Dates: December 1 - 3, 2021
Location: Sentosa Island, Singapore
The Steering Committee welcomes a select group of 44 preeminent private practice lawyers, in-house litigators and financial crime experts, who deal with enforcement matters in the Asia-Pacific region. The Forum is a rare opportunity to meet with leading peers and develop practical solutions to pressing situations.
Using candid, seminar-style discussion, the group identifies trends and developments in their varied jurisdictions for meaningful dialogue on the most interesting and provocative issues of the day.
This elite group, comprised of experts in the field, personally nominates all invitees and develops the Agenda, which forms the basis of our discussions.
Designation: Partner
Practice: Litigation
Professional Memberships: Bar Council of Delhi
Education: B.A., LL.B (Hons.), National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, BCL (Oxon)
Mr. Anuj Berry is a Partner with the Firm’s Litigation, Dispute Resolution, and White Collar Defense Group. Anuj specialises in all issues of national and international white-collar crime, fraud, corruption, and regulatory enforcement investigations. He specialises in internal investigations as also investigations by federal anti-corruption and anti-money laundering authorities. He has represented multi-national corporations in large and politically sensitive anti-corruption and anti-money laundering investigations having a cross border element.
Anuj’s expertise in such matters ranges from assisting the Client with evolving the defense strategy, representations to regulatory authorities, advising on extradition issues as also representing the Client in court proceedings in prosecutions launched by such authorities.
His key work experience on White Collar Defense matters is as under:
Anuj joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas in 2006. He worked with the Firm till 2009 when he took a sabbatical to pursue Bachelor of Civil Laws (BCL) at the University of Oxford and then re-joined the firm in 2010. While at Oxford, he undertook academic and practical training in International Dispute Settlement. He gained his LLB from National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata.
Lakshmi Nadarajah
T: +6012-3700723
Career summary
I qualified as a barrister in the U.K., and I have been in private practice and served as general counsel in Malayisa and Australia over the past 28 years.
My focus is to critically assess competing interests, the client’s requirements, the available information and to consistently reach satisfactory outcomes,both commercially and professionally.I provide objective and pragmatic advice, including in difficult situations knowing what it means to the bottom line.
Experience
Of Counsel, Christopher & Lee Ong, Kuala Lumpur June 2018 –June 2019
I was a Principal Consultant to Petroliam Nasional Berhador PETRONAS, Malaysia’s fully integrated petroleum corporation, when PETRONAS established a newly created Legal Compliance Division.
I provided legal and commercial expertise and led a senior team to evaluate PETRONAS’ legal compliance framework and establish potential areas of operational risk, and to then re-design processes and policies to ensure higher resilience in business critical areas.
Ethics and integrity is a critical part of the legal compliance framework, and I provided specialist legal advice to achieve business outcomes, and recommendations for improvements in line with generally accepted international best practices and standards.
General Counsel, Astro All Asia Networks plc October 2005 –March 2017
& ASTRO Overseas Limited, Kuala Lumpur
ASTRO is Malaysia’s leading direct to consumer media and entertainment company.
My primary responsibility was to protect the organisation’s reputation, and provide legal counsel to both the Board and ASTRO’s senior executives on the management of real and potential risks.As a member of the senior team,I had oversight of all legal matters for ASTRO’s businesses worldwide.I also served as Company Secretary and led the Regulatory and Government Relations division for several years.
I led teams that supported ASTRO’s businesses on matters ranging from management of key IP assets, acquisitions and divestments, corporate governance, to dispute resolution. Amongst others, I developed a strategy and protocol to analyse and address complex and potentially high risk regulatory inquiries and related proceedings, and to effectively remediate compliance weaknesses.
Partner / Solicitor, Rashid & Lee, Kuala Lumpur February 1992 –August 2005
& Middletons, Melbourne (now part of K&L Gates LLP)
My practice covered a wide range of corporate commercial matters, both advisory as well as transactional. This included:
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Kristina is a graduate of the University of Toronto and is accredited as a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP), a globally recognized badge of excellence in the meeting and event industry. Prior to joining Cambridge Forums, Kristina worked for the Toronto International Film Festival where she successfully planned and hosted events for high-level donors, corporate clients and film stars. Outside the office, Kristina is passionate about learning new things, being outdoors, trying new cuisines and exploring the world one country at a time.
Built on genuine interactions and spontaneous connections, the Forum is the premiere gathering for distinguished leaders who deal with enforcement matters in Asia-Pacific.
The Forum on Investigations & Enforcement APAC was extremely informative and interactive. The participants delved more deeply into the issues discussed than the typical larger conferences one usually attends. It was also a great chance to network and develop relationships."
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Rajendra Barot AZB & Partners Mumbai, India"A great discussion with colleagues throughout Asia and Australia. Practical advice from various jurisdictions and great back-and-forth about problems facing us all in our practice."
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