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Date: Tue 20 Aug 2024 Time: 12.00pm-7.00pm Venue: Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Legal 500 is delighted to formally announce the fourth edition of GC Summit Malaysia, taking place on 20th August 2024 at the Mandarin Oriental in Kuala Lumpur.
Join leading practitioners and esteemed in-house counsel for comprehensive panel discussions, presentations, and networking opportunities.

The Legal 500’s GC Summit Malaysia will provide practical insights into the evolving role of in-house counsel and the challenges that in-house legal departments are set to face in 2024 and beyond.

In association with our partners for this event, the Summit will include a series of sessions covering a variety of cutting edge and up to date topics for discussion, such as:

  • Creating an ESG Roadmap: Reporting & disclosure obligations – How ready is your company?
  • Incorporating AI in Organizations: Navigating legal landmines and strategies for GCs and departments
  • Managing complex cross-border disputes
  • Opportunity in complexity and volatility – getting deals done in Malaysia
  • Building an effective governance programme
  • Preparing for and responding to an ever-changing employment landscapeDrawing on the vast experience of our highly accomplished speakers, this event will provide practical, hands-on advice to all in-house counsel.
    It is a must-attend event for any in-house lawyers in Malaysia looking to reach the next level of their professional development, network with peers and share best-practice.

Agenda

12.00pm – 1.00pm Registration and Welcome Lunch

1.00pm – 1.15pm Welcome address and keynote address

1.15pm – 2.05pm Incorporating AI in Organizations: Navigating Legal landmines and Strategies for GCs and Departments.

Join us for an insightful panel discussion which will delve into the intersection of artificial intelligence and organizational dynamics, with a specific focus on the legal considerations and strategic approaches for General Counsels and their legal departments. Gain valuable insights from industry experts and legal professionals as they share their perspectives on harnessing the power of AI, amid a rapidly evolving landscape.

  • Ong Johnson, partner, HHQ
  • Lo Khai Yi, partner, HHQ

2.05pm – 2.35pm Fireside Chat

2.35pm – 3.25pm Bricks to Bytes: Managing tech and legal risks

This panel session will bring together leading in-house and private practice practitioners to discuss the role in-house departments play in managing, mitigating and overcoming potential risks. Speakers will also cover consumer protection; KYC requirements, and tech as a legal and compliance tool.

  • Robin Teow, managing partner, Robin Lynn & Lee, in collaboration with DFDL
  • Hui Lynn Tan, partner, Robin Lynn & Lee, in collaboration with DFDL

3.25pm – 3.40pm Coffee Break

3.40pm – 4.30pm The Changing Face of M&A

This session focuses on how the patterns of completing mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are beginning to change around the world. The topics to be discussed include the challenges of inflation and increasing interest rates as well as the added difficulties in obtaining external financing. The impact of megatrends such as international tensions, the global energy crisis, supply related challenges and increased focus on ESG will also be covered.

  • Tan Shi Wen, partner, Skrine

4.30pm – 5.00pm Fireside Chat

5.00pm – 5.50pm The in-house perspective and changing role of in-house counsel

Leveraging its network of top general counsel in Malaysia, this highly practical panel session will provide insights into key challenges, developments, and strategies shaping the role of in-house lawyers in the country.

5.50pm – 6.00pm Closing remarks

  • Joe Boswell, global editor – Powerlist Series, Legal 500

6.00pm Drinks and canapes

Speakers

Ong Johnson, Partner, HHQ

Ong Johnson heads the Technology Group, concentrating his expertise on high-stakes and complex litigation and transactional cases spanning Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT), Intellectual Property (IP), Privacy, Fintech, and Digital Transformation Infrastructure and Projects.
Ong Johnson is distinguished by an exceptional wealth of experience, adeptly navigating high-profile roles advising directors, board members, C-suite executives, and senior management within public-listed companies and conglomerates. His extensive professional repertoire extends beyond corporate spheres, involving regular interactions with government representatives, investors, and high-ranking government officers. This broad exposure equips him with a profound understanding of business imperatives, allowing him to deliver highly pragmatic legal solutions aligned with clients’ broader objectives, ensuring a nuanced and comprehensive approach to addressing a spectrum of complex needs.
Ong Johnson has extensive experience conducting trials and hearings at all levels of court in Malaysia, positioning him as a dispute resolution strategist and a highly sought-after litigator within the industry, given his innovative thinking and meticulous approach to developing strategies that transcend conventional boundaries.

Lo Khai Yi, Partner, HHQ

Khai Yi’s passion for technology has helped him built an expertise in the dynamic and complex fields of intellectual property, technology, media and telecommunications. In the current landscape where digitisation and digitalisation are the trend, Khai Yi has placed himself strategically in a position where his skillsets and understanding of the evolving industries are able to be put to good use to benefit his clienteles.
Having dedicated himself in the fields of IP and TMT, Khai Yi’s comprehensive knowledge and experience encompass a wide spectrum of issues, including data privacy, data centre development, telecommunications and digital infrastructure, blockchain and digital assets, software commercialisation and acquisition, digital media, licensing, technology centric mergers and acquisitions, regulatory and compliance, IP prosecution and enforcement, e-money, electronic transaction, payment tokenisation, electronic vehicles, franchising and technology outsourcing.

Robin Teow, Managing Partner, Robin Lynn & Lee in collaboration with DFDL

Robin is the Managing Partner of Robin Lynn & Lee. Prior to founding Robin Lynn & Lee, he was a Partner at DFDL based in Cambodia and the Head of DFDL’s China Desk. He accumulated over 10 years of experience working for top Chinese law firms in Beijing as a Partner and Senior Foreign Consultant before moving to Cambodia. Robin specializes in cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, project development and joint-venture structuring for local and international clients in industries such as pharmaceutical, telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing and consumer goods. His major clients also include startup founders and investment funds.

Joe Boswell, global editor - Powerlist Series, Legal 500

Joe Boswell has been a part of the Legal 500’s editorial team, specialising on the in-house legal community, for more than seven years. He now heads The Powerlist team, acting as chief editor for the over 40 separate editions of the GC Powerlist series which serve as The Legal 500’s flagship title celebrating the world’s top in-house counsel, as well as Global Editor for The Legal 500’s Private Practice Powerlist Series.
During the course of researching for the GC Powerlist series, Boswell has interviewed a vast number of world-renowned general counsel, chief legal officers, and legal directors about overcoming the challenges they face, their legal innovations, and how they see the general counsel role progressing in coming years. As well as this, he is a regular speaker at Legal 500 summits, roundtables, award ceremonies and other events, and often writes in-depth reports on business and legal issues.
Boswell is an alumnus of both the University of Sussex in The United Kingdom and the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in The Netherlands.

Hui Lynn Tan, partner, Robin Lynn & Lee, in collaboration with DFDL

Hui Lynn’s areas of expertise include cross border corporate and commercial transactions, FDIs, regulatory compliance, providing legal advice to Malaysian companies listing in foreign countries, prospectus drafting, private mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, and issues relating to the Labuan IBFC.

Prior to joining DFDL, Hui Lynn was the General Counsel and part of the executive team of an international fintech group, leading the global legal and compliance team on legal strategy, risk mitigation, executing strategic plans, developing policies and compliance programmes.

She also has more than 10 years of experience in the largest Malaysian law firm.

Tan Shi Wen, partner, Skrine

Shi Wen is a corporate partner focussing on corporate advisory, merger and acquisition, oil and gas and maritime and shipping advisory. She also co-heads the Competition practice of Skrine and has in-depth knowledge and experience in this area.

Shi Wen has been named as a recommended practitioner and leading individual for her competition law work by several leading publications such as Chambers Asia Pacific (Band 1), Legal 500 Asia Pacific and Who’s Who Legal Southeast Asia. She has also been recognised as a stand-out lawyer by Acritas Stars Independently Rated Lawyer. She has been described as “very approachable and her advice is clear, precise and to the point” and that she handles “a broad range of issues, including abuse of dominance and cartel matters, as well as competition audits and dawn raids.”

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