BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191203T173000 RDATE:20380119T111407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:Asia/Singapore +08 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20380119T111407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:Asia/Singapore +08 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:de2a31b610aeea021fc6a77242a58266 CATEGORIES:Webinar CREATED:20201110T141021 SUMMARY:Joint SIArb-SCCA Debate: "This House Believes that Virtual Meetings and Hearings will be the Norm Post Pandemic" (3 Dec 2020) LOCATION:Zoom Video Webinar Platform DESCRIPTION:
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about new norms, one of which is
the increase in the familiarity and use of virtual platforms for meetings a
nd hearings. Many of us have “trained” ourselves to be “e
xperts” in conducting meetings virtually. Courts and arbitral tribuna
ls also frequently conduct virtual hearings which are accorded same weight
and effect as in-person hearings. In a very unprecedented way, people have
unknowingly realised the benefits of virtual hearings and meetings.
T
his Debate is jointly organised by the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators a
nd the Singapore Corporate Counsel Association. Our esteemed debaters will
seek to convince the judges and audience that virtual hearings and meetings
will in fact become the new norm, even after the pandemic abates.
SIArb’s mission includes the education of arbitration practitioners , the promotion of arbitration and the development of the profession of arb itrator, as well as providing social and networking opportunities for all t hose involved in arbitration in Singapore.
Following the succes s of last year’s inaugural debate, we have again assembled a group of leading experts to debate on an issue which cannot be more relevant than d uring this time of the Covid-19 pandemic.
5.30– 5.40pm | Welcome Remarks and Introduction |
5.40– 6.40pm td> | Debate on The Motion: "This House Believes that Virtual Meetings and Hearings will be the Norm Post Pandemic” |
6.40&nda sh; 7.00pm | Closing |
Benj
amin Hughes – Independent Arbitrator, Hughes Arbitration Benjamin Hughes is an independent arbitrator at The Arbitration Cham
bers in Singapore and Fountain Court Chambers in London, and adjunct profes
sor at National University of Singapore Law School. A Fellow of CIArb
, SIArb and HKIArb, Benjamin is a panel member of numerous arbitration inst
itutions in the Asia-Pacific region including SIAC and HKIAC. He has
served as sole, presiding or co-arbitrator in over 150 arbitrations, with s
everal billion USD in dispute. Listed by Chambers & Partners as o
ne of the "Most in Demand Arbitrators" in the Asia-Pacific Region, Benjamin
’s experience as arbitrator spans a broad range of commercial dispute
s including joint venture and shareholder disputes, construction and infras
tructure projects, energy and resources, shipping and shipbuilding, intelle
ctual property and technology, manufacturing, military procurement, agency
and distributorship, and sale of goods. Benjamin was educated in both
the civil law and the common law traditions, first at Seoul National Unive
rsity College of Law (all coursework in Korean) and then at NYU School of L
aw. | |
Iai
n Potter – Partner, MDD Forensic Accountants Iain
is a Partner in MDD Forensic Accountants’ Singapore office, where he
specialises in expert witness engagements, particularly those requiring opi
nions on business valuations, complex loss of profit claims or GAAP complia
nce. He has been instructed as an expert before courts and tribunals in jur
isdictions including the UK, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Australi
a, the BVI, Nepal and Korea. Iain is qualified as a Chartered Accountant in
England and Wales and Singapore, holds a number of business valuation qual
ifications and is a Fellow of the Expert Witness Institute. He is cur
rently pursuing a PhD with the University of Leicester, where his research
focusses on the extent to which risk and uncertainty are reflected in award
s of damages | |
| Lim Wei Lee - Partner, WongPartnership LLP
Lim Wei Lee is a Partner in the Banking & Financial Disputes
and International Arbitration Practices. Her main areas of practice i nvolve litigation and arbitration across a wide range of matters including commercial, corporate, and banking disputes, fraud, cross-border trade and investment disputes, insolvency, and judicial review. In addition to an act ive court practice as counsel in the High Court and Court of Appeal, Wei Le e has acted as counsel in arbitrations conducted under various arbitral rul es, including the SIAC, UNCITRAL, KLRCA, and ICC rules. |
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/div> Greg Tanner - Group General Counsel, International SOS Greg is a lawyer admitted to practice in New York by th
e Supreme Court of the State of New York, in England and Wales by the Supre
me Court of Judicature of England and Wales and in France by the Ordre des
Avocats de Paris. Greg has practiced at two of the world’s largest la
w firms, Clifford Chance in London, Luxemburg and Singapore, and White &
; Case in New York, Singapore, Jakarta and Paris. |
About t he Judges:
Rebecca Andersen &ndash
; Head of Legal, Hengyi Industries International Rebecca
is the Head of Legal of Hengyi Industries International, a Singapore oil a
nd gas commodity trading company. She is an Energy, Maritime and Internatio
nal Commodity Trading lawyer and she advises on complex issues in the busin
ess of commodities trading, cross-border disputes, sanctions, shipping, tra
de financing and derivatives. Rebecca was a litigation and corporate lawyer
with the Global Ernst & Young Law and she had also been the General Co
unsel in United States listed company and various public listed companies i
n Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. Rebecca is a Director of the SCCA. She
is a Fellow and Council Member of the SIArb and a Fellow with the MIArb an
d AIADR. She is on the arbitration panels of SIAC (Reserve Panel of SIAC),
AIAC as well as AIADR. Rebecca was also appointed by the Honourable Judges
of Singapore to sit as committee member in the Promotion of Singapore Law C
ommittee and Commercial Precedent Committee, both under the auspices of the
Singapore Academy of Law. | |
td> | Chia Ho C
hoon – Council Member, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators Ho Choon retired as a partner in the litigation and arbitration
team of Withers KhattarWong LLP in 2020. He was formerly a partner of Bih L
i & Lee, and before that of Allen & Gledhill. | <
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Ben Giaretta &nd
ash; Partner, Fox Williams LLP Ben Giaretta is a partner
and the co-head of international arbitration at Fox Williams LLP. A
Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of both the SIArb and the CIArb, he is the
current Chair of the London Branch of the CIArb. He has considerable
experience of international arbitration across the world, particularly in L
ondon and in Singapore, where he was based for 7 years as the Asia Head of
International Arbitration for an international law firm. He represents clie
nts in various sectors, including natural resources, infrastructure, commod
ities and technology, and he has also been appointed arbitrator (sole arbit
rator, party-nominated arbitrator, presiding arbitrator and emergency arbit
rator) on many occasions. He is on the panels of arbitrators of sever
al arbitral institutions including the SIAC, the HKIAC, the AIAC, the JCAA
and the SCCA. He also teaches arbitration courses for the CIArb and t
he University of Aberdeen. His first degree was from Oxford University and
he has a Postgraduate Diploma in arbitration from QMUL.: Asia Pacific. |
About the Moderator
Tan Weiyi - Partner, Har ry Elias Partnership LLP Weiyi is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Management Practice Group at Harry Elias Partnership LLP. She represents and advises clients in a ran ge of cross-border commercial disputes, including transactional, licensing, intellectual property, employment and tenancy disputes. Weiyi also advises and represents clients in investigations and enforcement actions, focused on corruption, financial fraud and other white-collar criminal offences. We iyi is an accredited arbitrator and mediator, and has been appointed as sol e arbitrator in SIAC proceedings and co-mediator in mediation proceedings a dministered by the SMC. Weiyi is an elected Council member and serves as Ch airperson of the Activities Committee of the Singapore Institute of Arbitra tors. She is also a Certified Fraud Examiner and serves as President of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ Singapore Chapter.< /p> |
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