In-House Congress Singapore 2018

In Singapore, the city’s 19th In-House Congress got off to a start with an India update by Mohit Saraf, senior partner of L&L Partners, followed by a panel on in-house lawyering and the relationship between cost, quality and value moderated once again by Apostolou, with participation from Nawal Ismail, general counsel of HelloGold; Lynette Lim, assistant general counsel for Asia Pacific at Hilton Worldwide; Valerie Velasco, head of legal for APAC at NetApp; Navrita Kaur, group general counsel, Omesti; Sarah Chung, lead counsel Asean for Syngenta; Ai-Leen Lim, chief executive and principal

counsel at AWA Asia; and Sze-Hui Goh, partner of Eversheds Harry Elias. The panel also discussed women in law, with a focus on mentorship and meaningful careers.

The rest of the day featured a series of workshops covering investment opportunities and issues in the Philippines with ACCRALAW; global anti-corruption enforcement with Debevoise & Plimpton; third-party dispute finance for corporates with IMF Bentham; creating an efficient in-house legal department with Axiom; Vietnam’s new penal code with Russin & Vecchi; the legal team of the future with Eversheds Sutherland and Eversheds Harry Elias; planning and executing M&A transactions across Southeast Asia

with RHTLaw Taylor Wessing.

Thanks to all the presenters who contributed to a successful event, and to sponsors Hughes-Castell, LEX Africa, Major, Lindsey & Africa and Taylor Root.