HB2011 Profile

PARTNER
PROFILES
By Jurisdiction
China.......................................................................................................... 238
Hong Kong.......................................................................................... 238-241
India..................................................................................................... 241-245
Indonesia............................................................................................. 245-247
Japan.................................................................................................... 247-250
Malaysia............................................................................................... 251-252
Philippines................................................................................................... 252
Singapore............................................................................................. 252-253
South Korea......................................................................................... 253-254
Thailand............................................................................................... 254-255
Vietnam...................................................................................................... 255
United Arab Emirates................................................................................. 255
CHINA
PARTNER PROFILES
Yu YAN
Managing Partner
Tel.: (86) 10 6641 3377
Fax: (86) 10 6641 2855
Email: yanyu@jiayuan-law.com
Yu Yan is the managing partner of Jia Yuan Law Firm. Yan represents clients on a wide variety of capital market and
corporate issues. She has advised issuers and underwriters on more than 100 offerings of A shares, B shares and H
shares and is regarded as one of the premium lawyers in the capital markets. She also has participated in a broad
range of corporate transactions, including corporate restructuring, debt-equity conversion, Sino-foreign joint venture
projects and merger and acquisition of publicly traded companies. Before she became a lawyer, Ms. Yan was a lecturer
at the law school of a prestigious university.
See firm profile on page 20
Wei XIAO
Managing Partner
Tel:
(86) 10 85191305 (Dir.);

(86) 10 85191300 (O)
Email: xiaow@junhe.com
Wei Xiao is the managing partner of Jun He Law offices and specializes in foreign investments, securities, Merger and
Acquisition and general corporate practices.
Since 1985, Xiao has advised hundreds of major multinational and domestic clients on a variety of corporate
transactions and has represented several of them in litigation and arbitration. He has acted as clients' counsel in
diverse industry sectors, such as banking, insurance, securities, telecommunications, natural resources, infrastructure
facilities, various manufacturing sectors, agriculture, transportation, entertainment and real estate.
Xiao received his B.S. from Beijing University and his J.D. from Columbia Law School.
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KONG
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Arun K. Nigam
Principal
Tel:
(852) 3752 2800 (General), 852.3752.2801 (Direct)
Fax: (852) 2156 1280
Email: anigam@arunnigam.com
Arun K. Nigam was born in London of Indian and German parents and educated at St Pauls School, London and
Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge University. He is qualified to practice law in Hong Kong, England, India,
Australia and Singapore and has over 30 years of experience in the legal field. He has previously worked with leading
international law firms such as Baker & McKenzie, Norton Rose, Freehills and more recently with the Hong Kong
office of Sidley Austin. Nigam has a wide range of experience in capital markets, structured finance, general banking,
syndicated lending, pre-IPO financing, asset and project finance, debt restructuring, funds, trustee and corporate and
commercial work in Europe and Asia including drafting innovative financing, corporate and commercial documents
(including joint venture agreements) for cross border transactions.
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Matthew Puhar
Partner
Tel: (852) 3182 1788
Fax: (852) 3182 1799
Email: matthew.puhar@bingham.com
Matthew Puhar focuses on public and private cross-border corporate, corporate finance and restructuring
transactions. He has particular experience in M&A, flotations, joint ventures, debt and equity investment deals, and
investment funds.
Qualified in both England and Wales and in Hong Kong, Matthew has significant experience advising on sophisticated
cross-border transactions in Asia. His recent experience includes advising Grandtop International Holdings Limited, the
offeror, on the acquisition by way of public takeover of UK-based Birmingham City Football Club.
James E. Gordon
Managing Director
Tel: (852) 2233 2520 (Direct) / 2233 2500 (General)
Fax: (852) 2519 8332
Email: JEGordon@navigantconsulting.com
James Gordon is a Managing Director in Navigants Strategic Business Consulting practice and the regional leader
for Navigant in Asia and the mainland.
Gordon has worked on some of the most high-profile regulatory and enforcement investigations in US history,
including: the Wall Street IPO Securities Litigation; Tyco; WorldCom; Parmalat; HealthSouth and Enron. His work has
involved internal fraud and anti-corruption investigations throughout Asia, China and the United States in response to
numerous matters involving securities litigation and investigations by: the US Department of Justice (DOJ); Securities
& Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE);
Federal Trade Commission (FTC); and Congressional and Senate Investigations.
Connie Wu
Director
Fax: (852) 2519 8332
Email: cwu@navigantconsulting.com
Connie Wu is a Director in Navigant Consultings Asian Litigations & Investigations practice. Based in Hong Kong,
Ms. Wus responsibilities cover extensive Asian jurisdictions including the Greater China and various South East Asian
regions. Ms. Wu is a professional equipped with more than ten years of experience in handling due diligence and risk
management projects, ranging from FCPA focused investigations to internal corporate fraud investigations, litigation
related investigations to pre-transactional due diligence, competitors business intelligence analysis and royalty audit
matters. Ms. Wu has served as Research Team Leader for an FCPA assignment involving over 40 jurisdictions across
the world. Ms. Wu had also played a leading role in the Asian team for a multi-jurisdictional fraud investigation for a
major US listed computer memory chip manufacturing firm. Ms. Wu is fluent in English, Cantonese and Putonghua.
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HONG
KONG
PARTNER PROFILES
HONG
KONG
PARTNER PROFILES
Frederick L.H. Chan

Director
Email: fchan@navigantconsulting.com
Frederick L.H. Chan is a Director in Navigants Asian Dispute & Investigations practice based in Hong Kong. He
is a Chartered Accountant and a non-practicing CPA in Hong Kong and has a total of 20 years of corporate and
consulting practice experience. In the past 13 years, Chan is specialized in complex financial investigations and hightech forensic technology advising clients in areas of computer forensics, electronic discovery, forensic accounting,
corporate internal investigations, transnational fraud investigations, compliance and FCPA investigations through
Asia Pacific region and particular in the Greater China. He also has provided expert testimony to courts in Hong
Kong and the Grand Jury in the United States for investigations conducted.
John Flannery
Director
Email: jflannery@navigantconsulting.com
John Flannery is a Director in Navigants Asian Disputes and Investigations practice based in Hong Kong. Flannery
has a total of 30 years law enforcement and private practice experience. In the past ten years in Asia, John
has developed extensive experience with multi-nationals, financial institutions and legal firms, both in Asia and
globally. He has regular involvement, both as the lead and also as part of the team, with corporate fraud and
corruption and integrity issues, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enquiries, pre-transactional due diligence enquiries,
design, preparation, implementation and training in whistleblower programmes. Flannery has worked or managed
projects in excess of 50 countries globally. He is a certified fraud examiner and has provided oral testimony in
several jurisdictions in excess of 100 occasions.
Michelle Taylor
China Office Leader
Tel: (852) 2218 9177
Email: mtaylor@orrick.com
Michelle Taylor, a partner in Hong Kong, is Orrick's China Office Leader and head of the firm's Financial Markets
Group in Asia.
Consistently recognized as a leading structured and cross-border finance lawyer in Asia, Ms. Taylor represents
clients throughout the region including lenders, borrowers, investors, arrangers and swap providers. After relocating
to Hong Kong in 1998 from London, Ms. Taylor established one of the most active structured finance practices in the
Asia-Pacific Region, focusing on structuring complex cross-border finance transactions. Her pioneering transactions
include the first cross-border CMBS in China, the first future flow receivables financings in China and Korea and the first
whole-business securitization in Malaysia.
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Moses Mo-Chi Cheng

Senior Partner
Tel:
(852) 2522 2570
Fax: (852) 2525 6516
Email: mcheng@compuserve.com
Moses Cheng joined P. C. Woo & Co. in 1973. He was admitted as a partner in 1979 and became the Senior Partner in
1994. Cheng started his practice as a litigator. He has extensive experience in advising public companies listed on the
Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on compliance and good corporate governance practice, initial public offers
of shares in listed companies and subsequent raising of capital, corporate restructuring and re-financing of corporate
loans and borrowings, mergers and acquisition. He has also extensively advised church and non-governmental
organisations as well as charities on their tax exemption situation and other legal issues.
HONG
KONG
PARTNER PROFILES
INDIA
Shardul S. Shroff
Managing Partner
Email:
shardul.shroff@amarchand.com
Shardul S. Shroff is the Managing Partner of Amarchand Mangaldas. As a corporate attorney for 30 years, he has
extensive experience in the areas of Infrastructure, Projects & Project Finance, Privatization and Disinvestment,
M&A, JV, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets and Commercial Contracts. Shroff is also a leading authority on legal
matters related to Corporate Governance, Media Law, Technology Law and Policy and Regulatory Practices. He has
participated in the training and drafting of several important economic legislations and company law reforms in
India. He is also currently appointed as the Chairman of CII National Committee on Legal Services and Associate
President of Society of Indian Law Firms.
Zia Mody
Founder and Senior Partner
Zia Mody is the Founder and Senior Partner of AZB & Partners and one of Indias foremost corporate attorneys. She
passed her law degree from the University of Cambridge in 1978 and did her LLM from Harvard Law School in 1979
and was admitted as a member of the New York State Bar in 1980.
Ms Mody is a non-executive director of HSBC, Hong Kong, the Vice President and Member of the London Court
of International Arbitration and member of various Regulatory Committees in India.
In 2010, Ms Mody was voted as Business Woman of the Year, 2010 by the Economic Times and as one of the 15
most powerful Indian women leaders in 2010.
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INDIA
PARTNER PROFILES
Alka Bharucha
Partner
Tel: (91) 22 6132 3900
Fax: (91) 22 6633 3900
Email: alka.bharucha@bharucha.in
Alka Bharucha is a founder partner at Bharucha & Partners and chairs the Transaction Practice at the Firm. Her practice
ranges across M&A, capital markets, banking, and structured and project finance. Ms. Bharucha has a deep insight
in the telecom sector having advised Indian and multinational telecom companies on M&A, financing, IPOs, and
regulatory matters. She represents several MNCs engaged in retail, real estate, defence, power, banking, and other
sectors. She is noted by Chambers for her mature business perspective and strong negotiation skills and is highly
recommended as a leading lawyer in Corporate / M&A by Chambers Asia.
DAVE & GIRISH & CO.,

Advocates
Girish M. Dave
M.Com, LL.B, CAIIB
Managing Partner
Email:
gdave@davegirish.com
Born in 1938 and admitted to the Bar in 1963, Girish Dave joined the firm as a partner in 1980. He has varied and
extensive experience in Financial, Banking and Project Finance, Security documentation (both domestic and offshore)
and has been an advisor to most of the foreign banks in India, including the International Finance Corporation
(Washington) Affiliate of the World Bank. He is also a director in a number of companies. Dave is also advisor to
large Corporate Houses like the AV Birla Group, Premier Mills Group and Apple Group etc. and Financial Institutions.
Dave has also been a speaker at various domestic and international conferences.
Mona Bhide
DAVE & GIRISH & CO.,

Advocates
B.Com, LL.B (Bombay University),

LL.M (Northwestern School of Law, Chicago)
Partner
Email:
mona@davegirish.com
Mona Bhide joined Dave & Girish & Co. in Mumbai, India in 1985 and became a partner in 1992. She graduated from
Bombay University in 1987 and obtained her masters degree in law at the Northwestern School of Law, Chicago,
which she attended in 2000 2001. During her stay in Chicago she worked with the American Bar Foundation in the
field of investment banking, conflicts and globalization of the legal profession, and with an international law firm,
Sedwick, Deetert Moran and Arnold. She is presently in charge of international finance and corporate law mainly
dealing in securities law, private equity transactions, structured finance, securitization, swaps, project finance,
securities transactions, M&A and restructuring. She has been rated as a Highly recommended lawyer for Project
Finance and Corporate M&A transactions in India.
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INDIA
PARTNER PROFILES
Nusrat Hassan
Managing Partner
Tel:
(91) 22 6625 2222
Email: nusrat@dhlawassociates.com
Nusrat Hassan is founding Partner of the D.H. Law Associates, having more than 18 years of experience in commercial
and corporate practice. He is admitted to both the Bar in India & the Law Society in England & Wales. He is one of the
leading lawyers for Foreign Direct investment in India and regularly advises Foreign Companies on the commercial,
legal and tax implications of Investing in India and represents various multi-national companies. He is also the
Director of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, India.
M.L. Bhakta
Senior & Managing Partner
Tel: (91) 22 66332288, 66230000, 22042288
Fax: (91) 22 66339656/7
Email: bhakta@kangacompany.com
M.L. Bhakta is Senior and Managing Partner of Kanga and Company, a leading firm of Advocates and Solicitors in
Mumbai. Mr.Bhakta has been in practice for over 50 years and has vast experience in corporate laws, banking and
taxation. He is the legal advisor to leading foreign and Indian Companies and Banks.
Bhakta has been named as one of the Leading Lawyers by Asia Law Journal, Hong Kong. He is a member of
the Board of Directors of some large Indian Companies as an Independent Director. Mr.Bhakta is the recipient of the
Centennial Service Award for Professional Excellence from Rotary International.
Manjula Chawla
Senior Partner
Email: manjula.chawla@phoenixlegal.in
Manjula Chawla is a senior partner with more than 18 years of experience in foreign investments, takeovers, M&A,
JVs and other commercial transactions. She has successfully assisted several Fortune 500 companies in establishing
a presence in India since the early days of economic liberalisation. Her consistent delivery of high quality services
have been recognised by her clients, some of whom have worked with her for over a decade. She was awarded the
National Law Day Award - 2000 by the Union Law Minister for Excellence in Corporate Law and for her unique
contribution in bringing foreign exchange into India.
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INDIA
PARTNER PROFILES
Saket Shukla
Email: saket.shukla@phoenixlegal.in
Saket Shukla focuses on insurance, real estate, private equity, M&A, JVs and LNG and gas sale transactions. He
represents promoter groups and investors in complex matters including entry and exit strategies. He has handled
several big-ticket transactions including acting as the lead counsel for promoters in one of the largest investments
in the real estate sector and for the largest power generating utility in India. Shukla was involved in Vodafones
acquisition of Hutch in India. According to Asia Pacific Legal 500 Shukla gives excellent, sound, balanced advice on
insurance, JVs and corporate matters, is willing to advise and doesnt sit on the fence. He is highly recommended
by the Asialaw Leading Lawyers Survey.
Abhishek Saxena
Email: abhishek.saxena@phoenixlegal.in
Abhishek Saxena has vast experience in advising on cross-border deals and has been closely associated with several
prestigious projects in diverse sectors including financial services, IT, oil and gas, energy and aviation. His practice
areas include project finance, private equity, JVs, structuring and tax advisory, M&A, foreign investment, LNG and
upstream oil and gas and secondary capital markets. He is the lead counsel for Petronet LNG in India. Asia Pacific
Legal 500 has noted him for providing outstanding services. He has featured in ALBs Hot 100' legal minds in Asia,
Chambers Asia Asias Leading Lawyers for Business 2010 and IFLR 1000 which named him as a leading Asia Pacific
lawyer.
Sawant Singh
Email: sawant.singh@phoenixlegal.in
Sawant Singhs practice areas include banking, private equity, project finance, securitisation, asset reconstruction,
domestic and external commercial borrowings and debt restructuring. He also advises clients on labour/employment
and real estate issues including inbound and outbound foreign investment, corporate restructuring, M&A and JVs.
Singh structured the world's first multi-originator securitisation issuance with the underlying pool being micro-loans
arranged by IFMR Capital. He advised Navis Capital in its USD 30 million investment in Edutech. He has been highly
recommended in Asialaw Leading Lawyers Survey in the practice areas of Banking and Labour & Employment. Singh
is highly respected by peers and much acclaimed by clients according to Asialaw Profiles, 2010.
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INDIA
PARTNER PROFILES
Diljeet Titus
Founding Partner
Tel: (91) 11 2628 0900
Fax: (91) 11 2648 0300
Email: titus@titus-india.com
Nafis Adwani
Management Committee
Tel:
(62) 21 250 5125
Fax: (62) 21 250 5136
Email: nadwani@abnrlaw.com
Nafis Adwani joined ABNR in 1993 and has been a partner since 1 July 1998. In 1997, he was seconded to an
international law firm in Singapore and gained experience in working on international transactions. His major areas of
specialization are corporate, labor and agrarian laws. In labour matters he has assisted business corporations in major
employment termination cases. Adwani has also been involved in power and mining projects, focusing particularly on
the land issues, as a leading part of the ABNR team working on behalf of the investors. He is licensed by the Capital
Market Supervisory Board to provide legal opinions to companies offering securities in the Indonesian Capital Market.
He is also a licensed advocate.
Emir Nurmansyah
Management Committee
Tel:
(62) 21 250 5125
Fax: (62) 21 250 5136
Email: enurmansyah@abnrlaw.com
Emir Nurmansyah has worked with ABNR since 1989 and has been a partner since 1 January 1997. He graduated
from the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia in 1989, majoring in Economic Law. In 1993, he earned an LL.M
degree from the Faculty of Law at Bond University in Australia, majoring in International Transactions. He has, since
1993, dealt with a large number of transactions involving privatization, corporate restructuring, and project and debt
nancing. Nurmansyah has been involved in most of the restructuring projects in which ABNR is involved; both as a
member, and as the leader, of the ABNR team. He has also acted as the advisor of IBRA in several restructuring and
asset disposal projects.
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INDONESIA
Diljeet Titus founded Titus & Co in 1997. His active client practice includes project finance and development, energy
projects, industrial projects, loan syndications and structuring, corporate investment and structuring, corporate
mergers and acquisition, capital markets, banking, commercial and financial transactions. He was recently awarded
Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidariet Italiana (Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity) by the President
of Italy for promoting ties between India and Italy. In 2007, he was presented the National Law Day Award For Unique
Achievements and Leadership in the Practice of Corporate and Commercial Laws by the Honble President of India,
Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil. Titus was ranked Asia Laws leading lawyer for 8 consecutive years from 2001 to 2008
and is also ranked by Chambers & Partners, UK among the leading lawyers of the world for 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007 and 2008 in the specialist area of projects work.
INDONESIA
PARTNER PROFILES
Arisia Arundati Pusponegoro

Partner
Email: arisia@lgslaw.co.id
Arisia Arundati Pusponegoro, a Harvard LLM graduate, specializes in merger and acquisition, restructuring,
investments, capital market, and project finance. She was the leading lawyer and a key member in a team for several
major projects which won several awards including South East Asia Deal of the Year and Indonesia Deal Firm
of the Year by Asian Legal Business in Singapore. She's also an active speaker in seminars and workshops, and
regularly lectures at law schools and business schools.
Rahayu Ningsih Hoed

Partner
Tel: (62) 21 252 1272/520 0001
Fax: (62) 21 252 2750/252 2751
Email: Rahayu.Hoed@makarim.com
Rahayu Ningsih Hoed has experience in almost every aspect of legal practice from major land for infrastructure to
mining projects, from project finance for large size power plants (up to 1,320 MW in one project) and from mass
termination of employment of more 400 employees in one occasion to arbitration. Yayuk is a sworn translator and
has authored/co-authored a number of significant publications. She is Head of the Resolution of Disputes department
at the Firm. Praise for Yayuks advice from clients include: incredible, extremely well-considered advice, ensuring
that deals always involve remarkable levels of risk management, which derive from her experience as a journalist
and as a paralegal.
Mulyana
Partner
Tel: (62) 21 571 1130
Email: Mulyana@mkklaw.net
Mulyana joined MKK in 1995 and has been made a partner since May 2008. He graduated from the Faculty of Law,
Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung, in 1987 and earned an LL.M. degree from Columbia Law School in New
York City in 1994. He was appointed as a practising lawyer in 1987 by the High Court of West Java. He advises on
corporate, administrative and constitutional law issues, conflict of laws and international law, tax disputes (particularly
at the level of the Supreme Court), arbitration and alternative dispute resolutions. He previously taught International
Business Transactions at the Faculty of Law, Tarumanagara University in Jakarta. His writings have appeared in
various national and international law journals and publications.
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Ira A. Eddymurthy
Managing Partner
Tel: (62) 21 5212038
Email: iraeddymurthy@ssek.com
Ira A. Eddymurthy specializes in general corporate practice, M&A, banking and capital markets and is praised for her
active involvement in the development of Indonesian laws and the legal community. Eddymurthy is acknowledged
by Whos Who Legal as a leading lawyer in the areas of M&A, Banking and Capital Markets. She is also noted by
Chambers Asia, the International Financial Law Review and The Asia Pacific Legal 500 for her M&A expertise.
INDONESIA
PARTNER PROFILES
JAPAN
Osamu Hirakawa,
Partner
Tel: (81) 3 6888 1032
Fax: (81) 3 6888 3032
Email: osamu.hirakawa@amt-law.com
Osamu Hirakawa is a partner at Anderson Mo- ri & Tomotsune, whose practice includes general corporate matters
with an emphasis on M&A and financing transactions. He is experienced in assisting multinational companies, both
overseas and Japanese. He has assisted in a number of global offerings, including multiple U.K. prioritization offerings
and complex TOB (tender offer bid) transactions such as Vodafone's Japan Telecom acquisition and Ripplewood's
acquisition of the former Long Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB) (presently Shinsei Bank).
Kenichi Masuda
Partner
Tel: (81) 3 6888 1043
Fax: (81) 3 6888 3043
Email: kenichi.masuda@amt-law.com
Kenichi Masuda is a partner at Anderson Mo- ri & Tomotsune who has extensive experience in advising foreign clients
and is familiar with cross-border issues. In particular, he regularly advises clients on M&A of listed and unlisted
businesses, joint ventures and other cross-border investments, and corporate restructurings. His scope of experience
also includes assisting and representing venture companies in various aspects, advising venture or other private
equity funds on investments in Japanese businesses. He regularly provides legal services on employment and labor
union relations, real property transactions, intellectual property issues, general corporate matters and commercial
matters.
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JAPAN
PARTNER PROFILES
Hirohito Akagami
Partner
Tel: (81) 3 6888 1044
Fax: (81) 3 6888 3044
Email: hirohito.akagami@amt-law.com
Hirohito Akagami is a partner at Anderson Mo- ri & Tomotsune, engaged principally in the fields of financial,
corporate and commercial law, with an emphasis on securities work and M&A. Typical of such transactions are the
representation of the purchasers for a number of tender offers such as TI Group (for Japan Marine Technologies in
1998), Mannesmann (for Uchida Hydraulics in 1999), Boehringer Ingelheim (for SSP in 2000) and Solo Cup (for Sanyo
Pax in 2001). In addition, he has represented a number of issuers in their securities offerings such as Citigroup's
Samurai bond offerings in 2003.
Kazutoshi Kakuyama
Partner
Tel: (81) 3 6888 1036
Fax: (81) 3 6888 3036
Email: kazutoshi.kakuyama@amt-law.com
- ri & Tomotsune, and has general practice on behalf of domestic and
Kazutoshi Kakuyama is a partner at Anderson Mo
overseas clients, specializing in the representation of overseas companies in labor and employment law and general
corporate matters.
Hideki Thurgood Kano

Partner
Tel: (81) 3 6888 1061
Fax: (81) 3 6888 3061
Email: hidekithurgood.kano@amt-law.com
Hideki Thurgood Kano is a partner at Anderson Mo- ri & Tomotsune, and has been practicing in the area of labor
and employment and currently devotes his practice exclusively to the areas such as Collective Labor-Management,
Individual Labor-Management, Labor Insurance, Social Insurance and Pension Plans, Labor and Employment Related
Dispute Resolution and Litigation. He acts on behalf of both Japanese and non-Japanese multinational companies,
advising them on all aspects of labor and employment. Although he advises companies on ways to avert formal labor
and employment disputes, he is also an experienced labor and employment litigator, having successfully defended
many cases.
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JAPAN
PARTNER PROFILES
Yukiko Imazu
Partner
Tel: (81) 3 6888 1063
Fax: (81) 3 6888 3063
Email: yukiko.imazu@amt-law.com
Yukiko Imazu is a partner at Anderson Mo- ri & Tomotsune, and practices in the areas of labor and employment and
general corporate transactions. She acts on behalf of both Japanese and non-Japanese companies in advising
on labor and employment issues. She is also an experienced labor and employment litigator, having successfully
defended many cases.
Masaakira Kitazawa
Partner
Tel:
(81) 3 6888 1034
Fax: (81) 3 6888 3034
Email: masaakira.kitazawa@amt-law.com
Masaakira Kitazawa is a partner at Anderson Mo- ri & Tomotsune, and specializes in the banking, securities and
commercial fields for foreign and domestic clients. He has worked on financial regulatory matters, including corporate
governance and compliance, and financial transactional matters, including acquisition and restructuring of corporate
group entities as well as M&A transactions for domestic and foreign companies. He is also involved in private equity
investment and securitization matters. He was also involved in many IPO's and public offerings as well as listings on
the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Isao Shindo
Partner
Tel: (81) 3 6888 1038
Fax: (81) 3 6888 3038
Email: isao.shindo@amt-law.com
- ri & Tomotsune, who has been involved principally in the fields of banking,
Isao Shindo is a partner at Anderson Mo
securities, asset management and insurance, as well as M&A projects involving insurance companies and financial
institutions. He has long experience representing a large number of Japanese and foreign financial firms with respect
to various aspects of their businesses in Japan, including regulatory issues. He is a pioneer in the area of advising
financial institutions regarding global multi-currency loan facilities. He has also acted as the Japan counsel in relation
to the merger of major global financial companies.
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JAPAN
PARTNER PROFILES
Kunihiko Morishita
Partner
Tel: (81) 3 6888 1040
Fax: (81) 3 6888 3040
Email: kunihiko.morishita@amt-law.com
- ri & Tomotsune, and has primarily worked in the fields of domestic and
Kunihiko Morishita is a partner at Anderson Mo
international securities and finance matters. He is well experienced in representing financial institutions before the
regulatory authorities such as the Financial Services Agency. He regularly advises a number of multinational financial
institutions, located inside and outside of Japan, in relation to financial regulatory issues in the field of banking,
securities, trust and asset management. He is also highly experienced in insurance matters and has worked as primary
counsel on complex matters such as demutualization and other restructuring of insurance companies.
Hiroo Atsumi
Founding partner
Tel:
Fax:
(81) 0 3 5501 2111

(81) 0 3 5501 2211
Hiroo Atsumi is the founding partner of Atsumi & Sakai (formerly Atsumi & Partners), a multi-award-winning full
service independent Tokyo law firm. He has extensive experience in banking, capital markets and structured/asset
finance, and has represented most major Japanese financial institutions, and many major international investment
banks on high value and complex banking and finance transactions. Atsumi has been frequently recognised by legal
and financial commentators as one of Japans leading finance lawyers. Under his leadership, the firm has built a
reputation for innovative and strategic thinking.
Hideyuki Sakai
Managing Partner
Tel: (81) 3 6721 3111
Fax: (81) 3 6721 3112
Email: hideyuki.sakai@bingham.com
Hideyuki Sakai is managing partner of the Tokyo office and one of Japans leading authorities on insolvency,
financial restructuring and other complex matters for global financial institutions and investors. His practice
includes international M&A, licensing and joint venture agreements, establishment of operations for foreign entities
and financial institutions, complex commercial litigation, workouts, bankruptcy, and other proceedings involving
international insolvency procedures. Sakai earned his Master of Laws from Duke University School of Law and a
degree at The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws
from the University of Tokyo.
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Muthanna Abdullah
Managing Partner
Tel:
(603) 2165 8559
Fax: (603) 2161 3933
Email: ma@lh-ag.com
Muthanna Abdullah is the Managing Partner of Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill. He graduated from the University
of Buckingham, England, and is a Barrister of the Middle Temple and enrolled as an advocate and solicitor of the
High Court of Malaya in 1984. Prior to his appointment as Managing Partner, Muthannas main areas of practice were
general corporate law and advising private clients how to preserve and transmit their family assets and wealth.
Muthanna is a director of Sapura Resources Berhad. He also serves on the committees of the Malaysian
Biotechnology Industry Organization, the Swiss Malaysian Business Association, and the British Malaysian Chamber
of Commerces committee for Government.
Wong Sai Fong

Managing Partner, Co-Head of
Intellectual Property Practice Group
Wong Sai Fong is the Managing Partner of Shearn Delamore & Co. in Kuala, Lumpur, Malaysia. He was called to the
Malaysian Bar in 1980. Wong Sai Fong has been a member of the Intellectual Property Practice Group since 1980.
He practices exclusively in the field of intellectual property, such as counterfeiting trademarks - copyright, industrial
designs, patents, confidential information and trade secrets and is an experienced litigator in all fields of intellectual
property matters, franchising, sports and entertainment law. Apart from advisory work, he is essentially a litigator and
frequently appears as Senior Counsel in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Federal Court.
Mr. Tay Beng Chai

Managing Partner
Tel:
Tel:
Fax:
Email:
(603) 2050 1881 (Direct)

(603) 2050 1888
(603) 2031 8618
bengchai.tay@taypartners.com.my
Tay Beng Chai is responsible for the management of the firm and, concurrently, he heads the Corporate & Commercial
team. Tay graduated from the National University of Singapore with a degree of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B Hons) (Second
Upper) in 1985. He was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor to the Singapore Bar in 1986 and as an Advocate and
Solicitor to the Malaysian Bar in 1989. He is a member of the Investment & International Trade Committee of the
Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is also a member of the GATS Committee and the
Corporate and Commercial Committee of the Malaysian Bar Council.
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M A L AY S I A
PARTNER PROFILES
M A L AY S I A
PARTNER PROFILES
Adeline Wong
Managing Partner
Tel: (603) 2298 7888
Fax: (603) 2282 2669
Email: kl.info@wongpartners.com
Adeline Wong is the Firm's Managing Partner and heads the Tax, International Trade, Customs and Compliance Practice
Groups. She has over 20 years of experience advising multinationals in various industries on tax, mergers & acquisitions
and general corporate and commercial matters. Adeline is recognised as a leading tax lawyer in Malaysia.
Her practice focuses on tax planning and tax advisory for local, regional and cross-border corporate exercises
including joint ventures, establishing of new operations, mergers & acquisitions and restructuring. Adeline also advises
on all aspects of tax disputes and controversies, transfer pricing, tariff and customs, foreign trade and the WTO.
PHILIPPINES
Rafael A. Morales
Managing Partner
Tel:
(632) 982-3500/982-3600/982-3700
Fax: (632) 817-3145/817-3896
Email: ramorales@syciplaw.com
Rafael A. Morales is the Managing Partner of SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan. Morales joined SyCipLaw in
1975. Until his election as Managing Partner in 2009, he was the head of the firms Banking, Finance and Securities
department. He is cited in Euromoney Legal Media Groups Guide to the Worlds Leading Banking Laywers. Morales
is also a Professorial Lecturer at the University of the Philippines College of Law and has authored several books and
articles on Philippine banking and securities law. In 2009, he served as President of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association.
Morales was a foreign attorney with Rosenman Colin Freund Lewis & Cohen in New York (1978-1979), and later at
Anderson Mori & Rabinowitz in Tokyo (1984-1986). He was also a Visiting Professor at the School of Law, La Trobe
University (2007, Melbourne).
SINGAPORE
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Lucien Wong
Managing Partner
Tel: (65) 6890 7702
Fax: (65) 6302 3202
Email: lucien.wong@allenandgledhill.com
Lucien Wong is the Managing Partner of Allen & Gledhill LLP. He is widely acknowledged as a leading lawyer in
banking, finance and mergers and acquisitions in several leading publications, including Chambers, The Asia Pacific
Legal 500 and IFLR 1000, and is named as one of Asias top 25 M&A lawyers by Asian Legal Business (Issue 9.9). Wong
has sat on several law review committees in Singapore and has contributed to the review and reform of Singapore
company and securities law. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Monetary Authority of Singapore,
and is the Chairman of The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. Wong is also a member of the Board of Trustees
for the National University of Singapore and sits on the Board of Directors of Cerebos Pacific Limited, Hap Seng
Plantations Holdings Berhad, Singapore Airlines Ltd and Singapore Press Holdings.
Tan Chong Huat

Managing Partner
Head, Corporate and Securities Laws
Tel: (65) 6238 3007
Fax: (65) 6534 4892
Email: tanchonghuat@khattarwong.com
Tan Chong Huat is the Managing Partner of KhattarWong and the Head of its Corporate and Securities Laws
Department. He has extensive experience in corporate, banking and project finance law in Singapore and the region,
and acted in numerous significant corporate transactions. He was also named a leading practitioner in many reputable
professional publications, including Asia Pacific Legal 500 and AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers. He sits on the board of four
listed companies and is an non executive chairman and deputy chairman of Ramba Energy Ltd and C20 Holdings Ltd
respectively. Recently he has been appointed to the Corporate Governance Council set up by the Monetary Authority
of Singapore.
SINGAPORE
PARTNER PROFILES
Partner
Tel: (82 2) 6207 6800
Fax: (82 2) 6207 6801
Email: tycho@cholaw.com
Tae-Yeon Cho began his legal career focusing on intellectual property law at a time when the concept of intellectual
property was in its infancy in Korea. As a result, he is considered to be among the most knowledgeable and
experienced lawyers in the area of IP in Korea. Cho is also recognized in Korea as a distinguished trial lawyer, having
served as lead counsel for a number of significant cases involving intellectual property issues, as well as commercial
subjects. Cho serves as an executive member of Koreas Internet Address Dispute Resolution Committee. He has
been recognized by Asia Law & Practice as one of Asias leading business lawyers in the area of IP. Cho was also
recognized as a Leading Individual in the area of IP by the Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2001-2010, and also as a Highly
Recommended attorney for IP in Korea by PLC, 2005-2010.
Ik-Hyun Seo
Cho & Partners
Partner
Tel: (82 2) 6207 6800
Fax: (82 2) 6207 6801
Email: ihseo@cholaw.com
Ik-Hyun Seo is experienced in both U.S. and Korean intellectual property litigation and prosecution matters, and
represents a broad range of clients, from high-tech companies to luxury and fashion companies. His detailed knowledge
of the similarities as well as differences between these two jurisdictions has been a valuable asset when advising foreign
clients on effective IP management and enforcement strategies in Korea. Seo is recognized as a Leading Individual
in the area of IP by the Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2001-2010), a Leading Lawyer by Asia Law & Practice (2004-2010), and
a Highly Recommended attorney for IP by PLC (2005-2010). Seo is a member of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation
Centers Domain Name Panel, and also serves on the editorial board of Managing Intellectual Property. Seo also serves
as the regional counsel for a number of multi-national clients with intellectual property programs in Asia.
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SOUTH
Tae-Yeon Cho
Cho & Partners
KOERA
KOREA
PARTNER PROFILES
Yong Deuk Ahn

Managing Partner
SOUTH
Tel: (82) 2 2262-6227

Fax: (82) 2 2279-5020
Email: ydahn@leeinternational.com
Former Supreme Court Justice Yong-Deuk Ahn is a managing partner of Lee International IP & Law Group. Ahn
specializes in litigation and alternative dispute resolution related to criminal, civil, administrative and insurance
matters. Ahn is widely recognized as a leading litigator having won numerous high profile cases in the areas of foreign
investment, white collar crime, and product liability. Prior to joining Lee International IP & Law Group, Ahn served as
the Chairman of the Korea Press Ethics Commission, Commissioner of the National Court Administration, Justice of
the Korean Supreme Court, and Chief Judge of the Busan and Daegu High Courts.
TAIWAN
C. F. Tsai
Founding Partner
Tel:
Fax:
Email:
(886) 2 2585 6688 X 200

(886) 2 2598 9900
cft@deepnfar.com.tw
C.F. Tsai is founding partner of Deep & Far. He is active in all phases of legal services, with a special focus on
Intellectual Property. With an LLB & LLM, he is a Bachelor in marine engineering, and was the first patent attorney
in Taiwan to attain a technological degree and a law degree and be qualified as a local attorney-at-law at the same time.
Tsai is a member of INTA, AIPLA, APAA. Copies of articles written by Tsai can be found at:
http://www.deepnfar.com.tw/english/newsletters.htm
THAILAND
NATEE INTERNATIONAL
Natee Thongdee
LAW OFFICE LTD.
Managing Director
Tel:
(66) 2 655 5425
Fax: (66) 2 253 6994
Email: nilo@ksc.th.com
Natee Thongdee was admitted to the Thai bar in 1972, and graduated with a law degree from Chulalongkorn University
(LL.B., 1969); the Institute of Legal Education, Thai Bar Association (Barrister-at-Law, 1970); and Temple University,
USA (LL.M., 1980). Fluent in both Thai and English, he is practicing the following areas: Foreign Business Law, the
Amity Treaty, Corporate and Commercial, Telecommunications, Real Estate, M&A, Work Permit & Visa Matters,
Taxation, Construction, Bankruptcy, International Trade, Arbitration and Litigation. Natee was Lecturer and Assistant
Professor at Chulalongkorn University and taught Corporations and Contracts, 1977-1987, and has been recognised
by AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers as a prominent general corporate lawyer from 2005 to 2010.
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Phisud Dejakaisaya
Managing Partner
Tel:
(66) 2 646 1888
Fax: (66) 2 646 1919
Email: phisud@siamlaw.co.th
Phisud is one of the founding members of Siam Premier and is recognized in the Thai legal world as being an
expert in the field of banking and finance and investment. He is particularly skilled in advising on legal matters in a
governmental, regulatory and institutional context.
His expertise at negotiating the complexities of Thai law and government bureaucracy means that he is always
in demand by those wishing to bid for state projects or seeking assistance in gaining government licensing. Once his
clients projects have gained approval Phisud is instrumental in helping them establish their operations in Thailand.
THAILAND
PARTNER PROFILES
Tuan Nguyen
Managing Partner
Tel: (844) 39332129
Fax: (844) 39332130
Email: tuan.na@bizconsult-vietnam.com
UAE
Tuan Nguyen is the Managing Partner and the Head of bizconsult law LLCs Intellectual Property & Franchise Group.
He has been practicing law since 1988, representing and advising considerable number of foreign and Vietnamese
investors on incorporation and operation of companies, mergers and acquisitions, real estate and construction,
banking and financial transactions, business contracts and contractual negotiations, employment, construction,
intellectual property and franchise.
Tuan Nguyen is admitted to Hanoi Bar Association. He is member to New York State Bar Association (NYSBA),
International Bar Association (IBA), Anti-Counterfeiting Committee of International Trademark Association (INTA) and
Anti-Counterfeiting Committee of Asian Patent Attorneys Associations (APAA).
Husam Hourani
Managing Partner & Head of Banking & Finance
Tel:
Email:
VIETNAM
971 (0) 4 364 1641

h.hourani@tamimi.com
As head of the firm's Banking & Finance practice, Husam is part of the team who regularly provide legal advice to clients
such as HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered, Julius Baer, Bank Sarasin, Lloyds TSB Bank, Dubai
Islamic Bank, First Gulf Bank, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, to name a few. Moreover, Husam
and the team can be credited for transactions including advice on almost all of the IPOs that took place in the UAE from
2006 - 2009; assisting in setting up several Islamic banks including Al Hilal Bank, Ajman Bank, Noor Islamic Bank, Tamweel
and the conversion of Dubai Bank; assisting the DIFC and Nasdaq Dubai in drafting the laws and regulations required
for allowing UAE incorporated entities to list on Nasdaq Dubai and the IPOs of Depa and Damas using this structure;
and undertaking a majority of the recovery work in Dubai having obtained numerous judgments on the enforcement of
conventional and Islamic finance documents (most the first of their kind).
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