26 ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS – JULY 2024 WWW.LEGALBUSINESSONLINE.COM in a divorce who has substantial cash in his savings and investment. This is a short childless marriage of about 10 years and Chow successfully negotiated a settlement for the husband to pay the wife only 10% of his net worth and with no maintenance for the wife. In another notable case, Chow represented a client in a short marriage of five years, where the husband had amassed millions in assets and investments. Despite the wife’s bitterness over the marriage breakdown, Chow successfully protected her client’s personal assets and secured a fair division of jointly owned property, all within six months and without resorting to litigation. Chow’s recent work includes representing a wife in a divorce from her spouse. In this case involving a 30-year marriage and millions in assets, Chow negotiated a settlement that maintained her client’s lifestyle and secured a fair share of assets. Marina Chua 39, partner, Bih Li & Lee Marina Chua, a partner at Bih Li & Lee, is a distinguished legal professional with 16 years of experience specializing in energy, corporate, and commercial law. Chua’s career highlights include her tenure as senior legal counsel at Pavilion Energy, where she played a pivotal role in securing its LNG import license, a landmark achievement for the nation’s energy security in 2017. Her contributions extended to negotiating agreements across Pavilion’s LNG value chain, essential to Pavilion’s successful bid. Chua’s career highlights also include her tenure as legal counsel in ExxonMobil, where she enabled several first-of-its-kind LNG initiatives for the company. As Amazon’s energy counsel, Chua structured and closed a groundbreaking long-term renewable energy agreement with Indonesia’s state-owned utility, PLN. This agreement marked a significant milestone as the first large-scale corporate procurement of additional renewable energy in Indonesia, pioneering new pathways for corporate renewable energy procurement in the region. At Amazon, the world’s largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy, Chua’s role was instrumental in shaping legal strategies that underpinned the company’s renewable energy and sustainability initiatives. Her recent work includes supporting the development of Amazon’s Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement form, facilitating the procurement of carbon offsets from carbon removal projects to mitigate the company’s greenhouse gas emissions. Chua now acts as Amazon’s external counsel. Marina Chua’s profound expertise and strategic leadership continue to drive impactful outcomes in the energy and corporate sectors, positioning her as a key figure in advancing legal strategies that align with business goals and sustainability imperatives. Mathias Goh 35, Counsel, Breakpoint Mathias Goh, counsel at Breakpoint, is highly regarded for his expertise in dispute resolution, employment law, arbitration, and litigation. A graduate from the National University of Singapore (NUS), he holds dual qualifications in Singapore and England and Wales, and teaches part-time at the NUS Faculty of Law. Beginning his career at TSMP Law Corporation, Goh gained valuable experience in High Court trials, including working on multi-million dollar commercial disputes. His subsequent experience at renowned international law firm, Norton Rose Fulbright Singapore, saw him working on many international commercial arbitrations administered under ICC, ICSID, and SIAC rules, and representing clients in complex disputes spanning multiple jurisdictions. He later went in-house with the regional legal team of global brewing and FMCG giant, Carlsberg. In 2022, he was appointed Head of Legal for Carlsberg’s Hong Kong operations and was responsible for all its legal and compliance affairs. SINGAPORE RISING STARS 2024 LAW FIRM Kaili Ang 36, Virtus Law (Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance) Soumya Bhagavatula 34, King & Spalding Abhinav Bhushan 39, Drew & Napier Derek Choo 34, PKWA Law Le Vond Chow 36, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson Jessica Chow 36, PKWA Law Marina Chua 39, Bih Li & Lee Paul Collier 37, Clyde & Co Clasis Singapore Tom Crane 33, Mayer Brown PK Wong & Nair Esther Franks 37, Latham & Watkins Rafizah Gaffoor 35, Joseph Tan Jude Benny Justin Gan 39, Stephenson Harwood Mathias Goh 35, Breakpoint
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