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Executive
Profile
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Vice President
Mr Shyam Divan
Senior Advocate | Supreme Court of India (INDIA)
Shyam Divan is a senior advocate who practices before the Supreme Court of India. His areas of practice cover most branches of civil litigation including banking, securities law, arbitration, administrative law and environmental law.
He appears for citizens’ groups in environmental cases and assisted the Supreme Court as amicus curiae in the Bellary case involving…
Executive
Profile
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ExCo Member
Ms Chisako Takaya
Partner | Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (JAPAN)
Chisako Takaya is a partner with Mori, Hamada & Matsumoto and practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, labour law and general corporate law. She has an LL.B from the University of Tokyo, an LL.M from Cornell Law School and is admitted to practice in Japan and New York.
After graduating from Cornell Law School, Chisako was with Arthur Loke Bernard Rada…
Executive
Profile
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ExCo Member
Mr Isomi Suzuki
Managing Partner | Koga & Partners (JAPAN)
Mr Isomi Suzuki was President of LAWASIA from 2013 to 2015, after serving as an ExCo member and Vice President since 2008. Mr Suzuki remains an active member of the LAWASIA Executive Committee and has been reappointed for the 2017-2018 year.
He is Managing Partner at Koga & Partners law firm in Tokyo.
Among other things, he has served as a…
Executive
Profile
khewson
ExCo Member
Mr Eric Eunyong Yang
Partner | Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (SOUTH KOREA)
Mr Eric Yang is a partner in the corporate, mergers and acquisitions practice group of leading Korean law firm Bae, Kim & Lee LLC and leads the firm’s Southeast Asia Practice.
Mr Yang received his Bachelor of Law degree from Korea University College of Law in 1993 and his Master of Law degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2004 and is a…
Executive
Profile
khewson
Vice President
Mr Steven Thiru
Managing Partner | Messrs Steven Thiru & Sudhar Partnership (MALAYSIA)
Steven Thiru is the Managing Partner of Messrs Steven Thiru & Sudhar Partnership in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is a senior litigation lawyer and has been in practice for 27 years. His main areas of practice are General Litigation, Constitutional & Administrative Law, Corporate Law, Employment Law, Energy Law, and Native Title Law…
Executive
Profile
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ExCo Member
Mr Edgar Tarriela
Managing Partner | Tarriela Tagao Ona (PHILIPPINES)
Ed has been an active member of LAWASIA since 1983 and currently serves the LAWASIA Council as Alternate Councillor for the Philippines. He is a Life Member of LAWASIA and has participated in Council Meetings since 2000. Recently, Mr Tarriela was elected President of LAWASIA Philippines, Inc., an organisation primarily organised to serve LAWASIA in collaboration…
32nd LAWASIA
Conference 2019
5-8 November 2019 | HONG KONG SAR
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32nd LAWASIA Conference 2019
Harmonisation through Synergy
The Annual Conference is LAWASIA’s flagship event and the highlight of its professional events program. A platform for the convergence of bar leaders, jurists, professional organisations and individual lawyers from across the Asia Pacific. It serves as an important forum for sharing ideas, building professional networks, reinforcing shared…
Risk Management
& PII Conference
31 May - 1 June 2019 | HONG KONG SAR
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LAWASIA Risk Management & Professional Indemnity Insurance 2019
LAWASIA is pleased to invite the participation of legal professionals at the LAWASIA Risk Management & Professional Indemnity Insurance Conference 2019, taking place at HKUST Business School Central, Hong Kong SAR, from Friday 31st to Saturday 1st of June 2019.
This 2 day conference will offer a topical, practical and…
Executive
Profile
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ExCo Member
Mr Upul Jayasuriya
Attorney at Law (SRI LANKA)
Upul Jayasuriya joined the Attorney General’s Department as a State Counsel in 1978 and was appointed as the First Legal Advisor of the Greater Colombo Economic Commission in the same year (presently he Chairs the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka, the premier institution promoting FDIs in to Sri Lanka).
In 1982 he was appointed Chairman of Sri Lanka State Trading Tractor Corporation…
LAWASIA Constitutional
and Rule of Law Conference
Penang, Malaysia | 23-24 August 2019
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LAWASIA Constitutional and Rule of Law Conference
Constitutional Government: The Importance of Constitutional Structures & Institutions
Set in Penang, a city fondly regarded as the food capital of Malaysia and famous for its soft sandy beaches and exceptional art scene, this is an event not to be missed.
LAWASIA's Constitutional and Rule of Law Committee will present…