Past Events

UNTYING THE KNOTS...

Event Overview

"Untying the Knots" will be facilitated by, Zerlina Sim, corporate trainer and coach with The Potential Project and Monisha Kamdar, positive psychology practitioner and coach*, co-lead of SCCA Well-Being Chapter and a practicing lawyer, to discuss the continuing journey towards mental and physical well-being for the legal community.

We look forward to an interactive conversation which will describe ways to help to increase our focus and well-being and ensure that we are being the best we can be!

During the session we will hear from three in-house counsel on their personal tips and experiences to ensure mental and physical well-being in our roles.

Workshop Overview

Participants will have an opportunity to practice:

1. “savouring” and understand how it creates and stretches positive emotions and

2. some mindfulness practices and techniques which can bring about well-being and enhance your journey to be the best you can be.

Event Outcomes

Develop an understanding about emotions and how it can be applied to lawyers at work; and

Equip lawyers with some tools/techniques that can be used if they so choose every day to bring about their own well-being

Programme

5:30pm - 6:00pm Registration

6:00pm - 6:005pm Welcome by FTI Consulting

6:05pm - 6:50pm Facilitated workshop with Zerlina Sim, senior consultant and trainer from Potential Project and Monisha Kamdar, positive psychology practitioner and coach*

6:50pm - 7:00pm A conversation with Vimaljit Kaur, senior legal counsel from SembCorp, Michele Musgrave, senior legal counsel from NextStory Group & Yeo Shi Yuan, Vice-president (Legal) from BCS Information Systems

7:00pm onwards Networking

 *Accreditation pending.

Speaker Profiles

Zerlina Sim

Monisha Kamdar

Vimaljit Kaur

Michele Musgrave

Yeo Shi Yuan

Under Attack! Managing Data Breaches and Investigations Effectively

Event Overview

An initiative by the Insurance and Reinsurance Chapter.

Please note that counsel from the insurance industry will be prioritised for this event due to overwhelming response.

The recent spate of high profile cyberattacks and data breaches, against the backdrop of more stringent data protection and cybersecurity regulations in the region, means that now more than ever, organisations must be prepared to respond effectively to a data breach and to effectively manage regulatory investigations. This is especially so for those in the insurance sector, as the data intensive nature of the sector makes it a prime target for those coveting its vast data sets. Co-hosted by AIG and CMS, and featuring Derek Crampton of Epiq, this session will focus on the legal and regulatory obligations that arise when there is a data breach, how organisations in the insurance sector should respond to enquiries from regulators, and the practical steps that in-house counsel can take to help their organisations recover from a data breach.

*This event is strictly for in-house counsel only.

ESSEX COURT CHAMBERS DUXTON (SINGAPORE GROUP PRACTICE) FIRESIDE CHAT

Fireside Chat Overview

Join us for the SCCA’s inaugural fireside chat with the members of Essex Court Chambers Duxton (Singapore Group Practice) and Dato’ Lim Chee Wee of Skrine, in an intimate, closed doors dialogue hosted by VK Rajah SC (former Judge of Appeal and Attorney-General). Conducted under Chatham House Rules, hear from Toby Landau QC, Chan Leng Sun SC, Dato’ Lim, Calvin Liang, Colin Liew and Tham Lijing as they share their thoughts and expertise on issues and topics of your choosing. 

Each speaker brings with them a wealth of experience that would be of value to the modern corporate counsel, and this fireside chat promises to be a candid, thought-provoking evening with leading figures at the Bar.

Speakers

Members of Essex Court Chambers Duxton (Singapore Group Practice)

Toby Landau QC

Chan Leng Sun SC

Calvin Liang

Colin Liew

Tham Lijing

Dato’ Lim Chee Wee, Partner, Skrine

BONUS THURSDAY IN AUGUST: THE ROLE OF AN IN-HOUSE LAWYER IN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Topics:

• Agile software development
• Digital transformation
• And the role of an in house lawyer in this changing world

This will be an informal networking environment. See our software labs for yourself on a tour and hear from Pivotal's global GC, Andy Cohen, who is visiting Singapore from San Francisco, about the role of in-house lawyers in digital transformation. 

Programme:

6.00pm - 6.30pm: Registration, refreshments and networking.

6:30pm - 7.00pm: Tour of the Pivotal software labs+learn about our agile software development process.

7.00pm - 7.30pm: Roundtable discussion on agile software development, digital transformation and the role of in-house legal counsel.

7.30pm onwards: Continued networking and refreshments

About Pivotal:

Pivotal is transforming how the world builds software. 

Pivotal's approach to building software and running software is reshaping businesses across all industries, empowering enterprises to innovate at a higher velocity and become more digital, mobile, data-driven and always-connected. Pivotal helps organizations to build software with a modern agile development process and helps customers run applications on a software platform that can be deployed on every major private and public cloud. Our customers, across industries, have adopted our software platform to build, deploy and operate software, including enterprises in the automotive, financial services, industrial, insurance, media, retail, technology and telecommunications sectors.

Pivotal is at the forefront of digital transformation and works with over one-third of the Fortune 100, and a rapidly growing portion of the Fortune 2000. Pivotal works with many of the largest companies in Asia-Pacific and Japan, including DBS, Indian Railways, China Citic Bank, China Railway Corporation, SP Group (Singapore Power), Yahoo Japan, Fujitsu and Service New South Wales. 

Hear from the team at Pivotal:

Andy Cohen is the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Pivotal, responsible for Pivotal's legal, governance, risk, and compliance functions. 

David Varvel is the Director of Pivotal Labs Director in Singapore. David has built agile software teams and delivered high quality software for companies in Tokyo, San Francisco, Washington DC and Singapore.  

Angie Leong is the Labs Sales Director for the South Asia region, based in Singapore.

Nam Guan Ng is the Strategy and Business Development Director for the South Asia region, based in Singapore. 

Matthew Hunter is the head of legal for Pivotal in Asia Pacific and Japan.

FIRST THURSDAY AT BOTTEGA

PEERS MEETING

The Singapore Corporate Counsel Association is pleased to invite all young and young at heart in house counsel to join its “Peers” section to share ideas and get involved in future Peers initiatives, and also an opportunity to get to know other fellow peers over pizza and drinks!

Do spread the word and happy to meet all “younger” in-house counsel there!

SCCA PREMIERES: (DIS)HONESTY: THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES

*This event is strictly for in-house counsel.

The Singapore Corporate Counsel Association is proud to present SCCA PREMIERES, held in collaboration with Straits Clan and D.L. & F. De Saram, for the launch of the SCCA Code of Ethics.  This critically acclaimed film explores the human tendency to be dishonest and will help counsel be more mindful of integrity in their everyday work. Following the movie, there will be an opportunity to have an engaging dialogue session on the ethical obligations for an in-house counsel with some of the brightest minds in the legal industry. 

The SCCA Code of Ethics was borne out of a higher calling towards better counsel and is intended to serve as a general guide on the ethical and professional standards expected from the in-house community as a whole. Join us at this landmark event and take a voluntary pledge to implement the Code of Ethics in your daily duties. 

About the panel: 

We live in the age of ethical ambiguity. Now, more so than ever, counsel need to be hyper-vigilant of the information that they receive, process and disseminate. The panel will discuss the ethical and moral obligations of in-house counsel in today’s climate, covering concerns that counsel might have about whistleblowing, accountability and rectification. With the expertise of panelists from fraud investigations, private practice and in-house, this panel will be invaluable to all in-house counsel. 

Drinks and canapes will be provided. 

For those who have registered for the event, sign up here for an exclusive tour of Straits Clan, starting at 5.15pm. 

About Straits Clan: 

RE-LAUNCH OF THE OIL & GAS + COMMODITIES CHAPTER

SCCA is extremely delighted to announce that the Oil & Gas + Commodities (OGC) Chapter is finally re-launching after many queries from our extremely active OGC counsel. This chapter aims to promote an interchange of information and legal views among the O&G and Commodities legal professionals in Singapore as to laws, practices and professional responsibilities in the oil and gas industry, as well as provide them with a platform and network for counsel to discuss and support one another in their specific areas of practice within the industries. 

At this chapter re-launch hosted by CMS, all counsel will have the opportunity to dialogue with their peers about current trends and issues, helping to set a foundation for a flourishing OGC chapter. 

Programme

6.15pm: Registration

6.30pm: Introduction by chapter convenor, Mr Cameron Ford

6.40pm: Roundtable Discussion

7.30pm: Networking and Drinks

Speaker Bio

Cameron is a corporate counsel with Rio Tinto in Singapore practising in disputes and commercial law. He is FCIArb, FSIArb, FACICA and FFAVE(Master). He is on the arbitration panels of the SIAC, SIArb, KLRCA, HKIAC and the Beijing Arbitration Commission and has conducted a number of arbitrations. He has a Graduate Certificate in International Arbitration from NUS, a Master of Arts in Contemporary China from NTU and is a PhD candidate at Monash University on security of costs in international arbitration. He is Chair of the SIAC Users Council Committee for Australia and New Zealand , a Member of the SIAC Users Council Executive Committee, Corporate Counsel Liaison for the IBA Pacific Forum, Chair of the Singapore chapter of the Australian Law Council, a mediator and a security of payment adjudicator.

LAUNCH OF ASSET MANAGEMENT & PRIVATE EQUITY CHAPTER

Introduction

As artificial intelligence and robotics make the leap from science fiction into the legal world, we will debate what is hype and what is not. This session will also show how Schroders has automated the completion of certain fund forms.

Programme

1) Welcome and Introduction

Opening by Antony Lee (Deputy General Counsel APAC and Singapore General Counsel, HSBC & Co-Convenor, SCCA Banking & Financial Services Chapter)

2) Automating Form 2A: Schroders’ Approach

Video Introduced by Tricia Feng (Head of Legal, Southeast Asia, Schroders & Co-Convenor, SCCA Asset Management & Private Equity Chapter)

3) Practical Considerations in Implementing Legal AI

A Linklater’s Masterclass on Legal Tech 

4) Reinventing the In-house Legal Function

A fireside chat initiated by Parthiv Rishi (Partner, Linklaters) and Daniel Yeo (Managing Associate, Linklaters)

5) Networking

Speaker Profiles

Tricia Feng

Tricia Feng is the Head of Legal, Southeast Asia, for Schroders. An experienced financial services lawyer who qualified in Singapore in 1999, she joined Schroder Investment Management (Singapore) Ltd as a legal counsel in 2007. Prior to Schroders, she was a lawyer with Allen & Gledhill before taking up legal roles in OCBC Bank and AIA Insurance. Tricia graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LLB (Hons) degree in 1998.

Parthiv Rishi

Parthiv is a partner based in Linklaters’ Singapore office. He has been at Linklaters for 14 years having previously worked in the firm’s London, New York and Hong Kong offices. He currently leads the firm’s financial sponsor and private equity sector in South-East Asia. Since moving to Singapore, Parthiv has advised on some market leading corporate transactions in the region including acting for Temasek on in its Series E investment Go-Jek, Hillhouse Capital on a number of matters including its VC investments in Traveloka; Affinity Equity Partners on its acquisition of INTI University and Colleges in Malaysia; the management and employees of Tricor on their investment into the holding vehicle established by Permira for the purposes of its US$835m acquisition of Tricor Holdings; Greenko on a number of acquisitions of renewable assets in India; and Bank of East Asia on its investment in PRASAC Microfinance Institution in Cambodia. Whilst in London, Parthiv’s clients included major private equity houses including Lloyds Development Capital, Mayfair Equity Partners, Cerebus Capital and Oaktree Capital.

Daniel Yeo

Daniel is a Managing Associate at Linklaters and leads the development and adoption of the Linklaters Nakhoda platform in Asia. Nakhoda is the proprietary Artificial Intelligence platform developed for Linklaters. Daniel has deployed AI solutions for well-known companies and government organisations including DBS. Daniel is also focused on developing and promoting the use of legal-tech products to drive efficiencies within Linklaters, including development of an in-house software solution to automate deal execution processes.

*This launch is strictly for in-house counsel only. The organisers have the right to rescind registration and/or refuse entry.

FIRST THURSDAY AT ART WORKS

Pablo Picasso once remarked, "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

At SCCA, we support you. We want to give you unique opportunities to relax and build your own network of like-minded peers. Our First Thursdays are an unique opportunity for you to meet new people from all walks of life.

July's First Thursday will be held at Art Works, a leading art investment gallery. Join us for a night of art appreciation, drinks and networking! 

Programme

6.00pm - 6.30pm: Registration

6.30pm - 7.00pm: Networking, drinks

7.00pm - 7.20pm: Presentation on art investing by Troy Sadler, Managing Director, Art Works

7.20pm - 8.30pm: Networking

Speaker Bio

Managing Director Troy Sadler heads the investment department at Art Works Singapore, guiding private clients through the process of art investment.

Troy began his career as a tennis professional, living in the US for 10 years where he ended up in South Hampton NY, coaching some of the world’s most famous artists where his interest in art began. He took up a one year stint as a currency options broker in NYC before moving back to Sydney Australia in 2001 where he started his career in one of Australia’s leading art investment firms.

In 2007 Troy moved to Hong Kong to be closer to the booming Chinese and Asian Art markets. Since then he has worked closely with some of the most exciting mid-career and emerging artists in the region. With a specific passion and expertise in art investment, Troy moved to Singapore 4 years ago where he joined Art Works and now heads up the company’s art investment division.

Light canapes and wine will be served throughout the event.