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HomeCounsel of the Year AwardsThe In-House Community hosts its inaugural Counsels of the Year Awards Ceremony

The In-House Community hosts its inaugural Counsels of the Year Awards Ceremony


On May 26, 2016, the In-House Community hosted its inaugural regional Counsel of the Year Awards Ceremony at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Happy Valley Clubhouse. The ceremony brought together the cream of the legal industry from across Asia and the Middle East and recognised achievement across a range of categories, assessing counsel in the areas of dedication, innovation, efficiency and value, integration, encouragement and improvement and corporate social responsibility and diversity.We were truly honoured to receive over 50 nominations for in-house team of the year and know that their contributions will continue to be valued. Revealed below, we congratulated numerous lawyers and teams in a variety of industries for their sterling work over the past 12 months. Teams from all across the Middle East and Asia congregated at this full-capacity event which hosted 150 members of the region’s top legal talent.The overall winning In-House Team and In-House Counsel awards were judged by a hand-picked panel which included Stephen Maloy, Former GC and Senior Counsel at General Electric (GE) Asia Pacific, Sue Lynn Koo, former Head of Legal, Compliance and Secretariat for DBS Group, David Miles, Chair of Asia Community Venture and Former Chair of Asia Latham & Watkins and Kirsty Dougan, Head of Asia for Axiom and Former Senior Regional Counsel for Diageo.The evening also demonstrated the generosity of the In-House Community and our external lawyer friends by raising HK$74,000 for the optical charity Lifeline Express. Nellie Fong, the founder of Lifeline Express told us that each eye operation in rural China costs HK$2,000 so the evening also brought the gift of sight to 37 people in rural China.Commenting on the awards, Patrick Dransfield, Co-Director of In-House Community said “We are delighted to announce these awards and extend our congratulations to the winners, who are together ensuring the legal industry continues to develop and evolve for the benefit of businesses in Asia. While winning is obviously important, the true purpose of the awards is to help forge a benchmark of best practice and celebrate the vital contribution that in-house legal departments make to our industry and our region.”Tim Gilkison, founder and Managing Director of In-House Community stated “It is our intention that the annual In-House Community Counsel awards will have a wider significance and send ripples out into the companies you work for by providing a benchmark for in-house counsel performance that can be understood so that the work and valuable contribution of in-house counsel departments can be appreciated not just by your colleagues but also by society at large. So we hope to see many of you next year, too!”We at the In-House Community would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of our winners and thank everyone who attended for their support on what was a terrific event. Please note that a more in-depth write up of the awards will be in the upcoming edition of ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL.

A full list of the winners follows:

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Our In-House Community Commended External Counsel are (alphabetically):

Australia
David Friedlander, King & Wood Mallesons
Odette Gourley, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Paul Deschamps, HWL Ebsworth
Rehana Box, Ashurst

China
Chen Yang, Sidley Austin
David Yu, Llinks Law Offices
Fang Jian, Linklaters
Fran Ye, Young-Ben Law Firm.
Guan Feng, King & Wood Mallesons
Jack Wang, King & Wood Mallesons
Jonathan Zhou, Fangda Partners
Ken Dai, Dentons (Dacheng Law Offices)
Lucy Lu, King & Wood Mallesons
Meg Utterbeck, King & Wood Mallesons
Michael Han, Fangda Partners
Prof. Liu, Xiaohai, Grandall
Susan Ning, King & Wood Mallesons
Yongmei Cai, Simmons & Simmons
Yusheng Shi, King & Wood Mallesons
Zou, Weining, Jun He Law Offices

Hong Kong
Bonnie Chan, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Catherine Chong, Wilkinson & Grist
Fiona Loughrey, Simmons & Simmons
Frank Sun, Kirkland & Ellis
Gerhard Radtke, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Jonathan Midgley, Haldanes
KK Cheung, Deacons
Mark Shipman, Clifford Chance
Martin C.W. Tam, Baker and Mckenzie
Minny Siu. King & Wood Mallesons
Nigel Stamp, Eversheds
Richard McKeown, Simmons & Simmons
Sarah Berkeley, Simmons & Simmons

India
Harish Salve, Blackstone Chambers
Sajai Singh, J.Sagar Associates

Indonesia
Dr Mohamed Idwan (Kiki) Ganie, Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo
Indri P. Guritno, Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners

Japan
Catherine E. Palmer, Latham & Watkins
Chris Hodgens, Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)
John Roebuck, Jones Day
Peter Godwin, Herbert Smith Freehills
Piyasena Perera, Hunton & Williams
Takahiro Kobayashi, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Tomoo Nishikawa, Sidley Austin Nishikawa Foreign Law Joint Enterprise
Yoshihiko Fuchibe, TMI Associates

Malaysia
Chew Phye Keat, Raja Darryl & Loh
Christopher Lee, Christopher & Lee Ong in association with Rajah & Tann
Foo Joon Liang, Gan Partnership
Pauline Khor, Rahmat Lim & Partners
Rabindra Nathan, Shearn Delamore
Samuel Hong, Kadir Andri & Partners
Saravana Kumar, Lee Hishamudin Allen & Gledhill
Siva Kumar, Skrine
Tan Kong Yam, Kadir Andri & Partners

Philippines
Alexander J. Poblador, Poblador Bautista & Reyes
Francis Lim. ACCRALAW
Gwen Grecia-de Vera, PJS Law
Rafael A. Morales, Morales Justiniano Peña & LumaguiSingapore
Cheng Yoke Ping, Rajah & Tann
Davinder Singh, Drew & Napier
John D. MacKay, Latham & Watkins
Kala Anandarajah, Rajah & Tann
Kelvyn Oo, Pinsent Masons
Kent Phillips, Berwin Leighton Paisner
Low Kah Keong, WongPartnership
Mark Cheng, Rajah & Tann
Ng Eng Leng, Rodyk & Davidson
Prawiro Widjaja, Allen & Gledhill
Sandy Foo, Drew & Napier
Sean Prior, AshurstSouth Korea
Bumkyu Sung, Kim & Chang
Hong Jun An, Lee & Ko
Jae Ho Baek, Kim & Chang
Jihyun Kim, Kim & Chang
Jin Young Chung, Kim & Chang
Lewis McDonald, Herbert Smith Freehills
Sae Youn Kim, Yulchon
Soo Man Park, Kim & Chang
Stephen Le Vesconte, Linklaters

Taiwan
James Huang, Lee & Li

Thailand
Khemajit Choomwattana, LS Horizon
Sui Lin Teoh, Rajah & Tann
Chaiporn Supvoranid, Baker & McKenzie
James Lawden, Weerawong, Chinnavat & Peangpanor

Vietnam
Dang The Duc, Indochine Counsel
Nguyen Huu Minh, Nhut, Russin & Vecchi
Quynh, Pham Si Hai, VILAF
Tran Anh Duc, Allen & Overy

United Arab Emirates
Chris Gunson, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Chris Lester, Latham & Watkins
Christian Saunders, Allen & Overy
Daniel J. Greenwald, III, Chadbourne & Parke
David Martin, Linklaters
Debbie Walker, Clifford Chance
Helen Tapadar Hangari, DLA Piper
Khalid Garousha, Allen & Overy
Rebecca Ford, Clyde & Co
Richard Davies, Berwin Leighton Paisner
Sara Khoja, Clyde & Co
Simon Topping, Dentons
Stuart Ure, Clifford Chance

United Kingdom
Nicky Androsov, gunnercooke and ComIt Legal