)<br />
Mr Dariusz Bierylo<br />
Ms Maria L Farrapeira<br />
(Poland)<br />
(Argentina)<br />
Mr Ahmed Dahiru Modibbo Mr Alan Foster<br />
(England)<br />
(England)<br />
Mr Sachin Datta<br />
Mr Maung Maung Win<br />
(India)<br />
(Myanmar)<br />
Mr Aminu Diko (Nigeria) Miss Rashda Rana (Australia)<br />
Ms June Edvenson (Norway) Dr Thomas Zwissler (Germany)<br />
Mr Peter Gloushkov<br />
Ms Cecile Vautier (Switzerland)<br />
(Russian Federation)<br />
Mr Anthony P La Ronde<br />
(Guyana)<br />
Ms Angelique Mercier<br />
(Austria)<br />
Mrs Akunna Nwagha<br />
(Nigeria)<br />
Mr Lance A Terry (England)<br />
Mr Adebowale Olufeko<br />
(England)<br />
The IBA and the College of Law congratulates the Fellows and<br />
welcomes them to the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong> and to<br />
Singapore.<br />
We look forward to many more Fellowships being awarded in the<br />
future and the continuing success of the <strong>International</strong> Practice<br />
Diploma Programme.<br />
social responsibility. The breakfast will feature leading experts,<br />
in-house counsel and practitioners who will discuss the issues<br />
globally, but with a special focus on Asia. The discussion will<br />
also address how these issues affect our profession and your<br />
practice.<br />
0800 – 0930 tuesDAY<br />
Ballroom 1, suntec convention centre<br />
geneRAl InteRest
Rule of lAW sYmPosIum<br />
Rule of law symposium<br />
0900 – 1700<br />
Friday 19 October<br />
6<br />
suntec Ballroom 3, suntec convention centre<br />
Rule of Law Symposium<br />
A sYmPosIum building on the experience of the<br />
successful symposium held in chicago in 2006.<br />
Building the rule of law across the world is an<br />
important and vital commitment for the worldwide<br />
legal profession. The IBA’s mission is to strengthen<br />
this commitment and lead the way forward in<br />
helping our members to formulate concrete plans<br />
for action in their respective countries as well as<br />
internationally. To reinforce this commitment, for<br />
the first time in the IBA’s history an entire day will be<br />
devoted to discussing the essential nature of the rule<br />
of law.<br />
This unique day represents a natural progression<br />
from the Rule of Law Resolution passed by the IBA<br />
Council on 26 September 2005 (see page 37 for full<br />
text) to the subsequent global campaign to increase<br />
momentum for the worldwide recognition and<br />
acceptance of the rule of law; and the continuous<br />
work of the IBA in fostering a more just world.<br />
The symposium will ensure that every participant<br />
leaves the conference:<br />
• more committed to building the rule of law than<br />
he/she was at the outset;<br />
• with a concrete plan as to how he/she can fulfil<br />
that commitment; and<br />
• with a clear understanding of the Asian perspective<br />
on the rule of law.<br />
Issues to be addressed include:<br />
• the meaning and importance of the rule of law;<br />
• social and economic development and the rule of<br />
law;<br />
• the post-colonial experience in Asia; and<br />
• what can/should be the contribution to building<br />
the rule of law of:<br />
• individual lawyers;<br />
• corporations;<br />
• law firms;<br />
• bar associations and law societies; and<br />
• the IBA.<br />
The symposium will be interactive and in the<br />
afternoon will include breakout sessions allowing<br />
every participant to contribute to the discussions.<br />
The intended themes for the breakout sessions<br />
which will draw on information shared at earlier<br />
relevant sessions in the week are:<br />
• access to justice in developing jurisdictions;<br />
• corruption;<br />
• corporate responsibility;<br />
• cross-border pro bono legal assistance;<br />
• freedom of expression;<br />
• extreme situations; and<br />
• independence of the judiciary and the legal<br />
profession.<br />
Session Chair<br />
Francis W Neate Kirkland & Ellis <strong>International</strong> LLP,<br />
London, England; Chair, IBA Presidential Taskforce<br />
on the Rule of Law and Immediate Past President,<br />
IBA<br />
Speakers<br />
Professor S Jayakumar Deputy Prime Minister,<br />
Coordinating Minister for National Security and<br />
Minister for Law, Singapore<br />
Professor Tommy Koh Ambassador-at-Large,<br />
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore; Chairman,<br />
Institute of Policy Studies, National Heritage Board<br />
and Chinese Heritage Centre, Singapore<br />
Judge Hisashi Owada Judge, <strong>International</strong> Court<br />
of Justice, The Hague, the Netherlands; Senior<br />
Adviser to the President of the World Bank<br />
Justice Albie Sachs Judge, Constitutional Court of<br />
South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa<br />
Ambiga Sreenevasan President, <strong>Bar</strong> Council of<br />
Malaysia<br />
Sylvia Lim Swee Lian Chairman, The Workers’ Party<br />
of Singapore, Singapore
sPeAkeR PRofIles<br />
Professor s Jayakumar<br />
Professor Jayakumar’s distinguished career has included holding<br />
the following offices: Singapore’s Ambassador (Permanent<br />
Representative) to the United Nations, High Commissioner to<br />
Canada, Minister for Labour, Minister for Home Affairs and<br />
Minister for Foreign Affairs when he served twice as President of<br />
the United Nations Security Council.<br />
Professor tommy koh<br />
Professor Koh has been Dean of the Faculty of Law of the<br />
University of Singapore. He served twice as Singapore’s Permanent<br />
Representative to the United Nations and later was Singapore’s<br />
Ambassador to the United States of America. He was the founding<br />
Executive Director of the Asia–Europe Foundation and Singapore’s<br />
Chief Negotiator for the US–Singapore Free Trade Agreement.<br />
Judge Hisashi owada<br />
A former Japanese diplomat, Judge Owada also serves as President<br />
of the Japan Institute of <strong>International</strong> Affairs and adviser to the<br />
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Formerly he was Japanese<br />
Ambassador to the OECD, Vice-Minister at the Ministry of Foreign<br />
Affairs and Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations. Currently<br />
Professor of <strong>International</strong> Law and Organization at Waseda<br />
University, Judge Owada has also served as law professor at<br />
numerous renowned universities.<br />
The <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong> (IBA), the global voice of the<br />
legal profession, deplores the increasing erosion around the<br />
world of the rule of law. The IBA welcomes recent decisions of<br />
courts in some countries that reiterate the principles underlying<br />
the rule of law. These decisions reflect the fundamental role of<br />
an independent judiciary and legal profession in upholding these<br />
principles. The IBA also welcomes and supports the efforts of its<br />
member bar associations to draw attention and seek adherence<br />
to these principles.<br />
An independent, impartial judiciary; the presumption of<br />
innocence; the right to a fair and public trial without undue<br />
delay; a rational and proportionate approach to punishment;<br />
a strong and independent legal profession; strict protection of<br />
Justice Albie sachs<br />
A renowned human rights and anti-apartheid activist, Justice<br />
Sachs was forced into exile in 1966 where he spent 22 years<br />
teaching law in England and Mozambique. In 1988 he lost an<br />
arm and sight of an eye due to a bomb placed in his car by<br />
South African security agents. Justice Sachs helped draft the<br />
ANC’s Code of Conduct and as a member of the Constitutional<br />
Committee and the National Executive of the ANC, he played an<br />
active role in the negotiations that led to South Africa becoming a<br />
constitutional democracy.<br />
sylvia lim swee lian<br />
Sylvia Lim is Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Singapore. Ms Lim<br />
was gazetted a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament after<br />
the General Elections in 2006. Currently she is also a law lecturer<br />
at Temasek Polytechnic where her main teaching areas are civil<br />
and criminal procedure, criminal justice and private security. After<br />
being called to the Singapore <strong>Bar</strong> in 1991, Ms Lim served for<br />
three years as a Police Inspector in the Singapore Police Force. She<br />
returned to practise law and for four years was active in civil and<br />
criminal litigation.<br />
Ambiga sreenevasan<br />
Ambiga Sreenevasan has been active in intellectual property<br />
litigation for over 15 years and has been involved in some very<br />
high-profile cases. In March 2007 Ms Sreenevasan was elected<br />
Chairman of the Malaysian <strong>Bar</strong> Council.<br />
the Rule of law Resolution<br />
confidential communications between lawyer and client; equality<br />
of all before the law; these are all fundamental principles of the<br />
rule of law. Accordingly, arbitrary arrests; secret trials; indefinite<br />
detention without trial; cruel or degrading treatment or<br />
punishment; intimidation or corruption in the electoral process,<br />
are all unacceptable.<br />
The rule of law is the foundation of a civilised society. It<br />
establishes a transparent process accessible and equal to all. It<br />
ensures adherence to principles that both liberate and protect.<br />
The IBA calls upon all countries to respect these fundamental<br />
principles. It also calls upon its members to speak out in support<br />
of the rule of law within their respective communities.<br />
Passed by the IBA Council on 26 September 2005, Prague<br />
Rule of lAW sYmPosIum
Working sessions<br />
legal Practice Division<br />
IBA Task Force on Extraterritorial<br />
Jurisdiction<br />
David W Rivkin Debevoise and Plimpton LLP, New York, USA; Chair,<br />
Legal Practice Division<br />
Task Force Co-Chairs<br />
Michael Greene A & L Goodbody, Dublin, Ireland; Assistant<br />
Treasurer, Legal Practice Division<br />
Claus von Wobeser Von Wobeser y Sierra SC, Mexico City, Mexico<br />
In October 2006, the Legal Practice Division established the IBA<br />
Task Force on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, which has embarked on a<br />
two-year project to produce a White Paper and recommendations<br />
on extraterritorial jurisdiction in a number of areas. The Task Force is<br />
focusing on extraterritorial jurisdiction in the context of:<br />
• competition – antitrust;<br />
• bribery and corruption;<br />
• tort law;<br />
• criminal law;<br />
• securities law; and<br />
• insolvency law.<br />
There has been a steady increase in states exercising extraterritorial<br />
jurisdiction but little abatement of the controversies surrounding<br />
such exercises. Exercises of extraterritorial jurisdiction involve a<br />
fundamental dilemma. On the one hand, every state has the right to<br />
regulate its own public order, so it is entitled to legislate for persons<br />
and conduct occurring within its territory. This principle is considered<br />
to be a corollary of state sovereignty. On the other hand, however,<br />
states are permitted to legislate over certain persons and conduct<br />
occurring outside their borders. When this happens, the same<br />
conduct may be regulated by two or more states.<br />
Extraterritoriality thus raises two important questions:<br />
(1) When should a state be able to regulate persons or conduct<br />
occurring outside its territory?<br />
(2) How should overlaps or conflicts of jurisdiction between two or<br />
more states be resolved?<br />
The task force is focusing on both issues. In addition to laying out the<br />
principles governing extraterritoriality, the White Paper will provide<br />
recommendations for governments, courts, international organisations<br />
and businesses on methods for minimising costs and conflicts associated<br />
with extraterritorial exercises of jurisdiction. These recommendations<br />
may include increasing governmental cooperation through the adoption<br />
of international standards or principles of mutual recognition, as well<br />
as promoting recourse to judicial doctrines such as comity, forum non<br />
conveniens and exhaustion of local remedies. The Task Force may<br />
consider legislative changes for various countries’ statutes.<br />
At this session, the subcommittees focusing on the relevant areas<br />
will report their progress to date and feedback will be sought from the<br />
audience.<br />
Task Force Rapporteur<br />
Anthea Roberts Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, London, England<br />
Panellists<br />
Milos <strong>Bar</strong>utciski Bennett Jones, Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br />
Christopher Keith Hall Amnesty <strong>International</strong>, London, England<br />
Alistair Graham White & Case LLP, London, England<br />
Johnnie Hoffman Assistant Chief Attorney, ExxonMobil Corporation,<br />
Houston, Texas, USA<br />
Michael Kramer Pestalozzi Lachenal Patry, Zurich, Switzerland<br />
Lucinda Low Steptoe & Johnson, Washington DC, USA<br />
Lucy Martinez Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, New York, USA<br />
Selinda A Melnik Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, Wilmington,<br />
USA; Council Member; Legal Practice Division<br />
Hewitt Pate Hunton & Williams LLP, Washington DC, USA<br />
Michael Polonsky Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP , London, England<br />
Honourable Stephen Raslavich United States Bankruptcy Judge for<br />
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA<br />
Michael J Reynolds (Immediate Past Chair, Legal Practice Division) /<br />
Antonio Bavasso Allen & Overy LLP, Brussels, Belgium<br />
Marc Reysen Howrey LLP, Brussels, Belgium<br />
Roy Schondorf Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, USA<br />
David P Stewart US Department of State, Washington DC, USA<br />
Meg Tahyar Davis Polk & Wardwell, Paris, France; Co-Chair,<br />
Securities Law<br />
Jaap Willeumier Stibbe N.V., Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Council<br />
Member; Legal Practice Division<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 209, suntec convention centre<br />
Antitrust and Trade Law Section<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Michael J Reynolds Allen & Overy LLP, Brussels, Belgium<br />
challenging and defending subsidies – the trade law<br />
and competition law weapons<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Scott Andersen Sidley Austin LLP, Geneva, Switzerland; Senior Vice-<br />
Chair, Trade and Customs Law<br />
Neil Campbell McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP, Toronto, Ontario,<br />
Canada; Vice-Chair, Antitrust<br />
Government subsidies for agricultural and industrial products have<br />
the potential to distort markets and competition. Non-subsidised<br />
firms and their governments are increasingly turning to WTO as well<br />
as domestic trade law remedies to attack these forms of government<br />
support. In addition, domestic competition laws provide competition<br />
agencies and private parties with the ability to challenge state aid in<br />
some jurisdictions.<br />
This panel will compare the strengths and limitations of using WTO<br />
processes, domestic trade remedy regimes and domestic competition<br />
laws to address government subsidies. The panel will draw upon<br />
experienced trade and competition law practitioners<br />
as well as economists and government officials to explore:<br />
• how relevant geographic and economic markets are defined;<br />
• the legal and economic standards for determining whether<br />
subsidies are trade-distorting or anti-competitive;<br />
• comparative jurisdictional and legal complexity of the different<br />
types of challenges; and<br />
• the efficacy and limitations of available remedies as well as the<br />
time and process for obtaining them.<br />
Speakers<br />
Youngjin Jung Yulchon, Seoul, South Korea<br />
Mitsuo Matsushita Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Tokyo, Japan<br />
Janusz A Ordover Competition Policy Associates Inc, New Canaan,<br />
Connecticut, USA<br />
Marcelo Procópio Calliari Tozzini Freire Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil<br />
Michael J Schüette Howrey LLP, Brussels, Belgium; Advisory Board<br />
Member, European Forum<br />
A Paul Victor Dewey Ballantine LLP, New York, USA<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 208, suntec convention centre<br />
9<br />
WoRkIng sessIons legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
Antitrust<br />
Chair<br />
Bruno Ciuffetelli Hogan & Hartson LLP, Caracas, Venezuela<br />
A luncH will be held for committee members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
<strong>International</strong> cartels and strategic leniency<br />
40<br />
1245 monDAY<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Cani Fernández Cuatrecasas, Madrid, Spain; Secretary, Antitrust<br />
José Augusto Regazzini Tozzini Freire Teixeira e Silva Advogados,<br />
São Paulo, Brazil; Publications Officer, Antitrust<br />
Competition authorities all over the world state more and<br />
more often that leniency constitutes the most effective weapon<br />
in the fight against cartels. At the same time, international<br />
cartels are becoming more common and are spreading their<br />
tentacles worldwide. The real challenges for practitioners today<br />
include: determining and coordinating leniency applications in a<br />
multijurisdictional environment; dealing with different authorities<br />
and procedures; and trying to avoid leaving behind tracks that could<br />
be used against their clients in damages actions.<br />
Keynote speaker<br />
Kazuhiko Takeshima Japan Fair Trade Commission, Tokyo, Japan<br />
Speakers<br />
Sir Christopher Bellamy QC Linklaters, London, England<br />
Steve Harris Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Georgia, USA<br />
Thomas Mueller WilmerHale, Washington DC, USA<br />
Carolyn Oddie Allens Arthur Robinson, Sydney, New South Wales,<br />
Australia<br />
Michel Ponsard UGCC & Associés, Paris, France<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 208, suntec convention centre<br />
the interface between merger control and foreign<br />
investment promotion and other industrial policy<br />
imperatives<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Ronan Harty Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, USA; Senior Vice-<br />
Chair, Antitrust<br />
Pieter Steyn Werksmans, Johannesburg, South Africa; Newsletter<br />
Editor, Antitrust<br />
This session will examine the interface between merger control and<br />
foreign investment review regimes and other industrial and public<br />
policy imperatives. Merger control policy forms a crucial part of a<br />
state’s overall industrial policy but may impact on or even conflict<br />
with other industrial, regulatory and public interest policies. A panel<br />
of experts will explore the tensions between merger control and<br />
other such policies and discuss whether a merger that raises antitrust<br />
concerns may be justified on other policy grounds.<br />
Speakers<br />
William Kovacic Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC, USA<br />
Gavin Robert Linklaters LLP, London, England<br />
Daren Shiau Allen & Gledhill LLP, Singapore<br />
Daniel Swanson Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles,<br />
California, USA<br />
Jun Wei Hogan & Hartson LLP, Beijing, China<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 208, suntec convention centre<br />
How to protect your distribution network around the<br />
world: dos and don’ts<br />
Joint session with <strong>International</strong> Sales. See page 72 for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 209, suntec convention centre<br />
<strong>International</strong> comity in dominance cases: shall global<br />
convergence or global confusion reign?<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Andrea Appella VP & Associate General Counsel, London, England;<br />
Website Coordinator, Antitrust<br />
Greg McCurdy Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington, USA;<br />
Vice-Chair, Antitrust<br />
Businesses are becoming ever more global and competition law<br />
regimes have recently been established in many new jurisdictions.<br />
Those two factors have focused attention on how international<br />
comity should operate in the application of competition laws,<br />
especially in cases involving the unilateral conduct of dominant firms.<br />
This panel of international experts will examine the challenges that<br />
arise when the same conduct is scrutinised in multiple jurisdictions.<br />
The panel will discuss ways to promote greater convergence, more<br />
effective coordination and sound multijurisdictional enforcement of<br />
laws governing unilateral conduct.<br />
Speakers<br />
Nicholas Banasevic European Commission, DG Competition,<br />
Brussels, Belgium<br />
Tim Cowen BT Global Services, London, England<br />
Karl Hennessee Airbus SA, Toulouse, France<br />
Niamh McCarthy British Airways Plc, Waterside, England<br />
R Hewitt Pate Hunton & Williams LLP, Washington DC, USA<br />
Foo Tuat Yien Competition Commission of Singapore, Singapore<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 203, suntec convention centre
criminalisation of cartels: global trends<br />
Joint session with Business Crime.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Michael O’Kane Peters & Peters, London, England; Membership<br />
Officer, Business Crime<br />
Dave Poddar Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sydney, New South Wales,<br />
Australia; Publications and Working Group Coordinator, Antitrust<br />
In recent years, cartel activity has become criminalised across many<br />
jurisdictions in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific, raising<br />
many new and challenging issues for corporate clients and their<br />
competition law and business crime advisers.<br />
This session will examine many of these issues in detail such<br />
as leniency/immunity programmes from a criminal perspective,<br />
corporate/individual tension, cross-border cooperation, penalties<br />
and the interaction between civil/criminal processes. A unique and<br />
comparative insight into the government approach to these issues in<br />
the United States and Australia will be provided to contrast with the<br />
view of senior corporate counsel in Europe and Japan.<br />
The session will also analyse how certain antitrust enforcement<br />
regimes have operated in practice, what lessons have been learned<br />
and what challenges lie ahead from both an agency and a corporate<br />
perspective.<br />
Speakers<br />
Paul Binder US Department of Justice, Washington DC, USA<br />
Thomas Janssens Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Brussels, Belgium<br />
Mark Pearson Australian Competition & Consumer Commission,<br />
Dickson, Australian Capital Territory, Australia<br />
John Pheasant Hogan & Hartson LLP, London, England<br />
Christof Swaak Stibbe, Amsterdam, the Netherlands<br />
Kimitoshi Yabuki Yabuki Law Offices, Tokyo, Japan; Vice-Chair, Asia<br />
Pacific Forum; Publications Officer, Antitrust<br />
Trade and Customs Law<br />
Chair<br />
Dan Horovitz HD & Co, Brussels, Belgium<br />
0930 – 1230 fRIDAY<br />
Room 325, suntec convention centre<br />
the changing regulatory environment in Asia: regional<br />
trade liberalisation and global implications<br />
Session Chair<br />
Dan Horovitz<br />
With a booming economy and an ever-growing number of regional<br />
integration schemes in the greater China region, the South East and<br />
beyond, the Asian continent is going through a major regulatory<br />
revolution.<br />
The day’s programme will include presentations and active<br />
participation from the floor to review the theory and practice of<br />
regional trade in the global trading context.<br />
The keynote speech will review the pros and cons of the growing<br />
proliferation of FTAs and other regional trade arrangements,<br />
especially as they affect the working of the MFN principle that is<br />
central to the WTO-based multilateral trading system.<br />
The day’s panels will then look more closely into:<br />
• The practice of regional integration and the impact on global<br />
trade, as assessed in relation to experiences gained in the<br />
Greater China Region, Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan and the<br />
African continent. New WTO initiatives to accommodate such<br />
recent realities with WTO disciplines will also be discussed in this<br />
framework.<br />
• The actual working of regional integration, with special attention<br />
to regional dispute settlement.<br />
• The implementation of trade remedies and customs related<br />
principles in a regional scheme.<br />
• The extension of regional rules to the new area of investments.<br />
Speakers<br />
James Bacchus Greenberg Traurig, Washington DC, USA<br />
Leora Blumberg Heller Ehrman LLP, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Eric Emerson Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington DC, USA<br />
Dan Horovitz<br />
Youngjin Jung Yulchon, Seoul, South Korea<br />
Kazumochi Kometan Nishimura & Asahi, Tokyo, Japan<br />
Brendan McGiverm White & Case <strong>International</strong> Trade, (Geneva),<br />
Switzerland<br />
Edmond W Sim Hunton & Williams LLP, Singapore<br />
Clifford Sosnow Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Ottawa, Ontario,<br />
Canada<br />
0930 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 208, suntec convention centre<br />
measures for combating counterfeiting and piracy<br />
Joint session with Trademark Law. See page 68 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 305, suntec convention centre<br />
free trade in the Pacific Rim and its impact in latin<br />
America<br />
Joint session with the Latin American Forum. See page 87 for<br />
details.<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 308, suntec convention centre<br />
41<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
42<br />
Corporate Law Section<br />
Council Liaison Officers<br />
Michael Greene A & L Goodbody, Dublin, Ireland; Assistant<br />
Treasurer, Legal Practice Division<br />
Jaime Carey Carey y Cía, Santiago, Chile<br />
Business Organisations<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Felix R Ehrat Bär & Karrer, Zurich, Switzerland<br />
Andrew Wigfall Nabarro, London, England<br />
Running a sale of a company through an auction<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Per Berglöf Delphi & Co, Stockholm, Sweden; Vice-Chair, Business<br />
Organisations<br />
Oliver Triebold Schellenberg Wittmer, Zurich, Switzerland; Treasurer,<br />
Business Organisations<br />
In most jurisdictions, the sale of a company in an auction procedure<br />
has in the last few years been an increasingly well-appreciated<br />
form of sale in order to achieve the best sales price. This session<br />
will examine the auction procedure: the practicalities in properly<br />
arranging and documenting an auction, as well as certain legal<br />
aspects in relation to an auction. The session will in particular focus<br />
on:<br />
• preparation of the auction process, in particular vendor’s due<br />
diligence;<br />
• non-disclosure agreements;<br />
• bid instructions;<br />
• data room set-up (physical and virtual);<br />
• bidders’ due diligence;<br />
• share purchase agreement – vendor’s draft – especially vendor’s<br />
representations and warranties;<br />
• closing the auction procedure;<br />
• issues relating to the liability of the vendor’s advisers; and<br />
• equal treatment of bidders.<br />
Speakers<br />
Paul Cronheim De Brauw Westbroek Blackstone, Amsterdam, the<br />
Netherlands<br />
Christian Felderer Converium Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland<br />
Caroline Goodall Herbert Smith LLP, London, England<br />
Andrew Lim Allen & Gledhill LLP, Singapore; Secretary, Current Legal<br />
Developments Subcommittee<br />
Robin Panovka Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, New York, USA<br />
Alex Yang Morgan Stanley Private Equity, Hong Kong SAR<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 301, suntec convention centre<br />
Burdens, duties and obligations of shareholders in<br />
public and private companies<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Felix R Ehrat<br />
Sergio Sánchez Solé Garrigues, <strong>Bar</strong>celona, Spain; Vice-Secretary,<br />
Business Organisations<br />
In many jurisdictions, it is commonly believed that the rights and<br />
obligations of shareholders are limited to voting rights derived<br />
from their shareholding and the directly related financial rights and<br />
obligations directly related thereto. There is, however, a whole set of<br />
ancillary burdens, duties, obligations and rights that might have an<br />
impact on shareholders, such as those arising out of:<br />
• the relationship with the board of directors and management;<br />
• duties of care and loyalty;<br />
• information rights and obligations; and<br />
• regulatory obligations (antitrust, financial services authorities, etc).<br />
This interactive session will examine the matters that put<br />
shareholders into a potentially complex net of relationships with the<br />
company, its board of directors, management, regulatory authorities<br />
and third parties. A panel of representatives of a variety of legal<br />
systems will examine important issues and highlight the major<br />
differences between various jurisdictions.<br />
Speakers<br />
Jacques Buhart Herbert Smith LLP, Paris, France; Counsillor Emeriti,<br />
Legal Practice Division<br />
Carl B Cheng Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Shanghai, China<br />
Nicolás Piaggio Guyer & Regules, Montevideo, Uruguay<br />
Chief Justice Myron T Steele Delaware Supreme Court, Dover,<br />
Delaware, USA<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 301, suntec convention centre<br />
A DInneR will be held for committee members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details<br />
1930 tuesDAY<br />
Vendor’s due diligence: how does it affect law firms?<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Gisèle Rosselle White & Case, Brussels, Belgium; Vice-Chair, Business<br />
Organisations<br />
Andrew Wigfall<br />
The session will consider the impact for law firms of the increasing<br />
trend in some jurisdictions for the use of vendor due diligence reports.<br />
These reports raise serious issues for law firms, which are asked to<br />
produce such reports in relation to their clients, and challenges for the<br />
recipients of the reports. In addition to discussing the prevalence of<br />
such reports and the merits and limitations of them, the session will<br />
look at issues of conflict of interest, obligations of confidence and the<br />
level of liability to the addressees of the report. This will be viewed<br />
from the point of view of counsel to the seller, counsel to a trade<br />
or financial buyer and counsel to a provider of finance. We will also<br />
receive comments from a member of the accountancy profession and<br />
a provider of insurance to M&A transactions.<br />
Speakers<br />
Philip Boeckman Cravath, London, England; Senior Vice-Chair,<br />
Securities Law<br />
Rachel Eng WongPartnership, Singapore<br />
Teresa Jones Aon Limited, London, England<br />
Alberto Lasheras-Shine Estudio Beccar Varela, Buenos Aires,<br />
Argentina; Vice-Chair, Business Organisations<br />
Giles Murphy Smith & Williamson, London, England<br />
Charles Penney Addleshaw Goddard, London, England<br />
shareholders’ activism<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 301, suntec convention centre<br />
Joint session with the European Forum. See page 85 for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 307, suntec convention centre
Deal mediation – the use of mediation in the course of<br />
m&A transactions<br />
Joint session with Mediation. See page 49 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 325, suntec convention centre<br />
Issues in doing m&A transactions in china<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
John Williamson-Noble Gilbert + Tobin, Sydney, New South Wales,<br />
Australia; Senior Vice-Chair, Business Organisations<br />
Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara WongPartnership, Singapore<br />
This session will consider legal, practical and other issues arising in<br />
M&A transactions in China, both from the perspective of the buyers<br />
and the sellers.<br />
Speakers<br />
Ong Chao Choon PricewaterhouseCoopers, Singapore<br />
Filip Moerman Cleary Gottlieb, Beijing, China<br />
Stephen Nelson King & Wood LLP, Beijing, China<br />
Joseph Stevens Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore<br />
Melissa Thomas Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Shanghai, China<br />
Walker Wallace O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Shanghai, China<br />
0930 – 1230 fRIDAY<br />
Room 301, suntec convention centre<br />
Current Legal Developments<br />
Chair<br />
Ezra Davids Bowman Gilfillan Inc, Johannesburg, South Africa<br />
Recent developments in m&A law<br />
Session Chair<br />
Ezra Davids<br />
The session will consider recent changes in M&A law and practice<br />
throughout a number of jurisdictions.<br />
Speakers<br />
Dimitry Afanasiev Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, Moscow,<br />
Russian Federation<br />
Willem Calkoen NautaDutilh, Rotterdam, the Netherlands<br />
Kevin Cron Deneys Reitz, Johannesburg, South Africa<br />
Ewen Crouch Allens Arthur Robinson, Sydney, New South Wales,<br />
Australia<br />
Michael DeSombre Sullivan & Cromwell, Hong Kong SAR<br />
George Goulding Slaughter and May, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Pablo Iacabelli Carey y Cía, Santiago, Chile<br />
Christopher Koh Allen & Gledhill LLP, Singapore<br />
Jan Meyers Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Brussels, Belgium<br />
Bai Tao Jun He Law Offices, Beijing, China<br />
Paul White A & L Goodbody, Dublin, Ireland; Secretary, Business<br />
Organisations<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 325, suntec convention centre<br />
Private Equity<br />
Chair<br />
Stuart Mills Leighton Properties, Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA<br />
club deals: legal, ethical and practical issues when<br />
representing a private equity consortium<br />
Session Chair<br />
Stuart Mills<br />
A distinguished group of private equity lawyers representing<br />
multiple jurisdictions will discuss the peculiar issues arising from<br />
client participation in leveraged buyouts backed by multiple private<br />
equity sponsors, particularly in the international context. Specific<br />
data regarding the increased use of private equity consortia will be<br />
presented. Panel members will present their views on several critical<br />
issues relating to club deals, including:<br />
• the ethical obligations of counsel serving in various capacities:<br />
counsel to the consortia with respect to the acquisition and<br />
financing; counsel to individual consortium members; counsel to<br />
the vendor; counsel to the banks; counsel to the target;<br />
• practical issues associated with organising a consortium;<br />
• market terms for consortium equity documents (board<br />
representation, liquidity events, etc); and<br />
• antitrust/competition issues.<br />
With the assistance of the audience, the panel will attempt to<br />
identify commonality and conflicts in practice from one jurisdiction<br />
to the next.<br />
Speakers<br />
David Eich Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Ellisa Habbart The Delaware Counsel Group, Wilmington, Delaware,<br />
USA; Vice-Chair, Private Equity Subcommittee<br />
Christian Hoedl Uría Menéndez, Madrid, Spain; Secretary, Private<br />
Equity Subcommittee<br />
Jeremy Hunt Allen & Overy LLP, London, England; Vice-Chair, Private<br />
Equity Subcommittee<br />
Braddon Jolley Freehills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 301, suntec convention centre<br />
Closely Held and Growing<br />
Business Enterprises<br />
Chair<br />
David O’Donnell Mason Hayes + Curran, Dublin, Ireland<br />
cross-border strategic alliances for closely held and<br />
growing businesses: identifying the key challenges<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Christopher Owen Manches LLP, London, England; Secretary, Closely<br />
Held and Growing Business Enterprises<br />
Amir Singh Pasrich <strong>International</strong> Law Affiliates, New Delhi, India;<br />
Vice-Chair, Asia Pacific Forum<br />
Closely held and growing businesses have greater opportunities than<br />
ever before to build cross-border strategic alliances, whether by way<br />
of joint venture or other forms of collaboration. Access to overseas<br />
markets, outsourcing or research and development needs are some<br />
of the drivers for these alliances.<br />
Taking a highly interactive approach, the session will explore<br />
the key issues involved in establishing and maintaining a strategic<br />
alliance and maximising its effectiveness. Our panel of speakers<br />
includes experienced legal practitioners from India, Southeast Asia,<br />
Eastern Europe and Mexico as well as representatives from the Asian<br />
4<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
business community. The session will look in particular at:<br />
• identifying potential partners and due diligence;<br />
• structuring the deal;<br />
• cultural barriers in the negotiation process;<br />
• maintaining and developing the relationship;<br />
• breakdowns and deadlock; and<br />
• exiting.<br />
Through the use of a case study and breakout groups, the session<br />
will look at those common factors that help and those that hinder<br />
the development of a successful strategic alliance.<br />
Speakers<br />
Luis Fernando González Nieves Torre Mural, Mexico City, Mexico<br />
Thomas Kaiser-Stockmann Mannheimer Swartling, Berlin, Germany<br />
Satpal Khattar Khatter Holdings, Singapore<br />
Valerie Ong Rodyk & Davidson LLP, Singapore<br />
44<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 301, suntec convention centre<br />
Venture capital and the growing company<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Robert Falvey Minter Ellison Rudd Watt, Auckland, New Zealand;<br />
Publications Officer, Closely Held and Growing Business<br />
Enterprises<br />
Alberto Navarro G Breuer, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Vice-Chair,<br />
Closely Held and Growing Business Enterprises<br />
This session will examine the private capital markets with a particular<br />
emphasis on venture capital and growing companies. The following<br />
issues will be addressed:<br />
• the life cycle of equity investment, from the seed and start-up<br />
capital to early and later expansion stages and beyond;<br />
• the role of business angels, venture capital funds and other<br />
investors in growing companies;<br />
• government and other public regulatory intervention in venture<br />
capital, including publicly-backed investment schemes;<br />
• development of exit strategies for entrepreneurs and venture<br />
capitalists;<br />
• key terms and processes for seed and venture capital investment;<br />
and<br />
• the role of legal advisers.<br />
The session aims to provide an up-to-date review of developments<br />
within the industry for the advisers of growing companies and those<br />
who fund them.<br />
Speakers<br />
Chris Ashworth O’Melveny & Myers LLP, London, England<br />
Stephan H Coonrad K & L Gates, Seattle, Washington, USA; Vice-<br />
Chair, North American Regional Forum<br />
Horacio Bernardes Neto Xavier Bernardes Bragança, São Paulo;<br />
Council Member, Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
Douglas J Powrie Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver, British Columbia,<br />
Canada<br />
Philip Chan Consultant, Singapore<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 305, suntec convention centre<br />
Criminal Law Section<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Charles Henri de Pardieu De Pardieu Brocas Maffei, Paris, France<br />
A DInneR will be held for section members and guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
Business Crime<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Roberto Pisano Studio Legale Pisano, Milan, Italy<br />
Peter Binning Corker Binning, London, England<br />
1930 tHuRsDAY<br />
Business intelligence and industrial espionage:<br />
challenges and recent trends – a working group<br />
meeting<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Charles-Henri de Pardieu<br />
Stéphane Bonifassi Lebray & Associés, Paris, France<br />
Industrial espionage has become a significant part of contemporary<br />
business practice affecting a large number of people and companies<br />
on a cross-border scale. The Business Crime Committee has formed<br />
a working group to analyse the role of the legal community facing<br />
this issue. The session will cover:<br />
• recent challenges and trends posed by industrial espionage and<br />
business intelligence in today’s world;<br />
• what role lawyers should play to protect their clients both before<br />
and after they are targets of espionage;<br />
• what is allowed and what is not when it comes to business<br />
intelligence;<br />
• what type of practices are used by corporations and firms to<br />
safeguard their IP assets and/or confidential information and deal<br />
with the threat of espionage;<br />
• what the limits of private investigations are;<br />
• who the most frequent violators of trade secrets and confidential<br />
information are, their most-used strategies and how to prevent<br />
them; and<br />
• whether the sanctions currently in place are effective in countering<br />
industrial espionage.<br />
This roundtable discussion is open to all those who are interested<br />
in the subject, as well as those who are willing to contribute to the<br />
working group and possibly participate in a survey concerning the<br />
present legislation in their respective jurisdictions and its impact in an<br />
international environment.<br />
Speakers<br />
Martin Kenney Martin Kenny & Co Solicitors, Tortola, Virgin Islands<br />
Louise Delahunty Simmons & Simmons, London, England<br />
Ho Wah Lee KPMG, Singapore<br />
Jasmine Teo SembCorp Industries Ltd, Singapore<br />
Valentina Zoghbi <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, London, England<br />
gaming<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 304, suntec convention centre<br />
Joint session with Media Law. See page 68 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 311, suntec convention centre
transnational insolvency and fraud<br />
Joint session with Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights.<br />
See page 64 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 305, suntec convention centre<br />
Partners in crime? the risks facing lawyers in today’s<br />
world<br />
Joint session with Negligence and Damages. See page 50 for<br />
details.<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
theatre, suntec convention centre<br />
criminalisation of cartels: global trends<br />
Joint session with Antitrust. See page 41 for details.<br />
Criminal Law<br />
Chair<br />
Marie Dyhrberg Auckland, New Zealand<br />
0930 – 1230 fRIDAY<br />
Room 325, suntec convention centre<br />
the olympic games – a legal guide to all things<br />
olympic<br />
Joint session with Leisure Industries. See page 75 for details.<br />
0930 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 302, suntec convention centre<br />
current barriers to defence lawyers’ access to potential<br />
and confirmed witnesses for the prosecution<br />
Session Chair<br />
Dan Conaway Conaway & Strickler PC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;<br />
Treasurer, Criminal Law<br />
In countries across the world, ‘anti-terrorism’ legislation has been<br />
enacted by national governments as a reaction to 9/11. These ‘antiterrorism’<br />
laws generally work by restricting or denying access to<br />
information or people critical to an accused person’s proper defence,<br />
or by eliminating rights to due process. How are defence lawyers<br />
supposed to properly represent their clients and successfully defend<br />
them when they cannot gain access to critical evidence in the<br />
possession and control of the government? Our panel will discuss<br />
the problems these restrictions create for defence lawyers seeking<br />
access to prosecution discovery and witnesses.<br />
Nowhere does the clash between our most cherished<br />
constitutional freedoms and our desire to be kept safe from<br />
terrorism come into greater conflict than with rules governing<br />
discovery in criminal cases. In the United States, the USA Patriot Act<br />
was passed easily and with little legislative discussion after 9/11, and<br />
in many other nations similar laws were passed as well. Now, almost<br />
six years later, join speakers from different parts of the globe as we<br />
discuss the practical effects anti-terrorism statutes have had on the<br />
rules governing criminal discovery. Have nations established a new<br />
means of balancing the individual’s need for access to discovery<br />
with the ever urgent need for public safety? Or have we abandoned<br />
our civil liberties – the guarantee of effective counsel – by letting<br />
prosecutors use anti-terrorism legislation as a tool for gutting<br />
criminal discovery rules across the globe?<br />
Speakers<br />
Peter Binning<br />
Marie Dyhrberg<br />
Ken MacDonald QC Crown Prosecution Service, London, England<br />
William R Mitchelson Jr Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, USA<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Ballroom 3, suntec convention centre<br />
Iraqi Higher tribunal – the delivery of procedural<br />
fairness?<br />
Joint session with Human Rights Law. See page 74 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 312, suntec convention centre<br />
organised crime, corruption and terrorism: all about<br />
money<br />
Joint session with Anti-Corruption.<br />
Session Chair<br />
Luz Nagle Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, Florida, USA;<br />
Vice-Chair, Criminal Law<br />
Where there is corruption, organised crime moves in with drugs,<br />
weapons and human trafficking. This session will examine the<br />
transnational links with organised crime and terrorism, how<br />
institutionalised corruption in both the public and private sectors<br />
affects the rule of law and the delivery of justice in civil society, and<br />
how lawless states are fertile ground for terrorism and organised<br />
crime.<br />
The session will also address the impact corrupt officials within<br />
transnational corporations have had on weak and failing nation<br />
states and how foreign corrupt practices contribute to environmental<br />
degradation, internal armed conflicts and endemic political<br />
instability.<br />
Speakers<br />
Peter Binning<br />
Roberto Durrieu Jr Estudio Durrieu Abogados, Buenos Aires,<br />
Argentina<br />
Josie Fernandez Transparency <strong>International</strong> Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur,<br />
Malaysia<br />
Linda A Malone William and Mary Law School, Williamsburg,<br />
Virginia, USA<br />
Bolaji Owasanoye Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies,<br />
Lagos, Nigeria<br />
Monty Raphael Peters and Peters, London, England<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 304, suntec convention centre<br />
4<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
46<br />
Dispute Resolution Section<br />
Council Liaison Officers<br />
Henri Alvarez Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver, British<br />
Columbia, Canada<br />
Nicola Mumford Wragge & Co LLP, London, England<br />
the enforcement of dispute resolution clauses<br />
Session Chair<br />
Michael Hales Nabarro, London, England; Chair, <strong>International</strong><br />
Litigation Conventions and Laws Subcommittee<br />
At the time they are drafted, dispute resolution clauses usually<br />
receive little attention. Someone simply decides that it would be<br />
a good idea to refer to arbitration or mediation or to a particular<br />
forum, without having much sense of the implications. This joint<br />
programme by the constituent committees of the Dispute Resolution<br />
Section will focus on the interpretation of these clauses, exploring<br />
their pitfalls and strengths. <strong>International</strong> experts will examine<br />
techniques to attack and defend dispute resolution clauses. Topics<br />
will include:<br />
• the recognition and enforcement of dispute resolution clauses in<br />
favour of ‘unfair’ jurisdictions;<br />
• the enforcement of med-arb clauses; and<br />
• the availability and use of anti-suit injunctions in arbitrations.<br />
Speakers<br />
Teresa Cheng SC Des Voeux Chambers, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Siegfried Elsing Hölters & Elsing, Düsseldorf, Germany; Chair,<br />
Mediation<br />
Philipp Habegger Walder Wyss & Partners, Zurich, Switzerland; Vice-<br />
Chair, Arbitration<br />
David Joseph QC Essex Court Chambers, London, England<br />
Stefan Rützel Gleiss Lutz, Frankfurt am Main, Germany<br />
John M Townsend Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, Washington DC,<br />
USA<br />
Janet Walker Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto,<br />
Ontario, Canada<br />
Arbitration<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 203, suntec convention centre<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Audley Sheppard Clifford Chance LLP, London, England<br />
Sally Harpole Sally Harpole & Co, Hong Kong SAR<br />
the art of advocacy in arbitration<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Pierre Bienvenu Ogilvy Renault LLP, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;<br />
Senior Vice-Chair, Arbitration<br />
Christian Camboulive Gide Loyrette Nouel, Paris, France; Vice-Chair,<br />
Arbitration<br />
The session will consider the extent to which advocacy styles differ<br />
around the world and what constitutes effective advocacy in<br />
international arbitration. This will include looking at both written<br />
and oral advocacy techniques, and how best to manage and present<br />
large quantities of documents or a technically complex case, and<br />
how to deal with a difficult witness. We will provide an update on<br />
the use of the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in <strong>International</strong><br />
Commercial Arbitration, and will also consider the ethical rules that<br />
are applicable to advocates in an international context.<br />
Speakers<br />
R Doak Bishop King & Spalding LLP, Houston, Texas, USA<br />
Mark Friedman Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, London, England;<br />
Publications and Newsletter Editor, Arbitration<br />
Teresa Giovannini Lalive, Geneva, Switzerland<br />
Hilary Heilbron QC Brick Court Chambers, London, England<br />
Stephen Richard Jagusch Allen & Overy LLP, London, England<br />
Philip Jeyaretnam SC Rodyk & Davidson LLP, Singapore<br />
Charles Kaplan Herbert Smith LLP, Paris, France<br />
Richard H Kreindler Shearman & Sterling LLP, Frankfurt am Main,<br />
Germany<br />
Christopher Lau SC Alban Tay Mahtani & de Silva, Singapore<br />
Finn Madsen Vinge Lawyers, Malmö, Sweden<br />
Charles Manzoni Des Voeux Chambers, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Ilya Nikiforov Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, St Petersburg,<br />
Russia; Secretary, Arbitration<br />
Colin Y C Ong Gadong Properties Centre, Jalan Gadong, Brunei<br />
Indranee Rajah Drew & Napier LLC, Singapore<br />
Kim M Rooney White & Case LLP, Hong Kong SAR<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 201, suntec convention centre<br />
court support for arbitration in the Asia Pacific region<br />
Joint session with the Asia Pacific Forum.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Michael J Moser O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Hong Kong SAR; Vice-<br />
Chair, Arbitration<br />
Hiroyuki Tezuka Nishimura & Asahi, Tokyo, Japan; Vice-Chair,<br />
Arbitration<br />
Michael Hwang SC Singapore<br />
The session will review the support for arbitration by courts in<br />
the Asia Pacific region, positive and negative. We will consider<br />
the support and interference by courts at different stages of an<br />
arbitration, including upholding agreements to arbitrate and staying<br />
litigation, interim measures, challenges to arbitrators, obtaining<br />
evidence, applications to set aside awards and enforcing awards.<br />
Speakers<br />
Dominique Brown-Berset Lalive, Geneva, Switzerland<br />
Alastair Henderson Herbert Smith (Thailand) Ltd, Bangkok, Thailand<br />
Kap-You Kim Bae Kim & Lee LLC, Seoul, South Korea<br />
Karen Mills KarimSyah Law Firm, Jakarta, Indonesia<br />
Custodio Parlade Parlade Hildawa Parlade & Eco, Manila, Philippines<br />
Vinayak P Pradhan Skrine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<br />
Ariel Ye King & Wood, Beijing, China<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 325, suntec convention centre<br />
Investment treaty arbitration workshop<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Kaj Hobér Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm, Sweden; Chair,<br />
Investment Treaty Arbitration Subcommittee<br />
Abby Cohen Smutny White & Case LLP, Washington DC, USA<br />
The session will look at the current issues in investment treaty<br />
arbitration including a review of recent awards, economic necessity<br />
as a defence, the scope of MFN clauses, transparency of proceedings<br />
and confidentiality of awards and changes in the ICSID Rules.<br />
Speakers<br />
Yulia Andreeva Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, USA<br />
John Gaffney Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP,<br />
London, England<br />
Andrés Jana Alvarez Hinzpeter Jana and Valle, Santiago, Chile<br />
Jean Kalicki Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington DC, USA<br />
Devashish Krishan Baker Botts LLP, London, England
James Loftis Vinson & Elkins LLP, London, England<br />
Mahnaz Malik IISD, Karachi, Pakistan/London, England<br />
Uche Onwuamaegbu ICSID, Washington DC, USA<br />
Domenico Di Pietro Chiomenti, Rome, Italy<br />
Christopher Thomas QC Thomas & Partners, Vancouver, British<br />
Columbia, Canada<br />
Stephan Schill New York University School of Law, New York, USA<br />
Professor Sornarajah National University of Singapore, Singapore<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 325, suntec convention centre<br />
Hot topics in international commercial arbitration<br />
Joint session with the Inter-Pacific <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong> (IPBA) and the<br />
Corporate Counsel Forum.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Judith Gill Allen & Overy LLP, London, England; Chair, Recognition<br />
and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Subcommittee<br />
Jose Rosell Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, Paris, France; Programme<br />
Coordinator, IPBA<br />
This session will consider notable developments in international<br />
arbitration over the past year and current issues of interest and<br />
concern to arbitration practitioners and corporate counsel.<br />
Speakers<br />
Cecil Abraham Cecil Abraham Arbitration Chambers, Kuala Lumpur,<br />
Malaysia<br />
Hew Dundas Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, England<br />
Andrew Foyle One Essex Court, London, England<br />
Doug Jones Clayton Utz, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />
David Kreider Vodafone New Zealand Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand<br />
Josefa Sicard-Mirabel <strong>International</strong> Chamber of Commerce, New<br />
York, USA<br />
Loukas Mistelis Queen Mary University of London, London, England<br />
Essam Al Tamimi Al Tamimi & Company, Dubai, United Arab Emirates<br />
Jingzhou Tao DLA Piper UK LLP, Beijing, China<br />
Christopher To Hong Kong <strong>International</strong> Arbitration Centre, Hong<br />
Kong SAR<br />
Alvin Yeo SC WongPartnership, Singapore<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 325, suntec convention centre<br />
A DInneR will be held for committee members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
2000 WeDnesDAY<br />
Arbitration in the energy and natural resources<br />
industries<br />
Joint session with the Section on Energy, Environment, Natural<br />
Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL) and the Latin American<br />
Forum.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Mark Baker Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Houston, Texas, USA; Vice-<br />
Chair, Arbitration<br />
Hunt Talmage Chandler and Thong-Ek, Bangkok, Thailand; Vice-<br />
Chair, Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and<br />
Infrastructure Law (SEERIL)<br />
Guido Tawil M & M Bomchil, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Vice-Chair,<br />
Arbitration; Senior Vice-Chair, Latin American Forum<br />
The session will consider the use of arbitration to resolve disputes<br />
in the energy industry. Speakers will address current procedural and<br />
substantive issues of importance, including a review of the Energy<br />
Charter Treaty, protection to energy and mining projects afforded<br />
by BITs, resolution of inter-state disputes over boundaries or water<br />
rights and current contentious issues in the oil and gas industry.<br />
Speakers<br />
Graham Coop Energy Charter Secretariat, Brussels, Belgium<br />
Mark McNeill Shearman & Sterling LLP, Paris, France<br />
Wendy Miles Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, London,<br />
England<br />
Michael Polkinghorne White & Case LLP, Paris, France<br />
David W Rivkin Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, USA; Chair,<br />
Legal Practice Division<br />
Dominic Roughton Herbert Smith LLP, Tokyo, Japan<br />
Nancy Turck <strong>International</strong> Energy Agency, Paris, France<br />
Dorothy Ufot Dorothy Ufot & Co, Lagos, Nigeria; Vice-Chair,<br />
Arbitration; Council Member, Legal Practice Division<br />
Robert Volterra Latham & Watkins LLP, London, England<br />
Eduardo Zuleta Zuleta Acosta Suarez Ibarra, Bogotá, Colombia<br />
Consumer Litigation<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 326, suntec convention centre<br />
Chair<br />
Frank Johnstone McClure Naismith, Glasgow, Scotland<br />
global class action judgments and settlements – dream<br />
or reality? A report of the task force on <strong>International</strong><br />
Procedures and Protocols for class Actions<br />
Session Chair<br />
John P Brown McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;<br />
Vice-Chair, Consumer Litigation<br />
Are global class action judgments and settlements possible, and if<br />
so, how are they to be enforced?<br />
Class action legislation, once the exclusive creation of the United<br />
States, and more recently of Canada and Australia, has found<br />
its way onto the legislative agendas in Europe, Asia and South<br />
America. Multijurisdictional class actions involving class members<br />
and defendants from many different countries and legal regimes<br />
are inevitable as parties press for a global resolution of class action<br />
claims. Model laws for enforcing conventional foreign judgments<br />
are ill-suited to deal with the unique due process, jurisdictional and<br />
other issues created by this multi-party litigation. The Class Action<br />
Task Force will report on its findings and make recommendations<br />
for international procedures and protocols for enforcing global class<br />
action judgments and settlements.<br />
Speakers<br />
Laura K Christa Christa & Jackson, Los Angeles, California, USA;<br />
Vice-Chair, North American Regional Forum<br />
Colin B Loveday Clayton Utz, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;<br />
Vice-Chair, Product Law and Advertising<br />
Tim Maloney Eversheds, London, England<br />
Michael Reardon Neuchatel, Switzerland<br />
Daan F Lunsingh Scheurleer NautaDutilh, Amsterdam, the<br />
Netherlands<br />
Demetris Vryonides Head of Unit, European Commission, Health &<br />
Consumer Protection Directorate-General, Legal Affairs, Brussels,<br />
Belgium; Chair, Medicine and the Law<br />
Janet Walker Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br />
The Honourable Justice Warren Winkler Chief Justice of Ontario,<br />
Ontario, Canada<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 326, suntec convention centre<br />
4<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
A luncH will be held for committee members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details<br />
Litigation<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Jorge Angell L C Rodrigo Abogados, Madrid, Spain<br />
Des Williams Werksmans, Sandton, South Africa<br />
48<br />
1230 tuesDAY<br />
Resolving international insurance and reinsurance<br />
disputes<br />
Joint session with Insurance. See page 57 for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 307, suntec convention centre<br />
How to preserve privilege and confidentiality<br />
Joint session with the Corporate Counsel Forum. See page 83 for<br />
details.<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 302, suntec convention centre<br />
strategies for companies facing patent litigation – is it<br />
possible to win?<br />
Joint session with the North American Forum.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
David J Levy Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Houston, Texas, USA<br />
Stephan H Coonrod K & L Gates LLP, Seattle, Washington, USA;<br />
Vice-Chair, North American Regional Forum<br />
High stakes patent litigation in North America and other jurisdictions<br />
has become a common topic of discussion for corporations and law<br />
firms around the globe. With constantly evolving laws and rules,<br />
and the increased sophistication of patent licensing companies, it<br />
is imperative that lawyers be prepared and informed when advising<br />
companies that potentially could be sued for patent infringement.<br />
The speakers, some of the world’s leading experts in this field, will<br />
address the key issues that typically present themselves in patent<br />
litigation matters and will discuss strategies that maximise the<br />
likelihood of prevailing. Topics to be covered include:<br />
• the jurisdictional reach of patent laws;<br />
• forum selection strategies as to jurisdictions, courts and tribunals,<br />
including the US <strong>International</strong> Trade Commission;<br />
• obtaining or avoiding injunctions;<br />
• minimising damages;<br />
• the effective use and retention of experts and opinion counsel; and<br />
• dealing with electronic discovery and other court rules in patent<br />
cases.<br />
Speakers<br />
Eric Acker Morrison & Foerster, San Diego, California, USA<br />
T Andrew Culbert Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington, USA<br />
Hsiao-Ling Fan Formosa Transnational Attorneys at Law, Taipei,<br />
Taiwan<br />
Gordon Harris Wragge & Co LLP, London, England<br />
Yutaka Miyoshi Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Tokyo, Japan<br />
Gonzalo Ulloa Gomez-Acebo & Pombo, Madrid, Spain; Vice-Chair,<br />
Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 326, suntec convention centre<br />
can we afford the dispute resolution process?<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Denis Chemla Herbert Smith LLP, Paris, France; Website Coordinator,<br />
Litigation<br />
John Reynolds White & Case LLP, London, England<br />
Is the process of dispute resolution of international commercial disputes<br />
currently serving its users well? How is the balance to be struck between<br />
a sufficient examination of the facts and arguments and, on the other<br />
hand, the speed and cost-efficiency that clients require?<br />
This session will examine those elements of the dispute resolution<br />
process (common law and civil litigation, and arbitration) which lead<br />
to the greatest expense and ask whether that expense is justified. It<br />
will look at the way in which different legal systems have managed to<br />
control the cost of these elements and the way in which practitioners<br />
can work more efficiently within existing procedures.<br />
Including practitioners, members of the judiciary and clients, the<br />
session will involve plenty of opportunity for panellists and delegates to<br />
share ideas and experiences.<br />
Speakers<br />
Derek Adler Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York, USA<br />
Peter Fisher-Jones Citigroup Inc, London, England<br />
Laurent Lévy Schellenberg Wittmer, Geneva, Switzerland<br />
Justice Judith Prakash Supreme Court of Singapore, Singapore<br />
Pallavi Shroff Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co,<br />
New Delhi, India<br />
Christopher Tahbaz Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, USA;<br />
Newsletter Editor, Litigation<br />
Jeroen van den Brande Loyens & Loeff, Amsterdam, the Netherlands<br />
Sacha Woodward-Hill Formula One Management, London, England<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 314, suntec convention centre<br />
Young litigators’ forum: case management in the<br />
electronic age – are young lawyers prepared to lead<br />
the way?<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Niamh Loughran Dillon Eustace Solicitors, Dublin, Ireland; Young<br />
Litigators’ Club Officer, Litigation<br />
Amanda Wong Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, California, USA;<br />
Young Litigators’ Club Officer, Litigation<br />
In this changing era, being a successful lawyer requires more than<br />
merely building a case around the documents your client has in<br />
their file cabinet. You must now understand your clients’ electronic<br />
document (‘e-document’) creation and storage systems, and be<br />
ready to advise your clients how best to manage the overwhelming<br />
amount of electronic information their company creates and how to<br />
prevent potential discovery problems. This session will feature expert<br />
speakers from civil and common law jurisdictions who will share<br />
their experiences, including:<br />
• ‘best practices’ for client management of e-documents;<br />
• developing a litigation plan to address e-documents;<br />
• making informed decisions about e-document service providers;<br />
• determining reasonable limits for e-discovery; and<br />
• how the shift to e-documents is changing the practice of litigation.<br />
Speakers<br />
Geoff Healy Freehills LLP, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;<br />
Website Coordinator, Litigation<br />
Cary Kochberg Lovells LLP, London, England<br />
Bettina Knoetzl Wolf Theiss, Vienna, Austria<br />
Lawrence Teh Rodyk & Davidson LLP, Singapore; Vice-Chair,<br />
Maritime and Transport Law<br />
Jim Vaughn LECG Electronic Discovery Experts, Los Angeles,<br />
California, USA<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 314, suntec convention centre
enforcement of european judgments in Asia and Asian<br />
judgments in europe<br />
Joint session with the European Forum. See page 85 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 304, suntec convention centre<br />
A luncH will be held for committee members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
1300 tHuRsDAY<br />
Mediation<br />
Chair<br />
Siegfried Elsing Hölters & Elsing, Düsseldorf, Germany<br />
Pursuing and defending discrimination claims in the<br />
workplace<br />
Joint session with Discrimination and Gender Equality. See page<br />
60 for details.<br />
0930 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 307, suntec convention centre<br />
mediation in aircraft accidents<br />
Joint session with Aviation Law. See page 76 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 310, suntec convention centre<br />
Deal mediation – the use of mediation in the course of<br />
m&A transactions<br />
Joint session with Business Organisations and the Corporate<br />
Counsel Forum.<br />
Session Chair<br />
Thierry Garby Lerins Avocats, Paris, France; Senior Vice-Chair,<br />
Mediation<br />
Almost everyone operating in the area of M&A will have experienced<br />
the situation: the parties are in deep disagreement over one or<br />
several issues so that the negotiations are stuck. This situation<br />
might be handled by retaining a mediator who assists the parties<br />
in finding their way out of the deadlock, and it should be noted<br />
that there are additional scenarios in which a mediator might be<br />
helpful. This session is intended to identify situations in the course of<br />
M&A transactions in which the parties should consider the services<br />
of a mediator. It will also discuss how the respective mediation<br />
proceedings should be structured in order to lead to favourable<br />
results.<br />
Speakers<br />
William H Baker Alston & Bird LLP, New York, USA<br />
Sara Carmeli Studio Legale Perone-Fiori Apolloni, Perugia, Italy<br />
Miguel de Avilez Pereira Abreu Cardigos & Associados, Lisbon,<br />
Portugal<br />
Nikolaus Pitkowitz Graf Maxl & Pitkowitz, Vienna, Austria<br />
Birgit Sambeth Glasner Altenburger, Geneva, Switzerland; Co-Chair,<br />
Model Law Subcommittee<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 325, suntec convention centre<br />
A luncH will be held for committee members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
1245 tHuRsDAY<br />
Diversity of cultural perspectives on mediation: facesaving,<br />
attitudes, relationship to courts and other<br />
considerations<br />
Joint session with the Asia Pacific Forum.<br />
Session Chair<br />
Karen Mills KarimSyah Law Firm, Jakarta, Indonesia<br />
Mediation is generally seen as a mechanism to resolve disputes with<br />
the least detrimental effect upon the parties and their commercial<br />
or other relationship. Usually a win-win solution is possible because<br />
the parties themselves structure the solution. Thus normally they will<br />
honour the settlement and can continue their relationship without<br />
rancour or loss of face to either party. But attitudes and methods<br />
differ from one culture to another. Some cultures see the very<br />
suggestion of mediating as a loss of face. In a growing number of<br />
other cultures, mediation is an obligation prior to doing battle in a<br />
court action or an arbitral reference.<br />
Not only do attitudes towards mediation differ from one culture<br />
to the next, but so also do mediation methods and techniques. In<br />
this session leading senior practitioners from many diverse cultures<br />
will discuss how mediation is viewed and handled in their respective<br />
jurisdictions.<br />
Speakers<br />
Louise <strong>Bar</strong>rington City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Thomas Benes Felsberg Felsberg e Associados, São Paulo, Brazil<br />
Juliet Blanch McDermott Will & Emery LLP, London, England<br />
Bronwyn Lincoln Freehills, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia<br />
Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour Doyin Rhodes-Vivour & Co, Lagos, Nigeria<br />
Mauro Rubino-Sammartano Lawfed Rubino-Sammartano e<br />
Associati, Milan, Italy; Co-Chair, Dispute Resolution Subcommittee<br />
Kathleen Scanlon Heller Ehrman, New York, USA<br />
Chang Seung Wha Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea<br />
(invited)<br />
Dato Mahadev Shankar Zaid Ibrahim & Co, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<br />
Vilija Vaitkute Pavan Lideika Petrauskas Valiunas & Partners, Vilnius,<br />
Lithuania<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 325, suntec convention centre<br />
49<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
Negligence and Damages<br />
Chair<br />
Matthew Reiter Bär & Karrer, Zurich, Switzerland<br />
What the east can teach the West in the context of the<br />
laws of negligence and damages<br />
Session Chair<br />
Paul Emerson Lamb Chambers, London, England; Secretary and<br />
Website Coordinator, Negligence and Damages<br />
Speakers from various countries in the Far East and other parts of<br />
the world will discuss key negligence and damages issues facing<br />
lawyers worldwide. They will also deal with topics and questions that<br />
have been submitted in advance via the website, as well as questions<br />
from the floor, to let lawyers from across the world see how similar<br />
problems and issues are dealt with in different jurisdictions, with an<br />
emphasis on the legal systems of the Far East.<br />
Speakers<br />
Dato Cyrus Das Shook Lin & Bok, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<br />
Honourable Chief Justice Christopher Gardner QC Turks & Caicos<br />
Islands, British West Indies<br />
Edmund Hinkson Equity House, Bridgetown, <strong>Bar</strong>bados; Vice-Chair,<br />
Negligence and Damages<br />
Abdul Rashid Gani Khattar Wong & Partners, Singapore<br />
Thomas So Johnston Stokes & Master, Hong Kong SAR<br />
committee business meeting<br />
0<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 308, suntec convention centre<br />
An open meeting of the Negligence and Damages Committee will<br />
be held to discuss future activities.<br />
1730 monDAY<br />
Room 308, suntec convention centre<br />
Partners in crime? the risks facing lawyers in today’s<br />
world<br />
Joint session with Business Crime.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Roberto Pisano Studio Legale Pisano, Milan, Italy; Co-Chair, Business<br />
Crime<br />
Tim Strong <strong>Bar</strong>low Lyde & Gilbert LLP, London, England; Secretary<br />
and Newsletter Editor, Negligence and Damages<br />
To what extent can lawyers get into trouble, go to jail even, as<br />
a result of the activities of their partners, staff or clients? Using<br />
hypothetical instructions, the panel and audience will explore the<br />
range of liability, reputational, regulatory and criminal risks arising<br />
from the conduct of others, which lawyers face these days in<br />
international practice. Topics to be covered include:<br />
• civil liability for professional negligence;<br />
• dishonest assistance/aiding and abetting, and breach of fiduciary<br />
duty;<br />
• the role and impact of professional regulation;<br />
• the lawyer’s role in the prevention of money laundering and other<br />
financial crime; and<br />
• the prospect of lawyers being extradited across borders.<br />
Speakers<br />
Ramón Bado Sanz Estudio Dr Mezzera, Montevideo, Uruguay;<br />
Senior Vice-Chair, Negligence and Damages<br />
Joseph Covington Jenner & Block LLP, Washington DC, USA<br />
Paul Gully-Hart Schellenberg Wittmer, Geneva, Switzerland<br />
Matthias Hartz Techtronic Industries, Hong Kong SAR<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
theatre, suntec convention centre<br />
Energy, Environment, Natural<br />
Resources and Infrastructure Law<br />
Section (SEERIL)<br />
Section Officers<br />
Alan Dunlop Hess Corporation, Houston, Texas, USA; Chair, Energy,<br />
Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section<br />
E T Hunt Talmage III Chandler & Thong-ek, Bangkok, Thailand;<br />
Senior Vice-Chair, Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and<br />
Infrastructure Law Section<br />
Pablo Alliani Estudio Bruzzon & Asociados, Buenos Aires, Argentina;<br />
Vice-Chair and Treasurer, Energy, Environment, Natural Resources<br />
and Infrastructure Law Section<br />
A DInneR will be held for seeRIl’s committee members<br />
and guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
Arbitration in the energy and natural resources<br />
industries<br />
Joint session with Arbitration. See page 47 for details.<br />
2030 tuesDAY<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 326, suntec convention centre
Environment, Health and Safety<br />
Law<br />
Chair<br />
Ian Rose McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP, London, England<br />
the impact of environmental aspects on real estate<br />
projects around the globe<br />
Joint session with the Real Estate Section.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Bernat Mullerat Cuatrecasas, <strong>Bar</strong>celona, Spain; Vice-Chair,<br />
Environment, Health and Safety Law<br />
Carolina Zang Zang Bergel & Viñes, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Vice-<br />
Chair, Real Estate Law<br />
All over the world, environmental regulation increasingly affects the<br />
way that real estate projects need to be developed, whether of an<br />
industrial, commercial, touristic or residential character.<br />
<strong>International</strong>ly, environmental laws are becoming more and more<br />
stringent, by implementing rules that tend to increase environmental<br />
liability to all players involved in any type of real estate development<br />
or investment. These include water and waste management, as well<br />
as land remediation obligations to any new owners of the property,<br />
and lender’s liability and stakeholders’ participation. These are just<br />
a few examples of the issues becoming more important for any<br />
real estate practitioner to consider during the development and<br />
implementation of any real estate transaction.<br />
This session will examine the most recent and typical<br />
environmental requirements, from the different perspectives of<br />
speakers from Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas and will<br />
describe the best way to approach the different problems that<br />
environmental compliance may present.<br />
Speakers<br />
Tzvi Levinson The Levinson Environmental Law Firm, Haifa, Israel<br />
Ravi Nath Rajinder Narain & Co, New Delhi, India; Chair, Aviation<br />
Law<br />
Nicolás Piaggio Guyer & Regules, Montevideo, Uruguay<br />
Ho Kin San Allen & Gledhill LLP, Singapore<br />
Birgit Spiesshofer Hengeler Mueller, Berlin, Germany<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 304, suntec convention centre<br />
Renewable electricity and clean development<br />
Joint session with Power Law. See page 54 for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 313, suntec convention centre<br />
Piracy and crimes at sea including pollution liability<br />
Joint session with Maritime and Transport Law. See page 78 for<br />
details.<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Ballroom 1, suntec convention centre<br />
<strong>International</strong> Construction<br />
Projects<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Edward Corbett Corbett & Co, Teddington, England<br />
Peter Wengler-Jörgensen Plesner, Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
constraints in the financing of PPP construction<br />
projects in emerging countries<br />
Joint session with the Latin American Forum. See page 86 for<br />
details.<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 308, suntec convention centre<br />
ePc contracting in the PPP environment<br />
Session Chair<br />
Tim Reynolds Constant & Constant, London, England; Chair,<br />
Standard Forms Subcommittee<br />
This session will depart from the usual discussion of financing PPP<br />
to consider the realities of life as a contractor with full engineerprocure-construct<br />
responsibility on a PPP project. Among the issues<br />
to be considered by an expert panel of speakers are:<br />
• The EPC contractor may be well motivated, but in practice does<br />
this lead to completion on time and on budget?<br />
• What has become of the many risks inherent in construction?<br />
• What sorts of disputes arise and how are they resolved?<br />
• What is the impact in practice of the long-term financial interest<br />
of the contractor?<br />
• Or do contractors make their money and sell out as soon as<br />
possible?<br />
Speakers<br />
George Rosenberg Corbett & Co, Teddington, England; Chair,<br />
Contract Law and Regulations Subcommittee<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 312, suntec convention centre<br />
getting paid – the contractors’ challenge<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Thomas P Wilson Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;<br />
Chair, Construction Management Subcommittee<br />
John Wright Lane & Partners LLP, London, England; Vice-Chair,<br />
Construction Management Subcommittee<br />
This session will revisit an enduring problem area that encompasses<br />
a range of hardcore topics of concern to construction lawyers<br />
everywhere. The panel of speakers will use their vast experience to<br />
consider a range of interesting issues, including:<br />
• security for payment: retention of title, liens and other securities;<br />
• disruption: what is it, how to prove it, and how to get paid for it;<br />
• contractor rights and remedies in suspension and termination;<br />
• collecting on dispute board decisions; and<br />
• interest and financing charges.<br />
Speakers<br />
Peter Atkinson Navigant Consulting, London, England<br />
Christopher Chuah WongPartnership, Singapore<br />
David Kyte Hill <strong>International</strong>, London, England<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 312, suntec convention centre<br />
1<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
A DInneR will be held for committee members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
2<br />
1930 WeDnesDAY<br />
exclusion and limitation of liability in construction<br />
contracts<br />
Session Chair<br />
Martin Bridgewater Herbert Smith LLP, London, England; Vice-Chair,<br />
Contract Law and Regulations Subcommittee<br />
This session will consider the different approaches in various<br />
jurisdictions to problems including attempts to cap liability and<br />
attempts to exclude or restrict liability for loss of profits, business<br />
interruption, tortious liability (where appropriate) and other indirect/<br />
consequential losses, and indeed the definition of direct/indirect<br />
losses.<br />
The session will consider a case study scenario and a bespoke<br />
limitation of liability clause to draw out the key issues in relation<br />
to the different types of losses, with speakers from a number of<br />
jurisdictions.<br />
Speakers<br />
Stanley Chaney LMT Avocats, Paris, France<br />
Marco Dalla Vedova Dalla Vedova Studio Legale, Rome, Italy; Vice-<br />
Chair, Technology Law<br />
Johan Granehult Mannheimer Swartling, Malmö, Sweden<br />
Nicholas Henchie Mayer Brown, London, England<br />
Roberto Hernandez Garcia Comad SC, Mexico City, Mexico; Chair,<br />
Government Procurement Subcommittee<br />
Robert Knutson Corbett & Co, Teddington, England<br />
Claus Lenz Lungerich & Lenz, Cologne, Germany; Co-Chair, Dispute<br />
Resolution Subcommittee<br />
Bridget McKinney Denton Wilde Sapte, Cairo, Egypt<br />
Keith Phillips Watt Tieder Hoffar & Fitzgerald LLP, McLean, Virginia,<br />
USA<br />
Manoj K Singh Singh & Associates, New Delhi, India<br />
Paul Wong Rodyk & Davidson LLP, Singapore<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 309, suntec convention centre<br />
latest developments in international construction<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Edward Corbett<br />
Peter Wengler-Jörgensen<br />
This annual session will consider recent developments relevant to<br />
practitioners in all areas of international construction law. The areas<br />
covered will include:<br />
• new standard forms of contract;<br />
• developments in dispute boards and dispute resolution;<br />
• reports on adopted projects;<br />
• procurement;<br />
• financing structures;<br />
• contract law and regulation; and<br />
• construction management.<br />
The last half hour of the session will be devoted to committee<br />
planning and activities such as topics discussed on ICP-Net (the<br />
committee’s listserve) and articles in Construction Law <strong>International</strong><br />
(the committee magazine).<br />
Speakers<br />
Edward Corbett<br />
Peter Wengler-Jörgensen<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 307, suntec convention centre<br />
An excuRsIon will be held for committee members<br />
and guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
0900 fRIDAY<br />
Mining Law<br />
Chair<br />
Patricia Núñez Núñez Muñoz & Cía Ltda Abogados, Santiago, Chile<br />
Development and financing of infrastructure for<br />
mining projects<br />
Joint session with the Financial Services Section.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Richard Drummond Export Credits Guarantee Department, London,<br />
England<br />
Ignacio Randle Estudio Randle, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Treasurer,<br />
Mining Law<br />
Luis Carlos Rodrigo Rodrigo Elías & Medrano Abogados, Lima, Peru;<br />
Senior Vice-Chair, Mining Law<br />
This session will analyse in depth two of the most important<br />
issues related to big-scale mining projects: financing and putting<br />
infrastructure in place. The panel will be based on a hypothetical<br />
situation related to a gold mining project located in the Far East.<br />
Speakers<br />
Patrick Garver <strong>Bar</strong>rick Gold Corporation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br />
Florencia Heredia Estudio Beccar Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina;<br />
Newsletter Editor, Mining Law<br />
Jeff Smith Norton Rose LLP, Singapore<br />
Ting Ting Tan Clifford Chance LLP, Hong Kong SAR<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 205, suntec convention centre
Influence of china and India on the mineral industry<br />
Joint session with the Asia Pacific Forum.<br />
Session Chair<br />
Vivien Chan Vivien Chan & Co, Hong Kong SAR; Co-Chair, Asia<br />
Pacific Forum<br />
Patricia Núñez<br />
During the last few years, China’s and India’s economic growth<br />
has had an important impact on the prices of minerals. The panel<br />
will explore the way in which such economic growth has actually<br />
impacted the prices of minerals; which minerals felt the most impact;<br />
whether such impact has been material to the increase in the prices<br />
of minerals; and whether China’s and India’s influence will continue<br />
in the future. A general overview of the current economic conditions<br />
in the Chinese and Indian markets will be discussed.<br />
Speakers<br />
Peter Arthur Anglo American South Africa Ltd, Johannesburg, South<br />
Africa; Website Coordinator, Mining Law<br />
Roberto Fortunati Fortunati & Asociados, Buenos Aires, Argentina<br />
Li Lan Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy,<br />
Beijing, China<br />
Shivpriya Nanda J Sagar Associates, New Delhi, India<br />
security of tenure<br />
Joint session with Oil and Gas Law.<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 313, suntec convention centre<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Emad Khalil Jones Day, Singapore<br />
Peter Leon Webber Wentzel Bowens, Gauting, South Africa; Vice-<br />
Chair, Mining Law<br />
Security of tenure is generally regarded as second only to geology<br />
in determining the viability of new mining or oil and gas projects.<br />
Does resurgent resource nationalism in Latin America and Africa<br />
mark a throwback to the new international economic order of the<br />
1970s, or is it merely indicative of a more assertive state? What can<br />
natural resources companies do about protecting their assets from<br />
expropriation or fiscal measures having similar or equivalent effect?<br />
A distinguished panel from the developing and the developed world<br />
will examine this topic and suggest possible solutions from a mining<br />
and an oil and gas perspective.<br />
Speakers<br />
Fernando Aguirre Bufete Aguirre, La Paz, Bolivia<br />
Alex Cull Norton Rose LLP, Singapore<br />
Alan Gourley Crowell and Moring, Washington DC, USA<br />
Peter Leon<br />
Peter Roberts<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 314, suntec convention centre<br />
Oil and Gas Law<br />
Chair<br />
Peter Roberts Centrica Energy, Berkshire, England<br />
Who is to blame? Allocating liability in upstream<br />
project contracts<br />
Session Chair<br />
Peter Roberts<br />
This session will address the following issues:<br />
• the models for the equitable allocation of risk in upstream project<br />
contracts – mutual hold harmless, guilty party pays and other<br />
liability allocation regimes;<br />
• how to draft an effective cross-indemnity structure to ensure risk<br />
allocations are effectively structured;<br />
• liability allocation models in standard contracts;<br />
• the application of effective clauses limiting or excluding liabilities;<br />
and<br />
• the role that insurance can play in structuring effective risk<br />
allocations – and the inevitable limitations of insurance.<br />
Speakers<br />
Toby Hewitt Herbert Smith LLP, Jakarta, Indonesia<br />
Quentin Loh SC Rajah & Tann, Singapore<br />
Ashley Wright Ashurst, Singapore<br />
security of tenure<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 306, suntec convention centre<br />
Joint session with Mining Law. See page 53 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 314, suntec convention centre<br />
the bottom of the barrel? the prospects for refineries<br />
in southeast Asia<br />
Session Chair<br />
Alex Cull<br />
This session will address the following:<br />
• strategic outlook – the growth of, and the prospects for further<br />
growth of, oil and gas refining and processing capacity in<br />
Southeast Asia;<br />
• a summary of the legal, regulatory and environmental issues<br />
associated with operating existing refinery and processing projects<br />
and developing new projects;<br />
• the financing of new refinery and processing projects – what are<br />
the sources of funds, the financing structures, the risks and how<br />
are the risks mitigated?<br />
• the prospects for the greater integration of refinery and<br />
processing capacity in Asia – at the corporate level and through<br />
greater inter-regional governmental cooperation (eg the<br />
intervention of ASEAN).<br />
Speakers<br />
Emad Khalil<br />
Kelvin Wong Allen & Gledhill LLP, Singapore<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 312, suntec convention centre<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
Power Law<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
C Baird Brown Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP, Philadelphia,<br />
Pennsylvania, USA<br />
Carlos Umaña Brigard & Urrutia, Bogotá, Colombia<br />
Renewable electricity and clean development<br />
Joint session with Environment, Health and Safety Law and the<br />
African Regional Forum<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
C Baird Brown<br />
Ian Rose McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP, London, England; Chair,<br />
Environment, Health and Safety Law<br />
Renewable electricity generation can promote economic growth<br />
while helping to reverse global-warming trends. This programme<br />
will explore the role of renewable electricity in both developed and<br />
developing economies. Topics include:<br />
• available and emerging technologies and their suitability in varying<br />
geological and institutional circumstances;<br />
• the role of distributed renewable resources in electricity markets,<br />
in a centrally dispatched grid and beyond the reach of the grid;<br />
• renewable electricity under the Kyoto Protocol and the EU<br />
Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS): Joint Implementation (JI) and<br />
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects;<br />
• other regulatory and policy regimes that hinder and assist<br />
renewable electricity, including emissions reduction schemes and<br />
electricity regulation; and<br />
• issues affecting the financing of renewable electricity facilities<br />
including state support.<br />
Speakers<br />
Nicholas Brunton Henry Davis York, Sydney, New South Wales,<br />
Australia<br />
Ed Feo Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, Los Angeles, California,<br />
USA<br />
John Kettle Mason Hayes + Curran, Dublin, Ireland; Vice-Chair,<br />
Public Law<br />
Owen Lomas Allen & Overy LLP, London, England<br />
Christopher Tung Malleson Stephen Jacques, Hong Kong SAR<br />
manipulation of electricity markets<br />
Session Chair<br />
Carlos Umaña<br />
4<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 313, suntec convention centre<br />
Modern wholesale electricity markets have been superimposed on<br />
transmission grids designed primarily for monopoly service territories.<br />
Because of transmission congestion, the need to generate electricity<br />
at the time of use, and highly inflexible consumer demand, local or<br />
regional monopoly power can easily arise at times of peak demand.<br />
Poorly designed markets, such as the initial California markets,<br />
exacerbate these problems. This programme explores:<br />
• structural and market design issues that provide the ability and<br />
incentive to manipulate markets;<br />
• the market design and regulatory response; and<br />
• the unintended consequences.<br />
Speakers<br />
C Baird Brown<br />
Mark Carkeet Minter Ellison, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia<br />
Lothar Ende Heuking Kühn Luër Wojtek, Hamburg, Germany<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 309, suntec convention centre<br />
Water Law<br />
Chair<br />
John Crothers Gide Loyrette Nouel, Paris, France<br />
Procuring water projects in southeast Asia with<br />
particular reference to china and India<br />
Joint session with the Asia Pacific Forum.<br />
Session Chair<br />
Mark Lane Pinsent Masons, London, England; Council Member,<br />
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law<br />
Section<br />
The need for more water, wastewater and desalination plants is<br />
becoming more acute year by year driven by population growth and<br />
climate change, amongst other things. Nowhere is the need greater<br />
than in Southeast Asia, including India and China. This session will<br />
focus on the drivers behind this massive and growing market, some<br />
of the key opportunities, risks and challenges involved, and how<br />
they can be addressed in the project documentation drafted for<br />
these projects.<br />
Speakers<br />
Nadine Ganesan Gide Loyrette Nouel, Beijing, China<br />
Sujjain Talwar Economic Laws Practice, Mumbai, India<br />
Jiangang Wang Jun He Law Offices, Beijing, China<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 313, suntec convention centre<br />
Private ownership of water<br />
Session Chair<br />
John Crothers<br />
‘Russia to allow acquisition of water bodies for private<br />
ownership’ (Headline in Pravda, 19 February 2004)<br />
Farmers who share the water in underground aquifers throughout<br />
the western United States know that the aquifers are being<br />
exhausted faster than they can be replenished. By contrast, if each<br />
farmer had a share of the water that was his / her own, his / her<br />
conservation efforts would be rewarded since he / she could sell<br />
the rights to any unused water to other water users. The reckless<br />
waste and abuse of commonly owned (or unowned) resources has<br />
been dubbed the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ by economists and is a<br />
problem that is evident in some form in almost every area of public<br />
policy (National Center for Policy Analysis). ‘Water flows uphill to<br />
money and power.’ (Californian proverb quoted in Mason’s Water<br />
Yearbook). This session will examine the pros and cons of private<br />
ownership of water rights, looking at world practice and at the<br />
results on prices, availability to consumers and conservation.<br />
Speakers<br />
Olobunmi Fayokun Aluko & Oyebode, Lagos, Nigeria<br />
Mary Ellen Hogan Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, Los Angeles,<br />
California, USA<br />
Martin Schellenberg Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Hamburg,<br />
Germany<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 313, suntec convention centre
Incentive based mechanisms in the water and<br />
wastewater sectors/risk sharing in water projects:<br />
contractual versus regulatory<br />
Session Chair<br />
Linda Evans Clayton Utz, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />
The water sector typically ‘trails the field’ in the reform of utilities<br />
with high levels of public sector involvement and little relationship<br />
between prices and costs and prices and consumption. As water<br />
becomes more scarce and governments become increasingly<br />
reluctant to fund infrastructure, something has to give. The old<br />
models don’t have a high enough level of business orientation to<br />
make the sector attractive to investors. This session will focus on<br />
ways in which this can be addressed, looking at contractual and<br />
regulatory models for efficient pricing and achieving the right risk/<br />
reward balance.<br />
Speakers<br />
Gesner de Oliveira Filho R Estados Unidos, São Paulo, Brazil<br />
Brian Fisher CRA <strong>International</strong>, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,<br />
Australia<br />
Mark Lane<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 313, suntec convention centre<br />
Financial Services Section<br />
Council Liaison Officers<br />
Jaap Willeumier Stibbe, Amsterdam, the Netherlands<br />
Charles Henri de Pardieu De Pardieu Brocas Maffei, Paris, France<br />
And the winner is… the 2008 Beijing olympics: project<br />
structure, financial implications and long-term impact<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Margaret E Campbell Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP, London,<br />
England; Membership Officer, Insurance<br />
Timothy E Powers Haynes and Boone LLP, Dallas, Texas, USA; Chair,<br />
Project Finance Subcommittee<br />
The Olympics are no longer simply a quadrennial gathering of the<br />
world’s greatest athletes to showcase their talent and to compete<br />
on the world stage. Competition to host the Olympic Games starts<br />
at least eight years prior to the opening ceremony, when cities fight<br />
fiercely for the privilege of hosting the games. This programme<br />
will focus on the political, social, financial, insurance and legal<br />
entanglements surrounding the awarding of the Olympic Games,<br />
the building of the Olympic venue, the political and security risks<br />
that must be addressed by the host city, the financial impact of the<br />
games, and the post-Olympic impact on the host city’s infrastructure<br />
and reputation.<br />
Speakers<br />
Stuart Bassett Marsh Inc, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />
Kelly C Crabb Morrison & Foerster LLP, Los Angeles, California, USA<br />
Stéphane Vernay Gide Loyrette Nouel, Beijing, China<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 325, suntec convention centre<br />
Development and financing of infrastructure for<br />
mining projects<br />
Joint session with Mining Law. See page 52 for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 205, suntec convention centre<br />
Banking Law<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Lisa Curran Allen & Overy LLP, Rome, Italy<br />
Markus Pfenninger Walder Wyss & Partners, Zurich, Switzerland<br />
Islamic finance<br />
Joint session with the Arab Regional Forum and the Asia Pacific<br />
Forum.<br />
Session Chair<br />
Lisa Curran<br />
A subject rarely out of the financial news these days, Islamic finance<br />
is fast becoming a mainstream product of the global financial<br />
markets. This is notwithstanding the fact that strict adherence to<br />
Sharia (or Islamic) law bans many of the pillars of the traditional<br />
financial markets, including the charging of interest as well as the<br />
element of speculation inherent in many of the derivatives products<br />
used to hedge exposures and investments. However, as assetbacked<br />
financing techniques have developed in the West, a form<br />
of common ground has emerged for both borrowers and investors,<br />
whether Islamic or not, to make recourse to ‘sukuk’ (loosely<br />
translated as Islamic bonds) with payouts derived from Shariacompliant<br />
categories of assets, including leases, and sales of tangible<br />
assets or profits of a joint-venture business.<br />
The panel of experts will explore the challenges posed by the<br />
religious principles which govern permitted sources of investment<br />
and funding for the Islamic markets, providing information and<br />
insight into the structuring of sukuk, as well as the potential for<br />
the development of Sharia-compliant derivatives. Focus will also<br />
be directed to the proper means for contractual arrangements to<br />
make reference to the application of principles of Sharia, in light of<br />
the approach taken by the English courts in the Shamil Bank case.<br />
This will highlight the problematic nature of making reference in<br />
a governing law provision to a set of principles which are subject<br />
to interpretation by different schools of thought and which do not<br />
represent the laws of any specific country.<br />
This session will be recorded for CLE purposes.<br />
Speakers<br />
Badlisyah Abdul Ghani CIMB Islamic Bank, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<br />
Vince Cook Islamic Bank of Asia Ltd, Singapore<br />
Mahmood Faruqui Islamic Finance Adviser, London, England<br />
Paul Fitzgerald Stamford Law Corporation, Singapore<br />
Neil D Miller Norton Rose LLP, London, England<br />
Peter M Werner ISDA <strong>International</strong> Swaps & Derivatives <strong>Association</strong>,<br />
London, England<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 202, suntec convention centre<br />
A luncH will be held with the securities law<br />
committee for members and guests.<br />
See page 107 for details<br />
1230 tuesDAY<br />
How to money-launder – a guide for lawyers<br />
Joint session with Anti-money Laundering Legislation<br />
Implementation working Group. See page 97 for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 202, suntec convention centre<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
legal opinions<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
André Andersson Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm, Sweden; Vice-<br />
Chair, Banking Law<br />
Marcus Pfenninger<br />
Over the past 30 years, the giving and receiving of third party<br />
legal opinions has developed as a specialised area of practice.<br />
That practice is largely governed by custom. This session will focus<br />
on practical aspects of drafting opinions as well as exploring the<br />
practices of firms, their policies and procedures for giving and<br />
receiving opinions. Panellists will discuss whether legal issues can be<br />
resolved by factual inquiries, to what extent third party recipients<br />
and their successors or assignees may rely on opinions, the dos<br />
and don’ts of incorporation by reference including the request of<br />
recipients to issue bring-down letters, all with a view that opinions<br />
should provide assurance but not insurance.<br />
Speakers<br />
James Curtis Denton Wilde Sapte, London, England<br />
Hannes Vallikivi Tark & Co, Tallinn, Estonia<br />
Gergot Wagner Allen & Overy LLP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany<br />
Bank confidentiality<br />
6<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 201, suntec convention centre<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Gwendoline A Godfrey DMH Stallard, Crawley, England; Vice-Chair<br />
and Secretary, Banking Law<br />
William Johnston Arthur Cox, Dublin, Ireland; Co-Chair, Legal<br />
Opinions Subcommittee<br />
Banks and their advisers can face difficult situations where duties<br />
of confidentiality or secrecy owed to customers may conflict with<br />
anti-money laundering initiatives and other matters requiring the<br />
disclosure of information to third parties. The position can be even<br />
more problematic in cross-border dealings. This session will consider<br />
bank confidentiality on the basis of a case study involving an<br />
international cash pooling transaction. This will include incoming and<br />
outgoing payments, cash pooling agreements and the outsourcing<br />
of data where banks in different jurisdictions are to provide a cash<br />
pooling service to a multinational group of companies. Lawyers from<br />
a number of jurisdictions will consider the implications, and audience<br />
participation in the resulting discussion will be welcomed.<br />
Speakers<br />
Jean-Francois Adelle Jeantet Associés, Paris, France<br />
Stefan Breitenstein Lenz & Staehelin, Zurich, Switzerland<br />
Rosamund Clare Grady Mallesons Stephen Jacques, Melbourne,<br />
Victoria, Australia<br />
Angela Jane Itzikowitz Edward Nathan Sonnenberg, Sandton, South<br />
Africa<br />
Peter Koves Koves Clifford Chance, Budapest, Hungary<br />
Pit Reckinger Elvinger Hoss & Prussen, Luxembourg<br />
Joy Whei Mien Tan WongPartnership, Singapore<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 303, suntec convention centre<br />
Project Finance<br />
Chair<br />
Timothy E Powers Haynes and Boone LLP, Dallas, Texas, USA<br />
Do BIts have bite?<br />
Joint session with the European Forum. See page 86 for details.<br />
Capital Markets Forum<br />
0930 – 1230 fRIDAY<br />
Room 305, suntec convention centre<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Claudio Visco Macchi di Cellere Gangemi, Rome, Italy<br />
Blair Cowper-Smith McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br />
A luncH will be held for forum members and guests.<br />
See page 107 for details<br />
1230 monDAY<br />
Recent developments regarding the law of clearing and<br />
settlement: a global perspective<br />
Session Chair<br />
Antoine Maffei De Pardieu Brocas Maffei, Paris, France<br />
Clear and effective legal rules are a prerequisite for building market<br />
confidence in the overall integration of global markets. A modern<br />
and efficient legal framework will promote further integration<br />
and competitiveness of financial markets while enhancing safety,<br />
soundness and efficiency of securities clearing and settlement.<br />
A number of initiatives aiming at harmonising the relevant legal<br />
framework, both at the regional and at the more global level, are<br />
underway. The proposed UNIDROIT Convention on Intermediated<br />
Securities and the EU Clearing and Settlement Legal Certainty<br />
Group initiatives, together with the ECB Target 2 Securities initiative<br />
currently under consideration, are among those initiatives. These<br />
are aiming at setting uniform rules regarding transfer of title in<br />
securities, duties of intermediaries and collateral arrangements,<br />
including set-off. The proposed programme will review those<br />
initiatives, which imply major changes in securities infrastructure on<br />
a worldwide scale.<br />
Speakers<br />
Philippe Dupont Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg<br />
Klaus Löber European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany<br />
Guy Morton Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London, England<br />
Sandra M Rocks Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York,<br />
USA<br />
Tomoyuki Shimoda Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 201, suntec convention centre
Real estate Investment trusts (ReIts): a global<br />
phenomenon<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Blair Cowper-Smith<br />
Jerry K C Koh Allen & Gledhill LLP, Singapore<br />
This session will address REITs’ structural considerations and flowthrough<br />
benefits in various countries around the globe. The focus<br />
will be on issues such as:<br />
• what qualifies as real estate for REIT purposes in the various<br />
jurisdictions;<br />
• whether the business must be ‘passive’ and what ‘passive’ means;<br />
• treatment of resident unitholders and non-residents from a tax<br />
point of view, including unitholders in the US;<br />
• foreign ownership restrictions;<br />
• whether alternative real estate such as retirement homes, power<br />
stations and resort/hotel assets is eligible for rates;<br />
• M&A transactions involving REITs – mergers, takeover bids and<br />
going private; and<br />
• investment and economic considerations, eg the use of REIT rules<br />
to provide a competitive investment climate.<br />
Speakers<br />
Terence P Badour Fairmont Hotels and Resorts Inc, Toronto, Ontario,<br />
Canada<br />
Mark Berman Compiglobe, London, England<br />
Michael T Blair Mayer Brown, Chicago, Illinois, USA<br />
Pieter de Ridder Loyens & Loeff, Singapore<br />
Stephen Culhane Linklaters LLP, New York, USA<br />
Blair Cowper-Smith<br />
Mark Ebbinghaus UBS Investment Bank, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Jerry K C Koh<br />
Scott Newmann K&L Gates, New York, USA<br />
Jan Peeters Stibbe, Brussels, Belgium<br />
John Sullivan Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sydney, New South Wales,<br />
Australia<br />
Thomas Werlen Novartis <strong>International</strong> AG, Basle, Switzerland; Vice-<br />
Chair, Capital Markets Forum<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 202, suntec convention centre<br />
Insurance<br />
Chair<br />
Jan Heuvels Ince & Co, London, England<br />
Resolving international insurance and reinsurance<br />
disputes<br />
Joint session with Litigation.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
John Toriello Holland & Knight LLP, New York, USA<br />
Jorge Angell L C Rodrigo Abogados, Madrid, Spain; Co-Chair,<br />
Litigation<br />
Given the global reach of the reinsurance industry, a panel of<br />
international experts will review a number of cross-border issues in<br />
the context of large multinational disputes. The panel will consider<br />
issues arising from jurisdictional battles, which not infrequently<br />
precede the substantive dispute, as well as looking at specific issues<br />
in the context of certain classes of reinsurance.<br />
Speakers<br />
Govindarajalu Asokan Rodyk & Davidson LLP, Singapore<br />
David Greenwald Jenner & Block, Chicago, Illinois, USA<br />
Yvonne Jefferies <strong>Bar</strong>low Lyde & Gilbert, London, England<br />
Jorge Velarde Rodrigo Elias & Medrano Abogados, Lima, Peru<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 307, suntec convention centre<br />
corporate governance and the evolving directors’ and<br />
officers’ liability insurance<br />
Session Chair<br />
Aruno Rajaratnam Willis, Singapore; Secretary, Insurance<br />
Expert analysts concluded that the single most important reason<br />
for the East Asian financial crisis was the corporate governance<br />
weaknesses in Asia. However, corporate scandals in the United<br />
States and Europe such as Enron, WorldCom, AOL, Daimler Chrysler,<br />
Parmalat and others highlight the fact that corporate governance<br />
compliance is an international cross-border problem.<br />
Against this background, a panel of market and legal experts will<br />
examine how D&O insurers transform and transmit the corporate<br />
governance risk and securities law in underwriting D&O coverage;<br />
pricing D&O risks and exposures according to the risk profile of each<br />
individual entity; and increasing focus on corporate governance in<br />
assessing the risk. This is not just a ‘tick-box’ approach but a serious<br />
assessment of conformance.<br />
Speakers<br />
Sharon Daly Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Dublin, Ireland<br />
Francesco De Gennero Traverso & Associati, Rome, Italy<br />
Shasi Gangadharan Asia Pacific Head for Chubb Specialist<br />
Insurances, Singapore<br />
Robert Haldane Stephenson Harwood, London, England<br />
Tricia Hobson Ebsworth & Ebsworth, Sydney, New South Wales,<br />
Australia<br />
Hans Londonck Sluijk Houthoff Buruma NV, Amsterdam, the<br />
Netherlands<br />
John Mathias Jr Jenner & Block, Chicago, Illinois, USA<br />
Ricardo Ramirez Calvo Marval O’Farrell & Mairal, Buenos Aires,<br />
Argentina<br />
Rajat Taimni Tuli & Co, Mumbai, India<br />
Mak Yuen Teen National University of Singapore Business School,<br />
Singapore<br />
0930 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 203, suntec convention centre<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
captives<br />
Session Chair<br />
Jan Heuvels<br />
The captive insurance industry is a major contributor to Singapore’s<br />
position as an insurance hub. A panel of experts will look at issues<br />
such as today’s drivers behind captive formation and portfolio<br />
diversification, as well as regulatory and legal issues including the<br />
dynamics which occur in a captive’s relations with its insured, its<br />
reinsurers and excess layers.<br />
Speakers<br />
Diana Chafey DLA Piper, Chicago, Illinois, USA<br />
Jonathan Cook Anglo American Plc, London, England<br />
Liam Flynn Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Dublin, Ireland<br />
Daniel Koepfer Aon Insurance Managers, Singapore<br />
Jan Woloniecki Attride-Stirling & Woloniecki, Hamilton, Bermuda<br />
Michael Zipper Allianz Risk Transfer, New York, USA<br />
8<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 202, suntec convention centre<br />
effective regulation in an increasingly globalised<br />
marketplace<br />
Session Chair<br />
Martin Mankabady Lawrence Graham LLP, London, England<br />
This session will look at a number of issues including the difference<br />
between a rules-based and a principles-based regulatory regime, the<br />
extent to which there is regulatory arbitrage by global reinsurance<br />
players, and key areas which should be covered by regulation.<br />
Speakers<br />
Robert Laurie Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, Hartford,<br />
Connecticut, USA<br />
Peter Mann Clayton Utz, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;<br />
Newsletter Editor, Insurance<br />
Ann Newbrun Ebsworth & Ebsworth, Sydney, New South Wales,<br />
Australia<br />
Sheahan Verghese Majmudar & Co, Bangalore, India<br />
Chris Warren-Smith <strong>Bar</strong>low Lyde & Gilbert LLP, London, England<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 203, suntec convention centre<br />
A DInneR will be held for committee members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
1930 tHuRsDAY<br />
Investment Funds<br />
Chair<br />
Edgar Wallach Hengeler Mueller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany<br />
Investment funds in Asia: issues for fund managers,<br />
sponsors and investors<br />
Session Chair<br />
Rory Gallaher Deacons, Hong Kong SAR; Secretary, Investment<br />
Funds<br />
This session will explore whether the increasing economic growth in<br />
certain countries in Asia has led to corresponding growth in business<br />
and investment opportunities for fund managers, sponsors and<br />
investors in these jurisdictions. In this context it will introduce the<br />
legal framework of the relevant investment fund laws and will shed<br />
light on the commercial conditions found by foreign asset managers<br />
accessing the market.<br />
Speakers<br />
Shefali Goradia Nishith Desai Associates, Mumbai, India<br />
Frederick J Horsey <strong>Bar</strong>clays Global Investors, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Lawrence Low JP Morgan, Singapore<br />
Thomas H McGowan Russin & Vecchi, Taipei, Taiwan<br />
Timothy J O’Brien Kim & Chang, Seoul, South Korea<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 325, suntec convention centre<br />
Anatomy of a fund blow-up: what happens when<br />
things go wrong?<br />
Session Chair<br />
David Dillon Dillon Eustace Solicitors, Dublin, Ireland; Senior Vice-<br />
Chair, Investment Funds<br />
The session will consider the incidence of fund blow-ups and their<br />
implications in the context of liability, exposure, ownership interests<br />
and priorities of the various parties to a fund. The session will<br />
compare the different legal concepts of each jurisdiction represented<br />
at the roundtable.<br />
Speakers<br />
Choo Wai Hong Legal Consultant, Singapore<br />
Umesh Kumar Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London, England<br />
Yves Prussen Elvinger Hoss Prussen, Luxembourg<br />
Nigel Stead Management Plus, Singapore<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 201, suntec convention centre<br />
A DInneR will be held for committee members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
1930 tuesDAY
Private Investment Funds<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Michael Wolitzer Simpson Thacher & <strong>Bar</strong>tlett LLP, New York, USA<br />
Jason Glover Clifford Chance LLP, London, England (also Session<br />
Co-Chair)<br />
Hedge and private equity funds as clients – what a<br />
non-funds lawyer should know<br />
Session Chair<br />
Michael Wolitzer<br />
The private investment funds area has grown dramatically over the<br />
past 15 years and the legal needs of the funds and their managers<br />
have grown along with it. These fund clients have gone from<br />
having simple fund formation and investment transaction needs to<br />
utilising a broad array of services provided by full-service law firms.<br />
As their investment activities broaden, such clients need regulatory<br />
advice, help with antitrust filings and litigation support. As the fund<br />
managers themselves grow through scale and diversification, they<br />
have become increasingly sophisticated users of employment, tax<br />
and bank finance advice. Most recently, we have seen firms and<br />
funds going public, requiring capital markets expertise and corporate<br />
governance advice. This panel will explore the special considerations<br />
associated with providing advice to private investment firms and the<br />
funds that they manage.<br />
Speakers<br />
Randy Bodner Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, USA<br />
Nigel Farr Herbert Smith LLP, London, England<br />
Hilton Mervis SJ Berwin LLP, London, England<br />
Zia Mody AZB & Partners, Mumbai, India<br />
Wai King Ng WongPartnership, Singapore<br />
Ashar Qureshi Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, London,<br />
England<br />
James Wadham Clifford Chance LLP, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Katsuyuki Yamaguchi Nishimura & Asahi, Tokyo, Japan<br />
Securities Law<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 201, suntec convention centre<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Margaret Tahyar Davis Polk & Wardwell, Paris, France<br />
René Bösch Homburger, Zürich, Switzerland<br />
consolidation of securities exchanges: moving towards<br />
a truly global securities market?<br />
Session Chair<br />
René Bösch<br />
Since the demutualisation of securities exchanges in many parts of<br />
the world, the trend towards consolidation has been unstoppable.<br />
The market has seen successful and less successful attempts by<br />
exchange operators, having first gone public themselves, to acquire<br />
minority stakes, to enter into cross-border mergers or to launch<br />
takeover bids, both friendly and unsolicited. This session will analyse<br />
various recent examples of consolidation in the industry, including<br />
the creation of Euronext, the attempts made to take over or merge<br />
with the London Stock Exchange (by Deutsche Börse and Nasdaq<br />
among others), the merger between the Chicago Mercantile<br />
Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, the merger between the<br />
New York Stock Exchange and Euronext and the acquisition of the<br />
Bolsa Italiana by the London Stock Exchange etc.<br />
The panel will include experts from various sides of the market,<br />
who will discuss the benefits, risks and implications from the point of<br />
view of all stakeholders and who will share their thoughts on what<br />
the future has yet to bring.<br />
Speakers<br />
Thomas Bischof Group Regulatory Management UBS AG, Zurich,<br />
Switzerland<br />
Liam Flynn Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Dublin, Ireland<br />
Chris Gordon Bell Gully, Wellington, New Zealand<br />
Catherine Langlais Euronext Group, Paris, France<br />
Niels Walther-Rasmussen Kromann Reumert, Copenhagen,<br />
Denmark; Chair, Underwriting and Distribution Subcommittee<br />
Jaap Willeumier Stibbe, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Council<br />
Member, Legal Practice Division<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 306, suntec convention centre<br />
A luncH will be held with Banking law for committee<br />
members and guests.<br />
See page 107 for details<br />
communication strategies in securities and m&A<br />
transactions<br />
Joint session with Media Law.<br />
1230 tuesDAY<br />
Session Chair<br />
Christian Cascante Gleiss Lutz, Stuttgart, Germany; Conference<br />
Coordinator, Securities Law<br />
In many jurisdictions, IPOs and M&A transactions draw a great deal<br />
of publicity, hostile takeovers in particular. For the parties involved, it<br />
is often key to choose the right communication strategy – and not to<br />
make any legal mistakes when doing so.<br />
This session includes investment banking, legal, PR and IR experts<br />
and will focus first on the dos and don’ts when seeking publicity<br />
in securities or M&A transactions. Topics covered will be the use<br />
of broader advertising campaigns, the use of general media, the<br />
methods of dealing with unwanted media reports, and the relevant<br />
legal restrictions. The roles of the issuer, the banks and other experts<br />
will be addressed. The second part of the session will highlight the<br />
approach of PR specialists to public M&A transactions, the different<br />
perspectives of the relevant constituencies and the legal issues in<br />
connection therewith by way of a case study.<br />
Speakers<br />
Chris Ashworth O’Melveny & Myers LLP, London, England<br />
Rebecca Blumenstein Wall Street Journal, Beijing, China<br />
Michael DeSombre Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Jane Liu Christensen IR, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Tim Payne Brunswick Group, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Rohit Sipahimalani Morgan Stanley, Singapore<br />
Prawiro Widjaja Allen & Gledhill LLP, Singapore<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 208, suntec convention centre<br />
9<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
capital markets financings for private equity deals in<br />
Asia: recent trends and key issues<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Timothy Massad Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, USA<br />
Filip Moerman Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Beijing, China<br />
This session will review recent trends and developments as well<br />
as key issues in the use of capital markets for financing private<br />
equity deals in Asia. The number of private equity buy-outs in Asia<br />
continues to increase, and the private equity community has turned<br />
its focus to Asia as a source for new investments.<br />
Discussions will encompass the different requirements for private<br />
equity transactions in Asia compared to the US and Europe, and<br />
what impact those differences have on capital market financings.<br />
The role of high-yield debt in Asian private equity will be explored,<br />
and the importance of equity capital markets and IPOs as exit<br />
strategies will be explained. The session will also review the use of<br />
novel financing techniques such as PIK notes.<br />
Speakers<br />
Jonathan Ross Bell Gully, Auckland, New Zealand; Conference<br />
Coordinator, Securities Law<br />
Ashish Shastry Texas Pacific Group, Singapore<br />
Peter Siambab Citigroup, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Anthony Wang Clifford Chance LLP, Hong Kong SAR<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 203, suntec convention centre<br />
60<br />
Human Resources Section<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Julia Onslow-Cole London, England<br />
Discrimination and Gender<br />
Equality<br />
Chair<br />
<strong>Bar</strong>ry Mordsley Salans, London, England<br />
Pursuing and defending discrimination claims in the<br />
workplace<br />
Joint session with Mediation.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Ignacio Funes de Rioja Funes de Rioja e Associades, Buenos Aires,<br />
Argentine; Secretary and Website Coordinator, Discrimination and<br />
Gender Equality<br />
Rod Harper Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs, Johannesburg, South<br />
Africa<br />
David Lowe Rudy Exelrod & Zieff LLP, San Francisco, Califonia, USA;<br />
Vice-Chair, Discrimination and Gender Equality<br />
<strong>Bar</strong>ry Mordsley<br />
Despite efforts by organisations in many jurisdictions to embrace<br />
diversity and multiculturalism, discrimination claims by employees<br />
remain prevalent. This programme will consider how companies<br />
can take effective measures to prevent and resolve such claims<br />
before they result in costly litigation and adverse publicity. A panel<br />
of judges, in-house counsel and private practitioners will consider<br />
the steps to prevent the rise of disputes and will discuss how to<br />
respond to media and press enquiries with the use of public relations<br />
consultants. The panel will also consider pre-action protocols in<br />
different jurisdictions prior to commencement of proceedings<br />
disclosure and evidential issues such as the EU Burden of Proof<br />
Directive in facilitating claims. Consideration will also be given to<br />
mediation of workplace discrimination claims by HR departments<br />
during the employment relationship and how mediation is<br />
increasingly the subject of advice from private practitioners.<br />
Speakers<br />
Kala Anandarajah Rajah & Tann, Singapore<br />
Louise <strong>Bar</strong>rington Hong Kong SAR<br />
Mike Delikat Orrick, New York, USA<br />
Corbette Doyle AON, Franklin, Tennessee, USA<br />
Hagi Elul Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York, USA<br />
AndersEtgen Reitz Bech-Bruun, Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
Noemi Gal-Or Kwantlen University College, Surrey, British Columbia,<br />
Canada<br />
Burkard Göpfert Gleiss Lutz, Munich, Germany<br />
Tony Hyams-Parish Rawlinson Butler LLP, West Sussex, England<br />
Sean Jones London, England<br />
Camille Olson Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago, Illinois, USA<br />
Sebastián C Rodrigo Alfaro Abogados, Buenos Aires, Argentina<br />
Alan Rycroft Faculty of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban,<br />
South Africa<br />
0930 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 307, suntec convention centre<br />
A DInneR will be held with the employment and<br />
Industrial Relations law committee for members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details<br />
2000 tuesDAY<br />
sex, age and race discrimination in law firms<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Dirk Jan Rutgers Kennedy Van der Laan, Amsterdam, the<br />
Netherlands; Vice-Chair, Discrimination and Gender Equality<br />
Scott Wenner Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, New York, USA<br />
Despite the increased focus on age discrimination in employment<br />
laws around the world, many law firms still impose mandatory<br />
retirement on partners who may escape the reach of employment<br />
discrimination laws, or who may fall under an exception<br />
for mandatory retirement. Additionally, some argue that a<br />
disproportionately low number of partners in major US, European,<br />
and other law firms are women and from ethnic minorities. Some<br />
believe law firms limit partnership opportunities in this regard,<br />
through a ‘glass ceiling’ or otherwise.<br />
This session will consider why many law firms seem to limit<br />
partnership opportunities for women and protected minorities,<br />
refusing to embrace diversity and multiculturalism and limiting<br />
the talent available as a result. The session will address diversity<br />
strategies and the limits of discrimination laws for promoting<br />
opportunities for victims of discrimination in law firms.<br />
Speakers<br />
Mark Alcott Paul Reiss Rifkin Wharton & Garrison LLP, Immediate<br />
Past President of the New York State <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong> (NYSBA),<br />
New York, USA<br />
Anne Birgitte Gammeljord Gorrissen Federspiel Kierkegaard/Danish<br />
Law Society, Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
Phil Clements Washington Mutual, Seattle, Washington, USA<br />
Veronica Joseph Drew & Napier LLC, Singapore<br />
Alistair McGregor QC 11 King’s Bench Walk, London, England<br />
Taswell Papier Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs, Cape Town, South<br />
Africa; Past President, Cape Law Society<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 307, suntec convention centre
Religious symbols in the workplace and in public places<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Regina Glaser Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Düsseldorf, Germany<br />
Susan Stelzner Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs, Cape Town, South<br />
Africa; Vice-Chair, Discrimination and Gender Equality<br />
The recent debate over religious customs in the workplace has<br />
highlighted the potential conflict between organisations deciding<br />
their policies on dress codes and use of religious symbols on the<br />
one hand, and employees observing their cultural traditions without<br />
religious impediment on the other. Should these cases be resolved<br />
by managerial compromise, and can the law preventing religious<br />
discrimination help?<br />
These issues will be considered by a panel of experts, including<br />
human resources professionals and in-house counsel, who will<br />
consider the impact on the successful conduct of business, and in<br />
the light of the importance of tolerance and diversity.<br />
Speakers<br />
Danny Armstrong First Rand Bank, Johannesburg, South Africa<br />
Katell Deniel-Allioux Salans, Paris, France<br />
Edmundo Escobar Escobar y Gorostieta SC, Mexico City, Mexico<br />
Charles H Kaplan Lowenstein Sandler PC, New York, USA<br />
Christine Moore British Telecommunications, London, England<br />
Vijayan Venugopal Shearn Delamore & Co, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 306, suntec convention centre<br />
Employment and Industrial<br />
Relations Law<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Salvador del Rey Cuatrecasas, Madrid/<strong>Bar</strong>celona, Spain<br />
Mariann Norrbom Norrbom & Vinding, Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
understanding Asian employment and labour law in a<br />
globalisation context: the role of Asian and non-Asian<br />
multinationals<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Salvador del Rey<br />
Els de Wind Van Doorne, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Publications<br />
Officer, Employment and Industrial Relations Law<br />
Robert Mignin Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Senior<br />
Vice-Chair, Employment and Industrial Relations Law<br />
Gerlind Wisskirchen CMS Hasche Sigle, Cologne, Germany;<br />
Publications Officer, Employment and Industrial Relations Law<br />
Understanding employment and labour law in Asia<br />
Lawyers from major law firms in China, India, Korea, Singapore<br />
and other Asian countries will explain their practice in HHRR legal<br />
systems in relation to their essential institutions:<br />
• the role of law, collective agreements and individual contracts in<br />
the regulation of working conditions;<br />
• the drafting of an employment contract;<br />
• main working conditions in action: wages, working time etc;<br />
• modifications to an employment contract;<br />
• termination of the employment contract for business and<br />
disciplinary reasons;<br />
• outsourcing and employees’ internal and international mobility;<br />
• the role of trade unions; and<br />
• solutions to labour conflicts: jurisdiction, mediation and<br />
arbitration.<br />
Speakers<br />
Lalit Bhasin The <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong> of India, New Delhi, India<br />
Brendon Carr Hwang Mok Park PC, Seoul, South Korea<br />
Biswajit Chatterjee Tata Consultancy Services Asia Pacific Pte Ltd,<br />
Singapore<br />
Dominic Hui Vivien Chan & Co, Shanghai, China<br />
Lucy Lu King & Wood, Shanghai, China<br />
Amir Singh Pasrich <strong>International</strong> Law Affiliates, New Delhi, India;<br />
Vice-Chair, Asia Pacific Forum<br />
Manishi Pathak Kochhar & Co, New Delhi, India<br />
Anand Prasad Trilegal, New Delhi, India<br />
Thavalingam Thavarajah Zaid Ibrahim & Co, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<br />
Vijayan Venugopal Shearn Delamore & Co, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<br />
Isabelle I H Wan TransAsia Lawyers, Shanghai, China<br />
Caroline Wicks PricewaterhouseCoopers <strong>International</strong> Assignment<br />
Services (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Singapore<br />
Kent Woo Kingson Law Firm, Guangzhou, China<br />
Andy Yeo Johnson Stokes & Master, Shanghai, China<br />
0930 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 202, suntec convention centre<br />
understanding human resources law for non-Asian<br />
multinationals operating in Asian countries<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Pascale Lagesse Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris, France; Vice-<br />
Chair, Employment and Industrial Relations Law<br />
Mariann Norrbom<br />
HR managers and in-house counsel from major American, European<br />
and Australian multinationals will explain the main issues they face<br />
when operating in Asian countries: how they adapt to very different<br />
cultural, social and legal systems; the role of code of conducts<br />
and internal instructions; how they make a balance between<br />
international and local managers; the role of local and international<br />
law firms in their adaptations to local employment and labour rules;<br />
and how they view the role of their countries and their companies in<br />
the process of globalisation in Asia.<br />
Speakers<br />
Bikramjit Maitra Infosys Technologies Limited, Bangalore, India<br />
Cynthia Remmers Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, California, USA<br />
Archana Sasan GE Money Financial Services Limited, Haryana, India<br />
Peter Susser Littler Mendelson PC, Washington DC, USA<br />
Peter Wood Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of Hong Kong<br />
Limited, Hong Kong SAR<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 205, suntec convention centre<br />
61<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
understanding human resources law for Asian<br />
multinationals operating in non-Asian countries<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Oscar de la Vega Basham Ringe y Correa SC, Mexico City, Mexico;<br />
Secretary and Website Coordinator, Employment and Industrial<br />
Relations Law<br />
Rob Towner Bell Gully, Auckland, New Zealand<br />
HR managers and in-house counsel from Asian multinationals will<br />
explain how they operate in non-Asian countries: how they adapt to<br />
very different cultural, social and legal systems; the role of code of<br />
conducts (if any) and internal instructions; how they make a balance<br />
between international and local managers; the role of local and<br />
international law firms in their adaptations to local employment and<br />
labour rules; and how they view the role of their countries and their<br />
companies in the process of globalisation outside Asia.<br />
Speakers<br />
Russell Allen Freehills, Perth, Western Australia, Australia<br />
Darren G Gardner Seyfarth Shaw LLP, San Francisco, California, USA<br />
K Lesli Ligorner Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP, Hong Kong<br />
SAR<br />
Eddie Ng Vivien Chan & Co, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Ruengrit Pooprasert Zaid Ibrahim & Co (Thailand) Ltd, Bangkok,<br />
Thailand<br />
Pattie Walsh Minter Ellison, Hong Kong SAR<br />
62<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 205, suntec convention centre<br />
A DInneR will be held with Discrimination and gender<br />
equality law for committee members and guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
2000 tuesDAY<br />
committee business meeting<br />
An open meeting of the Employement and Industrial Relations Law<br />
Committee will be held to discuss future activities.<br />
1500 – 1800 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 320, suntec convention centre<br />
Immigration and Nationality Law<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Sergio R Karas Karas & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br />
Gabrielle Buckley Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago,<br />
Illinois, USA<br />
global business immigration update<br />
Session Chair<br />
Sergio R Karas<br />
This session will provide a worldwide update on developments in<br />
the field of business immigration law. The session will focus on new<br />
trends and policies in various jurisdictions, offer a critique of these<br />
systems, and compare how countries encourage or discourage<br />
business and skilled worker migration.<br />
Speakers<br />
Heriberto Batres Arellano Rincon Abogados SC, Monterrey, Mexico<br />
Eric Bland Siskind Susser Bland, New York, USA<br />
Gary S Eisenberg Eisenberg & Associates, Cape Town, South Africa;<br />
Vice-Chair, Immigration and Nationality Law<br />
Carolina Garutti EMDOC MRS Specialized Services, São Paulo, Brazil<br />
Kenneth K C Ing Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver, British Columbia,<br />
Canada<br />
Gunther Mävers Mütze Korsch, Cologne, Germany<br />
Nadine Owen PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal LLP, London, England;<br />
Secretary, Immigration and Nationality Law<br />
Fernando Scornik Gerstein Fernando Scornik Gerstein Abogados,<br />
Madrid, Spain; Co-Chair, Senior Lawyers’ Committee<br />
Michael Thornton Thornton Immigration Lawyers, Dandenong,<br />
Victoria, Australia<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 308, suntec convention centre<br />
collision course? coordination of immigration law and<br />
tax law strategies for expatriates<br />
Joint session with Taxes.<br />
Session Chair<br />
Gabrielle Buckley<br />
This session will be of interest to immigration, tax and employment<br />
practitioners. The session will highlight the relationship between<br />
immigration and tax policies around the world and their effect on<br />
expatriate employees and their employers. The speakers will examine<br />
the tax ramifications created by the movement of highly skilled<br />
labour, and discuss possible solutions and tax planning strategies.<br />
Speakers<br />
Daksha Baxi Nishith Desai Associates, India<br />
Clayton Cartwright The Cartwright Law Firm LLC, Columbus,<br />
Georgia, USA<br />
Stacy Choong Drew & Napier LLC, Singapore<br />
Nadine Gelli<br />
Howard Greenberg Greenberg Turner, Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br />
Brian Harris Brian Harris & Co, London, England<br />
Paula Singer<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 308, suntec convention centre<br />
fines, jail, deportation and bad publicity: immigration<br />
enforcement trends affecting employers and<br />
international employees<br />
Session Chair<br />
Greg Siskind Siskind Susser Bland PC, Memphis, Tennessee, USA<br />
This session will examine immigration enforcement issues affecting<br />
corporate employers and their global workforces. Speakers will<br />
focus on potential problems and liabilities, and suggest preventive<br />
measures and solutions. The speakers will also discuss high-profile<br />
employer sanctions and prosecutions in various jurisdictions, and<br />
how employers can avoid similar situations.<br />
Speakers<br />
David Bitel Parish Patience Immigration Lawyers, Sydney, New South<br />
Wales, Australia<br />
Laura Danielson Fredrikson & Byron, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA<br />
Laura Devine Laura Devine Solicitors, London, England<br />
Henry Hachez Verhaegen Walravens, Brussels, Belgium<br />
Jose Jimenez JG Law, Makati City, Philippines<br />
Pablo Käufer <strong>Bar</strong>be Estudio Käufer <strong>Bar</strong>be & Vinent, Buenos Aires,<br />
Argentina; Vice-Chair, Senior Lawyers’ Committee<br />
Edward Lehman Lehman Lee & Xu, Beijing, China<br />
Ranjit Malhotra Malhotra & Malhotra Associates, India<br />
Yoshio Shimoda Administrative Lawyers Corporation, Tokyo, Japan<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 308, suntec convention centre
Immigration and work visa options in the Asia Pacific<br />
region<br />
Session Chair<br />
Eugene Chow Chow King & Associates, Hong Kong SAR<br />
The session will focus on the specific immigration policies of<br />
countries in the Asia Pacific region, with emphasis on the emerging<br />
economies. The session will identify trends in bilateral and<br />
multilateral migration between countries, and discuss immigration<br />
issues and challenges for companies setting up operations in these<br />
countries.<br />
Speakers<br />
Shalini Agarwal ALMT Legal, London, England<br />
Helen Chan Assistant Director, Visa and Policies Matters, Hong Kong<br />
Immigration Department, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Mai Thi Minh Hang Russin & Vecchi LLC, Hanoi, Vietnam<br />
Maria Jockel Maddocks Lawyers, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia<br />
Aubeck Kam Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Manpower, Singapore<br />
Marcus Kosins Jr Kosins Attorney at Foreign Law Office, Tokyo,<br />
Japan<br />
K C Li Law Offices of KC Li, Guangzhou/Shanghai, China<br />
Clarence Yeo Deputy Commissioner, Immigration & Checkpoints<br />
Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 308, suntec convention centre<br />
A DInneR will be held for committee members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
1930 tHuRsDAY<br />
Insolvency, Restructuring and<br />
Creditors’ Rights Section<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Selinda A Melnik Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, Wilmington,<br />
Delaware/New York, USA<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Christopher Besant Cassels Brock & Blackwell, Toronto, Ontario,<br />
Canada<br />
Alexander Klauser Brauneis Klauser Prändl, Vienna, Austria<br />
the new corporate raiders: the role of hedge funds in<br />
financial restructuring<br />
Session Chair<br />
Arlene Elgart Mirsky Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross PC, Newark, New<br />
Jersey, New York, USA; Co-Chair, Reorganisation and Workouts<br />
Subcommittee<br />
Hedge funds – lightly regulated investment pools – have entered into<br />
nearly every aspect of the investing world. Recently, the estimated<br />
US$1 trillion hedge fund industry has increasingly encroached on<br />
the traditional role of banks, lending money to ailing, cash-strapped<br />
companies.<br />
But the arrival of hedge funds has shaken up the business<br />
of giving loans to struggling companies, with many traditional<br />
lenders complaining about the rough tactics they say hedge funds<br />
sometimes employ. These lenders say hedge funds often resist<br />
amending loan agreements, thereby making it more likely that<br />
borrowers will file for bankruptcy protection.<br />
The notion of the hedge fund corporate raider is also alive and<br />
well as hedge funds to extract the maximum financial benefit from<br />
their investments, including trying to force a sell-off of assets.<br />
Distinguished speakers will focus on these recent developments<br />
in the restructuring process, in particular the impact of changes<br />
in players and processes on distressed and bankrupt firms. Topics<br />
include: an overview of the international distressed debt market;<br />
how regulators view this changing dynamic (including recent<br />
investigations into insider trading); whether companies benefit from<br />
hedge fund investments; whether hedge funds (and private equity<br />
investors) should serve on creditors’ committees; and whether firms<br />
in bankruptcy today are more likely to be sold off than reorganised<br />
due to hedge fund activities.<br />
This session will be recorded for CLE purposes.<br />
Speakers<br />
Harry G Broadman The World Bank, Washington DC, USA<br />
Thomas M Cambern Wachovia Securities, Charlotte, North Carolina,<br />
USA<br />
Michael R Clark Loan Management One S.r.o, Bratislava, Slovak<br />
Republic<br />
Andrew Grimmett Deloitte & Touche Financial Advisory Services Pte<br />
Ltd, Singapore<br />
John R Knight JP Morgan Chase & Co, Singapore<br />
Simon M Lorne Millennium Partners LP, New York, USA<br />
Alfredo R Perez Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Houston, Texas, USA<br />
Giovanni P Prezioso Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP,<br />
Washington DC, USA<br />
David Putnam Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, Hong Kong SAR<br />
John J Rapisardi Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, New York, USA<br />
James H M Sprayregen Goldman Sachs & Co, New York, USA<br />
Myra Tabor Cognis Capital, London, England<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 305, suntec convention centre<br />
6<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
Insolvency reform in Asia<br />
This session will consist of three panels examining key areas of<br />
insolvency and restructuring law and practice in the Asia Pacific<br />
region.<br />
China’s new insolvency reform<br />
Moderator<br />
Charles D Booth University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii<br />
The panel will address questions such as the following: Does China’s<br />
new insolvency law represent a major advance in addressing the<br />
situation of insolvent enterprises in China? How will the new<br />
Chinese law affect lenders and investors? Will the new law make it<br />
easier to resolve the insolvencies of China’s state-owned enterprises?<br />
What will the role of the Chinese Government be in future Chinese<br />
insolvencies, and will it play a different role than it has in the past?<br />
Speakers<br />
John R Lees John Lees & Associates Ltd, Hong Kong SAR<br />
John M Marsden Johnson Stokes & Master, Shanghai, China<br />
Wang Weiguo China University of Politics and Law, Beijing, China<br />
Asian law reform<br />
Moderator<br />
Clare Wee Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines<br />
The panel will focus on the following issues: What have been the<br />
major insolvency reforms in recent years in different Asian-Pacific<br />
jurisdictions? Have these reforms been effective, and have they<br />
kept pace with economic developments in the region? Is there an<br />
‘implementation gap’ in enforcing the new laws? What are the<br />
major challenges that lie ahead for modernising the insolvency law<br />
regimes in the Asia Pacific region?<br />
Speakers<br />
Sumant Batra Kesar Dass & Associates, New Delhi, India<br />
David Cowling Clayton Utz, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;<br />
Vice-Chair, Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights<br />
Hideyuki Sakai Bingham McCutchen Murase Sakai & Mimura<br />
(Foreign Law Joint Enterprise), Tokyo, Japan<br />
Soogeun Oh Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, South Korea<br />
Cross-border insolvencies<br />
Moderators<br />
Leonard H Gilbert Holland & Knight LLP, Tampa, Florida, USA<br />
Steven T Kargman Kargman Associates, New York, USA<br />
The panel will review major cases involving complex cross-border<br />
insolvencies and restructurings. It will also consider whether it has<br />
been possible to achieve effective cross-border coordination and<br />
cooperation in multi-jurisdictional insolvencies and restructurings.<br />
In addition, the panel will discuss the potential role of mergers and<br />
acquisitions as a part of the work-out process.<br />
Speakers<br />
Stephen B Flynn Simpson Grierson, Wellington, New Zealand<br />
Guy Isherwood Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited,<br />
Hong Kong SAR<br />
Sushil Nair Drew Napier LLC, Singapore<br />
Kannan Ramesh Tan Kok Quan Partnership, Singapore<br />
Jin Tao Jun He Law Offices, Beijing, China<br />
64<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 305, suntec convention centre<br />
A DInneR will be held for section members and guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
1930 tuesDAY<br />
transnational insolvency and fraud<br />
Joint session with Business Crime and the <strong>International</strong> Chamber<br />
of Commerce’s Fraudnet Division.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
David Cowling<br />
Martin Kenney Martin Kenney & Co, Tortola, British Virgin Islands<br />
This session will examine the role of fraud, asset tracing and asset<br />
recovery in transnational insolvency administration. The focus will be<br />
on how insolvency practitioners can work with lawyers specialising in<br />
white collar crime to overcome these problems, where assets or the<br />
proceeds of asset liquidation have been dispersed out of the country<br />
in which the insolvent corporation was domiciled.<br />
As well as gaining practical advice on how to approach these<br />
problems, participants will obtain an insight into what types of<br />
jurisdictions can be especially problematic to deal with and common<br />
transnational structural techniques employed to defraud the<br />
legitimate claims of creditors.<br />
This session will be followed by a members’ meeting for the<br />
Section on Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights (SIRC).<br />
SIRC officers will provide an update on the activities, projects and<br />
future initiatives of SIRC.<br />
Speakers<br />
Frederick D Holden Orrick, San Francisco, California, USA<br />
Michael Hughes Minter Ellison, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />
Bernd Klose Fachanwalt für Insolvenzrecht, Friedrichsdorf, Germany<br />
Steven Philippsohn PCB Litigation, London, England<br />
Marc Russenberger Vischer, Zurich, Switzerland<br />
Manoj Sandrasegara Drew Napier LLC, Singapore<br />
Joseph J Wielebinski Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC, Dallas, Texas,<br />
USA<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 305, suntec convention centre<br />
Intellectual Property,<br />
Communications and Technology<br />
Section<br />
Council Liaison Officers<br />
Clive Elliott Shortland Chambers, Auckland, New Zealand<br />
Almudena Arpón de Mendívil Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, Madrid,<br />
Spain<br />
second dates: up to speed tabletalk<br />
This is an interactive networking session that builds on the successful<br />
‘speed dating’ session held at last year’s Annual Conference in<br />
Chicago. Participants will move around moderated tables discussing<br />
areas of current interest providing you with a convenient opportunity<br />
to meet many other lawyers with similar interests and to discuss a<br />
number of topics with them. Officers of the section’s committees<br />
will also be soliciting your views about your areas of interest and<br />
encouraging other suggestions, to enable the section to deliver<br />
activities accordingly.<br />
A variety of topics covering aspects of business and law of interest<br />
to the section’s committees will be discussed, including ‘hot topics’<br />
that will be selected for relevance just prior to the conference. Topics<br />
to be covered include:<br />
• Google Earth and intrusive technologies: how far should they<br />
reach?<br />
• mobile entertainment;<br />
• real law in virtual worlds: massive multiplayer interactive games;<br />
• user generated content (blogs and wikis);<br />
• mining the data mountains: personal and corporate data;
• new multimedia platforms (HDTV, broadband, wireless);<br />
• the mobile divide: new mobile technologies and their regional<br />
development;<br />
• secured financing of satellites;<br />
• when buying art is theft: cultural heritage and Asia;<br />
• art and freedom of expression: should there be boundaries? and<br />
• online gaming.<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 326, suntec convention centre<br />
Art, Cultural Institutions and<br />
Heritage Law<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Cristina Manasse Milan, Italy<br />
Adrian Parkhouse Farrer & Co LLP, London, England<br />
A DInneR will be held with media law for committee<br />
members and guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
Return of human remains<br />
Joint session with Media Law. See page 68 for details.<br />
committee business meeting<br />
2000 tuesDAY<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 209, suntec convention centre<br />
An open meeting of the Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law<br />
Committee will be held to discuss future activities.<br />
Buying art: can the risks be reduced?<br />
1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 209, suntec convention centre<br />
Session Chair<br />
José María Beneyto Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, Madrid, Spain; Senior<br />
Vice-Chair, Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law<br />
This session identifies the risks that arise upon the purchase of<br />
art works – risks that are accentuated by the inherent value and<br />
portability of the items. The session will go on to consider the<br />
extent to which it may be possible to reduce those risks by way of<br />
internationally accepted protocols, standard form contracts and<br />
databases of relevant laws. The session will build on work done at<br />
the Committee’s conference held 31 May – 1 June 2007 in Milan,<br />
Italy.<br />
Speakers<br />
Pieter Ariens Kappers Boekel De Nerée NV, Amsterdam, the<br />
Netherlands<br />
Jean-François Canat UGGC & Associés, Paris, France; WIPO Liaison,<br />
Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law<br />
Bonnie Czegledi Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Secretary, Art, Cultural<br />
Institutions and Heritage Law<br />
Klaus Jürgen Kraatz Kraatz & Kraatz, Kronberg, Germany<br />
Cristina Manasse<br />
Jean-Marie Vulliemin Froriep Renggli, Geneva, Switzerland; Vice-<br />
Chair, Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law<br />
Phil Whittaker LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 311, suntec convention centre<br />
Communications Law<br />
Chair<br />
Michael Bernasconi Bär & Karrer, Zurich, Switzerland<br />
Wireless distribution IP issues<br />
Joint session with the Licensing Intellectual Property and<br />
<strong>International</strong> Treaties Subcommittee. See page 67 for details.<br />
0930 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 303, suntec convention centre<br />
Bikinis and burkas, satellites and snoopers – what<br />
limits should the law impose on surveillance<br />
technology?<br />
Joint session with Outer Space Law. See page 69 for details.<br />
0900 – 1300 tuesDAY<br />
Room 314, suntec convention centre<br />
A DInneR will be held with outer space law for<br />
committee members and guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
1930 tuesDAY<br />
the mobile divide: can regulation foster progress<br />
internationally and inter-regionally?<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Alexandre Verheyden Jones Day, Brussels, Belgium; Membership<br />
Officer, Communications Law<br />
Chris Watson Dechert LLP, London, England; Website Coordinator,<br />
Communications Law<br />
Mobile communications are ubiquitous. But some countries are<br />
advancing faster than others to implement improved networks<br />
and mobile technologies and to roll out new services. Even within<br />
countries, operators can bring advances to some regions while<br />
others are left to fall behind. As a result, some consumers enjoy<br />
innovative and rapidly improving services, such as high-speed data<br />
services, while others see modest change. And although policymakers<br />
may want operators to move faster, the operators may feel<br />
constrained due to investment realities. This session will focus on the<br />
challenges involving the rolling out of wireless broadband networks<br />
and services, and will explore the extent to which regulatory policies,<br />
including deregulation initiatives, can help to bridge the mobile<br />
divide between countries and between regions within countries.<br />
Speakers<br />
Camila Borba Lefévre Houthoff Buruma NV, Amsterdam, the<br />
Netherlands<br />
Lorne Salzman McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br />
Mike McCabe EA – electronic arts, Hong Kong SAR<br />
David Satola The World Bank, Washington DC, USA<br />
Susan Schorr <strong>International</strong> Telecommunication Union (ITU),Geneva,<br />
Switzerland<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 309, suntec convention centre<br />
6<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
new multimedia platforms: who is riding the wave?<br />
HDtV, broadband, wireless, fixed line – issues arising<br />
from the convergence of media<br />
Joint session with Media Law.<br />
Session Chair<br />
Malcolm Webb MGF Webb, Auckland, New Zealand; Vice-Chair,<br />
Communications Law<br />
There is increasing direct competition between what were previously<br />
adjacent platforms: DSL or fibre versus cable or satellite, fixed versus<br />
mobile, IPTV versus broadcasting etc. Also, previously distinct operators<br />
are beginning to compete head-on, for example broadcasters like<br />
BSkyB which are offering bundled broadband, and telcos like BT,<br />
France Télécom and Telecom Italia which are offering video services,<br />
including IPTV. Incumbent telcos, faced with declining voice revenues,<br />
must find new businesses in markets where they are the challenger to<br />
established companies. Successful new entrants to the communications<br />
market, sites like Google, Yahoo and eBay, have seen huge expansion,<br />
and consumers are spending more and more on communications and<br />
media services. This session explores the new business models that<br />
are beginning to emerge, the new alliances that are taking shape, the<br />
developing legal issues and concerns, and the policy and regulatory<br />
challenges that arise in a rapidly converging market.<br />
Speakers<br />
Stuart Chiron PCCW Limited, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Katrina Johnson eBay Australia & New Zealand Ltd, Sydney, New<br />
South Wales, Australia<br />
John King Ivor Fitzpatrick & Company, Dublin, Ireland<br />
Simon Muys Blake Dawson Waldron, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia<br />
Marcus Vass Bird & Bird, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Richard L Wirthlin Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, California, USA<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 303, suntec convention centre<br />
Intellectual Property and<br />
Entertainment Law<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Richard Jarvis Davies Collison Cave Solicitors, Melbourne, Victoria,<br />
Australia<br />
Robert Krupka Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, California, USA<br />
A DInneR will be held for committee members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
2030 tuesDAY<br />
Best practice in IP litigation in the courts for the<br />
resolution of local and cross-border disputes<br />
Joint session with the National University of Singapore’s<br />
Faculty of Law.<br />
Session Chair<br />
The Honourable Justice Annabelle Bennett AO Federal Court of<br />
Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />
The challenges to intellectual property (IP) rights at so many levels have<br />
prompted a need for establishing and institutionalising a framework<br />
of specialised IP judges, courts and tribunals to protect and enforce IP<br />
rights in an efficient matter. This session will provide a unique forum<br />
for discussion and exchange of ideas on current issues related to the IP<br />
enforcement landscape, with a particular focus on the Asia Pacific region.<br />
This session will also look at strategies for more effective enforcement of<br />
IP rights and measures to strengthen cross-border enforcement. The panel<br />
66<br />
will then formulate an action plan to help reduce hearing times and cost<br />
for litigants and provide practical guidance for the conduct of litigation,<br />
particularly in complex technical cases.<br />
Whether you are in compliance, regulation or enforcement of IP<br />
rights, a lawyer in private practice, a judge or an intellectual property<br />
right holder, this distinguished panel will provide you with an<br />
invaluable insight into this important emerging issue.<br />
Buses will depart the Suntec Convention Centre at 0845 hours and<br />
will return at 1300 hours.<br />
Speakers<br />
Judge Reynaldo Bautista Daway IP and Commercial Court, Quezon<br />
City, Philippines<br />
Clive Elliott Shortland Chambers, Auckland, New Zealand; Council<br />
Member, Legal Practice Division<br />
Tan Cheng Han Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore,<br />
Singapore<br />
Robert Krupka<br />
The Honourable Justice Lee Seiu Kin Supreme Court of Singapore,<br />
Singapore<br />
Valentina Zoghbi <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, London, England<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
national university of <strong>singapore</strong><br />
4696 Bukit timah Road, <strong>singapore</strong>, 259779<br />
the olympic games – a legal guide to all things<br />
olympic<br />
Joint session with Leisure Industries. See page 75 for details.<br />
0930 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 302, suntec convention centre<br />
Real IP in a virtual world: IP issues arising out of virtual<br />
characters and scenes in online video games<br />
Session Chair<br />
William B Bunker Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, Irvine,<br />
California, USA; Vice-Chair, Licensing Intellectual Property and<br />
<strong>International</strong> Treaties Subcommittee<br />
Who owns player-modified online gaming characters (aka ‘avatars’)?<br />
Can virtual economies become real economies? Can rights exist in<br />
virtual brands and virtual store fronts? Is gaming tourism virtual or<br />
real? Explore these and other issues with this panel of intellectual<br />
property lawyers and industry professionals from the world’s hottest<br />
gaming markets. The panel will address in detail how IP rights,<br />
including patent, copyright, trademark and rights of publicity, are<br />
implicated in this burgeoning industry.<br />
This session will include live demonstrations of a few of the largest<br />
Massive Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) and a presentation of<br />
data showing the explosive growth of this market. Presently, there<br />
are well over ten million registered MMOG players worldwide.<br />
Speakers<br />
Fabian Niemann Bird & Bird, Frankfurt am Main, Germany<br />
William Tomlinson University of California, Irvine, California, USA<br />
Carlos R Villamar RMH Law, McLean, Virginia, USA<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 303, suntec convention centre
Copyright and Entertainment Law<br />
Chair<br />
Rachel Atkins Schillings, London, England<br />
google issues – is content liability sexy again?<br />
Joint session with Media Law.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Peter Brownlow Bird & Bird, London, England; Vice-Chair,<br />
Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law<br />
Mark Stephens Finers Stephens Innocent, London, England; Chair,<br />
Media Law<br />
Entire libraries are being digitised and user-generated content on<br />
sites such as YouTube is attracting huge amounts of investment and<br />
publicity. This session will examine the problems faced by companies<br />
such as Google in using this material either with or without the<br />
permission of the copyright owners.<br />
The interests of online service providers and content rights owners<br />
are increasingly coming into conflict as the internet evolves. How<br />
these disputes are resolved will affect the future of the internet.<br />
Legislation in different jurisdictions such as the Digital Millennium<br />
Copyright Act (US) and the Electronic Commerce Directive (EU) has<br />
sought to balance these interests. This session will look at both<br />
perspectives while taking a multijurisdictional look at these problems<br />
and the development of law in this area.<br />
Speakers<br />
Gilbert Leong Rodyk & Davidson LLP, Singapore<br />
Alexandra Neri Herbert Smith LLP, Paris, France<br />
Richard Raysman Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, New<br />
York, USA<br />
Mark Stephens<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 203, suntec convention centre<br />
Licensing Intellectual Property and <strong>International</strong><br />
Treaties<br />
Chair<br />
Gustavo Alcocer Olivares & Cía, Mexico City, Mexico<br />
Wireless distribution IP issues<br />
Joint session with Communications Law.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Gustavo Alcocer<br />
Matthias Nordmann Schwarz Kelwing Wicke Westpfahl, Munich,<br />
Germany<br />
Dirk Stolz Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Cologne, Germany<br />
With ever-increasing numbers of mobile devices available (mobile<br />
phones, blackberries, PDAs etc), media distribution is changing. New<br />
market players and platforms have emerged distributing content<br />
such as music, ring tones, cartoons, short clips, videos, photos,<br />
games and more. In many cases, existing audiovisual content<br />
is distributed onto mobile devices after having been technically<br />
modified. At the same time, new formats have arisen that are<br />
specifically tailored to small screen devices. The legal implications of<br />
these new distribution channels and forms of content are complex<br />
and still only partly solved. In this session, representatives from<br />
mobile providers and the media and entertainment industries, as<br />
well as their legal counsel, will provide examples of wireless service<br />
offerings and present their licensing strategies and business models.<br />
They will offer a general technical insight and discuss the emerging<br />
legal issues involved. These include:<br />
• What rights are needed in order to offer content on mobile<br />
devices?<br />
• Are moral rights infringed when content is reduced to fit mini<br />
screens?<br />
• Do older licence agreements already cover the relevant rights to<br />
distribute wireless?<br />
• How are the extensive information and transparency requirements<br />
complied with on mini screens?<br />
• Do consumer protection laws restrict the growth of wireless<br />
distribution?<br />
• Is mobile content regulated more strictly like broadcasting formats<br />
or rather loosely like internet content?<br />
Speakers<br />
Nigel Beck<br />
Jay J Kim Kim & Chang, Seoul, South Korea<br />
Peter Leonard Gilbert + Tobin, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />
Tony Lupo Arent Fox LLP, Washington DC, USA<br />
James C Roberts Praxis LLP, Los Angeles, California, USA<br />
Jeff Sanders Roberts & Ritholz LLP, New York, USA<br />
Jörg Tente 8 Elements Ltd, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Rogelio V Quevedo Smart Communications Inc, Makati City,<br />
Philippines<br />
Ronald Zink Microsoft EMEA, Paris, France; Chair, Internet Business<br />
0930 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 303, suntec convention centre<br />
Patent Law<br />
Chair<br />
Albert Jacobs Dreier LLP, New York, USA<br />
maximising patent rights globally<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Albert Jacobs<br />
Andreas von Falck Lovells LLP, Düsseldorf, Germany<br />
This panel will discuss how to build, leverage and enforce a global<br />
patent portfolio. The discussion will be cross-industry and will<br />
include how to maximise the life cycle of technology by adding<br />
patents on improvements, different forms and other add-ons to the<br />
basic technology. It will also include a ‘view from the bench’ which<br />
will feature how the judiciary views these add-on life cycle patents.<br />
Speakers<br />
Richard Kelly Oblon Spivac, Alexandria, Virginia, USA<br />
Christopher Shao Wei McClelland Maier & Neustadt NTD, Beijing,<br />
China<br />
Maximilian von Rospatt Rospatt Osten Pross, Düsseldorf, Germany<br />
Yoshio Kumakura Nakamura & Partners, Tokyo, Japan (invited)<br />
Koenraad Wuyts KPN NV, The Hague, the Netherlands<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 305, suntec convention centre<br />
6<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
Trademark Law<br />
Chair<br />
Patricia Hoet-Limbourg Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque, Caracas,<br />
Venezuela<br />
measures for combating counterfeiting and piracy<br />
68<br />
Joint session with Trade and Customs Law.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Patricia Hoet-Limbourg<br />
Rosemary Wallis Baldwins, Auckland, New Zealand; Vice-Chair,<br />
Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law<br />
Counterfeiting and piracy is the crime of the 21st century. Advances<br />
in technology have enabled rapid reproduction of high quality<br />
counterfeit goods, from such diverse areas as pharmaceuticals<br />
to DVDs and designer clothing. The best of these are virtually<br />
indistinguishable from the genuine products and come from<br />
the same countries. The standard legal measures from the past<br />
are failing spectacularly to stem the tide, resulting in a global<br />
underworld economy in counterfeit products. This session examines<br />
those measures, looks at what brand owners are doing now, and<br />
how they are cooperating with the public sector in order to join<br />
forces. The session also addresses the question as to what options<br />
they have in the future.<br />
Speakers<br />
Ira Nishisato Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br />
Jim Lim Shook Lin & Bok, Singapore<br />
Gerard van der Val Houthoff Buruma NV, Brussels, Belgium<br />
Rayan Tai Adidas Group, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Media Law<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 305, suntec convention centre<br />
Chair<br />
Mark Stephens Finers Stephens Innocent, London, England<br />
google issues – is content liability sexy again?<br />
Joint session with the Copyright and Entertainment Law<br />
Subcommittee. See page 67 for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 203, suntec convention centre<br />
communication strategies in securities and m&A<br />
transactions<br />
Joint session with Securities Law. See page 59 for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 208, suntec convention centre<br />
trial observations: a practical approach<br />
Joint session with the Human Rights Institute. See page 93 for<br />
details.<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 311, suntec convention centre<br />
A DInneR will be held with Art, cultural Institutions<br />
and Heritage law for committee members and guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
2000 tuesDAY<br />
Return of human remains<br />
Joint session with Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law and<br />
Indigenous Peoples.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Adrian Parkhouse Farrer & Co, London, England; Co-Chair, Art,<br />
Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law<br />
Mark Stephens<br />
The remains of indigenous peoples are increasingly sought from<br />
museum collections for repatriation to their own lands and<br />
traditional disposal by their descendants. This session will look at the<br />
conflicts between rights of custodians, science and indigenous rights<br />
and will look at the comparative ways in which different jurisdictions<br />
are confronting these increasingly complex issues.<br />
Keynote Speaker<br />
Justice Michael Kirby High Court of Australia, Sydney, New South<br />
Wales, Australia<br />
Speakers<br />
Catherine Bigley McGovern University of Notre Dame Australia,<br />
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />
Patrick Boylan City University London & Editor in Chief, <strong>International</strong><br />
Journal of Intangible Heritage, Leicester, England<br />
Joe Brennan Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA<br />
R A Foley University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England<br />
Cressida Ford Heritage Research and Consultancy<br />
Russell Raikes Cohen Highley LLP, London, Ontario, Canada; Chair,<br />
Indigenous Peoples<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 209, suntec convention centre<br />
gaming<br />
Joint session with Anti-Corruption, Business Crime and Leisure<br />
Industries.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Peter <strong>Bar</strong>tlett Minter Ellison, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia<br />
Jamie Nettleton Addisons, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />
Singapore has introduced two integrated resorts with casinos, which<br />
are due to open in 2009 and 2010. Macau is overtaking Las Vegas<br />
as the world’s largest casino venue. In Europe, America and Asia<br />
online gaming and online games have become the primary source<br />
of leisure for millions of people: multiplayer games, online poker,<br />
‘second life’ games and some of the internet-generation games that<br />
flourish across the globe.<br />
The authorities and regulators are active. There are different<br />
regulatory approaches. These approaches are under scrutiny by both<br />
the EU and WTO. Hear about the new global battlefield – how to<br />
regulate online gambling.<br />
The session will seek to capture the spirit that captivates millions.<br />
Speakers<br />
Peter Brown Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, New York,<br />
USA<br />
Lee Suet Fern Stamford Law, Singapore<br />
Quirino Mancini Sinisi Ceschini Mancini & Partners, Rome, Italy<br />
Yap Wai Ming Genting <strong>International</strong>, Singapore<br />
Ramon Moyano Estudio Beccar Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina<br />
Jamie Nettleton<br />
Gabrielle Patrick British American Insurance Co, Port-of-Spain,<br />
Trinidad
Monty Raphael Peters & Peters, London, England<br />
Stefan Schuppert Lovells LLP, Munich, Germany; Co-Chair,<br />
Technology Law<br />
Thibault Verbiest ULYS, Paris, France<br />
state intervention in the media<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 311, suntec convention centre<br />
Session Chair<br />
Jim Borelli Media/Professional Insurance, Kansas City, Missouri, USA<br />
How relevant are national laws to regulating a global media? This<br />
session will look at recent pronouncements of the Commonwealth<br />
Parliamentary <strong>Association</strong> and The World Bank Institute on the<br />
prerequisites for a free and independent media. How well does any<br />
democracy measure up? Is this merely a legal nirvana?<br />
Speakers<br />
Harshad Raj Dipendra Zaid Ibrahim, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<br />
Charles Glasser Bloomberg News LP, New York, USA<br />
Peter Jacobsen Bersenas Jacobsen Chouest Thomson Blackburn LLP,<br />
Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br />
Peter Noorlander Open Society Foundation, London, England<br />
Lesley Power Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Sydney, New South<br />
Wales, Australia<br />
Kevin Tan Equilibrium Consulting Pte Ltd, Singapore<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 303, suntec convention centre<br />
new multimedia platforms: who is riding the wave?<br />
HDtV, broadband, wireless, fixed line – issues arising<br />
from the convergence of media<br />
Joint session with Communications Law. See page 66 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 303, suntec convention centre<br />
Outer Space Law<br />
Chair<br />
Norbert Knittlmayer Aderhold v Dalwigk Knüppel, Cologne,<br />
Germany<br />
Bikinis and burkas, satellites and snoopers – what<br />
limits should the law impose on surveillance<br />
technology?<br />
Joint session with Communications Law, Technology Law, Human<br />
Rights Law and the Human Rights Institute<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Eckart Brödermann Brödermann & Jahn, Hamburg, Germany; Vice-<br />
Chair, Outer Space Law<br />
Ambassador Emilio J Cárdenas Buenos Aires, Argentina; Co-Chair,<br />
Human Rights Institute<br />
James Oury Oury Clark Solicitors, London, England; Chair, Human<br />
Rights Law<br />
Christopher Rees Herbert Smith LLP, London, England; Chair,<br />
Intrusive Technologies Subcommittee<br />
During the past half century, mankind has developed sophisticated<br />
satellite technologies which, together with developments in the<br />
field of IT and telecoms, allow the collection and dissemination of<br />
detailed information on the physical whereabouts and condition of<br />
people and things wherever they are located on Earth. Examples of<br />
these technologies include the Global Monitoring for Environment<br />
and Security project of the European Space Agency, Google Earth,<br />
and the work of the US Department of Homeland Security. These<br />
technologies allow us to see into our neighbours’ backyards, forecast<br />
tsunamis and observe the planting of illicit opium crops. Whilst there<br />
are undeniable benefits in the use of these technologies, the threat<br />
to personal and communal privacy entailed in their use is a subject<br />
for which answers should be developed by the legal profession.<br />
This session will provide a dialogue between technologists and<br />
practitioners active in the field. They will examine the satellite and<br />
communications law, intellectual property, human rights and public<br />
international law aspects of the subject so as to provide a platform<br />
for the future development of this emerging new area of the law.<br />
Speakers<br />
Robert R Amsterdam Amsterdam & Peroff, London, England<br />
Thomas Beer European Space Agency, Paris, France<br />
0900 – 1300 tuesDAY<br />
Room 314, suntec convention centre<br />
A DInneR will be held with communications law for<br />
committee members and guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
2000 tuesDAY<br />
consolidation in the aerospace industry: lean and<br />
mean, or weak and bleak?<br />
Session Chair<br />
Rachel Yates Holland & Hart LLP, Greenwood Village, Colorado,<br />
USA; Website and Conference Coordinator, Outer Space Law<br />
This panel discussion will address the continuing trend of<br />
consolidation among space industry companies. Mergers and<br />
acquisitions affect all segments of the industry, notably including<br />
launch services, satellite operations, and remote sensing, as<br />
companies face the financial risks associated with high-cost and<br />
limited markets. Is consolidation the answer? The panellists will<br />
address whether these changes bring strength to the industry or<br />
whether they threaten to limit access to space by over-dependence<br />
on particular providers. The legal hurdles involving competition and<br />
antitrust laws, and the influence of export controls will likewise be<br />
considered. Panellists are drawn from practitioners in the aerospace<br />
industry worldwide.<br />
Speakers<br />
Karl Eisermann European Space Agency, Paris, France; Secretary,<br />
Outer Space Law<br />
Rolf Olofsson White & Case LLP, Brussels, Belgium<br />
Farah Suhanah Ahmad Sarji Binairang Satellite Systems, Kuala<br />
Lumpur, Malaysia<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 204, suntec convention centre<br />
69<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
Technology Law<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Stephen Johnson Kirkland & Ellis LLP, San Francisco, California, USA<br />
Stefan Schuppert Lovells LLP, Munich, Germany<br />
the globalisation of bio and pharma research and<br />
development<br />
Session Chair<br />
Stephen Johnson<br />
China and India have emerged as global players in pharma<br />
and biotech and the Government of Singapore has stated that<br />
biomedical sciences will become ‘a key pillar of the Singapore<br />
economy’. This panel will examine what is happening in<br />
biotechnology in Asia, both in terms of research including<br />
government and not for profit involvement and in terms of of the<br />
types of contracts that are being structured and deals done both<br />
within Asia and between Asia and Europe and the Americas.<br />
Speakers<br />
Ralf Altmeyer CombinatoRx Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore<br />
Grace Chen Bird & Bird, Beijing, China<br />
David Dally Merlion Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd, Singapore<br />
Stanley Lai Allen and Gledhill LLP, Singapore<br />
Timothy Nielander The GAVI Fund, Washington DC, USA<br />
Aparna Viswanathan Viswanathan & Co Advocates, New Delhi,<br />
India; Chair, Corporate Information Governance Subcommittee<br />
0<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 303, suntec convention centre<br />
Bikinis and burkas, satellites and snoopers – what<br />
limits should the law impose on surveillance<br />
technology?<br />
Joint session with Outer Space Law. See page 69 for details.<br />
0900 – 1300 tuesDAY<br />
Room 314, suntec convention centre<br />
technology, risk assessment and management<br />
Session Chair<br />
Ken Moon A J Park, Auckland, New Zealand<br />
As global warming prompts a new look at nuclear power by<br />
countries such as the United States, United Kingdom and Australia,<br />
and genetic engineering is increasingly commercialised in some<br />
countries, this panel looks at how risks are managed and allocated<br />
as new products come to market, and how these issues may be<br />
litigated and decided after the event if a problem occurs. This panel<br />
will explore contractual, regulatory and political issues surrounding<br />
risky technologies and how these differ on a global basis.<br />
What makes a technology sufficiently risky to require<br />
comprehensive legal regulation is partly a subjective and emotive<br />
perception, but it is sufficiently real for many governments to<br />
establish and maintain stringent regulatory processes and for others<br />
to prohibit completely any exploitation of technologies deemed<br />
excessively risky. But for many countries, the anticipated rewards or<br />
unacceptable alternatives may result in very light-handed regulation.<br />
This session will touch on political and economic issues as well<br />
as legal issues and will be of interest to non-specialists. Primers in<br />
nuclear power generation and genetic engineering will be given to<br />
assist in appreciating the risks inherent in these technologies.<br />
Speakers<br />
Daniel Altman Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, Irvine, California, USA<br />
Tamar J Cerafici Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP, Philadelphia,<br />
USA<br />
Fabio Ferreira Kujawski <strong>Bar</strong>retto Ferreira Kujawski Brancher &<br />
Gonçalves, São Paulo, Brazil<br />
Ken Moon<br />
Stephen Parker Lowndes Associates, Auckland, New Zealand<br />
John Polcyn Global Strategy and Business Initiative, Nuclear Business<br />
Group, CH2M Hill, Chantilly, Virginia, USA<br />
Joyce Tan Joyce A Tan & Associates, Singapore<br />
Aparna Viswanathan<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 303, suntec convention centre<br />
corporate information governance<br />
Session Chair<br />
Stefan Schuppert<br />
Dealing with information remains one of the most challenging<br />
aspects of corporate and legal compliance, as required protections<br />
for the security and privacy of personal data multiply throughout the<br />
world and regulatory standards for secure and controlled corporate<br />
record-keeping increase. Alongside these issues are requirements for<br />
storage of e-mail and other data for regulatory purposes, anti-money<br />
laundering regulations and electronic discovery issues, as well as<br />
governmental needs for defence and security purposes. This panel of<br />
experts from around the world will continue the focus on this new<br />
area of law.<br />
This session will be recorded for CLE purposes<br />
Speakers<br />
Graham Jefferson Deutsche Bank AG, Sydney, New South Wales,<br />
Australia<br />
Sylvia Khatcherian Morgan Stanley, New York, USA; Treasurer, Legal<br />
Practice Division and <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Max Ng Gateway Law Corporation, Singapore<br />
Rodney D Ryder FoxMandal Little, New Delhi, India<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 306, suntec convention centre<br />
A DInneR will be held for committee members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
1930 WeDnesDAY<br />
<strong>International</strong> Sales, Franchising and<br />
Product Law Section<br />
Council Liaison Officers<br />
Osvaldo Marzorati Allende & Brea Abogados, Buenos Aires,<br />
Argentina<br />
Jean-Claude Najar GE <strong>International</strong>, Paris, France; Senior Co-Chair,<br />
Corporate Counsel Forum<br />
total recall<br />
Session Chair<br />
John R F Baer Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Chicago, Illinois,<br />
USA; Secretary, <strong>International</strong> Franchising<br />
This session will examine the issues which arise if there is the need<br />
for a product recall of an article that has been sold and distributed<br />
under a worldwide franchise agreement. Utilising a hypothetical<br />
scenario it will address the legal issues from the perspective of<br />
international sales, franchising and product law. The session will<br />
examine such issues as contract terms, warranties, choice of law<br />
provisions, the rights and liabilities of the various parties involved in
the distribution chain, responsibility for the returned product and<br />
managing product disposal. The session will also focus on dealing<br />
with governmental agencies and statutory notification obligations,<br />
managing and addressing consumer rights to compensation and<br />
managing customer expectations.<br />
Speakers<br />
Andrew Loewinger Nixon Peabody LLP, Washington DC, USA<br />
Sönke Lund Monereo Meyer & Marinel-lo Abogados, <strong>Bar</strong>celona,<br />
Spain<br />
Daniel Urbas Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Montreal, Quebec, Canada<br />
Veronica Chen Yaobing Vivien Chan & Co, Beijing, China<br />
Woon C Yew Rodyk & Davidson LLP, Singapore<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 209, suntec convention centre<br />
<strong>International</strong> Franchising<br />
Chair<br />
W Andrew Scott Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP, Atlanta,<br />
Georgia, USA<br />
A luncH will be held for committee members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details<br />
competition issues in international franchising<br />
Session Chair<br />
Penny Ward Baker & McKenzie, Sydney, New South Wales,<br />
Australia; Vice-Chair, <strong>International</strong> Franchising<br />
1230 tuesDAY<br />
This session will consider the particular challenges which national<br />
antitrust or competition laws bring to the development of franchise<br />
systems. Topics to be discussed include: how a foreign franchisor<br />
can influence local pricing to retain brand positioning; techniques<br />
to control the sources from which franchisees procure supplies; and<br />
the role of market share in competition analysis. Provisions to avoid<br />
when drafting international franchise agreements and those which<br />
may attract the attention of competition regulators will be identified.<br />
Speakers<br />
Rocio Belda Garrigues Abogados y Asesores Tributarios, Madrid,<br />
Spain; Vice-Chair, Sale of Goods Subcommittee<br />
Susan de Silva Alban Tay Mahtani & de Silva, Singapore<br />
Michael K Lindsey Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP, Los Angeles,<br />
California, USA<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 209, suntec convention centre<br />
Immigration issues for franchisors that expand<br />
internationally and news from around the world<br />
09 0 – 104<br />
Immigration issues for franchisors that expand<br />
internationally<br />
Session Chair<br />
Marco Hero TIGGES, Düsseldorf, Germany; Newsletter Editor,<br />
<strong>International</strong> Franchising<br />
Franchisors that expand internationally must select the most<br />
suitable structure for expansion. They may franchise directly, either<br />
from the home country, or from the host country by establishing<br />
a subsidiary in the host country. Alternatively, they might license<br />
master franchisees or area developers in the host country. Each of<br />
these structures will require that the franchisor’s personnel travel to<br />
the host country, either temporarily or permanently. In any case, the<br />
franchisor will be confronted with immigration issues, of which the<br />
franchisor’s counsel should be aware. This session will address those<br />
issues and suggest the optimal approach for franchisors to take.<br />
Speakers<br />
Jakob Bleckmann Gassauer Fleissner, Vienna, Austria<br />
Fabio Bortolotti Buffa Bortolotti & Mathis, Turin, Italy; Chair, Sale of<br />
Goods Subcommittee<br />
Daniela Brito Dunkin Brands, Canton, Massachusetts, USA<br />
John Pratt Hamilton Pratt, Birmingham, England<br />
Andrew Wiseman Allens Arthur Robinson, Sydney, New South<br />
Wales, Australia<br />
Frank Zaid Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br />
111 – 12 0<br />
News from around the world<br />
Session Chair<br />
W Andrew Scott<br />
This session will provide a roundup of developments in franchising<br />
from jurisdictions around the world.<br />
Speakers<br />
Osvaldo Marzorati<br />
Matthew R Shay <strong>International</strong> Franchise <strong>Association</strong>, Washington<br />
DC, USA<br />
Frank Zaid Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto, Ontario, USA<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 208, suntec convention centre<br />
franchising in the Pacific Rim<br />
Session Chair<br />
Richard M Asbill Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP, Atlanta,<br />
Georgia, USA<br />
This session will provide an update of international franchise sales<br />
and relationship laws for the countries of Australia, China, Indonesia,<br />
Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam, as well as<br />
other legal requirements impacting on international franchising,<br />
such as competition laws, fair trade laws and similar statutes and<br />
regulations.<br />
Speakers<br />
Rick Beckmann Brigitta I Bahayoe & Syamsuddin, Jakarta, Indonesia<br />
Brendon Carr Hwang Mok Park PC, Seoul, South Korea<br />
Gilbert Gan Boon Seah Jeff Leong Poon & Wong, Kuala Lumpur,<br />
Malaysia<br />
Souichirou Kozuka Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan<br />
Wellington Liu Tsar & Tsai Law Firm, Taipei, Taiwan<br />
Nguyen Anh Tuan Bizconsult, Hanoi, Vietnam<br />
Andrew Wiseman<br />
Philip F Zeidman DLA Piper, Washington DC, USA; Co-Chair, Pro<br />
Bono and Access to Justice<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 208, suntec convention centre<br />
1<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
<strong>International</strong> Sales<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Joel Simon Serko Simon Gluck & Kane LLP, New York, USA<br />
Eytan Epstein Epstein Chomsky Osnat & Co, Tel Aviv, Israel<br />
trends in public procurement 2007<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Roberto Hernandez Garcia Comad SC, Mexico City, Mexico; Chair,<br />
Government Procurement Subcommittee<br />
Martin Schellenberg Hamburg, Germany<br />
Public procurement is evolving with new figures, new ideas and<br />
new challenges around the world. This session will provide exciting<br />
and interesting information about what is happening globally in this<br />
topic such as:<br />
• procurement in China from an insider and an outsider perspective;<br />
• procurement of legal services;<br />
• fighting corruption;<br />
• how to draft a procurement code – the case of Portugal;<br />
• advances of the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law and public–<br />
private partnership as a procurement model; and<br />
• the EU Directives on Public Procurement.<br />
This session promises to show the audience how global the<br />
procurement arena is becoming, and how much procurement<br />
lawyers need to be prepared for the new figures that are seeing the<br />
light on a national and international basis. It will focus on practical<br />
suggestions for counsellors and companies.<br />
Speakers<br />
Bernardo Ayala Sérvulo Correia & Associados, Lisbon, Portugal<br />
Phua Wee Chuan The Attorney-General’s Chambers of Singapore,<br />
Singapore<br />
Marco Dalla Vedova Dalla Vedova Studio Legale, Rome, Italy; Vice-<br />
Chair, Technology Law<br />
Donald Gavin Akerman Senterfitt Wickwire Gavin, Vienna, Austria<br />
Jaime Gray Navarro Sologuren Paredes Gray, Lima, Peru<br />
Lothar Hofmann Rechtsanwalt Dr Lothar Hofmann, Vienne, Virginia,<br />
USA<br />
Caroline Nicholas UNCITRAL, Vienna, Austria<br />
David Ofosu-Dorte Accra, Ghana<br />
Richard Pearse Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz PC, Chicago,<br />
Illinois, USA<br />
Jaya Sharma 4N Consultants Inc, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA; Vice-<br />
Chair, <strong>International</strong> Construction Projects<br />
Gerry Stobo Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<br />
2<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 209, suntec convention centre<br />
How to protect your distribution network around the<br />
world: dos and don’ts<br />
Joint session with Antitrust.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Eytan Epstein<br />
Iñigo Igartua Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, <strong>Bar</strong>celona, Spain; Senior<br />
Vice-Chair, Antitrust<br />
Antitrust law around the world continues to shape distribution<br />
practices and contractual schemes in a decisive manner.<br />
Multinational companies selling products in different jurisdictions,<br />
be they manufacturers, wholesalers or retailers, legitimately wish<br />
to protect their respective networks and keep control of the quality<br />
of the distribution for the best interest of the consumer. When<br />
introducing such restrictions or limitations, they may face changing<br />
antitrust requirements or limitations in different jurisdictions. As a<br />
result, well-established contractual forms in certain countries may<br />
not be viable in others without heavy adaptations or even prior<br />
regulatory approval.<br />
This panel will give a panoramic view of the current status of<br />
certain specific forms of protection of distribution networks from<br />
the perspective of antitrust laws in different major jurisdictions,<br />
including:<br />
• territorial restrictions / parallel imports;<br />
• customer group restrictions;<br />
• selective distribution;<br />
• online sales; and<br />
• single branding and non-compete.<br />
Speakers<br />
Joe Angland Heller Ehrmann, New York, USA<br />
Ewa Butkiewicz Wardyński & Partners, Warsaw, Poland<br />
Emanuela Lecchi Charles Russell LLP, London, England<br />
Rachel Trindade Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, Victoria,<br />
Australia<br />
Stephen Weissman Howrey LLP, Washington DC, USA<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 209, suntec convention centre<br />
A DInneR will be held with Product law and<br />
Advertising for committee members and guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
2000 tuesDAY<br />
sex, lies and the cIsg<br />
Session Chair<br />
<strong>Bar</strong>ton Selden Gartenberg Gelfand Wasson & Selden LLP, San<br />
Francisco, California, USA<br />
The Convention on <strong>International</strong> Sale of Goods (CISG) is the most<br />
significant international convention governing formation and<br />
performance of transnational sales of goods, and is in force in 70<br />
countries, including Singapore. With certain exceptions, the terms<br />
of the convention apply automatically to all sales of goods between<br />
signatory nations, unless excluded by the parties to the sales<br />
contract.<br />
Panellists will describe how the CISG is applied and interpreted<br />
in each speaker’s home jurisdiction, and discuss the principal<br />
differences between the provisions of the CISG and the domestic<br />
commercial law which would otherwise apply (including the UCC in<br />
the US, the HGB in Germany, and others). In addition to an update<br />
on current developments in all major geographic regions, the<br />
panel will address the problem of responding to false certifications<br />
of materials or production methods, and other acts of deception<br />
engaged in by a party to an international sales transaction.<br />
This session will be recorded for CLE purposes.<br />
Speakers<br />
Luis Henrique Amaral Dannemann Siemsen Advogados, Rio de<br />
Janeiro, Brazil<br />
Subrata Bhattacharjee Heenan Blaikie, Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br />
Fabio Bortolotti Buffa Bortolotti & Mathis, Turin, Italy; Chair, Sale of<br />
Goods Subcommittee<br />
Christoph Radtke Lamy & Associés, Lyon, France; Vice-Chair,<br />
<strong>International</strong> Sales<br />
Martin Reufels Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Cologne, Germany<br />
Paul Wong Rodyk & Davidson LLP, Singapore<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 209, suntec convention centre
How to rationalise your distribution structure in<br />
greater china and latin America in a regulatory and<br />
business efficient manner<br />
Joint session with the Latin American Forum. See page 87 for<br />
details.<br />
0930 – 1230 fRIDAY<br />
Room 303, suntec convention centre<br />
Product Law and Advertising<br />
Chair<br />
Finn J Lernø Plesner, Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
A DInneR will be held with <strong>International</strong> sales for<br />
committee members and guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
2000 tuesDAY<br />
show me the miles – loyalty programmes<br />
Joint session with Leisure Industries. See page 75 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 302, suntec convention centre<br />
Alternative methods of payment<br />
Session Chair<br />
Jürgen Brandstätter BMA Brandstätter Rechtsanwälte GmbH,<br />
Vienna, Austria; Senior Vice-Chair, Product Law and Advertising<br />
Traditional methods of payment are, in particular, cash payments,<br />
payments by cheque and payments by transfer. This session will<br />
discuss the following:<br />
• payments via internet portals (like Paypal); and<br />
• payments via mobile devices like mobile phones.<br />
The session will deal with the following issues relating to such<br />
methods of payment:<br />
• the technical execution of such a payment;<br />
• the regulatory framework involved (in particular whether the<br />
service provider needs a banking concession);<br />
• the contractual relationship between the involved parties, payer,<br />
payee and service provider, as well as their rights and liabilities;<br />
and<br />
• potential risks and liabilities caused by fraud and crime.<br />
Speakers<br />
Emma H C Lee Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, New York, USA<br />
Gabrielle Mancero-Bucheli Cavelier Abogados, Bogotá, Colombia<br />
George Ribeiro Vivien Chan & Co, Hong Kong SAR; Publications<br />
Officer, Business Organisations; Chair, Complex Acquisitions<br />
Subcommittee<br />
Harold R Shupak Shupak & Co, London, England<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 209, suntec convention centre<br />
Law and Individual Rights Section<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Michael Greene A & L Goodbody, Dublin, Ireland; Assistant<br />
Treasurer, Legal Practice Division<br />
Family Law<br />
Chair<br />
Anne-Marie Hutchinson OBE Dawson Cornwell, London, England<br />
my partner or my spouse?<br />
Session Chair<br />
Anne-Marie Hutchinson OBE<br />
This session will examine the following:<br />
• what constitutes a marriage: legal formality and customary<br />
practice; and<br />
• same sex partnerships: the right to recognition and human rights<br />
with particular reference to:<br />
– children of the non-married family; and<br />
– children of a same sex partnership.<br />
Speakers<br />
Chawkat M Houalla Adib & Houalla Law Office, Tripoli, Lebanon<br />
Mikiko Otani Otani Law Offices, Tokyo, Japan<br />
Justice Albie Sachs Constitutional Court of South Africa,<br />
Johannesburg, South Africa<br />
Zenobia du Toit Miller du Toit Inc, Cape Town, South Africa<br />
Caroline Willbourne <strong>Bar</strong>rister at Law, London, England<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 310, suntec convention centre<br />
the international family – mobility and diversity<br />
Session Chair<br />
Gillian Rivers Collyer Bristow, London, England; Secretary, Family<br />
Law<br />
This session will address the following issues:<br />
• financial consequences of international marriage: forum shopping<br />
and comparative law;<br />
• international asset tracing;<br />
• international enforcement; and<br />
• trust busting.<br />
Speakers<br />
Wendy Galvin Wendy Galvin Law Partnership, Auckland, New<br />
Zealand; Vice-Chair, Family Law<br />
Jackie Julyan SC The Marine Group of Advocates, Durban, South<br />
Africa<br />
John Stephens <strong>Bar</strong>rister at Law, London, England<br />
Julia Wallace-Walker Forensic Accounting LLP, London, England<br />
Nedim Peter Vogt Bär & Karrer, Zurich, Switzerland<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 310, suntec convention centre<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
Human Rights Law<br />
Chair<br />
James Oury Oury Clark Solicitors, London, England<br />
Bikinis and burkas, satellites and snoopers – what<br />
limits should the law impose on surveillance<br />
technology?<br />
4<br />
Joint session with Outer Space Law. See page 69 for details.<br />
0900 – 1300 tuesDAY<br />
Room 314, suntec convention centre<br />
A case study on traditional land rights in malaysia<br />
Joint session with Indigenous Peoples. See page 74 for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 205, suntec convention centre<br />
Iraqi Higher tribunal – the delivery of procedural<br />
fairness?<br />
Joint session with Criminal Law and the Human Rights Institute.<br />
Session Chair<br />
James Oury<br />
In light of the continued work of the Higher Tribunal and the recent<br />
implementation of sentence against Saddam Hussein, this session<br />
will examine the extent to which the Tribunal has delivered a fair trial<br />
both procedurally and in practice. The session will also focus upon<br />
the procedure for sentencing and its implementation.<br />
Speakers<br />
Worgu Boms Worgu Boms Chambers, Port Harcourt, Nigeria<br />
Hans Corell Mannheimer Swartling, Former Under-Secretary-<br />
General for Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel of the UN, Stockholm,<br />
Sweden; Officer, Presidential Task Force on the Rule of Law<br />
Marc Henzelin Lalive & Partners, Geneva, Switzerland; Secretary,<br />
Business Crime<br />
Brenda J Hollis Former Senior Trail Attorney for the Prosecutor<br />
<strong>International</strong> Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia<br />
Judge Raid Juihial-Saadi Former Chief Investigative Judge of the Iraqi<br />
High Tribunal, Baghdad, Iraq<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 312, suntec convention centre<br />
A luncH will be held for committee members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Indigenous Peoples<br />
Chair<br />
Russell Raikes Cohen Highley LLP, London, Ontario, Canada<br />
Redressing historic wrongs through the courts<br />
Session Chair<br />
Russell Raikes<br />
The Holocaust, apartheid, Canadian Indian residential schools and<br />
American slavery are examples of a recent trend to seek redress for<br />
historic wrongs against governments and private industry. What are<br />
the obstacles to such litigation? Why are the courts an appropriate<br />
mechanism for addressing these wrongs? What are the causes of<br />
action being utilised and what defences are available?<br />
Speakers<br />
Michael Hausfeld Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll PLLC, Washington<br />
DC, USA<br />
John McKiggan Arnold Pizzo McKiggan, Halifax, Nova Scotia,<br />
Canada<br />
Mitchell R Taylor Department of Justice, Vancouver, British<br />
Columbia, Canada<br />
Return of human remains<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 311, suntec convention centre<br />
Joint session with Media Law. See page 68 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 209, suntec convention centre<br />
A case study on traditional land rights in malaysia<br />
Joint session with Human Rights Law.<br />
Session Chair<br />
David Paterson Paterson Law Office, Surrey, British Columbia,<br />
Canada<br />
This session will examine the 2005 decision of the Malaysian Court<br />
of Appeal dealing with a claim for compensation by the Temuan<br />
Tribe under the Land Acquisition Act 1960. The decision provides<br />
an interesting insight into the application of this unique legislation<br />
and the rights of indigenous peoples to compensation for their<br />
traditional lands.<br />
Speakers<br />
Kenneth Chambers University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji<br />
Medicine and the Law<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 205, suntec convention centre<br />
Chair<br />
Demetris Vryonides European Commission, Health and Consumer<br />
Protection Directorate-General, Brussels, Belgium<br />
legal issues for cross-border patient mobility<br />
Session Chair<br />
Demetris Vryonides<br />
In an interview, columnist and author Thomas L Friedman said:<br />
‘Wake up and face the flat world!’ The increasing movement<br />
of citizens for work, holiday and study, and of patients seeking<br />
healthcare in a flat world, calls for better coordination of health<br />
systems and international standards for patient safety. Knowledge
of the scale of cross-border movement of persons receiving<br />
healthcare services is still limited. But the legal issues are quickly<br />
surfacing. When things go wrong, which liability rules apply and in<br />
what jurisdictional forum? Do patients have rights according to the<br />
regions from which they originate or can we speak of international<br />
standards of care? If so, how protective are these rights for patient<br />
safety? As regards rights of access to medical care, is there a general<br />
right not to be discriminated against and how can it be enforced?<br />
How do patient rights of autonomy operate in circumstances of<br />
cross-border care?<br />
These and other legal issues of cross-border patient mobility<br />
will be comprehensively examined during this session through<br />
comparative analysis.<br />
Speakers<br />
Piet Calcoen DKV Belgium, Brussels, Belgium<br />
Yves Jorens Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium<br />
Neil Kirby Werksmans Inc, Johannesburg, South Africa<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
theatre, suntec convention centre<br />
Leisure Industries Section<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Bruno Cova Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP, Milan, Italy<br />
Chair<br />
Hans-Josef Vogel Busse & Miessen, Bonn, Germany<br />
Hotel and casino development<br />
Session Chair<br />
John Vernon Vernon Goodrich LLP, Dallas, Texas, USA; Vice-Chair,<br />
Leisure Industries<br />
Southeast Asia is one of the leading regions for the development<br />
of casinos and hotels. Tourism has swept the area and contributed<br />
heavily to its economic upswing. Casino operators are looking<br />
more and more towards the region for establishing a new foothold.<br />
This session will examine the legal and regulatory environment<br />
for developing hotels and casinos throughout the region, taking<br />
the special issues raised by regional politics into account. In this<br />
regard, we will not only examine the legal requirements for casino<br />
developments, but also matters of hotel financing, condo ownership<br />
and other related issues.<br />
Speakers<br />
Sungha Baik Ernst & Young, Singapore<br />
Robin Bynoe Charles Russell LLP, London, England<br />
Bernat Mullerat Cuatrecasas, <strong>Bar</strong>celona, Spain; Vice-Chair,<br />
Environment, Health and Safety Law<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 303, suntec convention centre<br />
show me the miles – loyalty programmes<br />
Joint session with Product Law and Advertising.<br />
Session Chair<br />
Hans-Josef Vogel<br />
Nearly all of the delegates attending the annual conference will<br />
belong to one of the many loyalty programmes that exist, ranging<br />
from air miles to hotel loyalty, from credit card to supermarket<br />
shopping programmes. The black, gold or silver elite cards will<br />
feature prominently in many lawyers’ briefcases. This session will<br />
examine the legal issues surrounding these programmes. How can<br />
programmes be changed unilaterally? What rights are available to<br />
the programme participant? What are the data protection issues?<br />
Speakers<br />
Ian De Witt Tanner De Witt Solicitors, Hong Kong SAR<br />
David Grant Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England<br />
Brenda Pritchard Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Toronto, Ontario,<br />
Canada<br />
Jim Weiss K & L Gates, Washington DC, USA<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 302, suntec convention centre<br />
gaming<br />
Joint session with Media Law. See page 68 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 311, suntec convention centre<br />
section business meeting<br />
An open meeting of the Leisure Industries Section will be held to<br />
discuss future activities.<br />
1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 302, suntec convention centre<br />
A DInneR will be held for section members and guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
2030 WeDnesDAY<br />
the olympic games – a legal guide to all things<br />
olympic<br />
Joint session with Criminal Law, Intellectual Property and<br />
Entertainment Law and Anti-Corruption.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Herman Croux Marx van Ranst Vermeersch, Brussels, Belgium; Vice-<br />
Chair, Copyright and Entertainment Law<br />
Hans-Josef Vogel<br />
By October 2007, the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 will be only<br />
months away, sweeping the region with anticipation. Apart from<br />
being a gigantic sports fest and a media extravaganza, the Olympics<br />
are legal heavyweights; protecting the IOC’s trademark, dealing with<br />
doping and other sports-related matters, corruption scandals and a<br />
myriad of travel law issues all come to the legal practitioner’s mind.<br />
This session will examine the Olympics and the legal issues that<br />
accompany it in a broad fashion: a legal omnibus for the practitioner,<br />
outlining future issues and helping with the task at hand in 2008.<br />
Speakers<br />
Roslina Baba Ramdas & Wong, Singapore<br />
Michael Bernasconi Bär & Karrer, Zurich, Switzerland; Chair,<br />
Communications Law<br />
Alexander Birnstiel Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz, Munich, Germany;<br />
Secretary, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law<br />
Vivien Chan Vivien Chan & Co, Hong Kong SAR; Co-Chair, Asia<br />
Pacific Forum<br />
Gary Fechter McCarter & English LLP, New York, USA<br />
Monty Raphael Peters & Peters, London, England<br />
Jeremy Summers Russell Jones Walker, London, England<br />
0930 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 302, suntec convention centre<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
low cost and no frills – the emergence of low-cost<br />
carriers in Asia<br />
6<br />
Joint session with Aviation Law.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Patrick Farrell Norton Rose LLP, England; Vice-Chair, Aviation Law<br />
Simon Liddy Ebsworth & Ebsworth Lawyers, Sydney, New South<br />
Wales, Australia; Newsletter Editor, Leisure Industries<br />
This session will look at the legal issues arising from the recent<br />
phenomenon of low cost carriers (LCC), particularly their<br />
development in the Asian region. The speakers will present from the<br />
different perspectives of:<br />
• an LCC airline operating in Asia and planning to enter the<br />
Australian aviation market;<br />
• a regulator, particularly focusing on competition law issues, access<br />
to market and slot allocations;<br />
• the airport and its dealings with LCCs, including the particular<br />
legal and practical issues that arise;<br />
• a travel agent and the new way of doing business in the<br />
distribution chain necessitated by LCCs, particularly the increasing<br />
use of the internet, and the impact on commissions; and<br />
• an aviation lawyer particularly dealing with safety, liability and<br />
insurance issues.<br />
These presentations will enable delegates to gain valuable insights<br />
into the practical workings of LCC airlines and those organisations<br />
who regularly deal/transact with them, and the variety of legal issues<br />
that arise from those transactions.<br />
Speakers<br />
Tony Davis Tiger Airways Pte Ltd, Singapore<br />
Peng Lim Clyde & Co LLP, Singapore<br />
Fanny Wong Department of Justice, Hong Kong SAR<br />
0930 – 1130 fRIDAY<br />
Room 302, suntec convention centre<br />
Maritime and Aviation Law Section<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Dorothy Ufot Dorothy Ufot & Co, Lagos, Nigeria<br />
Aviation Law<br />
Chair<br />
Ravi Nath Rajinder Narain & Co, New Delhi, India<br />
financing structures with particular emphasis on India<br />
and china<br />
Session Co-Chair<br />
Maria Regina Lynch Xavier Bernardes Bragança, São Paulo, Brazil;<br />
Senior Vice-Chair, Aviation Law<br />
Ravi Nath<br />
This session will focus on the financing structures currently being<br />
used in India and China, the world’s fastest growing economies.<br />
Various financing tools will be discussed such as finance leases,<br />
hire purchase and secured loans, as well as issues relating to title,<br />
security, insurance, rights of security interest holders and the role<br />
of the security trustee. In addition to these, the speakers will also<br />
highlight tax issues, in particular double taxation avoidance treaties,<br />
treaty shopping, benefit of special purpose vehicles and the role of<br />
export credit agencies, with reference to some recent examples.<br />
Speakers<br />
William Ho Allen & Overy LLP, Shanghai, China<br />
Ravi Nath<br />
Paul Ng Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hong Kong SAR<br />
John F Pritchard Holland & Knight LLP, New York, USA<br />
James D Tussing Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, New York, USA<br />
Ling Wang King & Wood, Beijing, China<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 310, suntec convention centre<br />
mediation in aircraft accidents<br />
Joint session with Mediation.<br />
Session Chair<br />
Lok Vi Ming Rodyk & Davidson LLP, Singapore<br />
This session will address the role of mediation in aircraft accidents<br />
for quick disposal of cases bereft of the intricacies of a civil trial. In<br />
the next 20 years, air travel is estimated to be double what it is now.<br />
As a result, the need for cost-effective and time-efficient resolution<br />
of disputes has gained momentum, particularly as various parties are<br />
involved in a dispute arising out of an aircraft accident. The speakers<br />
represent these parties, which include the victims, the carrier, the<br />
manufacturer and the insurer, and will deliberate on a variety of<br />
liability issues such as strict liability, damages, tortuous liability,<br />
indemnities, warranties and limitation of liability clauses.<br />
Speakers<br />
Paul Freeman Gates and Partners, London, England<br />
David Johnston <strong>Bar</strong>low Lyde & Gilbert, Singapore<br />
Peng Lim Clyde & Co LLP, Singapore<br />
Ho See Hai Air Accident Investigation Bureau of Singapore Ministry<br />
of Transport, Singapore<br />
Rod D Margo Condon & Forsyth LLP, Los Angeles, California, USA<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 310, suntec convention centre<br />
How terrorism changes the way we fly<br />
Session Chair<br />
Mia Wouters Advokaat Lafili Van Crombrugghe & Partners, Brussels,<br />
Belgium; Treasurer, Aviation Law<br />
The threat of terrorism is omnipresent and therefore a major concern<br />
for the aviation industry. Various aspects relating to terrorism and<br />
safety will be examined, especially the post-9/11 scenario. The<br />
speakers will focus on:<br />
• policies and practices relating to aviation security in North America<br />
and other major jurisdictions against the backdrop of the recent<br />
threat of terrorist attacks; and the legal implications;<br />
• legal mandate to maintain security vis-à-vis possible excesses by<br />
security agencies and breach of basic norms of privacy in the<br />
context of the modus operandi of the new-age terrorist;<br />
• current status of aviation law including a review of the Rome<br />
Convention, data protection issues, international conventions<br />
and treaties, the necessity of air marshals, search and seizure; and<br />
information-sharing between nations and security agencies.<br />
Speakers<br />
Paul Mifsud KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Washington DC, USA<br />
Alejandro Piera Guanes Heisecke & Piera Abogados, Asunción,<br />
Paraguay<br />
Vijay Poonoosamy Etihad Airways, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates<br />
Tan Siew Huay Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Singapore<br />
George Tompkins Wilson Elser, New York, USA<br />
Luc Vandamme Council of the European Union, Brussels, Belgium<br />
Avner Yarkoni Tel Aviv, Israel<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 310, suntec convention centre
Aviation roundtable<br />
The Aviation Law Committee will hold its annual ad hoc roundtable<br />
discussion among delegates on topical aviation issues. As always,<br />
this session will be informal and aimed at generating significant<br />
audience participation. The matters for discussion will be identified<br />
closer to the conference to ensure they are timely and, as always,<br />
topics are encouraged from the floor.<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 310, suntec convention centre<br />
A DInneR will be held for committee members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
1930 WeDnesDAY<br />
low cost and no frills – the emergence of low-cost<br />
carriers in Asia<br />
Joint session with Leisure Industries. See page 76 for details.<br />
0930 – 1130 fRIDAY<br />
Room 302, suntec convention centre<br />
Maritime and Transport Law<br />
Chair<br />
Joseph Hurley Ebsworth & Ebsworth Lawyers, Sydney, New South<br />
Wales, Australia<br />
<strong>International</strong> maritime centres – <strong>singapore</strong><br />
Joint session with the Maritime Law <strong>Association</strong> of Singapore.<br />
Session Chair<br />
Lawrence Teh Rodyk & Davidson LLP, Singapore; Vice-Chair,<br />
Maritime and Transport Law<br />
This session will study international maritime centres and how they<br />
relate to shipping business. Singapore and sectors of its maritime<br />
business will be used as as a reference or case study.<br />
In the morning, the session will investigate the nature of an<br />
international maritime centre. It will cover an overview of Singapore,<br />
its historical origins and its regulatory development and study how<br />
it became a major international port and transshipment centre.<br />
The session will examine, in broad terms, how Singapore has been<br />
promoting and maintaining itself as an international maritime centre.<br />
One of the maritime businesses that has been a feature of<br />
Singapore’s past, present and future is that of the shipyard. The<br />
efforts made by Singapore’s shipyards to meet changing demands<br />
in global industries and the legal issues concerning ship repair, ship<br />
conversion and offshore engineering will be studied, possibly in<br />
comparison with the issues that arise in other maritime centres.<br />
In the afternoon, the session will study Singapore’s current<br />
efforts to maintain and promote itself as an international maritime<br />
centre. Singapore’s present and future focus, including maritime<br />
investment and financial products like tax incentives, shipping IPOs<br />
and shipping investment trusts, will be examined along with a<br />
legal analysis of such products and their structure from local and<br />
international perspectives.<br />
Finally, Singapore’s increasing role as a centre for dispute<br />
resolution will be discussed and there will be an interactive<br />
session between the panel of speakers and the audience on the<br />
maintenance and promotion of maritime centres in the light of<br />
Singapore’s experience.<br />
Speakers<br />
Paul Aston Holman Fenwick & Willan, Singapore<br />
Francisco Carreira-Pitti Carreira Pitti PC Attorneys, Panama City,<br />
Panama<br />
Paul Chang HSH Nordbank, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Michael Chia Keppel FELS Limited, Singapore<br />
Fuzet Farid Zul Rafique & Partners, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<br />
Frederick James Francis Singapore Maritime Academy, Singapore<br />
Sheila Lim Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration, Singapore<br />
Derek Luxford Hicksons, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />
Thomas Martinussen Clipper Group, Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
Wendy Ng Charles Taylor Mutual Management, Singapore<br />
Ho Mui Peng PricewaterhouseCoopers, Singapore<br />
Lennard Rambusch Holland & Knight LLP, New York, USA<br />
Kate Roberts Watson Farley & Williams LLP, Singapore<br />
Andrew I Sriro Dyah Ersita & Partners, Jakarta, Indonesia<br />
Mary Thomson Kennedys, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Godofredo Mendes Vianna Mendes Vianna Advogados Associados,<br />
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<br />
0930 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 305, suntec convention centre<br />
A luncH will be held for committee members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
1130 tuesDAY<br />
liability of maritime service providers<br />
Session Chair<br />
Gregory W Poulos Cox Wootton Griffin Hansen & Poulos LLP, San<br />
Francisco, California, USA; Vice-Chair, Maritime and Transport Law<br />
On 19 November 2002, The Prestige sank off the coast of Spain<br />
causing a massive oil spill and spawning litigation between the<br />
Government of Spain and the vessel’s classification society, the<br />
American Bureau of Shipping. The litigation raises the question of<br />
what duties are owed and to whom by the providers of maritimerelated<br />
services.<br />
This session will focus on the liabilities faced by companies<br />
providing services to the maritime industry and strategies for dealing<br />
with particular cases. Examples of service providers that may find<br />
themselves with liability include bunker suppliers, classification<br />
societies, towers, pilots and various product manufacturers. Speakers<br />
will address the ways in which these liabilities are handled in their<br />
respective jurisdictions.<br />
Speakers<br />
Vivien Ang Allen & Gledhill LLP, Singapore<br />
Dieter Armbrust Lebuhn & Puchta, Hamburg, Germany<br />
Luis de San Simón San Simón Duch & Co, Madrid, Spain<br />
Graham Harris Thomas Cooper, London, England<br />
Jeremy J O Harwood Blank Rome LLP, New York, USA<br />
Mfon Ekong Usoro Paul Usoro & Co, Lagos, Nigeria<br />
Ricardo Rozas Baeza Larrain & Rozas Abogados, Santiago, Chile<br />
Marieke Van den Dool Rotterdam, the Netherlands<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 310, suntec convention centre<br />
A DInneR will be held for committee members and<br />
guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
2000 WeDnesDAY<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
Piracy and crimes at sea including pollution liability<br />
8<br />
Joint session with Environment, Health and Safety Law.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Peter Appel Gorrissen Federspiel Kierkegaard, Copenhagen,<br />
Denmark; Senior Vice-Chair, Maritime and Transport Law<br />
Claus-Peter Martens Murawo, Berlin, Germany; Senior Vice-Chair,<br />
Environment, Health and Safety Law<br />
Even today, piracy is a risk in shipping. Pirates may try to board cargo<br />
vessels in order to steal cash, cargo or even the entire vessel or hijack<br />
the crew. In the cruise industry, hijackers, and even terrorists, have<br />
been known to attack passengers. A well-known risk area where<br />
pirates operate is the Malacca Strait, and, with the conference being<br />
held in Singapore, the precautions taken in this region to avoid<br />
piracy will be examined. Insurance and charterparty implications<br />
arising out of the acts of pirates will also be considered. The<br />
environmental threats and the liability for oil pollution spills caused<br />
by piracy will be closely examined. Finally, a review of threats to<br />
cruise ships from hijackers or terrorists will be undertaken.<br />
Speakers<br />
Colin Au, Singapore<br />
Derek Hodgson Clyde & Co LLP, London, England<br />
Jim Hohenstein Holland & Knight LLP, New York, USA<br />
L Chidl Ilogu Foundation Chambers, Lagos, Nigeria<br />
Chan Leng Sun Ang & Partners, Singapore<br />
Anders Ulrik Skuld, Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Ballroom 1, suntec convention centre<br />
Recent developments in maritime law<br />
Session Chair<br />
Joseph Hurley<br />
This session, a regular and popular feature, will consider recent<br />
and interesting changes in both the legislation and common law in<br />
various jurisdictions that impact on the practices of shipping lawyers<br />
around the globe. Speakers will deliver papers for comment and<br />
debate by the audience.<br />
Speakers<br />
Shashank Agrawal ALMT Legal, Mumbai, India<br />
Jan Dreyer Dabelstein & Passehl, Hamburg, Germany<br />
David Enriquez Goodrich Riquelme y Asociados, Mexico City, Mexico<br />
Christopher Mills Clyde & Co LLP, Dubai, UAE<br />
The Honourable Justice Steven Rares Federal Court of Australia,<br />
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />
Haco Van Oordt AKD Prinsen Van Wijmen, Rotterdam, the<br />
Netherlands<br />
Land Transport<br />
Chair<br />
<strong>Bar</strong>t Neervort Rotterdam, the Netherlands<br />
0930 – 1230 fRIDAY<br />
Room 306, suntec convention centre<br />
transportation and storage of hazardous cargo<br />
Session Chair<br />
Michael Hajdasinski Van Traa Advocaten, Rotterdam, the<br />
Netherlands<br />
Transportation and storage of dangerous and toxic materials and<br />
fluids is a highly specialised business. What if something goes really<br />
wrong? National and international rules and regulations are in force<br />
to minimise the risk of damage to individuals and the environment.<br />
However, a moment of carelessness, a simple traffic accident or even<br />
a terrorist attack may cause a catastrophe. Tank trailers and railroad<br />
wagons pass through densely populated areas and storage facilities<br />
are not always located in the most appropriate places. What are the<br />
responsibilities of the various parties involved?<br />
This session will open with a speaker from the industry, who will<br />
outline the day-to-day business of dealing with hazardous cargo.<br />
Speakers from various jurisdictions will then discuss the liability issues<br />
of all parties involved towards each other, their employees, victims<br />
and the authorities.<br />
Speakers<br />
Lars Gerspacher GBF Attorneys at Law, Zurich, Switzerland<br />
Chan Leng Sun Ang & Partners, Singapore<br />
Marc Padberg Padberg Spanjaart Lawyers, Rotterdam, the Netherlands<br />
Sasikumaranb Pillai SMA Management Pte Ltd, Singapore<br />
Claudia Robayo Clyde & Co LLP, London, England<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 301, suntec convention centre<br />
Public Law Section<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Dirk Kolvenbach Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Düsseldorf, Germany<br />
Chair<br />
Liam O’Daly Office of the Attorney General, Dublin, Ireland<br />
Precautionary principle, the environment and the law<br />
Session Chair<br />
Liam O’Daly<br />
If an action or policy might cause severe or irreversible loss to<br />
the public, then in the absence of a scientific consensus that<br />
harm would not ensue, the burden of proof must fall on those<br />
who would advocate taking the action. Recent history does not<br />
always reflect this, and the question this session asks is: should it?<br />
Where government is increasingly trying to make industry and the<br />
public pay for their actions, is this justified where governments<br />
themselves often do not adhere to this same principle in respect of<br />
their own actions? If the ‘polluter pays’, should that also extend to<br />
government? If so, how?<br />
Speakers<br />
Shaun Gath Blake Dawson Waldron, Canberra, Australian Capital<br />
Territory, Australia<br />
Denis Kelleher Office of the Attorney General, Dublin, Ireland<br />
Ian Rose McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP, London, England; Chair,<br />
Environment, Health and Safety Law<br />
Maurice Sheridan Matrix Chambers, London, England<br />
Peter Thorp Allen & Overy LLP, Beijing, China/Hong Kong SAR<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 312, suntec convention centre<br />
theocracy, democracy and secularisation – is there any<br />
room for compromise?<br />
Session Chair<br />
John Kettle Mason Hayes + Curran, Dublin, Ireland; Vice-Chair,<br />
Public Law<br />
Can a theocracy tolerate democracy? Is secularisation really just an<br />
atheistic theocratic movement? Can democracy survive them both?<br />
In this thought-provoking session, we will examine these and other<br />
issues, and will discuss what relevance they have for the formulation<br />
of the rule of law, its application and impact on a regional and<br />
global basis.
Speakers<br />
Richard <strong>Bar</strong>rett Office of the Attorney General, Dublin, Ireland<br />
Bernard Bekink University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; Senior<br />
Vice-Chair, Public Law<br />
Katrin Cutbush-Sabine Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />
Bas de Gaay Fortman Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands<br />
Salman Haq Canadian <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<br />
Cao Pei Shantou University, Shantou, China<br />
Real Estate Section<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
John Heaps Eversheds LLP, London, England<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 313, suntec convention centre<br />
Chair<br />
Luis Moreno Haynes & Boone SC, Mexico City, Mexico<br />
global impact of real estate private equity<br />
Session Chair<br />
Luis Moreno<br />
Australian funds are buying apartment buildings in Germany.<br />
North American funds are buying mixed-use developments in the<br />
People’s Republic of China, looking for investment opportunities<br />
in undeveloped land in Mexico and Costa Rica for touristic<br />
development, and raising Sharia-compliant funds in the Middle East<br />
for investment around the world.<br />
This session will examine the legal structures being used to drive<br />
these fund flows around the world with speakers from Asia Pacific,<br />
Europe and the Americas describing:<br />
• the fund structures commonly used in their jurisdictions;<br />
• comparisons with REIT structures and issues; the types of assets<br />
being acquired; and<br />
• issues relevant for a real estate lawyer acting on ‘downstream<br />
investments’.<br />
Speakers<br />
Martin Holler Giese & Partner, Prague, Czech Republic<br />
Low Kah Keong WongPartnership, Singapore<br />
Tim Manefield Allens Arthur Robinson, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Luis Moreno<br />
Leena Pinsler Rajah & Tann, Singapore<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 310, suntec convention centre<br />
the impact of environmental aspects on real estate<br />
projects around the globe<br />
Joint session with Environment, Health and Safety Law. See page<br />
51 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 304, suntec convention centre<br />
Taxation Section<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Sylvia Khatcherian Morgan Stanley, New York, USA; Treasurer, Legal<br />
Practice Division and <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
non-corporate income tax aspects of mergers and<br />
acquisitions<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Alberto Collado Garrigues, <strong>Bar</strong>celona, Spain<br />
Teoh Lian Ee Drew & Napier, Singapore; Senior Vice-Chair, Individual<br />
Tax and Private Client<br />
Cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions usually<br />
involve many more tax aspects than just corporate income tax<br />
(CIT). This session will focus on tax issues other than CIT that affect<br />
the transaction and the different stakeholders involved, mainly<br />
shareholders and employees. A panel of experts from various<br />
jurisdictions will identify and explore issues relating to:<br />
• indirect taxes (VAT, stamp duty, registration tax, etc);<br />
• personal income, wealth and inheritance tax affecting individuals<br />
owning interests in the entities involved; and<br />
• tax aspects connected to pension and compensation plans<br />
affected by the transaction.<br />
The session will be developed in the context of a case study of an<br />
M&A transaction involving entities, assets and parties in various<br />
countries.<br />
Speakers<br />
Aseem Chawla Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co,<br />
New Delhi, India<br />
Alain Chedal Landwell & Associés (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Paris,<br />
France<br />
Keoy Soo Earn Deloitte, Singapore<br />
Luis Ortiz Hidalgo Basham Ringe & Correa, Mexico City, Mexico<br />
Tom Jorgensen CALFEE, Cleveland, Ohio, USA<br />
Gerd Kostrzewa Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Düsseldorf, Germany<br />
Stefan Maunz Kueffner Maunz Langer Zugmaier, Munich, Germany<br />
Diego Pivoz HSBC, Geneva, Switzerland<br />
John Solursh Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 201, suntec convention centre<br />
A DInneR will be held for section members and guests.<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
1930 tuesDAY<br />
9<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
Individual Tax and Private Client<br />
Chair<br />
Christopher Potter Jones Day, Paris, France<br />
Do you speak ‘trust’? Holding, managing and<br />
transferring family assets around the world through<br />
the use of trusts, foundations, nominees and other<br />
techniques<br />
Session Chair<br />
Edgar H Paltzer Niederer Kraft & Frey, Zurich, Switzerland<br />
An increasing number of international families do business and hold<br />
assets in multiple jurisdictions and have family members moving<br />
from one place to another. More often than not, holding assets in<br />
their own name leads to complications and disadvantages that could<br />
be avoided or reduced with proper planning.<br />
A panel of international private client specialists will present,<br />
compare and discuss various asset-holding structures for private<br />
wealth around the world. This will include an analysis of what is<br />
suitable and what may not be suitable for:<br />
• different members of families;<br />
• different classes of assets; and<br />
• different jurisdictions around the world.<br />
The session will be followed by a luncheon organised together with<br />
local Singapore law firms and trust companies active in the field of<br />
private clients.<br />
Speakers<br />
Helen Darling Macfarlanes, London, England; Secretary, Individual<br />
Tax and Private Client<br />
Felicity Keller Stanford Group, Zurich, Switzerland<br />
Candice Liu Lehman Lee & Xu, Beijing, China<br />
Jean Schaffner Allen & Overy LLP, Luxembourg<br />
William Thompson Minter Ellison, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 202, suntec convention centre<br />
estate planning for the Asian family<br />
Session Chair<br />
Leigh-Alexandra Basha Holland & Knight LLP, Virginia, District of<br />
Columbia, USA; Vice-Chair, Individual Tax and Private Client<br />
This session will bring in experts from the United States, Canada,<br />
Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore, to examine the unique planning<br />
opportunities for the Asian family, including the use of offshore<br />
trusts and choice of residency. The panel will also examine<br />
alternatives to trusts and the use of multiple wills and will present<br />
interactive case studies for inbound and outbound planning for the<br />
Asian client.<br />
Speakers<br />
Nishith Desai Nishith Desai Associates, Mumbai, India<br />
Lillian Goh Bank Pictet & Cie (Asia) Ltd, Singapore<br />
Michelle Graham Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP, San Diego,<br />
California, USA<br />
Candice Liu<br />
Jacqueline Loh LGT Management Services (HK) Ltd, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Francis Rojas Withers LLP, Geneva, Switzerland<br />
Michael Shikuma White & Case LLP, Tokyo, Japan<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 202, suntec convention centre<br />
80<br />
Taxes<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
David Hardy Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, New York, USA<br />
Jörg W Lüttge Flick Gocke Schaumburg, Bonn, Germany<br />
negotiating the trade off – handling conflicting tax<br />
interests of parties to common business transactions<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Peter Blessing Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, USA<br />
Wilhelm Haarmann Haarmann, Frankfurt am Main, Germany<br />
Instead of implementing ideal structures, tax practitioners often have<br />
to find and negotiate solutions or compromises involving conflicting<br />
interests in classic third-party transactions (eg seller/buyer, lender/<br />
borrower, employer/employee, corporation/shareholders). Looking at<br />
real life cross-border scenarios, practitioners will identify the adverse<br />
tax interests and discuss possible solutions to satisfy the competing<br />
goals of the parties.<br />
Speakers<br />
Máximo Luis Bomchil M & M Bomchil Abogados, Buenos Aires,<br />
Argentina; Communications Officer, Law Firm Management<br />
Patrick Mears Allen & Overy LLP, London, England<br />
Thomas Meister Walder Wyss & Partners, Zürich, Switzerland<br />
Andrew Stals Clayton Utz, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />
Jean Paul van den Berg Stibbe, Amsterdam, the Netherlands<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 309, suntec convention centre<br />
limitation on benefits and other treaty and eu law<br />
attacks on structures considered abusive<br />
Session Co-Chair<br />
Rick Reinhold Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, USA<br />
Elinore Richardson Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Toronto, Ontario,<br />
Canada<br />
Recent developments in treaty shopping including related judicial<br />
concepts of ‘economic substance’ and ‘beneficial ownership’ in<br />
North America, Europe and Asia will be highlighted. The panel will<br />
consider, in the context of actual transactions that have occurred<br />
over the past year, the impact of these recent developments on tax<br />
planning by multinational investors and industry.<br />
Speakers<br />
Mark Brender Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Montreal, Quebec,<br />
Canada<br />
Anthony M Fay White & Case LLP, Beijing, China<br />
Heather Gething Herbert Smith LLP, London, England<br />
Jutta Schneider Clifford Chance LLP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany<br />
Nand Singh Gandhi Allen & Gledhill LLP, Singapore<br />
Mark van Casteren Loyens & Loeff, Amsterdam, the Netherlands<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 309, suntec convention centre<br />
tax-efficient investment in china<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Andrea Fiorelli Di Tanno e Associati, Rome, Italy<br />
Sam Kaywood Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Georgia, USA<br />
This panel will focus on tax planning for investments made in<br />
China. The panel will cover Chinese corporate tax issues relative to<br />
foreign investment, including tax holidays and preferences, as well<br />
as the impact of potential unification of the tax codes in China. The<br />
programme will also discuss how to structure investments in China<br />
in light of recent changes to the Mauritius and Hong Kong treaties<br />
as well as the related repatriation and exit issues.
The panel will also look at a variety of supply chain and contract<br />
manufacturing arrangements along with the related VAT<br />
implications, provide an executive summary of key corporate law<br />
provisions and requirements that every tax lawyer should know.<br />
Speakers<br />
Daniel Chan DLA Piper, Hong Kong SAR<br />
David Liu Jun He Law Offices, Shanghai, China<br />
Lawrence Sussman O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Beijing, China<br />
Sai Ree Yun Yulchon, Seoul, South Korea<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 309, suntec convention centre<br />
collision course? coordination of immigration law and<br />
tax law strategies for expatriates<br />
Joint session with Immigration and Nationality Law. See page 62<br />
for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 308, suntec convention centre<br />
Investment incentives in the european union<br />
Joint session with the European Forum. See page 84 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 326, suntec convention centre<br />
eu tax harmonisation versus eu tax competition<br />
Joint session with the European Forum.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Philip van Hilten Loyens & Loeff, Amsterdam, the Netherlands<br />
Wolf-Georg von Rechenberg CMS Hasche Sigle, Berlin, Germany<br />
This session will be a continuation of the morning session organised<br />
by the European Forum regarding direct investment incentives in<br />
Europe/state aid.<br />
The panel will focus on case law of the European Court of<br />
Justice forcing EU Member States to adjust their legislation to build<br />
a more harmonised tax system and initiatives by the European<br />
Commission to achieve a more harmonised corporate income tax<br />
in Europe (eg the common consolidated tax base and EU Code of<br />
Conduct on transfer pricing). At the same time, there is increased tax<br />
competition between EU Member States, especially after expansion<br />
of the EU. The panel will discuss trends and opportunities of what is<br />
called ‘the race to the bottom’.<br />
Speakers will discuss these conflicting trends and future<br />
developments at the end of the afternoon session.<br />
Speakers<br />
Xenia Legendre Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Paris,<br />
France<br />
Peter Maher A & L Goodbody, Dublin, Ireland<br />
Riccardo Michelutti Maisto e Associati, Milan, Italy<br />
Peter Nias McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP, London, England<br />
Peter Utterström Delphi & Co, Stockholm, Sweden<br />
Melchior Wathelet Liège, Belgium<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 326, suntec convention centre<br />
current developments panel<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Nikolaj Bjornholm Bech Bruun, Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
Juan Carlos Garanton-Blanco Torres Plaz & Araujo, Caracas,<br />
Venezuela<br />
Paulo Núncio Garrigues, Lisbon, Portugal<br />
Rebecca Rosenberg Caplin & Drysdale, Washington DC, USA<br />
A full-day session of the most current developments in taxation will<br />
be presented.<br />
Speakers<br />
Joachim M Bjerke Bugge Arentz-Hansen & Rasmussen, Oslo,<br />
Norway<br />
Olga A Boltenko LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae, London, England<br />
Michael Butler Finlaysons, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia<br />
Marcel Buur Loyens & Loeff, Rotterdam, the Netherlands<br />
Francesco Capitta Studio Di Tanno, Rome, Italy<br />
Ortwin Carron Monard D Hulst, Brussels, Belgium<br />
Cecilia Delgado Ratto Payet Rey Cauvi Abogados, Lima, Peru<br />
Paul Doralt Dorda Brugger Jordis, Vienna, Austria<br />
Alex Fischer Carey y Cía, Santiago, Chile<br />
Christina Roman Gaitan Reyes Abogados Asociados, Bogotá,<br />
Colombia<br />
Jon Elvar Gudmundsson LOGOS Legal Services, Reykjavik, Iceland<br />
Ossi Haapaniemi Hannes Snellman, Helsinki, Finland<br />
Akil Hirani Majmudar & Co, Mumbai, India<br />
Vince F Imerti Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Toronto, Ontario,<br />
Canada<br />
Marie Junius Allen & Overy LLP, Luxembourg<br />
Walter Keiniger Marval O’Farrell & Mairal, Buenos Aires, Argentina<br />
Rutger Kriek Consulco, Nicosia, Cyprus<br />
Lennart Larsson Vinge, Gothenburg, Sweden<br />
Doelie Lessing Werksmans Inc, Sandton, South Africa<br />
Paul Maloney Dillon Eustace, Dublin, Ireland<br />
Nicolas Merlino Oberson & Partners, Geneva, Switzerland<br />
Leor Nouman S Horowitz & Co, Tel Aviv, Israel<br />
Kim Pedersen Sirius Advokater, Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
Tonia Pediaditaki Stavropoulos and Partners Law Office, Athens,<br />
Greece<br />
Lim Pek Bur Allen & Gledhill LLP, Singapore<br />
Tomaas Pikamäe Ots & Co, Tallinn, Estonia<br />
Andrew Roycroft Norton Rose LLP, London, England<br />
Andrew Ryan Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, Auckland, New Zealand<br />
John G Ryan McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Palo Alto, California, USA<br />
Malgorzata Sabońska MDDP Michalik Dluska Dziedzic i Partnerzy,<br />
Warsaw, Poland<br />
Nathalie Senechault Jones Day, Paris, France<br />
Christine Simoes Campos Mello Pontes Vinci Schill Advogados, Rio<br />
de Janiero, Brazil<br />
Raúl Stolk Nevett Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque, Caracas, Venezuela<br />
Laurance Sussman O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Beijing, China<br />
Francis Tan Azman Davidson & Co, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<br />
Miguel Teixeira de Abreu Abreu Cardigos & Associados, Lisbon,<br />
Portugal<br />
Muhammad Uteem Erriah + Uteem Chambers, Port Louis, Mauritius<br />
Dinko Yordanov Yordanova Rizova & Partners, Sofia, Bulgaria<br />
0930 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 201, suntec convention centre<br />
81<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
tax aspects of construction projects<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Woo Taik Kim Kim & Chang, Seoul, South Korea<br />
Guido Vinci Campos Mello Pontes Vinci Schill Advogados, Rio de<br />
Janeiro, Brazil<br />
This panel will explore the different tax regimes applicable to major<br />
construction projects in different jurisdictions, from the perspective<br />
of the construction company and/or of the project owner. The<br />
panel will also develop case studies indicating tax and financial<br />
aspects relevant to each phase of the ‘life cycle’ of particular<br />
relevant construction projects. Items that will be covered include the<br />
following:<br />
• taxation during the construction phase;<br />
• special regimes available for income taxes or VAT?<br />
• is it advisable to use a special purpose company or a transparent<br />
vehicle?<br />
• how will construction costs be treated, deferred asset items and is<br />
that likely to cause trapped cash for the owner in the future?<br />
• will tax credits be available to the project owner at the end of the<br />
project?<br />
• what about tax liabilities incurred during construction, and how is<br />
responsibility shared?<br />
Speakers<br />
Bijal Ajinkya Nishith Desai, Mumbai, India<br />
Alejandro Escoda Cuatrecasas, <strong>Bar</strong>celona, Spain<br />
Oscar Ferrari Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos & Cía, Santiago, Chile<br />
Leon Kwong Wing KhattarWong, Singapore<br />
Shiqi Ma <strong>International</strong> Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD)<br />
Higuchi Takao Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Tokyo, Japan<br />
82<br />
0930 – 1230 fRIDAY<br />
Room 307, suntec convention centre<br />
legal Practice Division fora<br />
African Regional Forum<br />
Chair<br />
Moses J Adriko Masembe Makubuya Adriko Karugaba &<br />
Ssekatatwa (MMAKS) Advocates, Kampala, Uganda<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Dorothy Ufot Dorothy Ufot & Co, Lagos, Nigeria<br />
A DInneR will be held for forum members and guests<br />
See page 107 for details.<br />
Renewable energy and clean development<br />
Joint session with Power Law. See page 54 for details.<br />
1930 tuesDAY<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 313, suntec convention centre<br />
An open meeting of the African Regional forum will<br />
be held to determine future plans of the forum and<br />
to discuss ways to become even more responsive to<br />
members.<br />
1030 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 323, suntec convention centre<br />
Arab Regional Forum<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Sylvia Khatcherian Morgan Stanley, New York, USA; Treasurer, Legal<br />
Practice Division and <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Islamic finance<br />
Joint session with Banking Law. See page 55 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 202, suntec convention centre<br />
An open meeting of the Arab Regional forum will be held<br />
to determine future plans of the forum and to discuss<br />
ways to become even more responsive to members.<br />
1630 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 323, suntec convention centre
Asia Pacific Forum<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Jon North Gresham Advisory Partners Ltd, Sydney, New South<br />
Wales, Australia<br />
Vivien Chan Vivien Chan & Co, Beijing, China<br />
Council Liaison Officers<br />
Masahiro Shimojo Nishimura & Asahi, Tokyo, Japan<br />
Zhang Hongjiu Jiangtian & Gongcheng, Beijing, China<br />
Procuring water projects in southeast Asia with<br />
particular reference to china and India<br />
Joint session with Water Law. See page 54 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 313, suntec convention centre<br />
Influence of china and India on the mineral industry<br />
Joint session with Mining Law. See page 53 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 313, suntec convention centre<br />
Islamic finance<br />
Joint session with Banking Law. See page 55 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 202, suntec convention centre<br />
court support for arbitration in the Asia Pacific region<br />
Joint session with Arbitration. See page 46 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 325, suntec convention centre<br />
A luncH will be held for conference delegates.<br />
See page 105 for details.<br />
1230 – 1430 tuesDAY<br />
Diversity of cultural perspectives on mediation: facesaving,<br />
attitudes, relationship to courts and other<br />
considerations<br />
Joint session with Mediation. See page 49 for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 325, suntec convention centre<br />
How to rationalise your distribution structure in<br />
greater china and latin America in a regulatory and<br />
business efficient manner<br />
Joint session with the Latin American Forum. See page 87 for<br />
details.<br />
0930 – 1230 fRIDAY<br />
Room 303, suntec convention centre<br />
Corporate Counsel Forum<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Jean-Claude Najar GE Commercial Finance, Paris, France; Council<br />
Member, Legal Practice Division<br />
James Brumm Mitsubishi <strong>International</strong> Corporation, New York, USA<br />
Council Liaison Officers<br />
Sylvia Khatcherian Morgan Stanley, New York, USA; Treasurer, Legal<br />
Practice Division and <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Jan Eijsbouts Akzo Nobel NV, Arnhem, the Netherlands<br />
extraterritorial application of laws for multinationals<br />
and corporate counsel<br />
Session Chair<br />
James Brumm<br />
The complex role of the corporate counsel is further compounded<br />
when the company is multinational and has activities in many<br />
jurisdictions. The in-house lawyer must mitigate risks and explore the<br />
applicability of laws not only on a national basis, but internationally<br />
as well. But what happens when the national and foreign laws<br />
conflict? What law must be applied?<br />
The panel will explore how corporate counsel must assess the<br />
extraterritorial application of anti-corruption and bribery laws and<br />
antitrust and trade regulation laws from Asian, European and North<br />
American perspectives.<br />
Speakers<br />
Alan R Crain Jr Baker Hughes Inc, Houston, Texas, USA<br />
Jan Eijsbouts<br />
Eva Kovacic GlaxoSmithKline Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia<br />
Greg McCurdy Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington, USA;<br />
Vice-Chair, Antitrust<br />
Akhil Prasad The Walt Disney Company India, Mumbai, India<br />
M R Prasanna Aditya Birla Group, Mumbai, India<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 302, suntec convention centre<br />
How to preserve privilege and confidentiality<br />
Joint session with Litigation.<br />
Session Chair<br />
Nicola Mumford Wragge & Co LLP, London, England; Council<br />
Member, Legal Practice Division<br />
This highly interactive session will cover a variety of the hottest<br />
topics in this area of increasing concern, including the erosion of<br />
privilege, particularly for in-house lawyers – even in the US – and<br />
the tension between ‘whistleblowing’ and privilege. The panel of<br />
in-house lawyers from multinational corporations will give their<br />
own ‘hints and tips’ on how to preserve privilege and will solicit<br />
recommendations from the audience as well. The discussion will also<br />
have a quick canter round those countries where in-house lawyers<br />
enjoy privilege completely, partially, or not at all, and the impact that<br />
has on in-house counsel.<br />
Speakers<br />
John Ellison KPMG LLP, London, England<br />
Sheila Lim Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration, Singapore<br />
Marina Palomba Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, London,<br />
England<br />
Deborah Prince Which?, London, England<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 302, suntec convention centre<br />
8<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
A general meeting for corporate counsel forum<br />
members and other IBA corporate counsel will be held<br />
immediately after the open forum, to determine future<br />
plans of the ccf and to discuss ways to become even<br />
more responsive to members.<br />
1730 – 1830 monDAY<br />
Room 302, suntec convention centre<br />
A luncH will be held for conference delegates.<br />
See page 105 for details.<br />
1230 – 1430 tuesDAY<br />
open forum – identification of issues common to<br />
corporate counsel<br />
This open forum will provide members of the Asia Pacific Forum,<br />
African Forum, Arab Regional Forum, Latin American Forum,<br />
European Forum and the North American Forum with the<br />
opportunity to participate in a facilitated session with members of<br />
the Corporate Counsel Forum to identify issues common to in-house<br />
counsel across jurisdictions and to discuss them.<br />
By identifying and addressing these issues at such a high level,<br />
with equally distinguished panellists and audience, the open forum<br />
will seek to push the top three identified issues forward in 2008, to<br />
obtain real solutions. The open forum will incorporate the following<br />
session:<br />
Delicate dealings – how in-house counsel can best<br />
manage interactions with regulators<br />
Session Chair<br />
James Brumm<br />
Greg McCurdy<br />
One of the essential roles of in-house counsel is to manage and<br />
oversee relations with government regulators. As internal counsel,<br />
there is a duty to advise executives in their interactions with<br />
regulators, interact with regulators should disputes or investigations<br />
arise and establish relations with local regulators when entering<br />
new markets or new activities. This session will discuss strategies<br />
for dealing with government regulators, including lobbying, case<br />
management and suggestions for better communication methods<br />
between corporate counsel and local regulators.<br />
Speakers<br />
Henry Horbaczewski Reed Elsevier Inc, New York USA; Senior Vice-<br />
Chair, Corporate Counsel Forum<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 302, suntec convention centre<br />
Hot topics in international commercial arbitration<br />
Joint session with Arbitration. See page 47 for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 325, suntec convention centre<br />
shareholders’ activism<br />
Joint session with the European Forum. See page 85 for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 307, suntec convention centre<br />
84<br />
Deal mediation – the use of mediation in the course of<br />
m&A transactions<br />
Joint session with Mediation. See page 49 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 325, suntec convention centre<br />
European Forum<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Pii Ketvel Clyde & Co LLP, London, England<br />
Dariusz Wasylkowski Wardyński & Partners, Warsaw, Poland<br />
Council Liaison Officers<br />
Hendrik Haag Hengeler Mueller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Vice-<br />
Chair, Legal Practice Division<br />
Tomasz Wardyński Wardyński & Partners, Warsaw, Poland; Advisory<br />
Board Member, European Forum; Council Member, Legal Practice<br />
Division<br />
A luncH will be held for conference delegates.<br />
See page 105 for details.<br />
1230 – 1430 monDAY<br />
Investment incentives in the european union<br />
Joint session with Taxes.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Morvan Le Berre Wardyński & Partners, Brussels, Belgium<br />
Michael Schuette Howrey LLP, Brussels, Belgium; Advisory Board<br />
Member, European Forum<br />
The aim of the session is to discuss investment incentives and state<br />
aid in the EU. The session is coordinated with, and will be followed<br />
by, the session of the Taxes Committee on EU harmonisation versus<br />
EU tax competition taking place in the afternoon.<br />
The session will address several aspects of investment incentives in<br />
the EU:<br />
• the types of incentives available and how to access such<br />
incentives;<br />
• EU state aid requirements;<br />
• the differences between incentives in the original 15 Member<br />
States and the 12 recent EU Member States; and<br />
• the importance of incentives in investment decisions.<br />
Panellists will be:<br />
• lawyers with experience in state aid and taxation;<br />
• officials dealing with incentives and state aid at the European<br />
Commission and in a Member State; and<br />
• business people who have invested in Europe.<br />
This session continues in the afternoon: eu tax harmonisation<br />
versus eu tax competition. See page 81 for details.<br />
Speakers<br />
Stefan Damian Tuca Zbarcea & Asociati, Bucharest, Romania<br />
Peter Flipsen Simmons & Simmons, Rotterdam, the Netherlands;<br />
Vice-Chair, Taxes<br />
Joanna Szychowska European Commission, Brussels, Belgium<br />
Conor Quigley QC Brick Court Chambers, London, England<br />
Anne Van Ysendyck Arcelor Mittal, London, England<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 326, suntec convention centre
shareholders’ activism<br />
Joint session with Business Organisations and the Corporate<br />
Counsel Forum.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
James Brumm Mitsubishi <strong>International</strong> Corporation, New York, USA;<br />
Co-Chair, Corporate Counsel Forum<br />
Freek Jonkhart Loyens & Loeff, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Council<br />
Member, European Forum<br />
Heinz Schärer Homburger, Zurich, Switzerland<br />
There is a global trend towards increasing the powers of the<br />
shareholders of stock listed companies that has raised concerns<br />
in many board rooms. Certain shareholders like hedge funds in<br />
particular, but also private equity firms use this trend to try and<br />
impose their views on policy on management, sometimes in an<br />
activist manner, and sometimes with the result that short-term<br />
financial drivers of the shareholders conflict with the long-term<br />
continuity of the company; shareholder model or stakeholder model.<br />
This session brings together views from Europe, the United States,<br />
Southeast Asia and New Zealand, both legal views and views from<br />
the investment world.<br />
Speakers<br />
Andrew Abernethy Bell Gully, Wellington, New Zealand<br />
M P Bharucha Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co,<br />
Mumbai, India<br />
James Brumm<br />
Willem de Boer Sequoia, London, England<br />
Uwe Eyles Latham & Watkins LLP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany;<br />
Vice-Chair, Securities Law<br />
Frank Jonkhart<br />
Bernard Lui Stamford Law, Singapore<br />
Nami Matsuko Nomura Securities Co Ltd, Tokyo, Japan<br />
Susanne Rückert ARQIS Rechtsanwalte, Düsseldorf, Germany<br />
Heinz Schärer<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 307, suntec convention centre<br />
eu tax harmonisation versus eu tax competition<br />
Joint session with Taxes. See page 81 for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 326, suntec convention centre<br />
enforcement of european judgments in Asia and Asian<br />
judgments in europe<br />
Joint session with Litigation.<br />
Session Chair<br />
Jonathan Wood Clyde & Co LLP, London, England<br />
Business continues to grow between Europe and Asia and, whilst<br />
new deals make the headlines, what happens when relations<br />
between the parties go wrong? When considering how to advise<br />
clients in this wide range of jurisdictions deciding how and where to<br />
bring proceedings, it is important to have a practical knowledge of<br />
how a judgment obtained in a European country might be enforced<br />
in Asia and vice versa.<br />
This session looks at the practical aspects of enforcing foreign<br />
judgments based on a case study and panel discussion amongst<br />
eminent and experienced practitioners from jurisdictions in these<br />
regions.<br />
Speakers<br />
Cecil Abraham Cecil Abraham Arbitration Chambers, Kuala Lumpur,<br />
Malaysia<br />
Teresa Cheng SC Des Voeux Chambers, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Philip Jeyaretnam SC Rodyk & Davidson LLP, Singapore<br />
Derek Luxford Hicksons, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />
Maria Cristina Pagni Norton Rose LLP, Milan, Italy<br />
Tom Price Wragge & Co LLP, Birmingham, England<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 304, suntec convention centre<br />
An open meeting of the european forum will be held<br />
to determine future plans of the forum and to discuss<br />
ways to become even more responsive to members.<br />
1430 – 1630 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 204, suntec convention centre<br />
8<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
Do BIts have bite?<br />
86<br />
Joint session with the Project Finance Subcommittee.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Jaap Koster Clifford Chance LLP, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Vice-<br />
Chair, Project Finance Subcommittee<br />
Florian Haugeneder Wolf Theiss, Vienna, Austria<br />
Bilateral investment treaties (BITs) are now a widespread instrument<br />
in cross-border projects. Lawyers structuring such deals have<br />
developed a sophisticated toolbox to optimise the use of BITs for the<br />
benefit of their clients. A large part of their experience is based on<br />
lessons learned from extensive disputes that have been resolved over<br />
many issues that have arisen in the past about the interpretation,<br />
scope and applicability of BITs.<br />
During this session, transactional lawyers and litigators will<br />
discuss, through interaction with the audience, best practices for<br />
structuring deals in which BITs are applicable, focusing specifically on<br />
Asian projects.<br />
Issues for discussion include:<br />
• ‘BIT shopping’ (ways to make use of the most favourable BIT);<br />
• tax and BITs;<br />
• BIT protection for sponsors, lenders and/or insurers;<br />
• transferability of claims under a BIT; and<br />
• lessons to be learned from projects under litigation.<br />
Speakers<br />
Alastair Henderson Herbert Smith LLP, Bangkok, Thailand<br />
Andrew Jeffries Allen & Overy LLP, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Doug Jones Clayton Utz, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Vice-<br />
Chair, <strong>International</strong> Construction Projects<br />
Irmgard Marboe University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria<br />
Pierre Mayer Dechert LLP, Paris, France<br />
Elizabeth Snodgrass Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London,<br />
England<br />
0930 – 1230 fRIDAY<br />
Room 305, suntec convention centre<br />
Latin American Forum<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Daniel Del Rio Basham Ringe y Correa SC, Mexico City, Mexico<br />
Francisco Javier Illanes Cariola Diez Perez-Cotapos, Santiago, Chile<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Moira Huggard-Caine Tozzini Freire Teixeira e Silva, São Paulo, Brazil<br />
constraints in the financing of PPP construction<br />
projects in emerging countries<br />
Joint session with <strong>International</strong> Construction Projects.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Jaime Herrera Posse Herrera & Ruiz, Bogotá, Colombia; Vice-Chair,<br />
Latin American Forum<br />
Dick Shadbolt Shadbolt & Co LLP, Surrey, England<br />
The panel will discuss issues that affect constituents in PPP projects<br />
that seek financing. Such topics include:<br />
• harmonisation of interests: fixed project costs versus protection<br />
for price fluctuations (the point of view of the contractor, state<br />
entities, financers and owners);<br />
• credit enhancement mechanisms needed in developing countries<br />
(country risk, exchange risk, regulatory risk), alternatives (local<br />
currency loans, insurances, cash reserves, pros and cons for<br />
contractors, state entities, financers and owners);<br />
• adequate vehicles to meet objectives of all constituents<br />
(bankruptcy risk, contracting flexibility, safe-harbour for<br />
developers, shield of political pressures); and<br />
• the role of public entities vis-à-vis the financing of PPP projects.<br />
Speakers<br />
Eugenio Besa Morales Noguera Valdivieso & Besa, Santiago, Chile<br />
Darrell Corner Jardine Lloyd Thompson Asia, Hong Kong SAR<br />
James Harris Lovells Lee & Lee, Singapore<br />
Adriano Jucá Construtora Odebrecht SA, São Paulo, Brazil<br />
Sindur Mangkoesoebroto PT Nusantara Tunnel Indonesia, Bandung,<br />
Indonesia<br />
Anthony Marshall Lovells LLP, London, England<br />
Keith Martin IPAc Group, Singapore<br />
Ivan Mattei Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, USA<br />
Lynn Tho HSBC, Singapore<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 308, suntec convention centre<br />
Arbitration in the energy and natural resources<br />
industries<br />
Joint session with Arbitration. See page 47 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 326, suntec convention centre<br />
A luncH will be held for conference delegates.<br />
See page 105 for details.<br />
1230 – 1430 tuesDAY<br />
An open meeting of the latin American Regional<br />
forum will be held to determine future plans of the<br />
forum and to discuss ways to become even more<br />
responsive to members.<br />
1430 – 1630 tuesDAY<br />
Room 314, suntec convention centre
free trade in the Pacific Rim and its impact in latin<br />
America<br />
Joint session with Trade and Customs Law.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Dan Horovitz HD & Co, Brussels, Belgium; Chair, Trade and Customs<br />
Law<br />
Eduardo Sanguinetti Sanguinetti Fodere Bragard, Montevideo,<br />
Uruguay; Website Coordinator, Latin American Forum<br />
This panel will review some of the main features of recent free trade<br />
area (FTA) agreements that have been in operation in the region and<br />
will assess their impact, as well as their possible developments. After<br />
recognising the limitations of negotiations of trade liberalisation at<br />
the multilateral level of the WTO (eg agriculture), and that trade<br />
agreements at a multiparty,regional level have not proven to be<br />
the most appropriate conduit for regional integration, bilateral FTA<br />
agreements now appear to be the preferred option to expand trade<br />
among countries in the region.<br />
Some Latin American countries in the Pacific Rim (eg Chile)<br />
have successfully led that trend. Others still appear to prefer their<br />
protectionist tendencies, be it at a national level or even in a regional<br />
context. The impact that the FTAs with Asia Pacific countries have<br />
is particularly important, and comes at a time in which the United<br />
States, a leading regional economy, is following a similar trend<br />
and keeps on initiating bilateral FTA schemes with Latin America<br />
countries. The panel will also analyse who are the winners and<br />
losers, comparing FTA followers with their more protectionist<br />
counterparts, while also considering the special characteristics and<br />
roles that these countries play in the regional economy.<br />
Speakers<br />
James Bacchus Greenberg Traurig, Washington DC, USA<br />
Brian Elwood Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP, Mexico City,<br />
Mexico<br />
Claudio Undurraga Prieto & Cía, Santiago, Chile<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 308, suntec convention centre<br />
How to rationalise your distribution structure in<br />
greater china and latin America in a regulatory and<br />
business efficient manner<br />
Joint session with <strong>International</strong> Sales and the Asia Pacific Forum.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Daniel Del Rio<br />
George Ribeiro Vivien Chan & Co, Shanghai, China; Publications<br />
Officer, Business Organisations<br />
Bennet Hugh Silverman Katz Wittenberg Levine & Silverman Esqs,<br />
New York, USA; Senior Vice-Chair, <strong>International</strong> Sales; Vice-Chair,<br />
Legal Profession and World Organisations<br />
This session will examine the latest comparative models on<br />
conducting distribution and sales of consumer products in<br />
Latin America and Greater China, with emphasis on regulatory<br />
compliance, tax-saving mechanisms, common pitfalls and protective<br />
safeguards against distributors and local business partners.<br />
Practical examples will be raised by the speakers with creative<br />
ideas to overcome seemingly incurable obstacles in doing business<br />
legitimately and profitably.<br />
Speakers<br />
Miguel Jauregui Jauregui Navarrete y Nadar SC, Mexico City, Mexico<br />
Alberto Lasheras-Shine Estudio Beccar Varela, Buenos Aires,<br />
Argentina; Vice-Chair, Business Organisations<br />
Noor Meurling Minang Warman Sofyan & Associates, Jakarta,<br />
Indonesia<br />
Luiz Fernando Henry Sant’Anne Demarest e Almeida Advogados,<br />
São Paulo, Brazil<br />
John Young Warner Norcross & Judd LLP, Southfield, Missouri, USA<br />
Kelvin Wong Allen & Gledhill LLP, Singapore<br />
0930 – 1230 fRIDAY<br />
Room 303, suntec convention centre<br />
North American Forum<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Jon Grouf Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, New York,<br />
USA<br />
Henri Alvarez Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver, British<br />
Columbia, Canada<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
David W Rivkin Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, USA; Chair,<br />
Legal Practice Division<br />
A luncH will be held for conference delegates.<br />
See page 105 for details.<br />
1230 – 1430 monDAY<br />
strategies for companies facing patent litigation – is it<br />
possible to win?<br />
Joint session with Litigation. See page 48 for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 325, suntec convention centre<br />
8<br />
legAl PRActIce DIVIsIon
Working sessions<br />
Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
Academic and Professional<br />
Development<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Neil Gold University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Richard Eitel Carter ALI-ABA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA<br />
Geoff Monahan Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney,<br />
New South Wales, Australia<br />
transnational legal practice – global qualifications v<br />
mutual recognition<br />
Session Chair<br />
Geoff Monahan<br />
Transcending national borders is now a daily reality for legal<br />
practitioners. While the 20th century witnessed the introduction and<br />
implementation of national standards for legal practice, the 21st<br />
century has begun with a similar move internationally.<br />
Is effective transnational legal practice best implemented by the<br />
mutual recognition of legal qualifications? Should the national<br />
accreditation bodies be moving towards the development of a truly<br />
global law degree and common admission to practice?<br />
This session will consider these issues and in particular will<br />
question what is achievable in the shorter term and what is desirable<br />
in the longer term for effective transnational legal practice.<br />
Speakers<br />
Neville Carter College of Law of New South Wales, St Leonards,<br />
New South Wales, Australia<br />
Sarah Hutchinson College of Law of England and Wales, Guildford,<br />
England<br />
Panellists<br />
Frank Astill University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,<br />
Australia<br />
Honourable Justice Robert Benjamin Family Court of Australia,<br />
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia<br />
Michael W Milani Federation of Law Societies of Canada, Ottawa,<br />
Ontario, Canada<br />
Katherine Mulcahy College of Law of New South Wales, St<br />
Leonards, New South Wales, Australia<br />
Arfat Selvam Arfat Selvam Alliance LLC, Singapore<br />
Colin Tyre QC Council of <strong>Bar</strong>s and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE),<br />
Dunbar, Scotland<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 204, suntec convention centre<br />
establishing professional development within the firm<br />
– when is it practicable and how should it be done?<br />
Session Chair<br />
Richard Eitel Carter<br />
Most law firms provide some kind of continuing education but<br />
internationally the number of in-house programmes with a fulltime<br />
director (not a partner dividing his or her time) is not large. In<br />
this session we will look at the special concerns in developing the<br />
resources for a good in-house effort. We will look at the benefits<br />
and problems. We will discuss the integration of the unit and the<br />
decisions management should make. We will look at a step-by-step<br />
analysis of the benefits, risks and deterrents. There is no definitive<br />
model – each firm must develop its own plan, and the Professional<br />
Development Consortium has considerable experience with a variety<br />
of firms. The hiring process will be discussed. Needs will differ – at<br />
least one firm hired a former English professor. There will be an<br />
opportunity to ask questions and discuss alternatives.<br />
Speakers<br />
Steve Armstrong Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP,<br />
Washington DC, USA<br />
John Claydon McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br />
Joseph Harbaugh Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale,<br />
Florida, USA<br />
Tony King Clifford Chance LLP, London, England; Vice-Chair,<br />
Academic and Professional Development<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 311, suntec convention centre<br />
the business case for professional development – is it<br />
an expense or an investment? How does it relate to<br />
marketing the firm?<br />
Session Chair<br />
Richard Eitel Carter<br />
In the spring of 1985 a small group of specialists working inhouse<br />
in law firms around Canada and the United States gathered<br />
in Philadelphia to discuss common interests. By the end of the<br />
summer the group learned that there were many others doing<br />
the same work. The group founded the Professional Development<br />
Consortium, with officers, and began to examine common projects.<br />
The Consortium has grown considerably and now meets twice each<br />
year in the US and Canada.<br />
Most, but not all, of the Consortium’s number are lawyers. Most<br />
coordinate training for several offices in the large, global firms. They<br />
are more than coordinators – developing curriculum designed to<br />
meet the needs of the firm, using the best of in-house and outside<br />
speakers. Some of them have specialities, which they teach in the<br />
in-house programmes.<br />
This session will examine the expense as well as the usefulness<br />
to the firm. Many managing attorneys look at the ‘bottom line’.<br />
What does it mean to the firm if a promising young attorney is the<br />
beneficiary of the expense and then leaves the firm – is it a loss?<br />
We will also look at the benefits of making the in-house training<br />
available to the lawyers in the legal departments of client companies.<br />
Speakers<br />
John Claydon<br />
Tony King<br />
Timothy E Powers Haynes and Boone LLP, Dallas, Texas, USA; Chair,<br />
Project Finance Subcommittee and Co-Chair, North American<br />
Forum<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 205, suntec convention centre<br />
A BReAkfAst meetIng will be held to discuss<br />
matters of concern and interest in the academic and<br />
professional development field.<br />
0800 – 0930 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 204, suntec convention centre<br />
89<br />
WoRkIng sessIons PuBlIc AnD PRofessIonAl InteRest DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
greening the tiger: balancing client profitability with<br />
environmental responsibility – the role of the legal<br />
profession<br />
Session Chair<br />
David McQuoid-Mason Commonwealth Legal Education<br />
<strong>Association</strong>; Durban, South Africa; Vice-Chair, Academic and<br />
Professional Development<br />
The birth of the 21st century has been characterised by a greatly<br />
increased focus on the problems of environmental degradation<br />
and its consequences. Within the field of law, the emergence of<br />
the right to a clean and healthy environment has attracted heated<br />
academic debate, and has led to litigation at both the domestic and<br />
international levels.<br />
Increasingly, members of the legal profession who are required<br />
to advise clients in either the business or government sectors, need<br />
to appreciate the manner in which the budding third-generation<br />
rights impact on economic development and business profitability<br />
generally. Of growing importance is the significant extent to which<br />
developing international rules and conventions have become<br />
binding on states at the domestic level. Problems that have arisen in<br />
attempting to balance the ever-increasing need for environmental<br />
protection with demands for economic development and profitability<br />
are particularly acute in the case of the tiger economies of Southeast<br />
Asia. This session will explore the responsibilities of lawyers to their<br />
clients in this respect and engage the audience in a case study.<br />
Speakers<br />
Frank Astill<br />
Michael Ewing-Chow National University of Singapore, Singapore<br />
Steve Pete University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 306, suntec convention centre<br />
Anti-Corruption<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Bob Stein University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA;<br />
Vice-Chair, Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
Chair<br />
Homer E Moyer Miller & Chevalier, Washington DC, USA<br />
gaming<br />
Joint session with Media Law. See page 68 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 311, suntec convention centre<br />
the olympic games – a legal guide to all things<br />
olympic<br />
Joint session with Leisure Industries. See page 75 for details.<br />
0930 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 302, suntec convention centre<br />
90<br />
global anti-corruption survey<br />
Session Chair<br />
Homer E Moyer<br />
Members of the new Anti-Corruption Committee from different<br />
regions of the world will give updates on developments in anticorruption<br />
enforcement that have occurred in the last year in their<br />
respective regions. Reports may include major enforcement actions,<br />
ongoing investigations, new legislation, treaty implementation,<br />
national initiatives, recovery of looted assets, and exposés of<br />
high-level corruption by the media and NGOs. Objectives of the<br />
session are information-gathering and information-sharing, so the<br />
format will be an open forum, with opportunity for contributions<br />
and discussion from the floor. Enforcement officials, judges,<br />
representatives of NGOs, professors and scholars, and members of<br />
the <strong>Bar</strong> have been invited to speak.<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 308, suntec convention centre<br />
open committee business meeting<br />
An open meeting of the Anti-Corruption Committee will be held to<br />
discuss future activities.<br />
1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 308, suntec convention centre<br />
organised crime, corruption and terrorism: all about<br />
money<br />
Joint session with Criminal Law. See page 45 for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 304, suntec convention centre<br />
<strong>Bar</strong> Issues Commission<br />
Chair<br />
Alejandro Ogarrio Ogarrio Daguerre SC, Mexico City, Mexico<br />
BIc welcome meeting<br />
The <strong>Bar</strong> Issues Commission (BIC) invites new and former BIC<br />
members and Member Organisation representatives to join them at<br />
a welcome meeting that will provide attendees with the opportunity<br />
to meet with the BIC officers and with each other at the beginning<br />
of the conference week. The officers will run through the conference<br />
week, highlighting sessions and social events of particular interest<br />
and will share insight on how to make the most of the conference<br />
week.<br />
0800 – 0915 monDAY<br />
Room 204, suntec convention centre<br />
tour of the law society of <strong>singapore</strong>, local law firms<br />
and court visit<br />
The Law Society of Singapore has organised and will facilitate a tour<br />
for bar leaders of their offices and two nearby law firms, providing<br />
insight into their day-to-day operations. A visit to the court will also<br />
be arranged. Places will be limited and participation will be by ticket,<br />
obtainable from the IBA speakers’ desk.<br />
A more comprehensive tour of Singapore law firms will also be<br />
arranged by the IBA’s Law Firm Management Committee on Friday<br />
19 October. See page 96 for details.<br />
1400 – 1730 monDAY
law firms and bar associations – friends, foes or merely<br />
acquaintances?<br />
Session Chairs<br />
Philip Jeyaretnam SC President, Law Society of Singapore, Singapore<br />
Stephen Revell Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London, England<br />
With the globalisation of law firms, the development of in-house<br />
training programmes and the increasing power of the major<br />
international law firms, how is the relationship between law<br />
firms and bar associations faring in the 21st century? Are the two<br />
becoming mutually exclusive or are they really mutual friends? This<br />
roundtable session will bring leaders of bar associations together<br />
with some major international law firms to discuss their relationship.<br />
A panel of participants from bar associations and law firms will be<br />
selected to instigate discussions. All are welcome to join the debate,<br />
though as the room may have a set capacity we suggest you secure<br />
your attendance by e-mailing your name and this session title to<br />
sibylle.duell@int-bar.org.<br />
Speakers<br />
Lester Huang Law Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Bill Neukom American <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, Chicago, Illinois, USA<br />
Ben Rigby European Young <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, Brentwood, England<br />
James Roselle Northern Trust Company, Illinois, USA<br />
Kevin Wong Linklaters LLP, Singapore<br />
0900 – 1030 tuesDAY<br />
Room 306, suntec convention centre<br />
the public interest work of bar associations<br />
Joint session with Pro Bono and Access to Justice.<br />
Session Chairs<br />
Haji Sulaiman Abdullah <strong>Bar</strong> Council of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur,<br />
Malaysia; Co-Chair, Pro Bono and Access to Justice<br />
Peter Maynard Peter D Maynard & Co, Nassau, Bahamas; Secretary-<br />
Treasurer, Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
In the current trend of deregulation, the activities of lawyers<br />
and law firms are dominated by business needs and competition<br />
practices. Has this eroded the public interest work of lawyers?<br />
What responsibilities do lawyers have to the public? What role<br />
do bar associations play in upholding access to justice, legal aid,<br />
guidance on legal solutions and general advice to the community? Is<br />
organisational reform of bar associations necessary?<br />
This workshop will invite bar leaders to discuss their role in public<br />
interest activities and examine whether benchmarks can be set to<br />
help bar associations achieve some primary objectives in this area.<br />
Speakers<br />
Olufunke Adekoya AELEX Partners, Lagos, Nigeria<br />
Don Deya East African Law Society, Arusha, Tanzania<br />
Roberto Hernàndez Garcia Mexican <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, Mexico City,<br />
Mexico<br />
Andrew Holroyd Law Society of England and Wales, London,<br />
England<br />
Russell Miller Law Council of Australia, Sydney, New South Wales,<br />
Australia<br />
Bill Neukom American <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, Chicago, Illinois, USA<br />
Nozomu Ohara Ohara Law Office, Tokyo, Japan, Japanese Federation<br />
of <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>s<br />
Anne Ramberg Swedish <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, Stockholm, Sweden<br />
Colin Tyre QC Council of <strong>Bar</strong>s and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE),<br />
Dunbar, Scotland<br />
1115 – 1300 tuesDAY<br />
Room 306, suntec convention centre<br />
mandatory v voluntary membership of bar associations<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Horacio Bernardes Neto Xavier Bernardes Bragança, São Paulo,<br />
Brazil; Council Member, Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
Margery Nicoll Law Council of Australia, Canberra, Australian<br />
Capital Territory, Australia; Officer, <strong>Bar</strong> Issues Commission<br />
Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal<br />
profession in their jurisdiction; others are professional organisations<br />
dedicated to serving their members, and some bars are both. In many<br />
jurisdictions, the ‘bar association’ comprises lawyers who are qualified<br />
as barristers or advocates, while the ‘law society’ comprises solicitors.<br />
These bodies are sometimes mutually exclusive. In other jurisdictions,<br />
the ‘<strong>Bar</strong>’ may refer to the entire community of persons engaged in the<br />
practice of law. Some jurisdictions demand mandatory membership<br />
of a bar association or law society; in others there are no mandatory<br />
associations, but voluntary associations of lawyers which, in addition<br />
to regulating the profession, choose their own purposes, for example<br />
education or organising specialist sections.<br />
This session will examine the different perspectives and functions<br />
of mandatory and voluntary bars, debating what is required to<br />
enhance both the protection of lawyers and the public, the provision<br />
of services and their role in promoting confidence in the legal<br />
profession.<br />
Speakers<br />
Dorjsuren Batsukh <strong>Association</strong> of Mongolian Advocates,<br />
Ulaanbaater, Mongolia<br />
Andrew Bellers Aon-Asia, Hong Kong SAR<br />
John Corcoran Law Council of Australia, Canberra, Australian<br />
Capital Territory, Australia<br />
Otto Hasibuan Indonesian Advocates <strong>Association</strong> (PERADI), Jakarta,<br />
Indonesia<br />
Péter Köves Köves Clifford Chance, Budapest, Hungary; IBA<br />
Councillor, Hungarian <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Oscar Kihika Uganda Law Society, Kampala, Uganda<br />
Angeline Joyce Lee SPH Magazines, Singapore; Singapore Corporate<br />
Counsel Forum<br />
Carlos Urrutia Valenzuela Brigard & Urrutia, Bogotá, Colombia<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 306, suntec convention centre<br />
Running a bar association on limited funds<br />
Session Chair<br />
Sternford Moyo Scanlen & Holderness, Harare, Zimbabwe; Advisory<br />
Board Member, African Regional Forum<br />
Meeting office overheads, staff salaries, running a database,<br />
developing good communications resources, handling complaints,<br />
providing specialist sections for lawyers, creating a website,<br />
producing information leaflets and guidelines and creating training<br />
programmes are all part and parcel of running a bar association or<br />
law society.<br />
The challenges facing developing bars are enormous. These<br />
include meeting the needs of members as well as enabling the<br />
organisation to grow and provide more services to the public and to<br />
lawyers, and the funds to achieve all this can be scarce. This session<br />
will look at the resources available to bar associations, share insight<br />
into how to solve organisational problems and learn more about<br />
capacity-building.<br />
Speakers<br />
Mabvuto Hara Malawi Law Society, Blantyre, Malawi<br />
Philip Tahmindjis <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, London, England<br />
Ly Tayseng <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong> of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Phnom<br />
Penh, Cambodia<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 306, suntec convention centre<br />
91<br />
PuBlIc AnD PRofessIonAl InteRest DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
BIc open forum and open Policy committee meeting<br />
This session is open to all IBA Member Organisation representatives<br />
and BIC members and will provide an update from the Policy<br />
Committee Working Groups, an opportunity to discuss issues of<br />
current concern and suggest topics for future BIC projects and<br />
programme sessions.<br />
92<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 323, suntec convention centre<br />
Corporate Social Responsibility<br />
Council Liaison Officers<br />
Charles Lawton Rio Tinto Plc, London, England<br />
Peter Rees Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, London, England<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Jonathan Lux Ince & Co, London, England<br />
Jan Eijsbouts Akzo Nobel NV, Arnhem, the Netherlands; Council<br />
Member, Legal Practice Division<br />
law firms and csR<br />
Session Chair<br />
Jonathan Lux<br />
More and more, law firms are being ‘beauty paraded’ before the<br />
client decides which firm to appoint. Clients will increasingly expect<br />
to see evidence of the law firm’s espousal of CSR.<br />
Mishaps in the energy, pharmaceutical and extractive industry<br />
sectors can have dire consequences for the workers involved, the<br />
communities in which they operate as well as the environment, and<br />
these make headline stories. It’s little surprise, therefore, that the<br />
pressure to adopt CSR policies and regulations has been greatest in<br />
these areas. What, however, is the role of the business lawyer and is<br />
the business lawyer in danger, through apathy, of losing this fertile<br />
area of new work – just as lawyers gave away the field of tax work<br />
to the accountants?<br />
This session will suggest that the business lawyer has two separate<br />
but interrelated roles to attend to. First, he / she must get his / her<br />
own house in order and demonstrate his / her firm’s adherence to<br />
CSR values and principles.<br />
Secondly, having demonstrated their credentials, law firms will be<br />
called upon to advise clients upon both the hard and soft law issues<br />
arising in this burgeoning field of CSR.<br />
Speakers<br />
Guy Beringer Allen & Overy LLP, London, England<br />
Peter Gordon Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Melbourne, Victoria,<br />
Australia<br />
Thomas Hickey Hess Oil & Gas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<br />
Marion Sangen-Emden Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Düsseldorf,<br />
Germany<br />
Richard Taylor Solicitors Regulation Authority, London, England;<br />
Senior Vice-Chair, Corporate Social Responsibility<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 309, suntec convention centre<br />
the un norms on the responsibility of transnational<br />
corporations and other enterprises with regard to<br />
human rights<br />
Session Chair<br />
Richard Taylor<br />
Corporations have taken a leading role in the economy and in our<br />
ordinary lives and have already accepted the responsibility inherent<br />
to this role. A full range of questions arises from this commitment<br />
and particularly whether corporate codes of conduct are the<br />
best mechanisms, whether corporations can violate international<br />
law, whether the imposition of human rights rules is possible<br />
and advisable, whether CSR voluntary and compulsory activities<br />
are compatible and can intertwine themselves and other crucial<br />
questions for business actors.<br />
Human rights were proclaimed in the 20th century and must be<br />
universally applied in the 21st. Many initiatives, both public and<br />
private, and national and international, have been put in motion<br />
to face this reality. The project of the UN to adopt Norms on the<br />
Responsibility of Transnational Corporations and other enterprises<br />
with regard to human rights has originated a great debate among<br />
the business world, NGOs and civil society organisations. Many<br />
arguments are being given for and against the adoption of the<br />
Norms and the project is already being road-tested. If adopted, the<br />
Norms would be the first legally compulsory text to impose legally<br />
binding obligations regarding human rights. Such obligations would<br />
apply to both states and corporations, so any victim of human rights<br />
violations could be entitled to economic compensation as granted by<br />
courts of justice.<br />
Speakers<br />
Charles Lawton<br />
Craig Phillips Allens Arthur Robinson, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia<br />
Michael Smyth Clifford Chance LLP, London, England<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 307, suntec convention centre
Forum for <strong>Bar</strong>risters and<br />
Advocates<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Jacqueline Leong QC Hong Kong <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Noelle McGrenera QC <strong>Bar</strong> Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast,<br />
Northern Ireland<br />
Jeremy Gauntlett QC General Council of the <strong>Bar</strong> of South Africa,<br />
Cape Town, South Africa<br />
What is a referral bar and how does it work?<br />
Session Chair<br />
Noelle McGrenera QC<br />
There are a number of core duties that define and shape the<br />
independent referral bars. These include:<br />
• duty to the court to act with independence in the interest of<br />
justice;<br />
• duty under the ‘cab rank rule’;<br />
• duty to promote the client’s interests fearlessly; and<br />
• in some bars, the duty to act as a sole trader.<br />
The consequences that flow from these core duties are many. The<br />
chief ones are:<br />
• maintaining the confidence of the judiciary;<br />
• independent fearless representation for a client by the counsel of<br />
choice; and<br />
• availability of advocacy and specialist expertise.<br />
Many of the referral bar jurisdictions have faced developments<br />
in recent years that have challenged these core duties, from<br />
investigations by competition authorities and the Office of Fair<br />
Trading to tighter controls on public funding. The session will involve<br />
a series of presentations, with each attending referral bar outlining<br />
developments encountered and challenges faced, followed by a<br />
discussion providing opportunities for referral and non-referral bars<br />
alike to share experiences and provide insights into these important<br />
developments.<br />
Speakers<br />
Jannie Eksteen SC General Council of the <strong>Bar</strong> of South Africa,<br />
Johannesburg, South Africa<br />
Stephen Estcourt QC Australian <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, Brisbane,<br />
Queensland, Australia<br />
Roy Martin QC Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh, Scotland<br />
Paul Sreenan <strong>Bar</strong> Council of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland<br />
Geoffrey Vos QC <strong>Bar</strong> Council of England and Wales, London,<br />
England<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 205, suntec convention centre<br />
Human Rights Institute<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Ambassador Emilio J Cárdenas Former Permanent Representative to<br />
the United Nations for Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina<br />
Justice Richard J Goldstone Past Justice of the Constitutional Court<br />
of South Africa and former Prosecutor for the ICTR and ICTY,<br />
Morningside, South Africa<br />
Bikinis and burkas, satellites and snoopers – what<br />
limits should the law impose on surveillance<br />
technology?<br />
Joint session with Outer Space Law. See page 69 for details.<br />
0900 – 1300 tuesDAY<br />
Room 314, suntec convention centre<br />
trial observations: a practical approach<br />
Joint session with Media Law.<br />
Session Chair<br />
Honourable Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG High Court of Australia,<br />
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />
The IBA’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) sends independent experts<br />
to observe trials around the world; observers are sent to encourage<br />
compliance with fair trial standards and monitor and report upon<br />
legal proceedings. The IBAHRI collaborates with other international<br />
organisations, including member bar associations and law societies,<br />
in this endeavour.<br />
We are keen to encourage the practice of trial observations,<br />
and to this end the IBAHRI, in collaboration with the Media<br />
Law Committee, is offering IBA members the chance to attend<br />
a workshop briefing participants on the appropriate skills and<br />
approaches relevant to observing a trial. The session, led by lawyers<br />
with particular expertise in the area, will focus on the provisions of<br />
international and regional standards and the role lawyers can play in<br />
ensuring these provisions are met. The workshop will also draw on<br />
the experiences of previous IBA observers to examine how best to<br />
monitor and report on a trial.<br />
Speakers<br />
Peter Maynard Peter D Maynard & Co, Nassau, Bahamas; Secretary-<br />
Treasurer, Public & Professional Interest Division<br />
Sternford Moyo Scanlen & Holderness, Harare, Zimbabwe; Advisory<br />
Board Member, African Regional Forum<br />
Mark Stephens Finers Stephens Innocent, London, England; Chair,<br />
Media Law<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 311, suntec convention centre<br />
9<br />
PuBlIc AnD PRofessIonAl InteRest DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
<strong>International</strong> justice on trial – the first Icc case goes to<br />
court<br />
Session Chair<br />
Justice Richard J Goldstone<br />
In January 2007, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the <strong>International</strong> Criminal<br />
Court (ICC) confirmed the charges brought by the prosecutor<br />
against Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, President of the Union des Patriotes<br />
Congolais (UPC) and Commander in Chief of the Forces Patriotiques<br />
pour la Libération du Congo (FPLC). Mr Lubanga has been charged<br />
with the war crimes of enlisting and conscripting children under the<br />
age of 15 years and using them to participate actively in hostilities.<br />
As the first case to be referred to trial, the confirmation of charges<br />
marks a new and exciting phase in the court’s development. This<br />
session will explore the latest developments at the ICC, reflecting<br />
on the impact of the court’s activities on peace and justice in the<br />
situations currently under investigation in the Democratic Republic of<br />
the Congo, Darfur and northern Uganda.<br />
Speakers<br />
Angelina Mana Namakula Nalukwago <strong>Bar</strong>clays Bank of Uganda<br />
Limited, Uganda<br />
Liliana De Marco <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>’s Human Rights<br />
Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands<br />
Paolina Massidda Office of Public Counsel for Victims, <strong>International</strong><br />
Criminal Court, The Netherlands<br />
David Tolbert Deputy Prosecutor, <strong>International</strong> Criminal Tribunal for<br />
the former Yugoslavia, USA<br />
94<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 312, suntec convention centre<br />
sHoWcAse sessIon: the many faces of corruption<br />
– efforts, challenges and opportunities for the future<br />
See page 31 for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
theatre, suntec convention centre<br />
Iraqi Higher tribunal – the delivery of procedural<br />
fairness?<br />
Joint session with Human Rights Law. See page 74 for details.<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 312, suntec convention centre<br />
the internationalisation of legal education<br />
Session Chair<br />
Justice Richard J Goldstone<br />
This session will explore recent developments in the field of the<br />
internationalisation of legal education and look at the growing number<br />
of partnerships between law schools in different countries across the<br />
globe. Panellists will examine the consequential growth of international<br />
comparative law and the internationalisation of legal ideas and teaching<br />
methods. This session will also consider the possible implications of<br />
this trend on the teaching of human rights law and the approach of<br />
domestic courts to the use of international and foreign law.<br />
Speakers<br />
Simon Chesterman Global Professor and Director of the New York<br />
University School of Law Singapore Programme, Singapore<br />
Roberto Guerrero Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile School of<br />
Law, Santiago, Chile<br />
Tan Cheng Han SC Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore,<br />
Singapore<br />
Franklin Gevurtz University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California, USA<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 314, suntec convention centre<br />
Judges’ Forum<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
John Morrison Evanston, Illinois, USA<br />
Chair<br />
Honourable Sheila Murphy Former Judge of the Cook County Circuit<br />
Court; Rothschild <strong>Bar</strong>ry & Myers, Chicago, Illinois, USA<br />
How adults suffer from sexual abuse as children and<br />
how drug treatment and mental health courts can help<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Honourable Sheila Murphy<br />
Justice Anderson Zikonda High Court of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia;<br />
Vice-Chair, Judges’ Forum<br />
Drug treatment courts were started in North America about 15 years<br />
ago by judges who had tired of putting defendants on probation for<br />
drug-related offences only to see that their addictions caused them<br />
to reoffend while on probation. Over 1,500 judges in the United<br />
States preside over drug treatment courts.<br />
Their goal is to turn offenders away from drug and alcohol<br />
addiction with the help of certified treatment advisers. In these<br />
cases, prosecutors and defence attorneys are not adversarial; they<br />
work with defendants, family members and probation officers<br />
to help defendants become ‘clean and sober’. If defendants test<br />
positive for drugs, they are placed in more intense treatment<br />
programmes and referred for counselling; prison is the last resort.<br />
These court-mandated treatment programmes work, and they save<br />
a great deal of money that would otherwise be spent on housing<br />
offenders in prison. Drug treatment courts in England take a<br />
somewhat different approach, also used quite effectively. To what<br />
extent can and should these courts be replicated elsewhere?<br />
This session is directed toward judges and lawyers who wish to<br />
increase their knowledge of how therapeutic justice works to save<br />
children of parents who are mentally ill and/or addicted to drugs.<br />
The collateral effect of parents’ recovery can save generations.<br />
Suggested reading for this session is Abraham Lincoln’s Temperance<br />
Address delivered before the Springfield Washington Temperance<br />
Society, February 22, 1842: http://showcase.net/web/creative/<br />
lincoln/speeches/temperance.htm.<br />
Speakers<br />
<strong>Bar</strong>bara Blaine Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests<br />
(SNAP), Chicago, Illinois, USA<br />
Jeff Anderson Jeff Anderson and Associates, Minneapolis,<br />
Minnesota, USA<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 312, suntec convention centre
Law Firm Management<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Stephen Macliver Bell Gully, Auckland, New Zealand<br />
Chair<br />
Robert Vineberg Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Montreal,<br />
Quebec, Canada<br />
Where to draw the line? ethical issues that law firms<br />
may ignore at their peril<br />
Session Chair<br />
Robert Vineberg<br />
The panel will lead a lively debate on a variety of law firm practices<br />
that may present ethical issues, such as not disclosing premium<br />
billing, overstaffing files, offering different rates for the same<br />
services to different clients, abusive tactics during litigation, the law<br />
firm holding an interest in an entity that provides ancillary services to<br />
clients, surcharges on disbursements and advising clients respecting<br />
backdating documents. Our panellists will consider how law firms<br />
deal with these issues in practice, and views will also be solicited<br />
from those in the audience.<br />
Speakers<br />
Peter <strong>Bar</strong>tlett Minter Ellison, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia<br />
Máximo Luis Bomchil M&M Bomchil, Buenos Aires, Argentina;<br />
Communications Officer, Law Firm Management<br />
Charles Coward Uría Menéndez, <strong>Bar</strong>celona, Spain<br />
Gregory S Gallopoulos Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, Illinois, USA<br />
Herman Jeremiah Rodyk & Davidson LLP, Singapore<br />
Richard Rassel Butzel Long, Detroit, Michigan, USA<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 304, suntec convention centre<br />
Where have all the flowers gone? the latest strategies<br />
for attracting and retaining young lawyers<br />
Session Chair<br />
Stephen Denyer Allen & Overy LLP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany;<br />
Vice-Chair, Law Firm Management Committee<br />
This panel will deal with what is often considered to be the most<br />
difficult problem facing law firms today – how to attract and retain<br />
young lawyers. For some years, law firms have been losing large<br />
numbers of their talented young lawyers. Initially, the reaction was to<br />
attract and retain lawyers by increasing salaries, but it appears that<br />
the attrition rates have continued to climb. Firms have been forced<br />
to become more innovative in order to overcome this dilemma, and<br />
our speakers will describe a number of creative solutions that have<br />
been used and which of them appear to work best.<br />
Speakers<br />
Steve Armstrong WilmerHale, Washington DC, USA<br />
Joel Henning Hildebrandt <strong>International</strong>, Chicago, Illinois, USA<br />
Helen McKenzie Blake Dawson Waldron, Sydney, New South Wales,<br />
Australia<br />
Alberto Rebaza Rebaza Alcázar & De La Casas, Lima, Peru; Vice-<br />
Chair, Senior Lawyers<br />
Peter Smith Addleshaw Goddard, London, England<br />
Jimmy Yim Drew & Napier, Singapore<br />
0930 – 1230 tuesDAY<br />
Room 304, suntec convention centre<br />
strategic planning: is it an oxymoron for the smaller<br />
firm?<br />
Session Chair<br />
Norman Clark Walker Clark LLC, Fort Myers, Florida, USA; Vice-<br />
Chair, Law Firm Management<br />
Can a small firm realistically plan a strategy? Or should it merely try<br />
to respond to new opportunities as they arise?<br />
While they may lack much of the structure and resources of large<br />
firms, smaller firms also have a number of distinct advantages,<br />
such as a sharper focus on a limited number of practice areas, a<br />
more collaborative atmosphere, and the ability to take and execute<br />
decisions quickly.<br />
This session will present practical tools and methods that smaller<br />
firms can use to plan and execute successful business and marketing<br />
strategies for ‘big firm’ results.<br />
Speakers<br />
George Etomi George Etomi & Partners, Lagos, Nigeria<br />
Roberto Hernández García COMAD SC Law Firm, Mexico City,<br />
Mexico<br />
Christopher Honeyman Brown Performance Improvement<br />
Partnership, Warnham, England<br />
R Anthony Jenkinson Nunes Scholefield DeLeon & Co, Kingston,<br />
Jamaica<br />
Carlos Ruffinelli Moreno Ruffinelli y Asociados, Asunción, Paraguay<br />
Carlos Valls Iuris Valls Abogados, <strong>Bar</strong>celona, Spain<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 304, suntec convention centre<br />
the Asian legal market – business development models<br />
for law firms in Asia<br />
Session Chair<br />
Lucien Wong Allen & Gledhill LLP, Singapore<br />
The economies of the countries of Asia are the fastest growing in<br />
the world today and both Asian and international law firms have<br />
had to move very quickly and in some cases, dramatically, in the<br />
region to be responsive to the needs of their clientele. In examining<br />
the current state of the Asian legal market, our panel will look at<br />
how Asian firms have joined with firms elsewhere in the region and<br />
from other continents to exploit opportunities in Asia and how they<br />
have established ‘home-grown’ solutions. We will also consider how<br />
international firms have capitalised upon the opportunities in Asia<br />
and how they have created an Asian presence.<br />
Speakers<br />
Tony Angel Linklaters LLP, London, England<br />
George Goulding Slaughter and May, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Hisashi Hara Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Tokyo, Japan<br />
Joseph Longo Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Stephen Maloy General Electric Company, Shanghai, China<br />
Tim Massad Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, USA<br />
Desmond Ong DLA Piper Singapore, Singapore<br />
Cyril Shroff Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co,<br />
Mumbai, India<br />
David Liu Jun He Law Offices, Beijing, China<br />
1430 – 1730 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 304, suntec convention centre<br />
9<br />
PuBlIc AnD PRofessIonAl InteRest DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
managing partner’s breakfast<br />
If you are a managing partner or have some other leadership<br />
or management role in your firm, or if you are interested in<br />
the management of law firms, this breakfast will give you the<br />
opportunity to exchange views and share experiences in an informal<br />
atmosphere. You will meet fellow practitioners performing similar<br />
roles, get to know the officers of the Law Firm Management<br />
Committee and learn about the work of the committee.<br />
The breakfast will be addressed by three speakers on the subject<br />
‘Is there life after managing partner?’<br />
Speakers<br />
Susan de Silva Alban Tay Mahtani & de Silva, Singapore<br />
Paul Montgomery Former Managing Partner, Freehills, Melbourne,<br />
Australia<br />
Peter Mendell Former Managing Partner, Davies Ward Phillips &<br />
Vineberg LLP, Montreal, Canada<br />
0800 – 0930 tHuRsDAY<br />
Pearl River Restaurant, suntec convention centre<br />
making a new start after retiring from your firm<br />
Joint session with Senior Lawyers. See page 98 for details.<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 311, suntec convention centre<br />
law firm visits<br />
Officers of the IBA’s Law Firm Management Committee will lead a<br />
group of IBA delegates to visit a number of Singapore law firms for<br />
briefings on strategy, practice management, organisational issues,<br />
marketing and office systems.<br />
Places will be strictly limited and allocated on a first come, first<br />
served basis at the conference. Tickets and further information can<br />
be obtained from the speakers’ desk at the IBA registration desk.<br />
0930 – 1230 fRIDAY<br />
Legal Profession and World<br />
Organisations<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Graeme Kirk Gross & Co, Bury St Edmunds, England<br />
Chair<br />
Tore Wiwen-Nilsson Mannheimer Swartling, Malmö, Sweden<br />
open committee business meeting<br />
An open meeting of the Legal Profession and World Organisations<br />
Committee will be held to discuss future activities.<br />
0930 – 1100 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 313, suntec convention centre<br />
96<br />
Pro Bono and Access to Justice<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Peter Maynard Peter D Maynard & Co, Nassau, Bahamas; Secretary-<br />
Treasurer, Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Haji Sulaiman Abdullah <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong> of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur,<br />
Malaysia<br />
Philip Zeidman DLA Piper, Washington DC, USA<br />
Who is doing the best international pro bono work?<br />
What models are being developed? How can they be<br />
adapted?<br />
Session Chair<br />
Philip Zeidman<br />
This programme will showcase some of the most innovative and<br />
promising pro bono initiatives, provide an opportunity to meet to<br />
discuss them with those instrumental in their creation, and facilitate<br />
the establishment of relationships across borders, based on common<br />
interest in the challenge of pro bono work.<br />
Whether you are a lawyer seeking to contribute to a pro bono<br />
programme, a law firm looking for a way to channel the interest<br />
in pro bono being expressed by your lawyers, or a bar association<br />
seeking assistance with projects in your own country, this is a very<br />
special opportunity. Join the dialogue, and learn how it will continue<br />
after Singapore.<br />
Speakers<br />
Ruth Greenspan Bell <strong>International</strong> Senior Lawyers Project,<br />
Washington DC, USA<br />
Richard Ferris Holland & Knight LLP, Washington DC, USA<br />
Fiona McLeay World Vision Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia<br />
Alison Moore China Program, American <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, Beijing, China<br />
Sarah Poland <strong>International</strong> Lawyers Project, London, England<br />
Kayal Sachi Allen & Overy LLP, Singapore<br />
Jennifer Smith <strong>International</strong> Bridges to Justice, Beijing, China<br />
Michael Smyth Clifford Chance LLP, London, England<br />
Robin Sully Canadian <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;<br />
Communications Officer, Pro bono and Access to Justice<br />
Justin Yap The World Bank, Washington DC, USA<br />
1430 – 1730 monDAY<br />
Room 311, suntec convention centre<br />
the public interest work of bar associations<br />
Joint session with <strong>Bar</strong> Issues Commission. See page 91 for details.<br />
1115 – 1300 tuesDAY<br />
Room 306, suntec convention centre<br />
When disaster strikes – how lawyers can mobilise to<br />
restore order and preserve access to justice<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Evlynne Gilvarry Law Society of England and Wales, London,<br />
England; Secretary, Pro bono and Access to Justice<br />
Robin Sully<br />
This half-day session will focus on rapid response by the legal<br />
community to some recent disasters – terrorist attack (eg 9/11,<br />
bombings in Bali, London), natural disaster (eg Hurricane Katrina,<br />
Southeast Asian tsunami), and civil unrest (eg Nepal and Malaysia).<br />
Lawyers, often acting in a pro bono capacity, helped to ensure that<br />
the infrastructure of justice did not collapse and that both victims and<br />
accused were provided with access to justice.<br />
The session will showcase examples of such mobilisation of
lawyers’ efforts and attempt to learn the lessons of what worked<br />
best. It will also explore the challenges faced by lawyers who may be<br />
acting for accused persons.<br />
Speakers<br />
Betsy Cavendish Appleseed, Washington DC, USA<br />
Ramona Fernandez Loyola Law Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA<br />
Ragunath Kesavan Malaysian <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<br />
Shambu Thapa Former President, Nepal <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>,<br />
Kathmandu, Nepal<br />
Professional Ethics<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 311, suntec convention centre<br />
Council Liaison Officers<br />
John Moorhouse Attorneys Fidelity Fund, Cape Town, South Africa<br />
Daniel M Ferrere Ferrere Attorneys at Law, Montevideo, Uruguay<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Adrian Evans Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia<br />
Victoria Rees Nova Scotia <strong>Bar</strong>risters Society, Halifax, Nova Scotia,<br />
Canada<br />
A successful lawyer is an ethical lawyer – true or false?<br />
Joint session with Client Protection.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Geraldine Clarke Gleeson McGrath Baldwin Solicitors, Dublin,<br />
Ireland; Chair, Client Protection Subcommittee<br />
Adrian Evans<br />
Victoria Rees<br />
Professional responsibility and legal ethics principles are highly<br />
relevant and essential to the successful practice of law in any field<br />
today. This day-long programme will address what every lawyer<br />
needs to know about achieving success through the application of<br />
ethical principles and sound judgment.<br />
Topics for this programme will include the costs of poor judgment<br />
and resulting professional liability claims; the costs of failing to report<br />
lawyers who have shown a predilection toward serious unethical<br />
behaviour, including a discussion of risk factors and red flags; the<br />
benefits of an ethical practice and identification of unique ethical<br />
challenges presented within various practice areas; and continuation<br />
of the debate on mandatory professional ethics education and how<br />
to stop the decline in ethics awareness and application of rules of<br />
professional conduct that occurs following admission to the <strong>Bar</strong>.<br />
Speakers<br />
Max Boqwana Boqwana Loon & Connellan, Port Elizabeth, South<br />
Africa<br />
Richard Devlin Dalhousie University Law School, Halifax, Nova<br />
Scotia, Canada<br />
Anne Birgitte Gammeljord Gorrissen Federspiel Kierkegaard,<br />
Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
Jonathan Goldsmith Council of <strong>Bar</strong>s and Law Societies of Europe<br />
(CCBE), Brussels, Belgium<br />
Kari Lautjarvi Hannes Snellman, Helsinki, Finland<br />
Ed Nally Fieldings Porter, Bolton, England<br />
George van Niekerk Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs, Cape Town,<br />
South Africa<br />
Peter Turner Australian Corporate Lawyers <strong>Association</strong> (ACLA),<br />
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia<br />
Heinz Weil Weil & Associés, Paris, France; Council Member, Public<br />
and Professional Interest Division<br />
0930 – 1630 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 320, suntec convention centre<br />
open committee business meeting<br />
An open meeting of the Professional Ethics Committee will be held<br />
to discuss future activities.<br />
1630 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 320, suntec convention centre<br />
Anti-Money Laundering Legislation<br />
Implementation Working Group<br />
Chair<br />
Stephen Revell Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London, England<br />
How to money-launder – a guide for lawyers<br />
Joint session with Banking Law.<br />
Session Chair<br />
Stephen Revell<br />
If lawyers become actively and knowingly involved in money<br />
laundering they probably commit a primary offence in most<br />
jurisdictions – this is clear. What if lawyers become ‘unwittingly’<br />
involved in money laundering; what is the definition of ‘unwittingly’<br />
and to what obligations and/or consequences should lawyers be<br />
held? If lawyers do need to have their ‘wits’ about them to avoid<br />
becoming unwittingly involved, what is the appropriate customer<br />
due diligence lawyers need to take and what should they be on the<br />
lookout for? How do we improve training to the profession in this<br />
area? This session will examine the difficult position that lawyers<br />
are faced with in many jurisdictions, where anti-money laundering<br />
legislation both exists and has been extended, in line with the FATF<br />
Recommendations, to include lawyers.<br />
We will also discuss the various challenges around the world<br />
that have been made to such laws, and in particular their extension<br />
to lawyers given that this changes, arguably fundamentally, the<br />
relationship between a lawyer and his/her client. Are the FATF<br />
Recommendations and the laws that have implemented them<br />
sufficiently clear about the dividing line between providing bona<br />
fide advice that should be the subject of client confidentiality and<br />
privilege, and turning a blind eye to the ‘obvious’ intentions of<br />
clients to launder money? When does and when should the duty to<br />
‘whistleblow’ arise, if at all?<br />
this session will be recorded for cle purposes<br />
Speakers<br />
Tan Boon Gin Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore<br />
Andrew Holroyd OBE Law Society of England and Wales, London,<br />
England<br />
Colin Tyre Council of <strong>Bar</strong>s and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE),<br />
Dunbar, Scotland<br />
Louise Delahunty Simmons & Simmons, London, England<br />
Michael W Milani Federation of Law Societies of Canada, Regina,<br />
Ontario, Canada<br />
Anna Lenahan Allens Arthur Robinson, Sydney, New South Wales,<br />
Australia<br />
Michael Lintern-Smith Robertsons, Hong Kong SAR<br />
James Roselle Northern Trust Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA<br />
Andy Yeo Allen and Gledhill LLP, Singapore<br />
Representative from the Financial Action Task Force<br />
1430 – 1730 tuesDAY<br />
Room 202, suntec convention centre<br />
9<br />
PuBlIc AnD PRofessIonAl InteRest DIVIsIon
WoRkIng sessIons<br />
Client Protection<br />
A successful lawyer is an ethical lawyer – true or false?<br />
98<br />
Joint session with Professional Ethics. See page 97 for details.<br />
Senior Lawyers<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Heinz Weil Weil & Associés, Paris, France<br />
0930 – 1630 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 320, suntec convention centre<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Fernando Scornik Gerstein Fernando Scornik Gerstein Abogados,<br />
Madrid, Spain<br />
Albrecht Schulz CMS Hasche Sigle, Stuttgart, Germany<br />
A luncH will be held for conference delegates.<br />
See page 105 for details.<br />
1230 – 1430 monDAY<br />
making a new start after retiring from your firm<br />
Joint session with Law Firm Management.<br />
Session Chair<br />
Albrecht Schulz<br />
Partnership for life – myth or reality?<br />
Two countervailing trends are found in practice today:<br />
• early retirement of senior partners in order to give younger partners<br />
better opportunities (is this an issue only in big US or London<br />
firms?); and<br />
• maintenance of know-how and clients’ relations with senior lawyers<br />
by avoiding early retirement, break-ups and unfriendly departures.<br />
This session will examine how to manage a firm in these situations.<br />
Speakers<br />
Bernard L Greer Jr Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Chair,<br />
WTO Working Group<br />
Michael Simmons Finers Stephens Innocent, London, England<br />
What are the different (most attractive) options after<br />
retiring from your firm?<br />
What are the different – and most attractive – options for your<br />
professional life after you retire from your firm? If you set up a new<br />
law practice, what are the reasonable minimum conditions to do<br />
so? You may be considering many other options, including law firm<br />
consulting, in-house practice, corporate directorship, investment<br />
banking and private equity, government appointments (including the<br />
bench), and entering politics. Are these realistic alternatives or just<br />
dreams? Come and discuss these and other ideas with the panel.<br />
Speakers<br />
Cecil Abraham Cecil Abraham Arbitration Chambers, Kuala Lumpur,<br />
Malaysia<br />
Ronnie Fox Fox Solicitors, London, England; Vice-Chair, Senior<br />
Lawyers Committee<br />
Osvaldo Jorge Marzorati Allende & Brea Abogados, Buenos Aires,<br />
Argentina; Council Member, Legal Practice Division<br />
Francis W Neate Kirkland & Ellis LLP, London, England; Chair,<br />
Presidential Task Force on the Rule of Law<br />
Gérard Tavernier Gide Loyrette Nouel, Paris, France<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 311, suntec convention centre<br />
Women Lawyers’ Interest Group<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Gabrielle H Williamson JD Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Brussels,<br />
Belgium and Düsseldorf, Germany<br />
Chair<br />
Gabrielle H Williamson JD<br />
glass ceilings and compensation discrimination facing<br />
women lawyers<br />
Session Chair<br />
Gabrielle H Williamson JD<br />
Much has been written about the need to eliminate glass ceilings<br />
facing women lawyers in companies, government and law firms and<br />
the need to eliminate compensation discrepancies between equally<br />
skilled men and women lawyers doing the same jobs. However,<br />
in practice, in most countries, not much has changed in these<br />
discriminatory situations.<br />
A multidisciplinary panel will discuss developments in this area and<br />
provide strategies for achieving equitable advancement in women’s<br />
legal careers (for example, from associate to partner status) on an<br />
equal footing with male colleagues. In addition, discussion will focus<br />
on how to conduct successful compensation negotiations, whether<br />
it be within one’s organisation or outside with clients, and the role of<br />
networking in such negotiations.<br />
Speakers<br />
Toyin Bashorun Churchfields Solicitors, Lagos, Nigeria<br />
Roxana Kahale Kahale Abogados, Buenos Aires, Argentina;<br />
Secretary, Women Lawyers’ Interest Group<br />
Rachel Levitan Levitan Sharon Law Firm, Tel Aviv, Israel;<br />
Communications Officer, Senior Lawyers’ Committee<br />
Almudena Arpón de Mendevil Gómez-Acebo & Pombo Abogados,<br />
Madrid, Spain; Council Member, Legal Practice Division<br />
Karen J Mathis President, American <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, Denver,<br />
Colorado, USA<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 307, suntec convention centre<br />
A luncH will be held for conference delegates<br />
Speaker<br />
Lim Hwee Hua Minister of State for Finance and Transport,<br />
Singapore<br />
See page 105 for details.<br />
1230 – 1430 monDAY<br />
Young Lawyers<br />
Council Liaison Officer<br />
Alberto Perez Cedillo Alberto Perez Cedillo Spanish Lawyers and<br />
Solicitors, London, England<br />
Chair<br />
Carmen Pombo Clarke Modet & Co, Valencia, Spain<br />
Young lawyers’ introductory meeting<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Alberto Perez Cedillo<br />
Carmen Pombo<br />
IBA Annual Conferences can be rather overwhelming – particularly<br />
for those who attend a conference for the first time. To that end, the<br />
Young Lawyers’ Committee is organising an introductory meeting<br />
for young lawyers, to which you are warmly invited. Officers of the
Young Lawyers’ Committee will guide you through the conference<br />
programme, share with you how to get the most out of the<br />
conference and inform you of social events particularly targeted at<br />
young lawyers.<br />
Officers from various IBA committees will be introducing their<br />
committees to you. The meeting will also provide a platform for<br />
young IBA members to voice their needs and concerns as officers of<br />
the committee discuss and update their business plan.<br />
0930 – 1230 monDAY<br />
Room 320, suntec convention centre<br />
networking tools for the future<br />
Session Chair<br />
Carmen Pombo<br />
Networking is a tool oriented to develop and enhance<br />
relationships. The long-term effects of networking may not be<br />
perceived immediately. Raising a profile, creating allies, reinforcing<br />
acquaintances and maximising your position in your law firm are<br />
only some of the benefits and goals of networking successfully.<br />
Young lawyers must learn to identify that networking is not the<br />
same as selling. Networking is not just about helping you or your<br />
firm but involves situations where others may be in need of your<br />
assistance or your connection. A basic commitment to invest time in<br />
others is necessary for networking to be a successful tool.<br />
The session will take the form of two parts: presentations<br />
followed by role play exercises.<br />
Networking: make your duty your joy… reap the<br />
benefits from global connections<br />
Speaker<br />
The Honourable Sheila Murphy Rothschild <strong>Bar</strong>ry & Myers, Chicago,<br />
Illinois, USA<br />
Networking: spider’s web or springboard?<br />
Speaker<br />
Robert Driman Deneys Reitz Attorneys, Johannesburg, South Africa<br />
Speakers – role play exercises<br />
Máximo Luis Bomchil M&M Bomchil Abogados, Buenos Aires,<br />
Argentina; Communications Officer, Law Firm Management<br />
Eric Rieger Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Brussels, Belgium;<br />
Newsletter Editor, Young Lawyers Committee<br />
0930 – 1230 WeDnesDAY<br />
Room 309, suntec convention centre<br />
guidelines for setting up a national young lawyers’<br />
association<br />
Joint session with the <strong>Association</strong> on <strong>International</strong>e Des Jeunes<br />
Avocats (AIJA) and the American <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong> (ABA)<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
Alberto Perez Cedillo<br />
Carmen Pombo<br />
This session will focus on finding agreement on some guidelines for<br />
the setting-up of a young lawyers’ association in those countries<br />
where young lawyers have not hitherto been acknowledged as a<br />
particular constituency. Representatives from major young lawyers’<br />
associations around the world like the American <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Young Lawyers’ Division (ABA) and <strong>Association</strong> <strong>International</strong>e Des<br />
Jeunes Avocats (AIJA) will participate in the session.<br />
0930 – 1230 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 313, suntec convention centre<br />
strategy for a successful legal career plan –<br />
becoming a partner, going in-house, pro bono,<br />
going solo<br />
Session Chair<br />
Alberto Rebaza Rebaza Alcàzar & De las Casas, Lima, Peru; Vice-<br />
Chair, Young Lawyers<br />
This session will focus on the possibilities and opportunities available<br />
for lawyers, key factors involved in each career option, as well as<br />
their advantages and disadvantages.<br />
• Becoming a partner – the key strategies and steps in becoming a<br />
partner in a law firm are not matters to be dealt with exclusively<br />
by older associates, but are rather a path that lawyers must follow<br />
throughout their careers.<br />
• Going in-house and finding a niche market– in-house lawyers are<br />
involved in all legal aspects of the corporations they work in and<br />
often they become experts on specific markets.<br />
• Pro bono and governmental entities – increasingly, pro bono work<br />
and work at governmental entities has become an option for<br />
those lawyers seeking hands-on experience and specialisation.<br />
• Creating your own law firm – achieving independence and greater<br />
financial rewards. Leaving a big law firm and starting your own<br />
business requires much more than the skills taught at law school.<br />
Key points to bear in mind when facing unfamiliar grounds, such<br />
as drafting budgets, coordinating client billing, marketing the<br />
practice and recruiting staff and lawyers.<br />
• Maternity and the legal profession – how to balance pregnancy,<br />
maternity, family time and cope with office hours, producing<br />
successful results.<br />
this session will be recorded for cle purposes.<br />
Speakers<br />
Fahri Azzat Azzat & Izzat, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<br />
Laura Christa Christa & Jackson, Los Angeles, California, USA; Vice-<br />
Chair, North American Forum<br />
Niels Kornerup Bech-Bruun, Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
Claire Nazar KS Chia Gurdeep & Param, Singapore<br />
Luis Sáenz Mariscal Luna Rossa Challenge for the 32nd America’s<br />
Cup, Valencia, Spain<br />
1430 – 1730 tHuRsDAY<br />
Room 326, suntec convention centre<br />
IBA football match<br />
The Young Lawyers’ Committee invites you to join in the IBA football<br />
match. See page 105 for details.<br />
Sponsored by<br />
1700 – 1900 tHuRsDAY<br />
Young lawyers’ night out<br />
A night out is being organised by the Young Lawyers’ Committee at:<br />
The Pump Room, 3B River Valley Road<br />
The Foundry, #01- 09/10, Singapore 179021<br />
Tel: +65 6334 2628 / 6338 0138<br />
www.pumproomasia.com<br />
For further information please contact:<br />
Laura Liew Chair, The Young Lawyers’ Committee of the Law Society<br />
of Singapore<br />
laura@infinituslaw.com.sg<br />
Tel: +65 6389 9176<br />
Or<br />
Carmen Pombo Chair, IBA Young Lawyers Committee<br />
cpombo@clarkemodet.com<br />
2230 tHuRsDAY<br />
99<br />
PuBlIc AnD PRofessIonAl InteRest DIVIsIon
general information<br />
conference headquarters<br />
Suntec Singapore <strong>International</strong><br />
Convention & Exhibition Centre<br />
1 Raffles Boulevard Suntec City<br />
Singapore 039593<br />
Please note that the Suntec Convention<br />
Centre is a non-smoking environment and<br />
smoking is not allowed anywhere inside the<br />
convention centre.<br />
All working sessions and delegate lunches<br />
will take place at the Suntec Convention<br />
Centre.<br />
cyber café<br />
Sponsored by<br />
The Cyber Café is located in the<br />
Registration/Exhibition Area, Convention<br />
Hall, Level 6, Suntec Singapore <strong>International</strong><br />
Convention & Exhibition Centre. Access to<br />
the internet is free for delegates. Limited to<br />
30-minute sessions.<br />
message centre<br />
The Message Centre is located in the<br />
Registration/Exhibition Area, Convention<br />
Hall, Level 6, Suntec Singapore <strong>International</strong><br />
Convention & Exhibition Centre. Messages<br />
can be left and collected here during the<br />
conference hours between Sunday 14 and<br />
Friday 19 October. Message monitors are<br />
located throughout the Suntec Convention<br />
Centre.<br />
Tel: +65 6825 4804<br />
Fax 1: +65 6825 4805<br />
Fax 2: +65 6825 4806<br />
Business centre<br />
The Business Centre is located in the<br />
Registration/Exhibition Area, Convention<br />
Hall, Level 6, Suntec Singapore <strong>International</strong><br />
Convention & Exhibition Centre and is open<br />
from Monday – Friday, 0830-1700. They<br />
offer a full range of office supplies and<br />
business services.<br />
Wireless internet access<br />
Wifi broadband is available throughout the<br />
Suntec Convention Centre on a pay-per-use<br />
access with a credit card using the SSID:<br />
ACCESS-starhub.<br />
Delegate / guest conference<br />
badges<br />
For security reasons, badges must be worn<br />
at all times during the conference and at<br />
social events. Proof of identity is required<br />
for replacement badges.<br />
Public transport<br />
Taxis are by far the most convenient<br />
way to get around Singapore. Fares are<br />
inexpensive and the drivers speak English.<br />
Singapore does have a good subway service<br />
(Mass Rapid Transport). The nearest MRT<br />
Station to the Suntec Convention Centre<br />
is City Hall; then a ten minute walk via the<br />
underground City Link Mall. Alternatively,<br />
Suntec City offers a courtesy shuttle bus<br />
– pick-up point is outside the City Hall<br />
station entrance at St Andrew’s Cathedral,<br />
opposite Capitol Building.<br />
transport to IBA and committee<br />
social functions<br />
Unless otherwise indicated transport to IBA<br />
conference events and committee social<br />
events is NOT provided.<br />
tours / excursions<br />
Please visit our official tour operator Pacific<br />
World in the Registration / Exhibition<br />
Area, Convention Hall, Level 6, Suntec<br />
Singapore <strong>International</strong> Convention &<br />
Exhibition Centre to collect your excursion<br />
/ tour tickets, book excursions, subject to<br />
availability, or to amend existing bookings.<br />
All excursions will depart from Suntec<br />
Level 1 (ground level) front lobby. Please<br />
ensure you arrive ten minutes prior to your<br />
excursion departure time.<br />
Tel: +65 6825 4800<br />
Tel: +65 6825 4801<br />
Fax: +65 6825 4807<br />
medical facilities<br />
In the event of medical assistance being<br />
required during conference hours please<br />
contact IBA staff on the Registration Desk<br />
or a member of Suntec staff.<br />
Health and insurance<br />
The <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong> cannot<br />
be held responsible for any medical costs<br />
incurred by participants.<br />
Banks / shopping<br />
Banks are open from 0930-1500 Monday<br />
through Friday and from 0900-1100 on<br />
Saturdays. There are ATM machines located<br />
in the connecting Suntec Mall.<br />
The general opening hours for shopping<br />
centres are:<br />
Monday – Saturday from 1000-2100<br />
key contacts<br />
Message Centre<br />
Tel: +65 6825 4804<br />
Fax 1: +65 6825 4805<br />
Fax 2: +65 6825 4806<br />
Local hospitals<br />
Mount Elizabeth Hospital<br />
3 Mount Elizabeth (near Orchard Road)<br />
(emergency dental treatment can also<br />
be obtained here)<br />
Tel: 6737 2666<br />
Central Police Divisional<br />
Headquarters<br />
391 New Bridge Road 03-112<br />
Police Cantonment Complex Block A<br />
Singapore 088762<br />
Tel: 1800 224 0000<br />
Fire emergencies<br />
Tel: 995<br />
Medical emergencies<br />
Tel: 995<br />
Police emergencies<br />
Tel: 999<br />
Airport Information<br />
Changi <strong>International</strong> Airport<br />
Tel: 6542 1122<br />
Taxi companies<br />
CityCab cash bookings<br />
Tel: 6552 2222<br />
CityCab credit card bookings/<br />
Premier Cabs<br />
Tel: 6553 8888<br />
Comfort Cablink<br />
Tel: 6552 1111<br />
Comfort Premier Cabs<br />
Tel: 6552 2828<br />
Silvercab<br />
Tel: 6363 6888<br />
SMRT Taxis Skytrek Bookings/<br />
Premier Cabs<br />
Tel: 6555 8888<br />
Transcab Services Pte Ltd<br />
6555 3333<br />
Yellow-Top Taxi<br />
6293 5545<br />
101<br />
geneRAl InfoRmAtIon
Venue layout<br />
level 3<br />
level 2<br />
Registration, legal exhibition, cyber café, message centre and<br />
business centre can be found on level 6, see page 121.<br />
10<br />
Venue lAYout
social Programme<br />
conference events<br />
* Indicates functions open to<br />
delegates and registered guests for<br />
which there is no charge. Admission<br />
is by conference badge.<br />
Tickets, where relevant, must be<br />
purchased for children over 13. Some<br />
social functions may not be suitable for<br />
young children and, if this is the case,<br />
the IBA reserves the right not to admit<br />
them.<br />
Social function prices: the IBA does<br />
not mark up ticket prices or make a<br />
profit from social functions. Dining in a<br />
large group will often cost more than<br />
dining individually because of additional<br />
costs such as room hire, transport,<br />
decoration, etc.<br />
The conference dress code is casual for<br />
working sessions and smart casual for<br />
social events.<br />
Delegates’ lunches, included in the<br />
registration fee, will take place in<br />
the Registration and Exhibition area,<br />
Convention Hall, Level 6, Suntec<br />
Singapore <strong>International</strong> Convention &<br />
Exhibition Centre.<br />
Sunday<br />
1800 – 1900<br />
*opening ceremony<br />
Convention Hall 60 , Level 6<br />
Suntec Singapore <strong>International</strong><br />
Convention & Exhibition Centre<br />
The welcome party is approximately a<br />
ten-minute walk from Suntec. Some buses<br />
will be provided. Staff will be lining the<br />
route.<br />
1930 – 2230<br />
*Welcome party<br />
Raffles Hotel<br />
1 Beach Road<br />
The world-famous Raffles Hotel is the<br />
venue for this evening’s welcome party.<br />
Its timeless colonial atmosphere is in<br />
marked contrast to the bustling modern<br />
city outside its confines. The party will be<br />
spread throughout the hotel and grounds<br />
so you will have the opportunity to enjoy<br />
the courtyards, gardens and famous indoor<br />
areas such as the Raffles Grill and the <strong>Bar</strong><br />
and Billiard Room where the last tiger in<br />
Singapore was apparently captured in<br />
1902! Excellent entertainment, food and<br />
wine will be available throughout the<br />
evening.<br />
Sponsored by<br />
1 st Legal<br />
Monday<br />
1230 – 1430<br />
european forum lunch<br />
Pearl River Palace Restaurant<br />
Suntec Convention Centre<br />
Price: £27<br />
1230 – 1430<br />
north American forum lunch<br />
Ballroom 2<br />
Suntec Convention Centre<br />
Price: £21<br />
1230 – 1430<br />
senior lawyers’ committee lunch<br />
Ballroom 1<br />
Suntec Convention Centre<br />
Price: £21<br />
1230 – 1430<br />
Women lawyers’ Interest group lunch<br />
Speaker<br />
Lim Hwee Hua Minister of State for Finance<br />
and Transport, Singapore<br />
Ballroom<br />
Suntec Convention Centre<br />
Price: £21<br />
1900<br />
*Hosted <strong>singapore</strong> law society<br />
reception<br />
The Legends – Fort Canning Hill<br />
We would like to thank the following<br />
for kindly sponsoring this event: Allen &<br />
Gledhill LLP; Drew & Napier LLC; Harry<br />
Elias Partnership; Rajah & Tann; Rodyk &<br />
Davidson LLP; Shook Lin & Bok; Singapore<br />
Academy of Law; Singapore <strong>International</strong><br />
Arbitration Centre; Singapore Ministry of<br />
Law; Stamford Law Corporation; Tan Kok<br />
Quan Partnership; and WongPartnership.<br />
Tuesday<br />
1230 – 1430<br />
Asia Pacific forum lunch<br />
Sponsored by<br />
Pearl River Palace Restaurant<br />
Suntec Convention Centre<br />
Price: £27<br />
1230 – 1430<br />
corporate counsel forum lunch<br />
Sponsored by<br />
Ballroom 1<br />
Suntec Convention Centre<br />
Price: £21<br />
1230 – 1430<br />
latin American Regional forum lunch<br />
Ballroom 2<br />
Suntec Convention Centre<br />
Price: £21<br />
1745<br />
*newcomers’ reception<br />
Ballroom 1<br />
Suntec Convention Centre<br />
Wednesday<br />
1230 – 1430<br />
legal Practice Division lunch<br />
Ballroom 2<br />
Suntec Convention Centre<br />
Price: £27<br />
Thursday<br />
0630 – 1600<br />
IBA golf day<br />
Laguna National Golf and Country Club<br />
11 Laguna Golf Green<br />
Singapore 48804<br />
Transport: please refer to your confirmation<br />
details for transport information.<br />
Price: £160<br />
1230 – 1430<br />
Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
lunch<br />
Pearl River Palace Restaurant<br />
Suntec Convention Centre<br />
Price: £27<br />
1700 – 1900<br />
IBA football match<br />
Sponsored by<br />
St Wilfrid Road<br />
1 920 Singapore<br />
A nominal fee will be charged on-site to<br />
participate in the football match.<br />
Note: Transport will not be provided to<br />
the football match. The football pitch is<br />
a 20-minute walk from the city centre.<br />
Changing facilities are available.<br />
1745<br />
*Young lawyers’ reception<br />
Ballroom 1, Suntec Convention Centre<br />
Friday<br />
1900 – 2200<br />
closing party<br />
Asian Civilisations Museum<br />
and IndoChine Waterfront<br />
1 Empress Place, Singapore 1 9<br />
Our closing party venue is located on the<br />
spectacular waterfront. The buildings at<br />
Empress Place were built at the mouth<br />
of the Singapore River and were once<br />
the offices of the colonial government.<br />
Today these beautiful buildings have been<br />
transformed into a complex that holds the<br />
Asian Civilisations Museum and Singapore’s<br />
top restaurants. We will have exclusive<br />
access to the museum and the IndoChine<br />
Waterfront restaurant will provide a superb<br />
buffet of dishes from the Indochinese<br />
region. The views across the river and of<br />
Singapore’s skyline should not be missed!<br />
Price: £65<br />
10<br />
socIAl PRogRAmme confeRence eVents
social Programme<br />
committee events<br />
Monday<br />
1230<br />
capital markets forum lunch<br />
socIAl<br />
Long <strong>Bar</strong> Steakhouse, Raffles Hotel<br />
Price: £70<br />
1230<br />
cultural Issues Programme lunch for<br />
guests<br />
Pacific 1 Ballroom, Pan Pacific Hotel<br />
Price: £28<br />
1245<br />
Antitrust committee lunch<br />
PRogRAmme commIttee eVents<br />
†<br />
China Club<br />
Price: £80<br />
Tuesday<br />
1130<br />
maritime and transport law committee<br />
lunch excursion †<br />
1930<br />
2000<br />
Investment funds committee dinner <strong>International</strong> construction Projects<br />
Senso<br />
committee dinner<br />
Price: £65<br />
Ivory – The Indian Kitchen<br />
Price: £52<br />
1930<br />
taxation section dinner<br />
2000<br />
Tower Club<br />
maritime and transport law committee<br />
Price: £74<br />
dinner<br />
2000<br />
committees on media law and Art,<br />
cultural Institutions and Heritage law<br />
joint dinner<br />
Senso<br />
Price: £65<br />
2000<br />
committees on employment and<br />
Industrial Relations law and<br />
Discrimination and gender equality<br />
joint dinner<br />
My Humble House<br />
Mount Faber<br />
Price: £53<br />
Price: £45<br />
2000<br />
1230<br />
committees on <strong>International</strong> sales<br />
committees on Banking law and<br />
and Product law and Advertising joint<br />
securities law joint lunch<br />
dinner<br />
Long <strong>Bar</strong> Steakhouse, Raffles Hotel China Club<br />
Price: £70<br />
Price: £74<br />
†<br />
Singapore Zoo<br />
Price: £72<br />
2030<br />
leisure Industries section dinner<br />
Xi Yan<br />
Price: £76<br />
Thursday<br />
1230<br />
Human Rights law committee lunch †<br />
Ocean 6, Pan Pacific Hotel<br />
Price: £50<br />
1245<br />
mediation committee lunch<br />
Le Papillon<br />
Price: £58<br />
1300<br />
litigation committee lunch<br />
1230<br />
consumer litigation committee lunch<br />
My Humble House<br />
Price: £53<br />
1230<br />
<strong>International</strong> franchising committee<br />
lunch<br />
Ba Xian<br />
Price: £75<br />
1930<br />
African Regional forum dinner<br />
Sponsored by<br />
Cilantro<br />
Price: £48<br />
1930<br />
Business organisations committee<br />
dinner<br />
Long <strong>Bar</strong> Steakhouse, Raffles Hotel<br />
Price: £70<br />
1930<br />
committees on communications law<br />
and outer space law joint dinner<br />
Indochine Waterfront<br />
Price: £75<br />
1930<br />
Insolvency, Restructuring and creditors’<br />
Rights section dinner<br />
Sponsored by<br />
East India rooms, Raffles Hotel<br />
Price: £66<br />
2030<br />
Intellectual Property and entertainment<br />
law committee dinner<br />
China Club<br />
Price: £74<br />
2030<br />
section on energy, environment,<br />
natural Resources and Infrastructure<br />
law (seeRIl) dinner<br />
Ba Xian<br />
Price: £75<br />
Wednesday<br />
1930<br />
Aviation law committee dinner<br />
My Humble House<br />
Price: £53<br />
1930<br />
technology law committee dinner<br />
Ivory<br />
Price: £52<br />
2000<br />
Arbitration committee dinner<br />
Sponsored by<br />
Grand Shanghai<br />
Price: £36<br />
1830<br />
Pre dinner drinks sponsored by SIAC and<br />
ICDR<br />
Cheng Ho III<br />
Price: £56<br />
1930<br />
criminal law section dinner<br />
Li Bai<br />
Price: £72<br />
1930<br />
Immigration and nationality law<br />
committee dinner<br />
Long <strong>Bar</strong> Steakhouse, Raffles Hotel<br />
Price: £70<br />
1930<br />
Insurance committee dinner<br />
Poppi<br />
Price: £54<br />
Friday<br />
0900<br />
<strong>International</strong> construction Projects<br />
committee excursion †<br />
Sungei Buloh/Mandai Orchid Garden<br />
Price: £38<br />
† return transport provided<br />
10
Hotels<br />
If calling from abroad, the following<br />
numbers must be prefixed by +65<br />
Raffles Hotel<br />
1 Beach Road<br />
Singapore 189673<br />
Tel: 6337 1886<br />
Fax: 6339 7650<br />
www.raffles.com<br />
the Ritz-carlton, millenia <strong>singapore</strong><br />
7 Raffles Avenue<br />
Singapore 039799<br />
Tel: 6337 8888<br />
Fax: 6338 0001<br />
www.ritzcarlton.com<br />
conrad centennial <strong>singapore</strong><br />
Two Temasek Boulevard<br />
Singapore 038982<br />
Tel: 6334 8888<br />
Fax: 6333 9166<br />
www.conradhotels.com<br />
Raffles, the Plaza<br />
80 Bras Basah Road<br />
Singapore 189560<br />
Tel: 6339 7777<br />
Fax: 6337 1554<br />
www.<strong>singapore</strong>-plaza.raffles.com<br />
Pan Pacific <strong>singapore</strong><br />
7 Raffles Boulevard<br />
Marina Square<br />
Singapore 039595<br />
Tel: 6336 8111<br />
Fax: 6339 1861<br />
www.panpacific.com<br />
swissôtel the stamford<br />
2 Stamford Road<br />
Singapore 178882<br />
Tel: 6338 8585<br />
Fax: 6338 2862<br />
www.<strong>singapore</strong>-stamford.swissotel.com<br />
the oriental <strong>singapore</strong><br />
5 Raffles Avenue<br />
Marina Square<br />
Singapore 039797<br />
Tel: 6338 0066<br />
Fax: 6339 9537<br />
www.mandarinoriental.com<br />
109<br />
Hotels
embassies and consulates<br />
Argentina Embassy<br />
9 Temasek Boulevard<br />
44-03 Suntec Tower 2<br />
Singapore 038989<br />
Tel: +65 6883 0415<br />
Australian High Commission<br />
25 Napier Road<br />
Singapore 258507<br />
Tel: +65 6836 4100<br />
Austria Embassy<br />
600 North Bridge Road<br />
24-04 Park View Square<br />
Singapore 188778<br />
Tel: +65 6396 6350<br />
Republic of Bangladesh High<br />
Commission<br />
101 Thomson Road<br />
05-04 United Square<br />
Singapore 307591<br />
Tel: +65 6255 0075<br />
Belgium Embassy<br />
8 Shenton Way<br />
14-01 Temasek Tower<br />
Singapore 068811<br />
Tel: +65 6220 7677<br />
Consulate of Belize<br />
101 Cecil Street<br />
22-01 Tong Eng Building<br />
Singapore 069533<br />
Tel: +65 6224 4312<br />
Embassy of Brazil<br />
101 Thomson Road<br />
09-05 United Square<br />
Singapore 307591<br />
Tel: +65 6256 6001/2<br />
British High Commission<br />
100 Tanglin Road<br />
Singapore 247919<br />
Tel: +65 6424 4200<br />
High Commission of Brunei<br />
Darussalam<br />
325 Tanglin Road<br />
Singapore 247955<br />
Tel: +65 6733 9055<br />
Royal Embassy of Cambodia<br />
400 Orchard Road<br />
10-03/04 Orchard Towers<br />
Singapore 238875<br />
Tel: +65 6333 6372<br />
Canadian High Commission<br />
11-01 One George Street<br />
Singapore 049145<br />
Tel: +65 6854 5900<br />
Embassy of Chile<br />
105 Cecil Street<br />
25-00 The Octagon<br />
Singapore 069534<br />
Tel: +65 6223 8577/8<br />
Embassy of the People’s<br />
Republic of China<br />
150 Tanglin Road<br />
Singapore 247969<br />
Tel: +65 6418 0246<br />
Consulate of Union of the<br />
Comoros<br />
101 Cecil Street<br />
11-09 Tong Eng Building<br />
Singapore 069533<br />
Tel: +65 6220 1815<br />
Consulate of the Republic of<br />
Colombia<br />
9 Raffles Place<br />
Level 58 Republic Plaza<br />
Singapore 048619<br />
Tel: +65 6823 1367<br />
Consulate of Cote d’lvoire<br />
1 Maritime Square<br />
09-43 World Trade Centre<br />
Singapore 099253<br />
Tel: +65 6278 8666<br />
Consulate-General of the<br />
Republic of Cyprus<br />
102F Pasir Panjang Road 08-03<br />
Singapore 118530<br />
Tel: +65 6271 9659<br />
Embassy of Czech Republic<br />
7 Temasek Boulevard<br />
Suntec City Tower One 18-02<br />
Singapore 038987<br />
Tel: +65 6332 2378/6<br />
Royal Danish Embassy<br />
101 Thomson Road<br />
13-01 United Square<br />
Singapore 307591<br />
Tel: +65 6355 5010<br />
Consulate of Ecuador<br />
9 Rhu Cross<br />
12-10 Costa Rhu<br />
Singapore 437431<br />
Tel: +65 6346 8205<br />
Egyptian Embassy<br />
75 Grange Road<br />
Singapore 249579<br />
Tel: +65 6737 1811<br />
Consulate General of the<br />
Federal Democratic Republic<br />
of Ethiopia<br />
23 Chin Bee Avenue<br />
Singapore 619943<br />
Tel: +65 6262 1233<br />
Honorary Consul of the<br />
Republic of the Fiji Islands<br />
126 Owen Road<br />
Singapore 218930<br />
Tel: +65 6294 7284<br />
The Embassy of Finland<br />
101 Thomson Road<br />
21-03 United Square<br />
Singapore 307591<br />
Tel: +65 6254 4042<br />
The French Embassy<br />
101-103 Cluny Park Road<br />
Singapore 259595<br />
Tel: +65 6880 7800<br />
Embassy of the Federal<br />
Republic of Germany<br />
12-00 Singapore Land Tower<br />
50 Raffles Place<br />
Singapore 048623<br />
Tel: +65 6533 6002<br />
Consulate of the Republic of<br />
Ghana<br />
c/o Lum Chang Holdings Ltd<br />
38 Kim Tian Road<br />
03-00 Kim Tian Plaza<br />
Singapore 169262<br />
Tel: +65 6273 8888<br />
Embassy of the Republic of<br />
Hungary<br />
250 North Bridge Road<br />
29-01 Raffles City Tower<br />
Singapore 179101<br />
Tel: +65 6883 0882<br />
High Commission of India<br />
31 Grange Road<br />
Singapore 239702<br />
Tel: +65 6737 6777<br />
Embassy of the Republic of<br />
Indonesia<br />
7 Chatsworth Road<br />
Singapore 249761<br />
Tel: +65 6737 7422<br />
Embassy of Ireland<br />
541 Orchard Road<br />
08-00 Liat Towers<br />
Singapore 238881<br />
Tel: +65 6238 7616<br />
Embassy of Israel<br />
58 Dalvey Road<br />
Singapore 259463<br />
Tel: +65 6235 0966<br />
Embassy of Italy<br />
101 Thomson Road<br />
27-02/03 United Square<br />
Singapore 307591<br />
Tel: +65 6250 6492<br />
Embassy of Japan<br />
16 Nassim Road<br />
Singapore 258390<br />
Tel: +65 6235 8855<br />
Embassy of the Democratic<br />
People’s Republic of Korea<br />
7500A Beach Road<br />
09-320 The Plaza<br />
Singapore 199591<br />
Tel: +65 6440 3498<br />
Embassy of the Republic of<br />
Korea<br />
47 Scotts Road<br />
08-00 Goldbell Tower<br />
Singapore 228233<br />
Tel: +65 6256 1188<br />
Embassy of the Lao People’s<br />
Democratic Republic<br />
101 Thomson Road<br />
05-03A United Square<br />
Singapore 307591<br />
Tel: +65 6250 6044<br />
Latvian Consulate<br />
27 Moulmein Rise<br />
10-29 Grand Tower<br />
Singapore 308140<br />
Tel: +65 6256 6597<br />
Consulate of Lebanon<br />
3 Temasek Avenue<br />
31-02 Centennial Tower<br />
Singapore 039190<br />
Tel: +65 6333 1614<br />
Consulate General of the<br />
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg<br />
1 Pickering Street<br />
16-01 Great Eastern Centre<br />
Singapore 048659<br />
Tel: +65 6428 2218<br />
Consulate of the Republic of<br />
Madagascar<br />
26 Eng Hoon Street<br />
Singapore 169776<br />
Tel: +65 6223 1316<br />
Malaysian High Commission<br />
301 Jervois Road<br />
Singapore 249077<br />
Tel: +65 6235 0111<br />
Consulate of the Republic of<br />
Malta<br />
10 Anson Road<br />
15-01/02 <strong>International</strong> Plaza<br />
Singapore 079903<br />
Tel: +65 6324 2060<br />
The Embassy of Mexico<br />
152 Beach Road<br />
06-07/08 Gateway East Tower<br />
Singapore 189721<br />
Tel: +65 6298 2678<br />
Honorary Consulate of<br />
Morocco<br />
300 Beach Road<br />
02-01 The Concourse<br />
Singapore 199555<br />
Tel: +65 6392 9881<br />
Embassy of the Union of<br />
Myanmar<br />
15 St. Martin’s Drive<br />
Singapore 257996<br />
Tel: +65 6735 1672 (consular)<br />
111<br />
emBAssIes AnD consulAtes
embassies and consulates (continued)<br />
The Royal Netherlands<br />
Embassy<br />
541 Orchard Road<br />
13-01 Liat Towers<br />
Singapore 238881<br />
Tel: +65 6737 1155<br />
New Zealand High<br />
Commission<br />
391A Orchard Road<br />
Tower A<br />
15-06/10 Ngee Ann City<br />
Singapore 238873<br />
Tel: +65 6235 9966<br />
Nigeria High Commission<br />
390 Havelock Road<br />
06-06 King’s Centre<br />
Singapore 169662<br />
Tel: +65 6732 1743<br />
The Royal Norwegian Embassy<br />
16 Raffles Quay 44-01<br />
Hong Leong Building<br />
Singapore 048581<br />
Tel: +65 6220 7122<br />
Pakistan High Commission<br />
1 Scotts Road<br />
24-02/04 Shaw Centre<br />
Singapore 228028<br />
Tel: +65 6737 6988/6621<br />
Embassy of Republic of<br />
Panama<br />
16 Raffles Quay 41-06<br />
Hong Leong Building<br />
Singapore 048581<br />
Tel: +65 6221 8677<br />
Embassy of the Republic of<br />
Peru<br />
390 Orchard Road<br />
12-03 Palais Renaissance<br />
Building<br />
Singapore 238871<br />
Tel: +65 6738 8595<br />
Philippines Embassy<br />
20 Nassim Road<br />
Singapore 258395<br />
Tel: +65 6834 2938<br />
Embassy of the Republic of<br />
Poland<br />
435 Orchard Road<br />
10-01/02 Wisma Atria<br />
Singapore 238877<br />
Tel: +65 6734 0466<br />
Consulate of Portugal<br />
55 Waterloo Street 09-03A<br />
Singapore 187954<br />
Tel: +65 6334 1231<br />
Romanian Embassy<br />
48 Jalan Harom Setangkai<br />
Singapore 258827<br />
Tel: +65 6468 3424<br />
Embassy of the Russian<br />
Federation<br />
51 Nassim Road<br />
Singapore 258439<br />
Tel: +65 6235 1834<br />
Consulate of Samoa<br />
c/o<br />
Asiaciti Management Pte Ltd<br />
3 Raffles Place<br />
09-01 Bharat Building<br />
Singapore 048617<br />
Tel: +65 6533 2611<br />
Royal Embassy of Saudi<br />
Arabia<br />
40 Nassim Road<br />
Singapore 258 449<br />
Tel: +65 6734 5878<br />
Consulate General of the<br />
Republic of Seychelles<br />
22 Cavenagh Road 01-17<br />
Singapore 229617<br />
Tel: +65 6732 2202<br />
Consulate General of the<br />
Slovak Republic<br />
200 Cantonment Road<br />
09-01 Southpoint<br />
Singapore 089763<br />
Tel: +65 6236 6103<br />
Consulate of the Republic of<br />
Slovenia<br />
50 Raffles Place<br />
32-00 Singapore Land Tower<br />
Singapore 048623<br />
Tel: +65 6239 7522<br />
South African High<br />
Commission<br />
331 North Bridge Road<br />
15-01/06 Odeon Towers<br />
Singapore 188720<br />
Tel: +65 6339 3319<br />
Embassy of Spain<br />
7 Temasek Boulevard<br />
39-00 Suntec City Tower One<br />
Singapore 038987<br />
Tel: +65 6725 9220<br />
High Commission of the<br />
Democratic Socialist Republic<br />
of Sri Lanka<br />
51 Newton Road<br />
13-06 to 12 Goldhill Plaza<br />
Singapore 308900<br />
Tel: +65 6254 4595<br />
Embassy of Sweden<br />
111 Somerset Road<br />
05-01 Singapore Power<br />
Building<br />
Singapore 238164<br />
Tel: +65 6415 9720<br />
Embassy of Switzerland<br />
1 Swiss Club Link<br />
Singapore 288162<br />
Tel: +65 6468 5788<br />
Taipei Representative Office<br />
460 Alexandra Road<br />
23-00 PSA Building<br />
Singapore 119963<br />
Tel: +65 6278 6511<br />
Consulate of the United<br />
Republic of Tanzania<br />
101 Cecil Street<br />
11-09 Tong Eng Building<br />
Singapore 069533<br />
Tel: +65 6220 1815<br />
Royal Thai Embassy<br />
370 Orchard Road<br />
Singapore 238870<br />
Tel: +65 235 4175<br />
Consulate of the Republic of<br />
Tunisia<br />
15 Scotts Road 07-00<br />
Thong Teck Building<br />
Singapore 228218<br />
Tel: +65 6737 7544<br />
Embassy of the Republic of<br />
Turkey<br />
20B Nassim Road<br />
Singapore 258397<br />
Tel: +65 6732 9211<br />
Embassy of the United States<br />
of America<br />
27 Napier Road<br />
Singapore 258508<br />
Tel: +65 6476 9100<br />
Honorary Consulate of the<br />
Republic of Ukraine<br />
3 Shenton Way<br />
20-03 Shenton House<br />
Singapore 068805<br />
Tel: +65 6227 9400<br />
Embassy of the United Arab<br />
Emirates<br />
600 North Bridge Road<br />
09-01/05 Parkview Square<br />
Singapore 188778<br />
Tel: +65 6238 8206<br />
Embassy of the Socialist<br />
Republic of Vietnam<br />
10 Leedon Park<br />
Singapore 267887<br />
Tel: +65 6462 5938<br />
Consulate of the Republic of<br />
Vanuatu<br />
101A Upper Cross Street<br />
13-23 People’s Park Centre<br />
Singapore 058358<br />
Tel: +65 6533 6888<br />
Consulate of the Republic of<br />
Yemen<br />
36 Purvis Street<br />
02-05 Talib Centre<br />
Singapore 188613<br />
Tel: +65 6339 1727<br />
11<br />
emBAssIes AnD consulAtes
exhibition<br />
• Compare the latest international<br />
legal products and find out how<br />
technology can help your practice.<br />
• Meet the world’s leading publishers<br />
and software providers face-to-face.<br />
Our exhibitors can be found on Level 6,<br />
where you will also find Registration and<br />
the Cyber Café.<br />
exhibition hours<br />
Saturday: 1400-1730<br />
Sunday: 1000-1800<br />
Monday-Friday 0900-1700<br />
Official Corporate Supporter<br />
With offices in 120 countries, Aon acts<br />
for many of the worlds large, medium,<br />
and small firms around the globe. Aon’s<br />
professional services experts can assist<br />
your firm in addressing its risk transfer<br />
and risk mitigation needs. Also, as the<br />
leading global provider of risk<br />
management services, insurance and<br />
reinsurance brokerage, human capital<br />
consulting, and specialty insurance<br />
underwriting, Aon can help you help<br />
your clients.<br />
Official Corporate Supporter<br />
lexisnexis ® is a leading global provider<br />
of information and services solutions to<br />
the legal, risk management, corporate,<br />
government, law enforcement, tax,<br />
accounting and academic markets. The<br />
company provides customers access to 5<br />
billion searchable documents from more<br />
than 35,000 legal, news and business<br />
sources. LexisNexis combines applied<br />
information technology solutions with<br />
world class consulting and professional<br />
services to benefit our customers in their<br />
own marketplace. LexisNexis delivers<br />
Total Solutions, a strategy that offers<br />
product and services to improve<br />
productivity, increase profitability and<br />
stimulate growth.<br />
Conference Gold Sponsor<br />
Alm is a leading integrated media<br />
company, focused on the legal and<br />
business communities. ALM publishes<br />
magazines and newspapers, and hosts<br />
law.com, the web’s leading destination<br />
for legal professionals. The company is<br />
one of North America’s largest<br />
producers of conferences and<br />
tradeshows. Other businesses include<br />
book and newsletter publishing, verdict<br />
reporting, market research and content<br />
distribution.<br />
Conference Gold Sponsor<br />
We are delighted to be launching<br />
chambers Asia at the 2007<br />
Conference. Chambers Global, USA,<br />
Europe, UK and now Asia, are products<br />
of in-depth interviews with clients and<br />
peers assessing lawyers and law firms’<br />
expertise. Chambers rankings and<br />
editorial are referred to extensively by<br />
Corporate Counsel, CEOs and other<br />
business leaders.<br />
Conference Gold Sponsor<br />
The <strong>International</strong> law office (ILO)<br />
delivers global analysis to lawyers via a<br />
subscription-only email service. It<br />
provides legal developments from over<br />
100 jurisdictions, a directory of firms, a<br />
database of the world’s major deals,<br />
and a news roundup. ILO is proud to be<br />
the IBA’s official online media partner.<br />
Conference Gold Sponsor<br />
kluwer law <strong>International</strong> provides<br />
the global business community with<br />
reliable international legal information<br />
in English. Legal practitioners, corporate<br />
counsel and business executives around<br />
the world rely on our journals, loose<br />
leafs, books and electronic products for<br />
comprehensive information in many<br />
areas of international legal practice.<br />
Conference Gold Sponsor<br />
legalease is the leading provider of<br />
market information for commercial law<br />
firms and clients. The Legal 500 Series<br />
and Legal Business provide thorough,<br />
impartial research and analysis.<br />
<strong>International</strong>ly, The Legal 500 series is<br />
relied on as a first point of reference on<br />
legal services – www.legal500.com has<br />
over 450,000 users a month.<br />
Conference Gold Sponsor<br />
IflR: Clear thinking for bankers’<br />
counsel. <strong>International</strong> Financial Law<br />
Review is the thought leadership vehicle<br />
for financial lawyers around the world.<br />
Through its international coverage, its<br />
focus on innovation and the quality of<br />
its contributors, IFLR has become the<br />
world’s leading forum for legal debate.<br />
Conference Gold Sponsor<br />
legal Week offers clear reporting and<br />
hard-hitting analysis of the major issues<br />
affecting the legal community in the UK<br />
and around the world. Essential reading<br />
for business lawyers, Legal Week also<br />
runs a successful events division, a<br />
research and analysis arm as well as a<br />
market leading website.<br />
To advertise or find out more visit<br />
www.legalweek.com<br />
11<br />
exHIBItIon
Conference Gold Sponsor<br />
Practical law company is a preeminent<br />
provider of legal know-how,<br />
transactional analysis and market<br />
intelligence for business lawyers.<br />
Working closely with law firms and<br />
corporate legal departments, we deliver<br />
innovative and practical solutions in<br />
know-how, technology and practice<br />
development. PLC products include<br />
online services, PLC Which lawyer?, PLC<br />
Cross-border Handbooks and the PLC<br />
Publications Portal.<br />
Conference Gold Sponsor<br />
The gettIng tHe DeAl tHRougH<br />
series is designed to enable general<br />
counsel, government agencies and<br />
private practice professionals to<br />
familiarise themselves with the current<br />
legislation and regulatory procedures of<br />
major jurisdictions. Each volume in the<br />
series features the essential questions<br />
concerning a particular field of business<br />
law answered by expert practitioners<br />
with regard to their respective<br />
jurisdictions.<br />
General sponsor<br />
AlB is the only independent magazine<br />
dedicated to the latest legal news,<br />
events and developments in, Hong<br />
Kong, Asia and the international<br />
business community<br />
Conference Silver Sponsor<br />
Since 1987, Asia law & Practice is at<br />
the forefront of producing objective and<br />
high quality legal and business<br />
publications and events focusing on Asia.<br />
Conference Silver Sponsor<br />
The BloomBeRg PRofessIonAl®<br />
service is the world’s leading interactive<br />
financial information network,<br />
seamlessly integrating the very best in<br />
real-time news, data, and analytics. For<br />
more information visit our website at<br />
www.bloomberg.com<br />
Conference Silver Sponsor<br />
cambridge university Press titles<br />
offer practitioners the finest and<br />
freshest thinking, particularly in<br />
Corporate Law, Financial Law,<br />
Intellectual Property Law, Dispute<br />
Resolution and Tax Law.<br />
Conference Silver Sponsor<br />
Dedicated to serving the financial<br />
management needs of attorneys in the top<br />
law firms, citi Private Bank has been a<br />
premier advisor to the legal profession for<br />
more than 30 years.<br />
Today, more than 650 law firms and 35,000<br />
attorneys rely on the insights and expertise<br />
of over 200 private bankers and seasoned<br />
professionals in 14 offices around the world.<br />
Conference Silver Sponsor<br />
cls communication is a leading global<br />
supplier of translation and other<br />
language services to the financial and<br />
legal sectors.<br />
Conference Silver Sponsor<br />
the law society is the representative<br />
body for solicitors in England and Wales.<br />
From negotiating with and lobbying the<br />
profession’s regulators, government and<br />
others, to offering training and advice,<br />
we’re here to help, protect and promote<br />
solicitors across England and Wales.<br />
Conference Silver Sponsor<br />
the european lawyer publishes the<br />
monthly European Lawyer magazine; a<br />
directory of independent law firms; the<br />
Brussels Legal Yearbook and an<br />
expanding series of multijurisdictional<br />
legal reference books.<br />
Conference Silver Sponsor<br />
manupatra the pioneers in online legal<br />
research in India are leading providers of<br />
Legal, Taxation, Corporate and Business<br />
Policy databases in Print, CD-ROM and<br />
Online format.<br />
Conference Silver Sponsor<br />
oxford university Press aims to be<br />
the first-choice publisher for legal<br />
practitioners. We aim to ensure that the<br />
Oxford brand is the sign of a highquality<br />
work within legal publishing<br />
and, similarly, that we offer a highquality<br />
service to our authors and<br />
customers.<br />
11<br />
exHIBItIon
Conference Silver Sponsor<br />
Now firmly established as the leading<br />
independent law and tax publisher,<br />
tottel Publishing has a wide list of<br />
titles in areas which include commercial<br />
law, banking and finance, intellectual<br />
property, information technology and<br />
international tax.<br />
Conference Silver Sponsor<br />
The Doing Business Report is a<br />
publication of the World Bank and the<br />
<strong>International</strong> Finance Corporation that<br />
benchmarks business regulation in 178<br />
countries worldwide.<br />
Conference Bronze Sponsor<br />
Bermuda <strong>International</strong> provides<br />
innovative life insurance solutions to<br />
high net worth individuals around the<br />
world, enabling them to safe-guard and<br />
grow their wealth and assure its transfer<br />
to future generations<br />
Conference Bronze Sponsor<br />
The DIfc is the world’s newest<br />
international financial centre. It aims to<br />
develop the same stature as New York,<br />
London and Hong Kong.<br />
The DIFC focuses on several sectors of<br />
financial activity: Banking Services;<br />
Capital Markets; Wealth Management;<br />
Re-insurance and Captives; Islamic<br />
Finance and Professional Service<br />
Providers.<br />
Opening Party Sponsors<br />
1 st legal is a leading full service<br />
international firm advising on Indian and<br />
<strong>International</strong> law, including matters<br />
regarding Constitutional, Company,<br />
Corporate, Commercial, Contract,<br />
Industrial, Banking laws, Taxation,<br />
Cyberlaw, etc., litigation in India in the<br />
Supreme Court, all High Courts, Civil<br />
Courts, Criminal Courts, Commissions<br />
and Tribunals, Domestic and<br />
<strong>International</strong> Arbitrations.<br />
1 st Legal<br />
As one of the world’s leading banks,<br />
credit suisse provides its clients with<br />
investment banking, private banking<br />
and asset management services<br />
worldwide. Credit Suisse offers<br />
advisory services, comprehensive<br />
solutions and innovative products to<br />
companies, institutional clients and<br />
high-net-worth private clients globally,<br />
as well as retail clients in. Credit Suisse<br />
is active in over 50 countries and<br />
employs approximately 45,000 people.<br />
Credit Suisse’s parent company, Credit<br />
Suisse Group, is a leading global<br />
financial services company<br />
headquartered in Zurich. Credit Suisse<br />
Group’s registered shares (CSGN) are<br />
listed in and, in the form of American<br />
Depositary Shares (CS), in New York.<br />
Further information about Credit<br />
Suisse can be found at www.creditsuisse.com.<br />
gómez-Acebo & Pombo is one of<br />
the leading law firms in Spain, not only<br />
in terms of the number of lawyers and<br />
turnover, but also in terms of the<br />
leading international and domestic<br />
companies that form its client base.<br />
Founded in 1971, the Firm has<br />
become a reference law firm in all<br />
legal disciplines and industry sectors.<br />
The firm prides itself on giving added<br />
value consistently to its clients through<br />
professionalism, dedication and top<br />
quality service<br />
Social Events Sponsors<br />
IWIRc is an international professional<br />
association of global insolvency<br />
practitioners that works to enhance the<br />
professional status of women by<br />
providing both networking and<br />
educational opportunities.<br />
Jenner & Block llP (www.jenner.com)<br />
is a US based law firm with offices in<br />
Chicago, Dallas, New York and<br />
Washington, DC that consistently<br />
delivers excellent legal counsel to clients<br />
in the boardroom and in the courtroom.<br />
In Asia Pacific, lexisnexis has<br />
established leading positions in<br />
countries including Australia/NZ,<br />
Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, with<br />
increasing expansion into China, Japan<br />
and India.<br />
miller thomson llP, one of Canada’s<br />
leading national law firms, offers a<br />
complete range of business law,<br />
advocacy and personal legal services to<br />
corporations, financial institutions,<br />
entrepreneurs, governments, not-forprofit<br />
organizations and individuals<br />
through a complement of more than<br />
500 professionals working from nine<br />
locations across Canada.<br />
With thanks to<br />
119<br />
exHIBItIon
exhibition plan<br />
1 <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
2 <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
3 Chambers & Partners<br />
4 Chambers & Partners<br />
5 AIJA<br />
6 Legal 500 (Legalease)<br />
7 Legal 500 (Legalease)<br />
8 Citi<br />
9 Informa Professional<br />
10 Euromoney Legal Media Group<br />
11 Euromoney Legal Media Group<br />
12 Informa Professional<br />
13 ICDR<br />
14 UKTI<br />
15 Law Society of England and Wales<br />
16 Tottel Publishing<br />
17 Legal Week<br />
18 Getting The Deal Through<br />
19 Getting The Deal Through<br />
20 The American Lawyer<br />
21 Kluwer Law <strong>International</strong><br />
22 Cambridge University Press<br />
23 Kluwer Law <strong>International</strong><br />
24 Kluwer Law <strong>International</strong><br />
25 Aon<br />
26 Aon<br />
27 The European Lawyer<br />
28 Aon<br />
29 LexisNexis<br />
30 LexisNexis<br />
31 LexisNexis<br />
32 LexisNexis<br />
33 LexisNexis<br />
34 LexisNexis<br />
35 LexisNexis<br />
36 LexisNexis<br />
37 Oxford University Press<br />
38 Who’s Who Legal<br />
39 Who’s Who Legal<br />
40 Oxford University Press<br />
41 Wildy & Sons Limited<br />
42 Practical Law Company<br />
43 Practical Law Company<br />
44 Destination Dubai<br />
45 <strong>International</strong> Law Office<br />
46 Saybi Business Solutions<br />
47 Asia Law & Practice<br />
48 Unallocated<br />
49 Unallocated<br />
50 Global Law and Business<br />
51 LexisNexis<br />
52 LexisNexis<br />
53 CLS Communication<br />
54 World Bank – Doing Business Project<br />
55 Law Business Research<br />
56 Manupatra India<br />
57 Uniquely Singapore<br />
58 takelegaladvice.com<br />
59 Sweet & Maxwell Asia<br />
60 LegalStudio<br />
61 Transperfect Translations<br />
62 Bloomberg<br />
63 Madrid<br />
64 Bloomberg<br />
121<br />
exHIBItIon PlAn
Access to justice<br />
on disasters 96-97<br />
pro bono 96-97<br />
Acquisitions, non-corporate income tax<br />
aspects 79<br />
Advocacy in arbitration 46<br />
Aerospace industry, consolidation in 69<br />
African Regional Forum 82<br />
Aircraft accidents, mediation in 76<br />
American <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Association</strong> 35<br />
Anti-corruption 90<br />
survey 90<br />
Anti-Money Laundering Legislation<br />
Implementation Working Group 97<br />
Antitrust 40-41<br />
criminalisation of cartels 41<br />
international comity 40<br />
Arab Regional Forum 82<br />
Arbitration 46-47<br />
advocacy in 46<br />
court support for in Asia Pacific region<br />
46<br />
energy and natural resources industries<br />
47<br />
Latin American forum on 86<br />
hot topics 47<br />
investment treaties 46-47<br />
Art<br />
buying 65<br />
cultural institutions and heritage law 65<br />
Asia, insolvency law reform 64<br />
Asia Pacific Forum 83<br />
Asian employment and labour law 61<br />
Auctions, company 42<br />
Aviation law 76-77<br />
accidents 76<br />
financing structures 76<br />
roundtable 77<br />
terrorism 76<br />
Banking 55-56<br />
bilateral investment treaties 56<br />
confidentiality 56<br />
Islamic finance 55<br />
legal opinions 56<br />
<strong>Bar</strong> associations<br />
mandatory v voluntary membership 91<br />
public interest work 91<br />
running on limited funds 91<br />
<strong>Bar</strong> Issues Commission 90-92<br />
<strong>Bar</strong>risters’ and Advocates’ Forum 93<br />
Beijing Olympics 55<br />
Bilateral investment treaties 56<br />
European forum on 86<br />
Bio and pharma research and development,<br />
globalisation 70<br />
Business immigration update 62<br />
Business intelligence, industrial espionage<br />
44<br />
Capital markets<br />
financings for private equity deals in<br />
Asia 60<br />
Forum 56-57<br />
China, insolvency reform 64<br />
Class actions, global, judgments and<br />
settlements 47<br />
Clearing and settlement, recent<br />
developments 56<br />
Client protection 98<br />
Closely held and growing business<br />
enterprises, cross-border strategic<br />
alliances 43<br />
Committee information 9-12<br />
Communications law 65-66<br />
new multimedia platforms 66<br />
Content liability 67<br />
Continuing Legal Education 3<br />
Continuing professional development 3<br />
Contractors, payment 51<br />
Convention on <strong>International</strong> Sale of Goods<br />
(CISG) 72<br />
Copyright 67<br />
Copyright and entertainment law 67<br />
Corporate Counsel Forum 83-84<br />
Corporate governance 57<br />
Corporate information governance 70<br />
Corporate law 42-44<br />
business enterprises 43-44<br />
business organisation 42-43<br />
company auctions 42<br />
cross-border strategic alliances 43-44<br />
deal mediation 43<br />
M&A law 43<br />
M&A transactions in China 43<br />
private equity 43<br />
shareholders 42<br />
vendor’s due diligence 42<br />
venture capital 44<br />
Corporate social responsibility 92<br />
Corruption 31<br />
Counterfeiting and piracy, combating 41<br />
Criminal law 44-45<br />
access to witnesses for the prosecution<br />
45<br />
business crime 44-45<br />
cartels 41, 45<br />
corruption 31, 94<br />
fraud 45<br />
gaming 44<br />
industrial espionage 44<br />
Iraqi Higher Tribunal 45<br />
Olympic Games 45<br />
organised crime, corruption and<br />
terrorism 45<br />
partnerships 45<br />
transnational insolvency 45<br />
Cross-border insolvencies 64<br />
Cross-border patient mobility, legal issues<br />
for 74<br />
Cross-border strategic alliances 43<br />
Cultural differences 31<br />
Cultural issues 33<br />
Current Developments Panel, taxes 81<br />
Deal mediation, corporate counsel forum 84<br />
Disasters, access to justice following 96-97<br />
Discrimination<br />
law firms, in 60<br />
workplace claims 60<br />
Discrimination and gender equality 60-61<br />
religious symbols in workplace and<br />
public places 61<br />
sex, age and race discrimination in law<br />
firms 60<br />
workplace discrimination claims 60<br />
Dispute resolution<br />
arbitration 46-47<br />
enforcement of dispute resolution<br />
clauses 46<br />
international insurance and reinsurance<br />
57<br />
litigation, 48-49, see also Litigation<br />
mediation 49<br />
negligence and damages 50<br />
Distribution networks, protecting 40, 72<br />
Distribution structures<br />
rationalising in Greater China and Latin<br />
America 73<br />
Asia Pacific Forum 83<br />
Latin American Forum 87<br />
Due diligence, vendor’s 42<br />
Electricity<br />
market manipulation 54<br />
renewable 54<br />
Employment law 61-62<br />
Committee business meeting 62<br />
HR law for Asian multinationals in non-<br />
Asian countries 62<br />
HR law for non-Asian multinationals in<br />
Asian countries 61<br />
understanding Asian employment and<br />
labour law 61<br />
Energy, environment, natural resources and<br />
infrastructure Law, 50-55, see also SEERIL<br />
Enforcement<br />
dispute resolution clauses 46<br />
European judgments in Asia/Asian<br />
judgments in Europe 85<br />
EPC contracting in the PPP environment 51<br />
Estate planning for the Asian family 80<br />
European Forum 84-86<br />
open meeting 85<br />
European Union<br />
investment incentives 81<br />
investment opportunities 84<br />
tax harmonisation v tax competition 81<br />
forum 85<br />
Extraterritorial application of laws,<br />
corporate counsel forum 83<br />
Extraterritorial jurisdiction, IBA Task Force 39<br />
Family assets, holding, managing and<br />
transferring 80<br />
Family law 73<br />
Financial services 55-60<br />
banking 55-56<br />
capital markets forum 56-57<br />
insurance 57-58<br />
investment funds 58-59<br />
securities 59-60<br />
Financing structures 76<br />
Franchising 71<br />
competition issues in 71<br />
international 71<br />
Pacific Rim 71<br />
Free trade<br />
Pacific Rim 41<br />
impact in Latin America, forum on 87<br />
12<br />
suBJect InDex
Funds, anatomy of a blow-up 58<br />
Gaming 68, 75<br />
anti-corruption 90<br />
Glass ceilings, compensation discrimination<br />
98<br />
Globalisation, bio and pharma research and<br />
development 70<br />
Hazardous cargo, transportation and<br />
storage 78<br />
Health and insurance 101<br />
Hedge funds<br />
as clients 59<br />
role in financial restructuring 63<br />
Historic wrongs, redress through courts 74<br />
Hotel and casino development 75<br />
Human remains, return of 65, 68, 74<br />
Human resources 60-63<br />
Asian multinationals operating in non-<br />
Asian countries 62<br />
discrimination and gender equality 60-61<br />
employment and industrial relations<br />
61-62<br />
immigration and nationality law 62-63<br />
non-Asian multinationals operating in<br />
Asian countries 61<br />
Human resources law<br />
Asian multinationals in non-Asian<br />
countries 62<br />
non-Asian multinationals in Asian<br />
countries 61<br />
Human rights, UN Norms 92<br />
Human Rights Institute 93-94<br />
Human rights law 74<br />
Human Rights Law Committee 25, 107<br />
IBA Foundation, open forum 33<br />
IBA Task Force on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction<br />
39<br />
Immigration<br />
coordination with tax law strategies 62<br />
enforcement trends 62<br />
global business update 62<br />
issues for franchisors 71<br />
law 62-63<br />
enforcement trends 62<br />
tax law, strategies for expatriates 62, 81<br />
work visa options in the Asia Pacific<br />
region 63<br />
Indigenous peoples 74<br />
Industrial espionage 44<br />
Insolvency<br />
cross-border 64<br />
hedge funds in financial restructuring 63<br />
reform in Asia 64<br />
restructuring and creditors’ rights 63-64<br />
transnational insolvency and fraud 64<br />
Insurance 57-58<br />
captives 58<br />
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance<br />
57<br />
effective regulation 58<br />
resolving international disputes 57<br />
Intellectual property<br />
best practice in IP litigation 66<br />
communications and technology 64-70<br />
copyright 67<br />
entertainment law, and 66-68<br />
licensing IP and international treaties 67<br />
media law 68-69<br />
Olympic Games 66<br />
outer space law 69<br />
patent law 67<br />
technology law 70<br />
trademarks 68<br />
virtual gaming 66<br />
wireless distribution issues 67<br />
<strong>International</strong> cartels, strategic leniency 40<br />
<strong>International</strong> comity, dominance cases 40<br />
<strong>International</strong> commercial arbitration,<br />
corporate counsel forum 84<br />
<strong>International</strong> construction 51-52<br />
developments 52<br />
EPC contracting in the PPP environment<br />
51<br />
exclusion and limitation of liability 52<br />
financing PPP construction projects in<br />
emerging countries 51<br />
getting paid 51<br />
<strong>International</strong> Criminal Court (ICC) 94<br />
<strong>International</strong> family, the 73<br />
<strong>International</strong> justice, first ICC case 94<br />
<strong>International</strong> maritime centres – Singapore<br />
77<br />
<strong>International</strong> sales<br />
franchising and product law 70-73<br />
advertising 73<br />
international franchising 71<br />
international sales 72-73<br />
Internet, content liability 67<br />
Investment funds 58-59<br />
in Asia 58<br />
fund blow-up 58<br />
private 59<br />
Investment incentives in the European<br />
Union 81<br />
European forum on 84<br />
Investment treaty arbitration 46<br />
IP litigation, best practice in 66<br />
Iraqi Higher Tribunal<br />
criminal law 45<br />
human rights 74<br />
Human Rights Institute 94<br />
Islamic finance 55<br />
Arab Regional Forum 82<br />
Asia Pacific Forum 83<br />
banking law 55<br />
Judges’ Forum 94<br />
Judgments, enforcement 85<br />
Key contacts 101<br />
Latin American Regional Forum 86-87<br />
open meeting 86<br />
Law firms<br />
bar associations, and 91<br />
corporate social responsibility 92<br />
Law and individual rights 73-75<br />
family law 73<br />
human rights law 74<br />
indigenous peoples 74<br />
medicine and the law 74-75<br />
Legal education, internationalisation of 94<br />
Legal markets, Asia 95<br />
Legal opinions, banking law 56<br />
Legal Practice Division Fora 82-87<br />
African Regional Forum 82<br />
Arab Regional Forum 82<br />
Asia Pacific Forum 83<br />
Corporate Counsel Forum 83-84<br />
European Forum 84-86<br />
Latin American Regional Forum 86-87<br />
North American Forum 87<br />
Legal profession, world organisations, and<br />
96<br />
Leisure industries 75-76<br />
business meeting 75<br />
gaming 75<br />
hotel and casino development 75<br />
low cost carriers in Asia 75-76<br />
loyalty programmes 75<br />
Olympic Games 75<br />
section business meeting 75<br />
Liability<br />
allocation in upstream project contracts<br />
53<br />
insurance 57<br />
internet content 67<br />
maritime service providers 77<br />
Licensing, IP and international treaties 67<br />
Limitation on benefits 80<br />
Litigation 48-49<br />
consumer 47<br />
dispute resolution process 48<br />
enforcement of European judgments in<br />
Asia/Asian judgments in Europe 49<br />
IP, best practice in 66<br />
patent, strategies 48<br />
preserving privilege and confidentiality<br />
48<br />
resolving international insurance and<br />
reinsurance disputes 48<br />
Young Litigators’ Forum 48<br />
Low-cost carriers in Asia, emergence 75-76<br />
Loyalty programmes 73, 75<br />
Maritime and aviation law 76-78<br />
Maritime law, recent developments 78<br />
Maritime service providers, liability 77<br />
Maritime and transport law 77-78<br />
international maritime centres<br />
– Singapore 77<br />
land transport 78<br />
liability of maritime service providers 77<br />
piracy and crimes at sea 78<br />
recent developments 78<br />
Marriage 73<br />
Media, state intervention in 69<br />
Media law 68-69<br />
communication strategies in securities<br />
and M&A transactions 68<br />
gaming 68<br />
Google issues 68<br />
new multimedia platforms 69<br />
return of human remains 68<br />
state intervention in the media 69<br />
trial observations 68<br />
Mediation 49<br />
aircraft accidents 49<br />
cultural perspectives 49<br />
12<br />
suBJect InDex
cultural perspectives on 83<br />
deal mediation 49<br />
discrimination claims in the workplace<br />
49<br />
Medical facilities 101<br />
Medicine and the law 74-75<br />
Merger control/foreign investment<br />
promotion, interface between 40<br />
Mergers and acquisitions<br />
communication strategies 59, 68<br />
non-corporate income tax aspects 79<br />
recent developments 43<br />
Mineral industry<br />
forum 83<br />
influence of China and India on 53<br />
Mining law 52-53<br />
China and India, influence on the<br />
mineral industry 53<br />
development and financing<br />
infrastructure 52<br />
security of tenure 53<br />
Mining projects, financing of infrastructure<br />
55<br />
Mobile communications 65<br />
Money-laundering 97<br />
My partner or my spouse 73<br />
Nationality 62-63<br />
coordination of immigration and tax law<br />
strategies 62<br />
immigration enforcement trends 62<br />
immigration update 62<br />
immigration and work visas in Asia<br />
Pacific region 63<br />
Negligence and damages<br />
committee business meeting 50<br />
lawyer liability 50<br />
what the East can teach the West 50<br />
Negotiating, handling conflicting tax<br />
interests 80<br />
Networking 99<br />
Networking tools for the future 99<br />
New multimedia platforms 66, 69<br />
North American Forum 87<br />
Oil and gas law 53<br />
liability in upstream project contracts 53<br />
prospects for refineries in Southeast Asia<br />
53<br />
security of tenure 53<br />
Olympic Games 66<br />
anti-corruption 90<br />
criminal law 45<br />
legal guide 66, 75<br />
Open committee business meeting<br />
anti-corruption 90<br />
legal profession and world organisations<br />
96<br />
negligence and damages 50<br />
Open forum<br />
business meeting 86<br />
Arab Regional Forum 82<br />
identification of issues common to<br />
corporate counsel 84<br />
Open meeting<br />
European Forum 85<br />
Latin American Regional Forum 86<br />
Organised crime 45<br />
corruption and terrorism 45, 90<br />
Outer space law 69<br />
Patents, maximising 67<br />
Payment, alternative methods of 73<br />
Piracy 78<br />
Power law 54<br />
PPP construction projects, constraints in<br />
financing in emerging countries, forum<br />
86<br />
PPP environment, EPC contracting in 51<br />
Practice development 33<br />
Practice management 95-96<br />
access to justice 96-97<br />
Asian legal market 95<br />
attracting and retaining young lawyers<br />
95<br />
ethical issues 95<br />
retirement 96<br />
strategic planning 95<br />
Precautionary principle 78<br />
Presentations, giving 33<br />
Presidential Task Force on Rule of Law 12<br />
Private equity consortia, representing 43<br />
Private equity funds as clients 59<br />
Private investment funds 59<br />
Private ownership, water 54<br />
Privilege<br />
confidentiality, corporate counsel forum<br />
83<br />
preserving 83<br />
Pro bono 96<br />
access to justice 96-97<br />
Procurement<br />
water projects in Southeast Asia 54<br />
forum on 83<br />
Product law and advertising 73<br />
Product recalls 70-71<br />
Professional development 89-90<br />
business case for 89<br />
Professional ethics 97-98<br />
Anti Money-Laundering Legislation<br />
Implementation Working Group 97<br />
client profitability and environmental<br />
responsibility 90<br />
client protection 98<br />
Protecting distribution networks 40<br />
Public interest work of bar associations 91<br />
Public law 78-79<br />
Public procurement, trends in 2007, 72<br />
RAINBOW strategy 33<br />
Rainmaking 33<br />
Real estate 79<br />
impact of environmental aspects 79<br />
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) 57<br />
Real estate private equity, global impact 79<br />
Redressing historic wrongs through the<br />
courts 74<br />
Referral bar 93<br />
Regulatory environment in Asia, antitrust 41<br />
Religious symbols in workplace and public<br />
places 61<br />
Renewable electricity and clean<br />
development 54<br />
Resolving international insurance and<br />
reinsurance disputes 57<br />
Retirement 96, 98<br />
Return of human remains 65, 68, 74<br />
Rule of law 36-37<br />
global challenges 35<br />
international business, importance to 31<br />
resolution 37<br />
Rule of Law Presidential Task Force 12<br />
Sale of company, auction 42<br />
Schedule of sessions 13-27<br />
showcase sessions 31<br />
Scholarship Programme 35<br />
Securities law 59-60<br />
communication strategies 59, 68<br />
exchanges, consolidation of 59<br />
M&A transactions and 59, 68<br />
recent trends 60<br />
SEERIL 50-55<br />
arbitration in energy and natural<br />
resources industries 50<br />
environment, health and safety 51<br />
impact of environmental aspects on real<br />
estate projects 51<br />
international construction projects 51-52<br />
mining law 52-53<br />
oil and gas law 53<br />
piracy and crimes at sea 51<br />
power law 54<br />
renewable electricity and clean<br />
development 51<br />
water law 54-55<br />
Senior lawyers 98<br />
Sex, age and race discrimination in law<br />
firms 60<br />
Sexual abuse, treatment and mental health<br />
courts 94<br />
Shareholders<br />
activism<br />
Corporate Counsel Forum on 84<br />
European Forum on 85<br />
burdens, duties and obligations 42<br />
State intervention, media 69<br />
Strategic alliances, cross-border 43-44<br />
Strategic planning 95<br />
Strategies for companies facing patent<br />
litigation 48<br />
North American forum on 87<br />
Subsidies, challenging and defending 39<br />
Surveillance technology 65, 69, 70<br />
human rights 74<br />
Human Rights Institute 93<br />
Taxation 79-82<br />
construction projects 82<br />
coordinating immigration and tax law<br />
strategies for expatriates 81<br />
current developments 81<br />
EU harmonisation v EU competition 81<br />
EU investment incentives 81<br />
handling conflicting tax interests 80<br />
individual tax and private client 80<br />
limitation on benefits 80<br />
non-corporate income tax aspects of<br />
acquisitions 79<br />
non-corporate income tax aspects of<br />
mergers and acquisitions 79<br />
12<br />
suBJect InDex
tax law, immigration law, strategies for<br />
expatriates 62, 81<br />
tax-efficient investment in China 80-81<br />
taxes 80-82<br />
Technology law 70<br />
risk assessment and management 70<br />
Terrorism 76<br />
Theocracies 78-79<br />
Theocracy, democracy and secularisation<br />
78-79<br />
Trade and customs law 41<br />
Trade liberalisation 41<br />
Trademark law 68<br />
Traditional land rights, Malaysia, case study<br />
74<br />
Transnational insolvency, fraud, and 64<br />
Transnational legal practice 89<br />
Transport<br />
hazardous cargo 78<br />
land 78<br />
Trial observations 68, 93<br />
Trusts 80<br />
UN Norms, human rights 92<br />
Venture capital 44<br />
Water law 54-55<br />
incentive-based mechanisms 55<br />
private ownership 54<br />
Wireless<br />
distribution IP issues 65, 67<br />
internet access 101<br />
Women Lawyers’ Interest Group 98<br />
Working Sessions 13<br />
Legal Practice Division 39-87<br />
Antitrust and Trade Law 39-41<br />
Consumer Litigation 47-49<br />
Corporate Law 42-44<br />
Criminal Law 44-45<br />
Dispute Resolution 46-50<br />
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, IBA Task<br />
Force on 39<br />
Financial Services 55-60<br />
Fora 82-87<br />
Human Resources 60-63<br />
Insolvency, Restructuring and<br />
Creditors’ Rights 63-64<br />
<strong>International</strong> Sales, Franchising and<br />
Product Law 70-73<br />
IP, Communications and Technology<br />
64-70<br />
Law and Individual Rights 73-75<br />
Leisure Industries 75-76<br />
Maritime and Aviation Law 76-78<br />
Public Law 78-79<br />
Real Estate 79<br />
SEERIL 50-55<br />
Taxation 79-82<br />
Public and Professional Interest Division<br />
89-99<br />
Academic and Professional<br />
Development 89-90<br />
Anti Corruption 90<br />
<strong>Bar</strong> Issues Commission 90-92<br />
<strong>Bar</strong>risters and Advocates Forum 93<br />
Corporate Social Responsibility 92<br />
Human Rights Institute 93-94<br />
Judges’ Forum 94<br />
Law Firm Management 95-96<br />
Legal Profession and World<br />
Organisation 96<br />
Pro Bono and Access to Justice 96-97<br />
Professional Ethics 97-98<br />
Senior Lawyers 98<br />
Women Lawyers’ Interest Group 98<br />
Young Lawyers 98-99<br />
Workplace, discrimination claims in 60<br />
Young lawyers 98-99<br />
career planning 99<br />
guidelines for setting up a national<br />
association 99<br />
introductory meeting 98<br />
legal career plan 99<br />
networking tools 99<br />
129<br />
suBJect InDex