Business Law Section

Chair

Mr Peter Bartlett
Minter Ellison
Rialto Towers
525 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3001
AUSTRALIA
T: 61 3 8608 2677
F: 61 3 8608 1088
E: peter.bartlett@minterellison.com

Deputy Chair

Deputy Chair

Mr Jalalullail Othman
Shook Lin & Bok
Level 20 AmBank Group Building
55 Jalan Raja Chulan
Kuala Lumpur 50200
MALAYSIA
T: 60 3 2031 1788
F: 60 3 2031 1775
E: slb@shooklin.com.sg

In 1994, the LAWASIA, the LAWASIA Executive Committee approved the formation of a Business Law Section in response to the unparalleled economic transformation of the Asia Pacific region and the burgeoning importance of commercial law in this environment.

The Section now boasts 10 Standing Committees (interest groups) and has to date, held 7 biennial Business Law conferences dedicated to matters of legal interest in the commercial arena:

1. 1994 - Bangkok, Thailand

2. 1996 - Hong Kong, SAR

3. 1998 - Tokyo, Japan

4. 2000 - Singapore

5. 2002 - New Delhi, India

6. 2004 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

7. 2006 - Hohhot - Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

Each of these conferences has provided an excellent and inspirational opportunity for business lawyers to meet and air issues of relevance in the context of the learning opportunity offered by the conferences' continuing legal education work programs.

The Business Law Section actively contributes to the program of LAWASIA’s annual conference.

Membership of the Business Law Section is open to all members of LAWASIA  and are entitled to join one section or committee at no charge. In the case of the Business Law Section, members should select one of the section committees.  For thoes wishing to join more than one section or committee, a sliding scale of fees applies.

For more information on section membership fees please click here

Each Standing Committee is chaired by a LAWASIA member with special interest and expertise in that field. The Standing Committee Chairs, along with the Section Chair, Deputy Chair and Secretary form the management backbone of the Business Law Section. This group meets in person annually at LAWASIA Biennial Conferences and Business Law Conferences.
 

Business Law Section Committees

Banking & Finance

Chair

Mr Jalalullail Othman
Level 20 AmBank Group Building
No 55 Jalan Raja Chulan
Kuala Lumpur 50200
MALAYSIA
T: 60 3 20314 1788
F: 60 3 2031 1775
E: jal@shooklin.com.my 

Communications & Technology

Co-Chair

Mr Peter Bartlett
Minter Ellison
Rialto Towers
525 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3001
AUSTRALIA
T: 61 3 8608 2677
F: 61 3 8608 1088
E: peter.bartlett@minterellison.com

Co-Chair

Dr Gordon Hughes
Blake Dawson
26/181 William Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
AUSTRALIA
T: 61 3 9679 3395
F: 61 3 9679 3111
E: Gordon.Hughes@blakedawson.com

Corporate Securities & Investment

Chair

Mr Jeff Leong
Senior Partner
Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong
B-11-8, Level 11
Megan Avenue II
Jalan Yap Kwan Seng
Kuala Lumpur 50450
MALAYSIA
T: 60 3 2166 3225
F: 60 3 2166 3227
E: jeff.leong@jlpw.com.my

Deputy Chair

Mr Manoj K Chhabra
Partner
Astra Law Offices
J 290 Saket
New Delhi 110017
INDIA
T: 91 11 5176 4441
F: 91 11 5176 4442
E: manoj.chhabra@astralaw.com

Environmental Law

Chair

The Hon Justice Brian Preston SC
Chief Judge
The Land and Environment Court of NSW
GPO Box 3565
Sydney NSW 2001
AUSTRALIA
T: 61 2 9113 8261
F: 61 2 9113 8266
E: justice_preston@courts.nsw.gov.au

Deputy Chair

Franchising

Co-Chair

Mr Stephen Giles
Norton Rose Australia
GPO Box 459
Melbourne VIC 3000
AUSTRALIA
T: 61 3 9230 0411
F: 61 3 9230 0505
E: stephen.giles@nortonrose.com 

Co-Chair

Intellectual Property

Chair

Mr Alan Moyle
Moyle & Associates
5 Monaro Close
Kooying VIC 3144
AUSTRALIA
T: 61 0 407557037
E: alanmoyle@hotmail.com

Taxation

Chair

 Suite 3006B, Tingkat 2, Persiaran Raja

Insurance

Chair

Mr Michael Turnbull
Deacons Lawyers
Level 5, Alexandra House
18 Chater Road
Central
HONG KONG, SAR
T: 852 2825 9612
F: 852 2810 0431
E: michael.turnbull@deacons.com.hk