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Come experience a virtual fireside chat between Amin Kassam, Head of Legal, Asia-Pacific at Bloomberg LP and Prabir Chakrabarty, the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Director of Corporate and CLO Engagement. Get inspired and learn firsthand the journey of a legal counsel who practices in APAC, leads Bloomberg’s Legal Department in the Asia-Pacific region and is Chair of Bloomberg’s Hong Kong Office Committee.

Amin, who recently joined Board of Directors for the Hong Kong Chapter, has graciously volunteered his time to share his experiences and knowledge with the ACC family. After beginning his career in Big Law. He has been with Bloomberg since 2012 and has lived and worked with the organization in New York and Hong Kong. Amin is a technology lawyer with extensive experience advising, litigating, and negotiating agreements on complex issues involving digital media, fintech, intellectual property, data security, privacy, and employment.

He has a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and a J.D. from Columbia Law school. He also clerked on the Federal bench at the District Court and Court of Appeals levels.

(Amin Kassam, Head of Legal)

SPEAKERS

Jason Masimore

Partner at Kobre & Kim

Jason Masimore is an experienced trial lawyer and investigator who represents institutions and individuals on cross-border matters often involving fraud and international money laundering. He regularly designs and leads law enforcement-style offensive investigations to identify illicit transactions, assets hidden in various jurisdictions, and the vulnerabilities of participants and their advisers, and he designs and executes asset-focused strategies to deter such conduct and recover market share and money for his clients.  Before joining Kobre & Kim, Mr. Masimore was a prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he focused on international money laundering, public corruption and fraud, among others.

John Han

Partner at Kobre & Kim

John Han is an accomplished strategist who helps clients achieve business objectives in matters involving Greater China, offshore and other jurisdictions throughout the world often involving asset tracing and illicit trade. He has acted as lead counsel in global matters involving monetization and demonetization of high yield bonds, judgments, and arbitral awards in the US$ nine to ten figures. As a thought leader, he has been cited on topics involving cross-border claim monetization and dilution by publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, Reuters, and Bloomberg. Mr. Han is admitted as a Solicitor Advocate in Hong Kong, the Dubai International Finance Centre Courts, the Astana International Financial Centre Court, and New York. Before joining Kobre & Kim, Mr. Han practiced at Covington & Burling LLP.

Michael Ng

Partner at Kobre & Kim

Michael Ng serves as lead trial counsel in high-stakes intellectual property cases, focusing on patent and trade secret disputes. He has helped multiple clients win nine-figure recoveries in litigation. His matters cover a wide range of technology areas, from wireless communications, semiconductor manufacturing, and networking infrastructure to genetics and other biotechnology fields. He is regularly asked to lead bet-the-company cases, including intellectual property disputes in courts across multiple international venues. He often works with the firm's team of former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors to investigate trade secret theft and other claims involving potential criminal liability.

Date: Wednesday, 2nd November, 2022

Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Location: Webinar links will be sent upon registration

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The PIPL was issued on August 20 and came into effect on November 1, 2021. A year later, PIPL remains a work in progress, with many implementing rules and administrative processes still being worked out by regulators. However, many aspects of PIPL are starting to take shape. Among developments, most notable are the details now available of PIPL’s cross-border data transfer regime. We are starting to see enforcement by various regulators with supervisory authority relating to PIPL, as well as the emergence of private litigation. Join Morrison Foerster speakers Paul McKenzie and Tingting Gao for a review of the PIPL developments you need to know about to navigate China’s increasingly complex data landscape.

SPEAKERS

Paul Mckenzie

Managing Partner, Morrison Foerster

Paul D. McKenzie is managing partner of Morrison Foerster’s Beijing and Shanghai offices and a member of MoFo’s Privacy + Data Security Group. Paul has almost 30 years’ experience helping international companies to navigate the complexities of doing business in China, assisting them in high-stakes transactional matters and advising on data privacy and network security and other regulatory compliance matters that arise in the course of operating in China.

Tingting Gao

Associate, Morrison Foerster 

Tingting Gao is an associate in Morrison Foerster’s Privacy + Data Security Group and advises clients across a wide range of data privacy and network security issues and other advisory matters in China. 

Date: Tuesday, 1st November, 2022

Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Location: Webinar links will be sent upon registration

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Psychological safety is when colleagues feel safe to be their full selves at work, in addition to feeling safe to voice opinions, thoughts, or ideas in a collaborative atmosphere. It creates a sense of trust and belonging amongst colleagues and improves employee engagement. Without psychological safety, colleagues are afraid to speak up, risks are not voiced out or overlooked which can lead to problems or even monumental disasters.

With this session, you will:

• Understand the concept of psychological safety
• Identify what might be hindering psychological safety in your teams
• Create actions to help you build a psychologically safe workplace

ACC Hong Kong is pleased to collaborate with Women in Law Hong Kong (WILHK) to deliver this training. WILHK provides private practice lawyers, in-house counsel and all other industry professionals a solutions-based approach to gender equity. WILHK is supported by many of Hong Kong’s leading firms and institutions and is one of the largest legal networks in Hong Kong. With over 1,500 members representing all genders, WILHK encourages a diverse exchange of ideas and collaboration. We would like to acknowledge Freshfields for sponsoring this session.

SPEAKER

Benita Chick

Founder and CEO, Encompass HK

Benita is educated with a B.A. in Cornell University and M.A. in Boston University. Her academic and work experience in research, psychology, education, experiential-learning gave her a unique perspective in corporate and organisational training. She is also passionate in diversity and inclusion. With her broad experience in community outreach and environmental education in university, NGOs and think tank, she started Encompass HK in 2018 to further the mission of advocating for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She has been active in curating unique, experiential-learning experience for Encompass HK’s clients to learn about the SDGs, for example, using beer and chocolate tasting to discuss gender stereotypes.

Date: Thursday, 27th October 2022

Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Location: Webinar links will be sent upon registration

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SPEAKERS

Vince Turcotte

Director Digital Assets, Asia Pacific, Eventus

Vince Turcotte is the Director, Digital Assets for the Asia Pacific region at Eventus with more than two decades of experience at exchanges, brokerdealers and futures commission merchants (FCMs). Operating out of Hong Kong, he is building on the firm’s regional presence, expanding the client base in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia and Singapore. He previously served for four years as Director, Asia Pacific, for Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and before that as Managing Director, Asia Pacific and Head of Futures & Options for Nomura International, beginning in 2011. From 1995 to 2011, Turcotte held senior production and sales management positions at Newedge Group as well as global banks UBS and JPMorgan Chase in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore. He previously held Vice President and Director roles at several brokerage firms after starting his career as a booth clerk and runner on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange trading floor. Turcotte earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and an MBA from DePaul University in Chicago, graduating Cum Laude. 

Derek McGibbney

Managing Director, Cognitive GRC Limited

Derek has worked in Governance Risk and Compliance in London, New York and Hong Kong for over 24 years (the last 8 in Hong Kong). Completing the first 7 years of his career in house at leading sell side and buy side firms in Dublin and London, he started his consulting career in one of the leading GRC consultancy practices in London, where he took the lead on technical, commercial, and country specific roles for over 15 years before acquiring the business he helped grow in Asia.

Prior to the management buyout of Cordium Asia (dba ACA Compliance Group) in 2020, Derek helped build out the former consulting practices of Cordium, HedgeOp compliance, IMS Group, MMS Regulatory Solutions, and Leale-Green Limited (all as part of the previously acquired firms) by leading technical development in those organisations to produce solutions for both boutique and larger scale international firms seeking to grow with limited resources in an everchanging regulatory environment. Derek completed his Masters of European Law (1998) and his Bachelors Degree in Business and Law (1997), both with the University College Dublin.

EVENT DETAILS:

Date: Thursday, 20th October 2022

Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Location: Webinar links will be sent upon registration

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The presentation will cover:

1. Use of offshore vehicles for IPO
2. Typical structure for Pre-IPO and IPO 
3. Economic Substance consideraton
4. A summary of the last decade of significant regulatory reform for offshore funds
5. Reasons for the continued dominance of Cayman 
6. A discussion of some resurgent roles for the BVI 
7. A discussion of the evolution of offshore fund structures in Asia 
8. A discussion of the regime for digital asset funds, and some specific issues for this asset class

SPEAKERS

Marc Parrott

Partner, Appleby

Marc Parrott is a Partner in the Corporate Department of Appleby’s Hong Kong office, leading the Investment Funds practice. He specialises in advising all types of Cayman Islands, Bermuda and British Virgin Islands investment funds and their managers, with particular emphasis on private equity, venture capital and hedge funds. His clients include international and Asian financial institutions, listed and private asset management companies, and leading onshore law firms. He regularly advises in respect of fund formation, restructuring, and ongoing operational matters. He also advises institutional and high-net worth investors in relation to making investments into Cayman Islands, Bermuda and British Virgin Islands fund structures. 

Marc has over 20 years of offshore and onshore experience, including having lived and practised in the Cayman Islands for approximately 8 years prior to relocating to Hong Kong in 2014. Prior to moving offshore, Marc obtained top-tier international transactional experience having practised in Australia with Freehills (now Herbert Smith Freehills), and in London with Linklaters.

Marc was admitted as a solicitor of each of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia and the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia in 1999 (non-practising). He was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 2003 (non-practising). He was first admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in the Cayman Islands in 2003 and most recently was admitted in the British Virgin Islands in 2016.

Marc has spoken, and participated in panel discussions at numerous fund industry conferences, including events organised by AIMA, HFM and the HKVCA. He has been involved in the China Working Group established by Cayman Finance, the body that represents the interests of the Cayman Islands financial industry overseas. Marc is also a member of The Law Society of England & Wales.

Vincent Chan

Partner, Appleby

Vincent Chan is Partner in the Corporate department of Appleby´s Hong Kong office. He has nearly 15 years of offshore law experience specialising in IPO/equity and debt capital markets, public & private mergers & acquisitions, privatizations and private equity. Clients include Bermuda, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Cayman Islands companies listed on stock exchanges in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, New York, NASDAQ and London, as well as private companies, banks, financial institutions and asset management firms.

Vincent has also been a full member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (TEP) since 2013 and is currently on the STEP HK branch executive committee. He assists clients in setting up family, employee benefit and commercial/orphan trusts, providing relevant advice to listed and start-up companies, high net worth individuals, family offices and trustees.

Vincent has been selected as one of the region’s 10 most notable offshore lawyers in the Asian Legal Business’ Offshore Client Choice List in 2020-22 and was ranked in the 2019 Asian Legal Business’ “top 40 under 40” list which highlights “outstanding legal professionals in the region”. He has been widely recognized by legal directories, with IFLR 1000 2019-22 noting him as a “Notable Practitioner” and with Legal 500 (Asia Pacific) noting him as “very impressive” and a “key equity capital markets practitioner” who also “handles a significant number of M&A mandates”, with “ability to provide timely and practical Cayman law advice”.

EVENT DETAILS:

Date: Thursday, 13th October 2022

Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Location: Webinar links will be sent upon registration

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ACC Hong Kong Summer Junk Trip

Join us to catch up with friends and contacts whilst enjoying an informal BBQ and drinks on board.

Thursday, 13 October 2022

6:45 pm – 10:30 pm

Junk will depart from and return to Pier 9, Central

Spaces are limited so please respond early to avoid disappointment. 

We look forward to seeing you there!

ACC Hong Kong thanks our sponsor:

Dear ACC Members,

The Epiq team in Hong Kong would like to invite you, as an ACC member, for an evening of cocktails and canapes at The China Club. Please note that the registration for this event is on a "first come, first served" basis as spaces are limited. 

The details are as follows:

Date: Friday, 23 September 2022

Time: 7:00 pm – 12 midnight

Location: The Library, The China Club, Old Bank of China Building, 15/F, Bank Street, Central, Hong Kong.

Please go to the main lobby on the 13/F prior to going to The Library on the 15/F as no elevators go directly to the 15/F.

Dress code: Business Attire

Please note: According to the current COVID social distancing restriction law, all the guests must conduct the RAT test on the day of the event and present the test kit or photo with his/her name and test date at the reception prior to entering the venue.

Kind Regards,

ACC Executive Committee

Jointly organised by ACC and eBRAM International Online Dispute Resolution Centre Limited ("eBRAM"), this webinar aims to delineate the impact of the new digital norm on the development of legal profession, especially in-house counsels. In this webinar, Ms Pui-Ki Emmanuelle Ta, CEO of eBRAM, will share how the use of advanced technologies for dispute avoidance and cross-border dispute resolution has become the key to regional business development, as well as how it helps enhancing work efficiency for legal practitioners, especially in multinational and sizable corporations.

Founded in 2018, eBRAM, a not-for-profit LawTech company and Online Dispute Resolution (“ODR”) Institution in Hong Kong, tasks itself to promote online arbitration and online mediation services to meet the rapidly expanding demand for ODR across the borders by utilising innovative technologies. Envisioned a rising demand in cross-border deal-making services, eBRAM is building a one-stop-shop platform to enable cross-border transactions and at the same promote dispute avoidance.

Ms Pui-Ki Emmanuelle Ta

CEO, eBRAM

Ms Ta is currently the Chief Executive Officer of eBRAM International Online Dispute Resolution Centre Limited. With over 15 years of experience in international arbitration and case management, she has supervised hundreds of international arbitration cases in a wide range of jurisdictions and economic sectors.

As Counsel of the Secretariat of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC, Asia Office in Hong Kong (2016-2021), she was responsible for managing the Hong Kong team, including administration of Asia-related arbitration cases. She is qualified to practice at the Paris bar.

EVENT DETAILS:

Date: Thursday, 6th October, 2022

Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Location: Webinar links will be sent upon registration

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How can you make the most of your in-house career?

What is the best way to ensure continuous development and progression?

Join our esteemed panel as they discuss the best way to “turbo-charge your in-house career” and what pitfalls to avoid along the way.

Ben Cooper

Managing Partner, Ashford Benjamin

Ben is a Barrister of England & Wales (Middle Temple) and previously practised employment law in London, before moving into executive search. He is the founder of Ashford Benjamin Legal Search, which includes the largest specialist legal search team in Hong Kong. He has placed over 200 lawyers into in-house roles over a 16 year career, including over 12 years in Hong Kong. Ben has been a mentor for Women in Law HK, is a Board Director for the migrant support charity ReAct, and sits on the Seminar Committee for the ACC.

Giselle Bates

Group General Counsel, APAC, Allegis Group

Giselle Bates is Group General Counsel – APAC for Allegis Group – a consulting services, contract and permanent recruitment firm.  At Allegis, Giselle leads a legal and company secretarial team spread across, Hong Kong, mainland China, Singapore, Australia and India.  Most of Giselle’s career has been spent in-house and her practice has focused on commercial contracts, mergers and acquisitions, employment, litigation, and compliance including investigations and regulatory matters.  Prior to moving in-house Giselle’s private practice career was spent at Minter Ellison and Ashurst in the real estate and corporate teams. Giselle has an LLB (Hons) and BA (Japanese) from Monash University. 

Shuy Yao Khoon

Head of Equities Legal Team, APAC, J.P. Morgan

Shuy heads up the APAC Equities Legal team in J.P. Morgan, which supports the cash equities, derivatives & structured products and prime brokerage businesses in APAC.  Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Shuy was a Senior Associate in Clifford Chance’s Derivatives & Structured Products practice in Hong Kong.  Shuy did his training contract in Clifford Chance London and has worked in their London, Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong offices. Shuy has a Laws LLB (Hons) degree from Kings College London.

Jing Xu

Sole Counsel APAC, Marshall Wace

Jing is the Sole Counsel APAC at Marshall Wace, a leading provider of alternative investment solutions with over US$60 billion under management. Prior to joining Marshall Wace, Jing was a Corporate Attorney at Citadel covering both Citadel and Citadel Securities. Previously, Jing was an Assistant General Counsel at JPMorgan and an Associate at Nomura. Jing has a Juris Doctor and a Master of Finance from the University of New South Wales and a B.Sc in Business Administration from Boston University.  

EVENT DETAILS:

Date: Wednesday, 28 September 2022

Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Location: Webinar links will be sent upon registration

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