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LAWASIA Monthly
e-Newsletter
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Keeping Members in the Loop
The LAWASIA Monthly e-Newsletter is a digital publication that is released to LAWASIA members on a monthly basis.
The LAWASIA Secretariat accepts submissions to its e-Newsletter on topics of interest to the regional legal profession. If you are interested in making a submission, please contact the LAWASIA Secretariat via email or by phone on +61 2 9926 0165.
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The April 2021 issue of The LAWASIA Monthly e-…
LAWASIA
Journal
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The Region's Leading Legal Scholars
The LAWASIA Journal is a leading international, peer-reviewed journal with high circulation in the Asia Pacific region. It is one of the few regional journals to be included in the Society of Legal Scholars list of recommended journals for UK law libraries.
The Journal is published under the General Editorship of the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland. The…
Celebrating
50 Years
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LAWASIA: Celebrating 50 Years (1966-2016)
Published to coincide with LAWASIA’s Golden Jubilee, this commemorative book features 80 pages of rare archival photographs, alongside a comprehensive commentary on the accomplishments of LAWASIA and its members over the past 50 years.
Following LAWASIA from its conception in 1966 through to the 29th LAWASIA Conference held in August 2016, this retrospective serves as a tribute to notable members as well as a record…
Executive
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Current LAWASIA President
Mr Chunghwan Choi
Senior Partner | Lee & Ko (SOUTH KOREA)
Chunghwan Choi is a senior partner and Co-Head of International Practice Group at Lee & Ko in Seoul, Korea and has expertise in areas including IP & IT, media and entertainment. Throughout his professional career, Mr. Choi has worked on a wide variety of M&A transactions, complex cross-border transactions, franchise, intellectual property deals…
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Mr Prashant Kumar
Director | KPA Legal (INDIA)
Prashant Kumar was President of LAWASIA from 2015-2017. A policy economist turned lawyer, Mr Prashant Kumar specialises in constitutional law, commercial and civil matters, arbitration and intellectual property, as well as matters relating to information technology law, infrastructure agreements, public-private partnerships and anti-dumping laws.
Mr Kumar's law firm seconded three domain consultants…
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Vice President
Mr Justin Dowd, AM
Partner | Watts McCray (AUSTRALIA)
Justin Dowd was President of the Law Society of New South Wales in 2012. He has served on many Law Society Committees including Family Issues (Co-Chair 2007-2011), Dispute Resolution and Professional Conduct. He was also Chair of the Law Society Family Law Specialist Accreditation Committee for many years.
Since 1995 Justin has been a partner at Watts McCray, a specialist…
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President Elect
Ms Melissa K Pang, MH, JP
President | The Law Society of Hong Kong (HONG KONG SAR)
Ms Melissa K Pang is the President of the Law Society of Hong Kong and she has been serving as a Law Society Council member since 2005. Ms Pang currently serves as the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Policy and Resources, Consents Committee and Pro Bono and Community Work Recognition Committee. She is also a member of several other…
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ExCo Member
Mr Yap Teong Liang
Director | T L Yap Law Chambers LLC (SINGAPORE)
Yap Teong Liang was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple) in 1991 and admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in June 1992.
After being admitted to the Singapore Bar, he joined a well-known law firm where he became a partner and headed the matrimonial department in that firm from January 1996 to May 1997 when he…
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ExCo Member
Dr Gordon Hughes, AM
Director | Davies Collison Cave Law (AUSTRALIA)
Dr Gordon Hughes was President of LAWASIA from 2001 – 2003. A Melbourne-based legal practitioner, he previously served as President of the Law Council of Australia from 1999 – 2000. Dr Hughes has been a member of the LAWASIA ExCo for 20 years, first as an elected member between 1997 and 2012, and since then as a special appointee.
Dr Hughes chaired…
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ExCo Member
Mr Yin Baohu
Director General | China Legal Exchange Center (CHINA)
Yin Baohu currently serves as Director General of China Legal Exchange Center. He is also the Secretary General of the Law Association for Relations across the Taiwan Straits and a part-time research fellow at Law School of Tsinghua University.
Mr Yin has Personal academic research fields and concerns include jurisprudence, international human rights law and law for…