This session will cover:

•  Recent regulatory developments in Singapore, together with some examples of sector-specific guidance
• Liability issues for directors, including enforcement and litigation trends in other common law jurisdictions
• Practicalities of compliance, including extra-territoriality of foreign regulations

Programme

10:00am :
Presentation by Richard Allen, Local Principal, Baker & McKenzie Wong & Leow

10:15am :
Panel discussion moderated by Richard Allen with:

• Elsa Chen, Chief Economist, Allen & Gledhill
• Ernest Lim, Vice Dean, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
• Kay Pang, Independent Director, Nera Telecommunications

11:10am : Q&A Session
11:30am : End of Programme

CPD Hours : 1.5

SID members: Complimentary (Registration required)
Non-members: Complimentary (Registration required) 

SPEAKERS

RICHARD ALLEN
Local Principal, Baker & McKenzie Wong & Leow

Mr Richard Allen is a Local Principal in the Dispute Resolution Group at Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow in Singapore. He is admitted as a Solicitor Advocate in England & Wales and registered under Section 36B of the Legal Profession Act to practice both English and Singapore law. His practice covers a broad spectrum of advisory and contentious work, including commercial arbitration, investment protection and public international law. Mr Allen regularly advises clients on ESG-related disputes, as well as the design and implementation of ESG risk-mitigation strategies and policies. He is also a member of the Law Society of Singapore’s ESG Working Group.

PANELLISTS

ELSA CHEN
Partner (Chief Economist), Allen & Gledhill 

Ms Elsa Chen is Co-Head of Allen & Gledhill’s ESG & Public Policy Practice and Regional Co-Head of its Competition & Foreign Investment Review Practice. Her ESG and public policy experience ranges from assisting clients to map out ESG trends and implications, policy drafting, advocacy, and assisting on legislative changes. As Regional Co-Head of the Competition & Foreign Investment Review Practice, Elsa also regularly advises clients on the antitrust, consumer protection and public policy aspects of ESG matters, including collaboration agreements, merger control, and greenwashing claims.

Elsa joined the Firm in 2007, and was previously from the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore, and also a pioneer member of the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS), now known as the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS).

ERNEST LIM
Vice-Dean, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

Dr Ernest Lim is Professor and Vice Dean at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (NUS). He obtained his DPhil and BCL from Oxford University, LLM from Harvard and LLB from NUS. An internationally recognised scholar, he reconceptualises and deploys corporate governance and private law to address climate- and AI-related risks and opportunities. He is a board member of the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative headquartered in London. Prof Lim has delivered training to directors of publicly listed companies on climate-related risks and is author of Sustainability and Corporate Mechanisms in Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2020). He practised corporate law at Davis Polk & Wardwell.

KAY PANG, MSID
Independent Director, Nera Telecommunications

Registration
Please register online by 14 November 2024.

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