ALB identifies 25 of the most outstanding in-house legal counsel in Asia - from Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, China and India. These lawyers represent the health, real estate, banking, technology, shipping energy and consumer goods sectors. Some have worked on precedent-setting transactions, while others have quietly built up strong legal teams, ensuring continual compliance of their organisation and also influencing the passage of legislation.
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ALB In-House Top 25: the list for 2009
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Name |
Company |
Position |
Location |
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Wayne Bannon |
Carlyle Group |
General counsel Asia |
Hong Kong |
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Cheng Meifen |
China Construction Bank |
Legal department manager |
China |
|
Chen Weihua |
China Southern Airlines |
Legal department manager |
China |
|
Luo Gang |
China Unicom |
General counsel |
China |
|
Royce Miller |
Citi |
Managing director & general counsel, Citi institutional clients group Asia-Pacific |
Hong Kong |
|
Roy Huang |
CITIC Ka Wah Bank |
General counsel and head of compliance |
Taiwan |
|
David Flavell |
Danone (Asia) |
General counsel Asia-Pacific |
China |
|
Karl Chong |
DBS Bank |
Head of legal, compliance and secretariat |
Taiwan |
|
Zhang Chengming |
GD Midea Holdings |
Legal manager, legal centre |
China |
|
KP Madhan Kumar |
GMR Group |
Manager – legal |
India |
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Gareth Bater |
Goldman Sachs (Asia) |
Managing director and general counsel, legal department |
Hong Kong |
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Edith Shih |
Hutchison Whampoa |
Head, group general counsel and company secretary |
Hong Kong |
|
Zhang Wei |
ICBC |
General manager, legal affairs department |
China |
|
Geraldine Kamalanathan |
Maybank |
General counsel |
Malaysia |
|
Patrick Moran |
Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Head of global markets & investment banking counsel, Asia-Pacific region |
Hong Kong |
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Brett Graham |
Morgan Stanley |
Managing director, legal and compliance |
Hong Kong |
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Damian Yeo |
Nokia |
Director, legal and government relations, south-east Asia-Pacific |
Singapore |
|
Clifford Levy |
Nomura |
General counsel Asia |
Hong Kong |
|
Yao Jun |
Ping An Insurance Group |
Chief counsel |
China |
|
Lily Khairi |
Shell Malaysia |
Managing counsel, business operations and support services |
Malaysia |
|
Seung-Kook Synn |
SK Energy |
Vice president and general counsel |
Korea |
|
Liu Wenzhao |
Sinochem International |
General manager of legal department |
China |
|
Shao Jingyang |
Sinopec |
Legal department manager |
China |
|
Jeffrey Wong |
UBS |
Executive director |
Singapore |
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Fumitaka Eshima |
UBS (Japan) |
Managing director, head of legal |
Japan |