3M’s Southeast Asia legal team has grown exponentially since 2015. From only one country lawyer in Singapore and one country lawyer in Thailand at this time, it now has eight...

Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV) acts as holding company for a diverse range of businesses involved in the industrials, consumer goods, utilities and financials sectors; this provides a varied and challenging...

Aboitiz Power Corporation (APC) is a holding company with investments in power generation and distribution companies in the Philippines. Supporting its projects across the country, APC’S legal team is responsible...

Founded over 60 years ago, Alto Broadcasting System – Chronicle Broadcasting Network (ABS-CBN) is the largest multimedia network in the Philippines. The company’s legal team is led by texperienced and...

With a hugely capable, 263 persons legal team in Southeast Asia (and 2,492 globally when including legal offshore service centres and contract management team), Accenture is a company that prizes...

US-based Agilent Technologies is a leader in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets with a global net revenue of US$4.47bn recorded in 2017. It has been present in Singapore...

Established in 2005, Agoda is one of the world’s fastest-growing online travel booking platforms. Headquartered in Singapore, the company has 53 offices in major cities in over 30 countries and...

The French multinational supplier of industrial gases, Air Liquide, has had operations in Singapore since 1911 and in Malaysia since 1927. Today, its robust production and distribution networks in Southeast...

A public company concerned with the management of six of Thailand’s international airports – Airports of Thailand accrued a revenue figure of ฿56.74bn in 2017 thanks to its operation of...

The AkzoNobel South Asia legal team is led by Singapore-based legal director South Asia Surabhi Agarwal, who reports into the global in-house legal headquarters in Amsterdam. The five-person team is responsible...

Boren Kork leads the legal function of ANZ Royal Bank, cooperating heavily with the senior management of the business where she sits on the executive committee. Boren relates that the...

Astra International, the Indonesian conglomerate, is the second largest company in Indonesia by market capitalisation. Headquartered in Jakarta, the company’s legal department is led by Gita Tiffany Boer who assumes...

Astro Malaysia Holdings (AMH) relies on a 4,800-strong workforce to manage its sprawling media and entertainment operation, and the need for constant innovation in this competitive sector provides fertile ground...

US multinational software corporation Autodesk is a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software for a range of industries. Through its regional base in Singapore, the company has continued...

The Vietnamese subsidiary of British multinational insurance giant Aviva, Aviva Vietnam started out as Vietinbank Aviva Insurance Company, a joint venture between the Aviva Group and Vietinbank. In April 2017,...

Founded in 1834, Ayala Corporation is the Philippines’ oldest and largest conglomerate. Headed by managing director and general counsel Solomon M. Hermosura, Ayala’s legal team is comprised of 23 lawyers...

Bank Central Asia (BCA) is Indonesia’s largest lender by market value and the second largest bank by assets. Indonesia-based Subur Tan has been a director of BCA since May 2002...

Bank Mandiri, the largest state bank in Indonesia with 1,733 branches spread across the Indonesian archipelago, employs an exceptional team of legal professionals working out of its Jakarta headquarters. The...

Rated by Forbes as among the top 2000 global companies, BDO Unibank is also rated among the top five companies in the Philippines by market capitalisation. Alvin Go, head of...

2018 marks BNP Paribas’ 50th anniversary in Singapore, the bank’s regional hub in Southeast Asia. One of the most prominent financial institutions globally, BNP Paribas employs around 2,500 employees in...

BP Singapore, a wholly owned subsidiary of BP, has a remit that covers Asia Pacific, the Middle East and the east coast of Africa, and is primarily involved with the...

Founded in 1851, BPI was the first bank in the Philippines and in the Southeast Asia region. Together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, it offers a wide range of financial...

Bridgestone Asia Pacific, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the world’s largest tyre and rubber company Bridgestone Corporation, is based in Singapore as the regional headquarters and strategic business unit of the...

Multinational telecoms giant BT is supported in the Southeast Asia region by a compact legal team of three members, serving the business across the ASEAN countries and Japan. This team...

The legal department at Cambodia Advance Communications (CADCOMMS), the largest telecommunications services provider in Cambodia, has contributed to important milestones achieved over the course of the company’s over a decade-long...

Formed as a result of the merger between DBS Land and Pidemco in 2000, Singapore-based CapitaLand is already among the leaders in Asia’s real estate market with its diversified portfolio...

The world’s sixth busiest airport for international traffic, Changi Airport Group (CAG) achieved an impressive milestone in 2017 as it managed over 60 million passenger movements in a calendar year...

Based in Singapore, Kathryn Ho is the senior managing counsel (Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa) for US multinational energy company Chevron International, and the team she presides over is...

China Fortune Land Development (CFLD) is a leading new industry city developer and operator listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange currently managing over 90 new industry cities in China and...

Led by group general counsel Lee Chin Tok, the CIMB Group legal team advises and assists the growth of the multi-faceted businesses of the Kuala Lumpur-based banking powerhouse. The Group...

The legal team covering bottling operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and Myanmar for US multinational beverages company Coca-Cola has been described by nominators as ‘cutting edge’ and always fighting to...

Downstream solar energy specialist Conergy’s in-house legal team has made a major contribution to the success of the company’s endeavours since beginning work in earnest in 2016; prior to this,...

Credit Suisse’s Asia Pacific investment banking and capital markets (IBCM) division is renowned in financial circles for its effectiveness, underpinned by the support of a top-quality legal team. Director Adrian...

The German multinational automotive company, Daimler, currently operates in Singapore through four companies: Daimler South East Asia, Daimler Commercial Vehicles South East Asia, Daimler Financial Services Africa and Asia Pacific...

Headquartered in Marina Bay, DBS Group is the largest company in Singapore and acts as a multinational banking and financial services corporation. The most senior lawyer in the company is...

Headed by general counsel for Asia Pacific Chek Tsang Foo, international information technology company Dimension Data’s Asia Pacific legal team comprises 19 highly qualified individuals across the region, with the...

DKSH Thailand has provided its market expansion services in four main business units, including fast moving consumer goods, healthcare, performance, materials and technology. In order to serve the specific needs...

Headquartered in Norway, DNV GL is a global quality assurance and risk management company structured into five business areas: maritime, oil and gas, energy, digital solutions and business assurance. Comprised...

Now owned by Japan’s Itochu Corporation, Dole Asia Holdings is the global operating headquarters of the Dole Group of companies. Containing some of the best in-house lawyers in the region,...

Comprised of three legal counsel and one legal assistant, the legal department at the core of the leading Asia-focused alternative investment management firm, Dymon Asia is structured to provide the...

With a portfolio of over 1,450 telecommunications towers in Myanmar, edotco Myanmar, a subsidiary of edotco Group, is an integrated telecommunications infrastructure services company providing end-to-end solutions in the tower...

Described as a ‘group of diverse, innovative and solution-oriented lawyers’, the 23-person legal team (18 legal professionals and five non-legal staff) at Engie’s Asia Pacific Business Unit (BU) supports the...

Supporting the Asia Pacific operations of Equinix, a world-leading global data centre provider and a business recognised by Forbes as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the US,...

Far East Organization is one of Asia’s largest real estate groups. Headquartered in Singapore, it has significant investments in Asia, Australia, Europe and the US. Comprised of five lawyers and...

A major player in the financing market, Finansia Multi Finance maintains a relatively lean legal department of four individuals to safeguard the fortunes of its 10,000 employees. However, as head...

Firmenich’s international perfumery operation accounts for over 2,900 patents and provides employment for approximately 7,000 employees around the world, two factors that alone provide a wealth of challenges for its...

FIS is the world’s largest global provider dedicated to financial technology solutions, empowering the financial world with software, services, consulting and outsourcing solutions. Howard Wallis is associate general counsel for...

Previously known under the Flextronics International brand, Flex is an American multinational electronics and original design manufacturer, with primary operations and global headquarters in Singapore. It is the ninth biggest...

Garuda Indonesia is the flag-carrier of Indonesia. Flying to over 40 domestic and 36 international destinations, it is regarded as one of the world’s best airlines. The current legal function...

A revolutionary consumer mobile on-demand and payments platform company that has expanded hugely since its inception in 2010, GO-JEK’s in-house legal team’s motto is to ‘be a partner, not a...

Previously based in Malaysia, animal feed business Gold Coin Group’s headquarters was relocated in June 2017 to Singapore. Xae Hoyy, who leads the team and is now based there, managed...

Led by Nicola Fell, the Asia legal team handling the affairs of global pharmaceutical giant GSK provide legal support to the company’s operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia,...

Dutch brewing company Heineken employs an outstanding in-house legal team in the Asia Pacific region that is charged with protecting the company’s brand portfolio against a variety of challenges including,...

A tobacco production company with a number of lucrative and large scale operations, HM Sampoerna boasted over Rp95tn in revenue and an employee count of almost 30,000 individuals in 2016....

The Southeast Asia legal team serving multinational IT firm HP is recommended as one of the outstanding functions in the region. A nominating source speaks highly of the ‘very dedicated...

The leading global ICT provider, Huawei Technologies has been serving the top telecommunications operators in Southeast Asia via its Carrier Network Business Group since 1997. Headed by deputy director of...

Huawei Technologies Philippines’ legal affairs department supports the entire Huawei Philippines operation with three in-house lawyers. It is headed by the ‘highly efficient and competent’ legal affairs director Maria Rowena...

Majority-owned by Hutchison Asia Telecommunications, H3I provides telecommunications services in Indonesia offering mobile data, voice, and SMS services, as well as mobile broadband services to millions of customers in the...

Established by the Indonesian government, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, International Finance Corporation and other multilateral institutions in 2010, Indonesia Infrastructure Finance (IFF) is a private company providing infrastructure...

Jardine Cycle & Carriage (JC&C) is a leading listed company in Singapore with a market capitalisation of approximately US$11.5bn as of November 2017. Headed by group general counsel, director of...

JP Morgan, the global leader in financial services that offers solutions to the world’s most important corporations, governments and institutions, has had a presence in Asia Pacific for 140 years....

Krungsri is the fifth largest bank in Thailand in terms of assets, loans and deposits and provides numerous financial products and services to small and medium enterprises, corporations and customers....

LafargeHolcim is one of the world’s leading building materials companies serving masons, builders, architects and engineers all over the world. Members of the current Asia Pacific legal team, led by...

With a presence across Southeast Asia, Lazada Group (a subsidiary of Alibaba), is a major player in the e-commerce sector in the region, providing a wealth of challenges and opportunities...

The Asia Pacific legal team of iconic global denim brand Levi Strauss, is highly commended for its ability to keep pace with a variety of legal and compliance challenges in...

Logistics powerhouse Linfox has a seven-person Asian in-house legal team headquartered in Bangkok, and is responsible for ten countries in the region as well as for possessing the relevant knowledge...

The Dutch-headquartered Louis Dreyfus Company is a global commodity trader that is involved in a multitude of industry sectors, and possesses a dynamic operation in Asia – a region it...

Construction giant M+W Group has a wealth of opportunities in the rapidly growing Asia Pacific regional economy, and relies on a talented core of in-house lawyers to safeguard its opportunities...

With an ethos conducive to delivering commercially-driven advice with efficient handling of the company’s legal matters, MIRA Asia’s legal team play an integral role for the world’s largest infrastructure asset...

MHB is a globally trusted heavy engineering and marine solutions provider for a wide range of offshore and onshore facilities and vessels. It has an over 40-year track record of...

The spectacular Marina Bay Sands resort, one of the most recognisable landmarks in Singapore, retains a highly qualified in-house legal team headed by general counsel Faris Alsagoff. Amongst the 20-person...

Malaysian telecoms giant Maxis Berhad’s legal department is led by the highly regarded Su Puay Leng, who advanced to her current role of head of legal in 2015. She has...

Maybank Investment Bank (MIB) and Maybank Kim Eng (MKE) operate in 11 different countries and Dalvin Kaur, regional head of legal and the group’s most senior lawyer, reports directly to...

US fast-food giant McDonald’s has been based in Singapore since 1979 and today employs more than 9,000 people in the city-state, serving more than six million customers every month. Given...

During the last 21 years of doing business in Vietnam, Mercedes-Benz has consistently occupied a market share of over 50% of the local luxury car segment. With a customer base...

Embracing a culture of strong adherence to laws and regulations and adopting a pro-active approach to legal risk management, the legal team at Metropolitan Bank & Trust has hit the...

Mundipharma’s emerging markets hub, based in Singapore, has had a major impact on the company’s extensive expansion in the global healthcare and pharmaceutical sector; it now has a presence in...

The NETS Group is a leading payments services group, presenting solutions across the payments value chain and fastening Singapore’s progress to become a best-in-class, electronics payment hub. The team is...

Nomura is a Tokyo-headquartered global investment bank with an integrated network spanning over 30 countries. Jonathan Wise, who has over 20 years of legal experience covering both developed and emerging...

Novartis Healthcare deals with legal and compliance affairs under one roof, via a four-person team led by Monina Vierneza in her role as country head of legal and compliance and...

Operating retail banking subsidiaries in Malaysia and Indonesia, alongside its core business in Singapore, OCBC Bank commands a solid presence in the ASEAN region and is among its most formidable...

Head of legal and corporate secretary Randi Ikhlas Sardoni leads the in-house legal team of major Indonesian life insurance provider Panin Dai-ichi Life, and is at the head of a...

From her base in Singapore, vice president and chief international counsel Lisa Mather heads the international legal team of PayPal, the US Fortune 300 company and revolutionary online payment platform....

Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines Inc. (PCPPI) is the exclusive manufacturer of PepsiCo beverages and snacks in the Philippines. Comprised of five lawyers and two non-lawyers, the company’s Legal Government and Corporate...

Established in 1974, PCG is the leading integrated chemicals producer in Malaysia and ranked among the largest companies in the world; it has a proven track record in integrated oil...

The largest company in Thailand and one of the most outstanding and financially robust companies in the world, PTT is a state-owned enterprise that owns and operates a sprawling energy...

With headquarters in Singapore and San Francisco, Razer markets itself as the world’s leading lifestyle brand for gamers. The legal team is headed by senior vice president – corporate development,...

With a presence across Southeast Asia, Lazada Group (a subsidiary of Alibaba), is a major player in the e-commerce sector in the region, providing a wealth of challenges and opportunities...

With a presence in 35 countries and employing roughly 35,000 employees, the Australian-British mining giant Rio Tinto is one of the largest metals and mining companies in the world. Although...

Major property and infrastructure company S P Setia Group relies on a flexible and highly effective in-house legal team to safeguard the Group’s endeavours. As well as this, the legal...

Sanofi is a French global life sciences company committed to improving access to healthcare. Supporting the pharmaceutical, vaccines and consumer healthcare businesses of Sanofi Philippines, the legal team consists of...

Sanofi is a French global life sciences company committed to improving access to healthcare. Supporting the pharmaceutical, vaccines and consumer healthcare businesses of Sanofi Philippines, the legal team consists of...

SATS is a Singaporean airport ground handling and catering business that was founded in 1972. Owing to its position as market leader and its long history in the commercial aviation...

Led by Paul Fredrick (general counsel for the East Asia and Japan Zone), who reports in to deputy group general counsel and regional general counsel for Asia Pacific Christopher Lee,...

The four-person Scotiabank global banking and markets legal team is empowered to work as independently as possible, making best use of the individual team members’ specific talents and specialisms and...

With a requirement to keep pace with a changing regulatory regime across the wide remit of Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, John Yoo is senior counsel at Shire...

The largest cement and building materials company in Thailand and Southeast Asia, SCG has recently been pursuing an aggressive investment strategy in various ASEAN countries, especially developing countries expecting economic...

Siemens Healthineers has gone from strength to strength since its major rebranding exercise in 2016, which saw it transition to its current name from Siemens Healthcare. Bernd Dudel is general...

Group general counsel of Sime Darby, Choo Suit Mae, sums up the ethos of her legal team as being to ‘support the business and strive to be strategic partners to...

Singapore Airlines, the city-state’s flag carrier, ranks among the world’s largest air carriers and is ranked 10th in the world for international passengers carried. In 2017, the legal team headed...

With operations in Asia, Australia and Africa and over 130 years of experience, Singtel is Singapore’s largest telecommunications company and one of Asia’s leading communications groups. Heading the legal function...

As one of the largest public-transport companies in Singapore, SMRT Corporation operates bus, rail, taxi and other public-transport services via several wholly owned subsidiaries. It is a public transport operator...

The legal team at one of Singapore’s top three telecom operators, Starhub Group, embraces a business centric approach to legal management. ‘We provide professional and prompt legal support to facilitate...

The Swire Pacific Offshore group is a leading service provider to the offshore energy industry, with a fleet of more than 80 vessels operating worldwide. Headquartered in Singapore, Swire Pacific...

The Asia Pacific legal team at Takeda Pharmaceuticals provides full support to the company’s legal entities spread across 10 jurisdiction and services the company’s dynamic and culturally diverse workforce of...

Telekom Brunei is Brunei’s premier telecommunications company, providing a variety of portfolio nationwide services to the consumer and enterprise sectors. Known for providing broadband services with state-of-the-art fibre optics infrastructure...

With substantial operations in Thailand, Myanmar, and Malaysia, Norway-headquartered Telenor has a major presence in Southeast Asia. The company is undergoing a period of expansion in the region, and the...

Telkom Indonesia is a state-owned information and communications technology enterprise and telecommunications network in Indonesia. In addition to being the largest telecommunications services company in the country, it is also...

With over 8.4 million customers, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) is the only electric utility company in Peninsular Malaysia and is also the largest publicly-listed power company in Southeast Asia with...

Founded in 2001 and based in Kuala Lumpur, Tesco Malaysia owns and operates hypermarkets in the country, offering fresh produce, groceries, household items and apparel and its own food and...

Part of the immensely successful and highly regarded AirAsia group, Thai AirAsia began operations in 2004 and has expanded rapidly since then, whilst at the same time maintaining a reputation...

One of Indonesia’s biggest online marketplaces, Tokopedia has come a long way since its founding in 2009. A significant part of the company’s success has been to down to the...

Chan Hoe, general manager of the legal department of Toyota Motor Asia Pacific, emphasises the versatility and specialist jurisdictional expertise of his eight-person team. ‘My department covers a broad range...

Tugu Pratama Indonesia operates as a general insurance company focusing on providing insurance against risks in the oil and gas industry. Its legal team of five lawyers and two non-legal...

British-Dutch transnational consumer goods company Unilever has an extremely strong presence in Southeast Asia and its esteemed position in the region’s markets is reflected in the quality of its South...

With a presence in Indonesia that dates back to 1933, Unilever has a long established history in the country and recorded revenues in excess of US$2.8bn in 2016. Reski Damayanti...

United Laboratories (Unilab) is the biggest leading pharmaceutical and healthcare company in the Philippines, developing, manufacturing and marketing over 300 prescription, over-the-counter, and personal care brands. Since its establishment in...

UOB is a sprawling financial operation that has extensive holdings across Southeast Asia and is the third largest bank in the region by total assets. The bank had a successful...

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is a multinational specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company that develops and manufactures a broad range of prescription and non-prescription pharmaceutical products throughout more than 100 countries....

WeWork has expanded exponentially since its inception in 2010 and is currently the world’s biggest co-working company with 200 locations in 64 cities. The company has expanded its footprint in...

The legal team at Wilmar International, Asia’s leading agribusiness group, provides advice across the holding’s operations, which include 450 manufacturing plants in an extensive distribution network covering China, India, Indonesia...