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Ms. Koh Swee Yen is a partner in the Commercial and Corporate Disputes and International Arbitration Practices at WongPartnership LLP. She has an active practice as counsel, with a particular focus on complex, high-value and cross-border disputes across a wide spectrum of matters from commercial, energy, international sales, trade to investment.
Ms. May Tai specialises in cross-border China-related and Asian disputes, as well as contentious regulatory matters. She regularly advises governments, government-owned entities and commercial clients (including financial institutions and energy companies) in Asia, Europe and the United States, including acting as counsel and advocate in arbitrations under various rules and court proceedings.
Mr. Daniel Kalderimis leads Chapman Tripp’s international law team, representing clients on a wide-range of cross-border legal issues.
Mr. Abhinav Bhushan, as Director for South Asia of the ICC Arbitration and ADR International Court of Arbitration, ICC, focuses on helping companies, investors, and attorneys in the region understand how they can efficiently resolve international commercial disputes by raising their awareness on the ICC's Dispute Resolution Services and its commitment to international arbitration, the procedure, and thought leadership.
Justice Kamal Kumar has been serving as Fiji's Acting Chief Justice since 8 April 2019.
Michael Whitten QC is the current Lord Chief Justice of the Kingdom of Tonga. Prior to his Honour’s appointment in mid-2019, he was a member of the Victorian Bar and Chancery Chambers in Melbourne, Victoria.
His Honour Justice Jeffery Shepherd holds degrees in law and anthropology from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is admitted to practice in the High Court of New Zealand, the Supreme Court of New South Wales, and the Superior Courts of Papua New Guinea.
Justice Jawad Hassan is a judge of the Lahore High Court (Pakistan). He is an expert on public and private international law.
In his opening remarks, Mr. Thomas Clark, general counsel of ADB, highlighted the significance of this conference in convening key government officials, policy makers, judges, lawyers, private sector, development partners, and international arbitration experts to talk about ways to lift barriers to foreign direct investment (FDI) and international trade in the South Pacific region and Timor-Leste. He discussed ADB’s projects across the Pacific and its Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI), which aims to reduce constraints to doing business and spur private sector growth in the region. ADB, through the Office of the General Counsel, also manages a Law and Policy Reform (LPR) Program to modernize legal systems and thereby encourage investment, trade, and commercial activity as well as build the capacity of judicial and legal institutions. Mr. Clark then emphasized that one fundamental reform that the LPR Program is facilitating in the South Pacific region and Timor-Leste is the establishment of an international arbitration legal framework before mentioning the positive developments that have occurred to date.
Mr. Thomas M. Clark is ADB's General Counsel, and is responsible for driving legal strategy and engagement on public policy reforms to support ADB’s mission of achieving a sustainable, prosperous, inclusive and resilient Asia-Pacific region.