On Friday, 5 April 2019, Mark Fisher (Deputy Executive Director) and Dr Clarisse Girot (Research Fellow) gave a presentation to French corporate heads, their in-house and external counsel, among others, at the French Embassy in Singapore (Ambassade de France à Singapour).
ABLI discussed its vision and mission, with reference to its projects on data privacy and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.
From left to right: Mark Fisher, Clarisse Girot, Sriram Chakravarthi, Wong Li Tein, Herlina Lo Blondel and Mark Wong.
The presentation was spearheaded by Sriram Chakravarthi (Senior Director & Chief Legal Counsel) of ABLI’s parent company, the Singapore Academy of Law, who gave a presentation on SAL’s study on governing law and jurisdictional choices in cross-border transactions. Mr Chakravarthi was joined by Wong Li Tein (Deputy Chief Executive) of SAL.
ABLI and SAL were joined by Mark Wong (Director) of Duane Morris & Selvam LLP and Herlina Lo Blondel (Regional Legal Manager) of Hermès Middle East South Asia Pte Ltd who discussed, respectively, the use of Singapore as a legal hub for French companies when investing in Asia and practical issues faced by in-house counsel operating in the region.
