Wong & Partners has won five in the individual and law firm categories, including the coveted Malaysia Law Firm of the Year Gong, and Adnan Sundra & Low (ASL) won five trophies in these categories at the ALB Malaysia Law Awards 2018. Date: Friday, September 7, 2018Time: 6:30 p.m. Spicy, Cocktail Location: Conrad Hong Kong – Grand Ballroom, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong KongWear: Black Tie Japan Practice Foreign Law Firm of the YearChandler MHM LimitedCyril Amarchand MangaldasDwipo Lubis Baskoro & PartnersKhaitan & CoLee and LiRajah & Tann SingaporeRoosdiono & PartnersShardul Amarchand Mangaldas & CoTrilegal Is there a fee required to submit a submission to the Law Awards? Senate Resolution No. 73 (2015) honored Oscar as one of the Philippines` outstanding young lawyers. Previously, he won the JCI “Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World” (TOYP of the World), JCI Philippines “The Outstanding Young Men” (TOYM), “Singapore`s Most Promising Legal Luminaries aged 40 and younger”, Singapore Business Review and “Young Lawyer of the Year”, Asia Legal Business SEA Law Awards (Finalist). Oscar writes “Sisyphus` Lament,” the legal opinion column of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Come celebrate legal excellence with us! If you have any questions about the event, please contact Caryl Aquino at mary.aquino@thomsonreuters.com or +632 982 5938.SAVE THE DATE!!! ALB is pleased to introduce you to some of the respected judges who reviewed the submissions, as well as the rest of the jury, which will be announced on the evening of the awards ceremony. The finalists for this year`s ALB SE Asia Law Awards have been announced. In its 14th year, the winners will be crowned at a black tie event on Thursday, September 10. May 2018, at Mandarin Oriental, Singapore.

Please note that the involvement of banks and legal advisors in transactions essentially reflects the information provided by registered organizations. Therefore, any omission by a party involved in any of these transactions should not be construed as a comment on the role assumed by that party. If you have any questions about the shortlist, please email Anna at anna.lam@tr.com. Miki Sakakibara leads more than 1500 members of the Japan In-House Lawyers Association (JILA), who work to improve the public`s perception of in-house lawyers as the association`s newly elected president. JILA is the largest pro bono organization serving the professional and commercial interests of Japanese corporate lawyers. The ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2018 also feature new categories in the areas of dispute resolution, aviation, transactions, labour and employment, restructuring and insolvency, transport and logistics, as well as awards for SE Asia`s In-House Team of the Year and Negotiator of the Year. ALB also reopened the “Islamic Finance Agreement of the Year” category. Who will be part of the jury of the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2018? Solomon M. Hermosura has over three decades of solid experience in legal counsel. M.

Hermosura currently works at Ayala Corporation (“Ayala”), one of the largest and most respected business groups in the Philippines, and holds various leadership positions: General Manager, Corporate Secretary, Compliance Officer, Chief Data Protection Officer and Head of Ayala`s Corporate Governance Group, CEO of AG Legal (the joint legal center of Ayala and its subsidiaries), Group General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Ayala Land, Inc. and Corporate Secretary of Globe Telecom, Inc., Manila Water Company, Inc. and Integrated Microelectronics, Inc. He was a member of Ayala`s Management Committee and Investment Committee and assumed an expanded role as a member of the Ayala Group Executive Committee with 19 director positions in various Ayala operating subsidiaries. ALB Malaysia Law Awards | March 22, 2018 (Kuala Lumpur)JC Consulting Thomson Reuters ALB China Law Awards | April 19, 2018 (Beijing)ALB Hong Kong Legal Marketing Awards | April 20, 2018 (Hong Kong) ALB SE Asia Law Awards | May 10, 2018 (Singapore)ALB Japan Law Awards | June 13, 2018 (Tokyo)ALB SE Asia Legal Marketing Awards | August 2018 (Singapore) Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards | September 7, 2018 (Hong Kong)ALB Indonesia Law Awards | October 4, 2018 (Jakarta)ALB Philippine Law Awards | October 26, 2018 (Manila)ALB Korea Law Awards | November 15, 2018 (Seoul) Allen & Gledhill and Allen & Overy received some of the biggest awards at the ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2018. The Singaporean firm won six awards, including the coveted ALB SE Asia Law Firm of the Year Award and the SE Asia Deal Firm of the Year, while the British company was named International Deal Firm of the Year. It is encouraging for me to note that the renowned legal publisher Thomson Reuters, as a global contribution to respect for the rule of law, identifies the best talents in the legal field and rewards them for their outstanding work. Thomson Reuters awards play a role in shaping the legal profession in support of the administration of justice. The months-long research process will culminate in an awards evening and a black tie gala dinner hosted by illustrious members of the bank, the legal and business communities, law firms, in-house services and the Philippine Law Academy. Welcome to JC Consulting Thomson Reuters ALB China Law Awards 2018! She then built her own practice and focused on arbitration, securities and special projects for foreign banks. She has served as legal counsel to the Philippine Stock Exchange and its wholly-owned subsidiary and regulator, Capital Markets Integrity Corporation.

I am interested in being an official partner of the ALB Law Awards, as a media/legal association. We are pleased to announce the participation of some important judges, as can be seen below. The entire jury will be published exclusively at the awards ceremony on 22 March 2018. April 19 is the only evening in the legal calendar where you can reward yourself and enjoy the spectacular gala festivities. In 2016 and 2017, Tomokazu served as Senior Counsel in Singapore, where he assisted APAC`s legal team in the integration while being Legal Manager for North Asia. The finalists in this category will be announced at the awards ceremony on June 13, 2018. Acquisition of AB InBev`s brands and activities by Asahi Group Holding Law Firms: Allen & Overy; Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise); Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Each year, ALB invites an independent jury made up of high-ranking executives and legal industry experts from various sectors, which matches the varied list of award categories. SMYPC offers complete packaging solutions worldwide. It has a wide range of quality products – glass, plastics, metal, flexible, PET, molds and paper, as well as reliable services and technical know-how.

Its facilities and facilities provide a dynamic, strategically accessible and world-class supply base that creates a sustainable competitive advantage in global business. SMYPC combines the expertise of two recognized Asian brands – one of Southeast Asia`s largest conglomerates, San Miguel Corporation and nihon Yamamura Glass Company, Ltd. in Japan, with offices in the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, China, Vietnam and Malaysia. Date: Friday, September 7, 2018 Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Conrad Hong Kong – Grand Ballroom In addition, Wong & Partners scored three wins in the transaction categories – including the mergers and acquisitions deal of the year for the acquisition of I&P Group by S P Setia – while ASL counted the Malaysian deal of the year (PETRONAS` Saudi Aramco Integrated Development Project) among its six transaction prices. A record 110 law firms and 104 internal teams participated in 52 categories, making them more inclusive than in previous years. These negotiators, companies and internal teams deserve to be congratulated for their outstanding achievements in the legal profession over the past year. Atty. Pascua was previously UnderSecretary of State of the Consumer Protection Group of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (DTI) from August 2016 to January 2018. Jollibee Foods Corporation is Asia`s largest foodservice company with a global network of over 4,300 stores under the following brands: Jollibee, Chowking, Greenwich, Red Ribbon, Mang Inasal, Burger King (Philippines), Pho24, Yonghe King, Hong Zhuang Yuan, Dunkin Donuts (China), Highlands Coffee and Smashburger. JFC also recently signed agreements to invest in Tortas Frontera`s U.S.

operations and bring Panda Express to the Philippines. PHILIP J., S.C. President of the Hong Kong Bar AssociationPhilip was born in Warrington, Lancashire in 1953. He frequented the St. John Rigby Grammar School, Wigan and Lincoln College, University of Oxford from 1972 to 1975, where he studied English language and literature. He was called to the bar in 1977 and practised at the North Chambers Circuit of H.K. Goddard Q.C. in Manchester. He arrived in Hong Kong in 1985 and joined the Attorney General`s Office. Between 1989 and 1991, he was Deputy Solicitor General with special responsibilities for human rights and constitutional affairs. In 1991, he retired from the public service. In 1997, he took silk.

He was on the Hong Kong Bar Council for several years and was elected Vice-President in 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2004 and President in 2005 and 2006.