The session, which will be led by CMS Partner Jonathan Warne and General Counsel David Lamb (Hongkong Land) and Gill Meller (MTR Corporation), will explore the issues raised in CMS’s most recent General Counsel thought leadership report*, Creating Connections, Bridging Gaps. Jonathan will facilitate a discussion with David and Gill, also drawing upon insights from other leading international General Counsel to provide analysis of personal and team performance and pathways for future career development. Participants will gain insights into how to develop their careers, succeed in their role and as General Counsel or senior in-house lawyers, become true strategic advisors. We will also launch the General Counsel ‘Bridge Model’.
CMS’s GC Thought Leadership project explores challenges faced by in-house teams across multiple jurisdictions including the UK and Europe, SE Asia and the Americas. CMS have researched the principal challenges identified by GCs in their roles, namely, how to demonstrate value, operate strategically and gain influence, as well as team structure and leadership. Over 1000 GCs / senior in-house counsel globally have been engaged.
* Report produced jointly with European Company Lawyers Association
SPEAKERS:
Jonathan Warne
Head of International Disputes
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Jonathan is one of the firm’s Practice Group Leaders with disputes teams throughout the UK, in Europe, Singapore and Hong Kong. He is head of International Disputes. He has over 30 years of experience in handling complex domestic and cross border disputes in a range of sectors including life sciences, financial services and technology, in company commercial, fraud and insolvency related litigation. He is known for acting for international clients in significant multi-party jurisdictional matters focusing for many years on clients based in SE and NE Asia. He has a track record of success supported by client feedback.
Jonathan has worked extensively with General Counsel and has led a GC thought leadership initiative for over twelve years. To date, eight substantive reports have been published, the most recent being, “Creating Connections, Bridging Gaps”.
Jonathan has featured in the leading legal directories for many years.
Legal 500 2020 list him in the Hall of Fame and describe him as “An expert litigator and great tactician, who always gives extremely valuable, strategic advice”.
Chambers and Partners 2021 describe him as "…brilliant when it comes to advising clients on strategy." "Jonathan is very commercial and to the point, and has a good rapport with clients and his team."
David P Lamb
Executive Director and Group Counsel
Hongkong Land Limited
David Lamb is an Executive Director and Group Counsel of Hongkong Land Limited and the Group's principal subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Asia.
He joined the Company in 1996 and was appointment Group Counsel and a member of the Board in 2004. He is responsible for all legal aspects of the Group, and oversees the functions of Company Secretarial and Legal Services.
Mr Lamb is a US qualified lawyer with wide commercial experience in Asia and the US. He joined Jardine Matheson in 1992 and was seconded to Hongkong Land in 1996. Prior to joining Jardine Matheson, he worked in private practice with Oh-Ebashi Law Office in Osaka, Japan and with Lord, Bissell and Brook in Chicago, IL. He was educated in the US and holds a J.D. from the University of Michigan and a General Business/Pre-law Bachelor's degree from Michigan State University. He is also a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program.
Mr Lamb is a regular participant in community activities and involved with various charitable organisations.
Gill Meller
Legal and Governance Director
MTR Corporation Limited
Gill Meller is MTR Corporation Limited’s Legal and Governance Director since 22 February 2021. She was the Legal Director & Secretary between September 2011 and June 2016, and the Legal and European Business Director between July 2016 and February 2021.
She is responsible for overseeing the Company’s legal, company secretarial, insurance and risk management functions and a central procurement and supply chain function. She is also responsible for leading the Company’s assurance function with the aim of providing a strengthened second line of defence across key risk areas of the Company.
Before joining MTR, Gill was Director of Legal Services for Metronet Rail SSL Limited and a solicitor at CMS Cameron McKenna in London, the United Kingdom. She graduated from Hertford College, University of Oxford and obtained her postgraduate qualifications in law from The College of Law in the United Kingdom. Ms Meller is qualified to practise as a solicitor in Hong Kong and England and Wales.
She is a vice chairman of the Legal Committee of The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform, the President of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (‘HKICS’).
EVENT DETAILS:
Date: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location: Webinar links will be sent upon registration
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