MARK JEROME SEAH WEI HSIEN
Mark Seah co-heads the Litigation Practice in Dentons Rodyk, the Singapore office of global firm, Dentons. It is the world’s largest law firm, connected to the communities where its clients want to do business, offering legal counsel from more than 12,000 lawyers in 207 locations. Committed to challenging the profession’s status quo, it is also the world’s first polycentric global law firm.Dentons’ Singapore office, Dentons Rodyk, is Singapore’s oldest law firm and is today, one of Singapore’s ‘Big Five’ law firms A senior partner in the firm’s dispute resolution practice, Mark acts regularly in high value international arbitrations and has appeared as lead counsel in complex disputes involving billions of dollars. He counts amongst his clients, some of the world’s largest companies, governments, state owned entities and leading banks. His practice spans a broad spectrum of areas includi
ISSEI SHINOHARA
Issei Shinohara is attorney from TMI Associates, Japanese law firm, with experience dealing with many M&A, Corporate law, and risk management cases. He also has knowledge of Labor law(including Social Security law such as Japanese National Pension Law, Employees’ Pension Law, Health Insurance Act, and Employment insurance law), Consumer law(including Consumer Contract Act, Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, Installment Sales Act, and Act on Special Measures Concerning Civil Court Proceedings for the Collective Redress for Property Damage Incurred by Consumers), and IT law.He was a lecturer at the Faculty of Policy Management of Keio University(09/2018-03/2019)
FOUAD ELIAS EL HAJ
Fouad is the founding and managing partner at Fouad El Haj & affiliates law firm having over 20 years of experience. Fouad advises clients in a large number of fields and provides legal advice for them in all legal aspects, most particularly in complex law matters including but not limited to Corporate, Investment, Banking & Finance, Wealth structuring and Real Estate sectors. Having extensive expertise and leading corporate skills, Fouad works with clients across a wide range of industry sectors on domestic and cross-border transactions including but not limited to Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments, Private Equity, Taxation, Compliance and Corporate Governance and Joint Ventures. He is renowned for his ability to efficiently solve disputes and conflicts and for skillfully handling complex disputes in various industries. He is even notable for his excellent client-care abilities and s
GERGINA KYOSEVA
Gergina Kyoseva is anGergina Kyoseva is an attornwith Sofia Bar Association with more than ten years of professional experience. She is specialized in Corporate and Commercial Law, Insolvency and Restructuring, Dispute resolution and Tax. Gergina advises on M&A deal structuring, corporate and tax aspects of cross-border transactions and corporate restructurings, including changes in capital structure, debt / equity swap, share and asset transfers, liquidation of legal entities. She is also currently holding the position of Head of Legal of Bulsatcom EOOD – Bulgaria biggest pay-TV operator. Prior to being engaged with the Bulsatcom project Gergina worked for six years as an associate lawyer at Wolf Theiss – one of the leading law firms in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe (CEE/SEE) where she also advised and represented creditors in some of the major insolvency proceedings in Bulg
ADRIAN PEYER
Co-founder and CEO of the start-up company, Impactvise AG, Adrian Peyer is an experienced individual and a trusted counselor in the legal industry. His start-up, Impactvise AG, is the first AI-driven start-up that provides ESG performance insight, educational training and advisory services for ESG and sustainability to law firms and in-house legal departments globally. Adrian Peyer has more than 20 years of experience in the legal industry. He is a creative and solution-oriented thinker with excellent judgment and the highest of integrity. Previously, he worked for the Zurich Insurance Group in various functions in the legal department, including Company Secretary and General Counsel Corporate Center. Before joining Zurich Insurance Group, he also worked for the legal arm of Arthur Andersen, Andersen Legal, Zurich, Switzerland. Adrian holds a Master of Law from the University of St.Ga
HENZIE HEALLEY
Henzie Healley is an accomplished and skilled, common law qualified lawyer living in Dubai but servicing clients from all around the world. Henzie studied Business Management in Canada, before going on to study law in New Zealand. She qualified with an LLB with Honours in New Zealand and was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 2014. In 2019 she founded her own legal consultancy. In 2021 she merged the Abu Dhabi legal consultancy with a UK firm, rebranded and is now a partner in, and Managing Director of, Mezzle Middle East. Mezzle Middle East is a legal consultancy which is seeking to disrupt the provision of legal services and the way that lawyers conduct their business. Providing a platform through which lawyers can join and continue to service their clients, without having to worry about the endless non-billable hours taken up by admin and runnin
PARVEZ MEMON
Responsible for leading a team of 20 specialized criminal defence lawyers across the MZM Legal LLP’s Mumbai and New Delhi offices, Parvez Memon is a founding partner who has played an intricate role in growing and developing criminal litigation vertical at MZM which is widely regarded as one of India’s leading white-collar criminal defence practices. A seasoned practitioner with over 20 years of niche experience of trial and appellate work before courts across India in the fields of financial fraud, criminal compliance and regulation, money laundering, bribery, corruption, extradition cybercrime, drugs, organised crime, terrorism and other esoteric areas. He regularly advises prominent national and multinational corporations at the board level in issues of bribery, corruption, fraud, embezzlement and money laundering. He also defends and prosecutes on behalf of businesses and high net wo
CHARBEL DERSAHAKIAN
With two decades of experience in the UAE covering several fields of law, including matters relating to corporate structuring, entertainment, Franchise, property law, and regulatory affairs across several industries, Charles Dersahakian is well versed in the UAE legal system. Charles has a wide-ranging experience advising major blue-chip organizations, government and semi-government concerns, and SMEs on a wide range of issues including M&A transactions, legal due diligence, joint ventures, agency law issues, regulatory affairs, electronic transactions and other corporate and commercial matters; and has been involved in drafting a number of laws and regulations. His expertise has been recognized by Arabian Business Magazine in 2018 as one of 16 legal eagles in Dubai. Charles holds a LLM in International Trade and Commercial Law from the University of Essex, and LLB from the Faculty of La
SOLOMON OKEDARA
Solomon Okedara, Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, is a practicing legal Practitioner and Researcher with over fifteen (15) years post-call experience and expertise in litigation and non-litigious areas of practice. Solomon has a special bias for Human Rights (specially focusing on Freedom of Expression), Data Protection & Privacy, Digital Identity, Access to Internet and Online Expressions. Solomon is a partner at Solomon Okedara & CO (a firm of Barristers and Solicitors) and co-founded Digital Rights Lawyers Initiative-a not for profit NGO that focuses on promotion and protection of digital rights through Litigation, Advocacy, Research and Training (LART). Solomon is a strategic litigation lawyer with a robust interest and proven expertise in Freedom of Expression and Digital Rights litigation. He currently serves as a Legal Researcher with Columbia University i
UZAIR AHMAD ZEHGEER
Uzair Ahmad Zehgeer, is a seasoned legal professional with over 11 years of in-house and private practice experience across the Middle East, India and USA. With his immaculate academic record, he has demonstrated an exhaustive understanding of compliance and corporate commercial legal issues across various sectors including logistics, aviation, telecommunication and financial services. During his legal journey, he has managed key and high value commercial negotiations, cross border litigations and arbitrations, labor disputes, establishment of entities and corporate restructuring projects including high value mergers & acquisitions. He is presently working as a Senior Legal Counsel-II for FedEx Express Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa, based out of Dubai, the United Arab Emirates and is responsible for providing wide range of legal, compliance and regulatory support to differ
