Programme Outline
Time |
Session Details |
8.30am – 9.00am |
Registration |
9.00am – 9.15am |
Welcome Remarks The Honourable Judge of Appeal Steven Chong – Supreme Court of Singapore |
9.15am – 9.45am |
Keynote Address Edwin Tong, SC – Senior Minister of State for Law and Health; Member of Parliament for Marine Parade GRC |
9.45am – 10.45am |
Session 1: New Tools in the Venture Capital Lawyers’ Toolkit Moderator Low Kah Keong – Chairperson, Corporate Practice Committee, The Law Society of Singapore; Partner, WongPartnership LLP Panelists Christian Chin – Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP Jonathan Pentzien – Partner, Gunderson Dettmer Singapore LLP Long Jek Aun – Partner and Singapore Office Head, Simmons & Simmons JWS |
10.45am – 11.15am |
Tea Break |
11.15am – 12.15pm |
Session 2: Saving Distressed Companies, Saving the Earth Moderator Jonathan Tan – Director, Asia Practice LLC Panelists Sim Kwan Kiat – Head (Restructuring & Insolvency Practice), Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP Ian Hong – Head of Sustainability Services, KPMG Singapore |
12.15pm – 1.15pm |
Lunch |
1.15pm – 2.00pm |
Session 3: Competition and the extra C Lee Cheow Han – Assistant Chief Executive (Legal, Enforcement & Consumer Protection), Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore |
2.00pm – 3.00pm |
Session 4: Latest Employment Act changes and personal data issues Moderator Jenny Tsin – Joint Head (Employment Practice), Partner (Commercial & Corporate Disputes Practice, Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice), WongPartnership LLP Panelists Kylie Peh – Partner (Intellectual Property Practice, Technology & Media Practice, Telecommunications Practice and Data Protection Practice), WongPartnership LLP Ian Lim – Partner, TSMP Law Corporation Patrick Tay – Director, Legal and Asst Secretary-General, National Trades Union Congress |
3.00pm – 3.30pm |
Session 5: Upcoming changes to the Companies Act and other business entity legislation Elena Yeo – Director (Legal Services), Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) Elgin Tay – Senior Legal Counsel (Legal Services), Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) |
3.30pm – 3.45pm |
Closing Remarks Low Kah Keong – Chairperson, Corporate Practice Committee, The Law Society of Singapore; Partner, WongPartnership LLP |
3.45pm |
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