The ASEAN Law Conference 2018

ABLI was the sole knowledge partner of the ASEAN Law Association’s ASEAN Law Conference titled The Power of One: Unlocking Opportunities in ASEAN Through Law which was hosted in Singapore from 25 July to 28 July 2018.

The ASEAN Law Association has now published The ASEAN Law Conference 2018 – A Compendium of Speeches, Papers, Presentations and Reports.

Various representatives of ABLI, and others whom are involved with ABLI’s projects, participated in the Conference.

Name	Relationship to ABLI	Topic	Page
The Hon Chief Justice Sundaresh MENON	Chairman, ABLI’s Board of Governors	Opening Ceremony Welcome Address	3–8
		Address (as Incoming ALA President) at the Reconvening of the General Assembly	29–32
		Address at the Gala Dinner	33–40
Prof J H H WEILER	Member, ABLI’s Board of Governors	ASEAN Law, the ASEAN Way and the Role of Domestic Courts	43–52
Mr Minn Naing Oo	Reporter, ABLI’s Foreign Judgments project	A New Phase (and Face) of Law: Opportunities and Challenges in the ASEAN Economic Community	60
		Rule of Law – Role in Attracting Trade and Investments in ASEAN – Free Trade Agreements and Bilateral Investment Agreements in ASEAN Countries	192
Prof Dr Colin ONG QC	Reporter and Author, ABLI’s Foreign Judgments project	Fair, Effective and Efficient Dispute Resolution to Facilitate the Success of the ASEAN Community	63–83
Prof CHOONG Yeow Choy	Reporter, ABLI’s Foreign Judgments project	Fair, Effective and Efficient Dispute Resolution to Facilitate the Success of the ASEAN Community	90
Mr Stephen J BROGAN	Managing Partner of ABLI “Founding Partner” Jones Day	Law as an Instrument to Facilitate the Success of the ASEAN Economic Community: The Importance of the Rule of Law in Cross-Border Insolvency and Restructuring Regimes	98–109
The Hon Justice Kannan RAMESH	Member, Advisory Committee, ABLI’s Restructuring project	Law as an Instrument to Facilitate the Success of the ASEAN Economic Community	110–111
Mr Patrick ANG	CEO of ABLI “Founding Partner” Rajah & Tann Asia	Law as an Instrument to Facilitate the Success of the ASEAN Economic Community	114
Mr JJ DISINI	Reporter, ABLI’s Data Privacy project	Disruptive Technologies on Business Landscapes in ASEAN: Opportunities and Challenges	142
Mr Francisco Ed LIM	Member, Advisory Committee, ABLI’s Restructuring project	Power of One: ASEAN Economic Community Financial Integration	146
Mr NG Wai King	Managing Partner at “Founding Partner” WongPartnership LLP	Power of One: ASEAN Economic Community Financial Integration	147
Mr LIM Chong Kin	Director at ABLI “Founding Partner” Drew & Napier	Competition Law in the ASEAN Economic Community	150–155
Mr Cavinder BULL SC	CEO at ABLI “Founding Partner” Drew & Napier	Enhancing the Rule of Law in Investor-State Dispute Settlement – A Proposed Protocol for Communication with Non-Disputing States on Issues of Treaty Interpretation	167–184
Dr Poomintr SOOKSRIPAISARNKIT	Report and Author, ABLI’s Foreign Judgments project	Cross-Border Obstacles in ASEAN and Solutions	223

ABLI and its projects featured prominently during the Conference and that is reflected in the text of the ALA’s publication. A selection of quotes are extracted below.