ABLI’s Founding Partners are a limited group of private organisations who contributed to the establishment of ABLI.

ABLI’s inaugural Advisory Board

Members nominated by the Board of Governors

Australia

Professor Richard Garnett, Professor of Law, University of Melbourne

Professor Rosalind Mason, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, Law School, Queensland University of Technology

Mr Donald Robertson, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills

China

Professor Fan Jian, Professor and Doctoral Advisor, Nanjing University School of Law

Professor Shen Sibao, Dean of the Law School, University of International Business and Economics of Beijing and the Law School of Tianjin University

Professor Zhu Ciyun, Doctor Supervisor and Head of Tsinghua Commercial Law Research Centre, Law School, Tsinghua University

India 

Mr Sumant Batra, Managing Partner and Head – Insolvency and Corporate Law Practice, Kesar Dass B & Associates

Mr Rashesh Shah, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Edelweiss Group 

Japan

Professor Masato Dogauchi, Professor of Law, Law School, Waseda University 

Singapore

Professor Simon Chesterman, Dean of Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore                 

Mr Lionel Yee Woon Chin, SC, Deputy Attorney-General, Attorney-General’s Chambers

Professor Yeo Tiong Min, Yong Pung How Chair Professor of Law, Singapore Management University (Chairman of the Advisory Board)

Representatives of ABLI’s Founding Partners

Singapore

Mr Cavinder Bull, SC, Chief Executive Officer, Drew & Napier LLC

Ms Joan Janssen, Director-General (International & Advisory) and Director of Legal Services, Ministry of Law, Singapore

Mr Philip Jeyaretnam, SC, Global Vice Chair and ASEAN Chief Executive Officer, Dentons

Mr Lee Eng Beng, SC, Senior Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore and Chairperson, Rajah & Tann Asia 

Mr Lee Kim Shin, SC, Managing Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP

Mr Low Sai-Choy, Director Group Legal & Compliance, Far East Organisation 

Mr Ng Wai King, Managing Partner, WongPartnership

Ms Shantini Sanmuganathan, Group General Counsel, Singapore Telecommunications Limited

Mr Nish Shetty, Partner, Clifford Chance Asia

USA  

Mr Thomas F. Cullen Jr. (“Tim”), Partner, Jones Day

Mr R Hewitt Pate, Vice President & General Counsel, Chevron Corporation