The Singapore Corporate Counsel Association (SCCA) brings together leading lawyers from China, India, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines to shed light on the challenges facing internal and external lawyers in their webinar Cross-Border Conversation.
The Zoom event, scheduled for Tuesday, May 25, will discuss pressing issues facing legal practitioners and business leaders across Asia. The panel will be moderated by Joyce Tan, Managing Partner, Joyce A. Tan & Partners. Panelists include Yao Rao, Managing Partner of HHP Attorneys-at-law; Ajay Bhargava, Senior Partner at Khaitan & Co; Philip Wong, Managing Partner of Gallant, and Emerico De Guzman, Managing Partner of ACCRALAW.
The panel discussion will deliberate on a variety of current issues, including
- What are the top three priorities for General Counsels in these times?
- What challenges do General Counsel face in addressing the needs and expectations of their companies?
- What is the value of external legal advice today for internal legal advice?
- Have companies changed the selection of external consultants?
- Do companies obtain legal services from providers other than law firms?
- Which areas of activity are on the rise for in-house counsel looking for support from external counsel?
- What billing approaches in law firms are preferred by in-house attorneys these days?
- What is the level of technological advancement that in-house counsel expect from law firms?
- How has the pandemic changed in terms of the field of activity of the in-house lawyers, the expectations of the external lawyers, the adjustment of the service provision and the management of the invoice payments?
To register for the event, please visit here.
Previous articleRBI clears air around PA / PG guidelinesNext articleKudun und Partner advise two Thai real estate IPOs
Comments are closed.