Risk, Uncertainty and Complexity: Overcoming these barriers for Cross-Border Transactions

There's a wealth of information out there in the market but when it comes to legal matters, how can you be assured of the credibility of the source -  Especially so for cross-border transactions where matters are beyond your area of expertise.

In a recent survey of cross-border practitioners, 78% of respondents agreed that internationalisation drives the growth of cross-border transactions and may continue to rise irrespective of economic cycles. In Singapore, this trend can be observed on 2 levels: The increase of mergers between local and international law firms and the establishment of international centres such as the SIAC and SICC.

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Virtual Currencies: New Assets in the Digital Age?

Virtual currencies have been in the news lately.

What are they and how do they really work?

Should regulators treat them like investment products, stored value facilities, foreign exchange currencies, securities offerings or, as the country of the Great Firewall has, ban them altogether?

How different are Initial Coin Offerings from Initial Public Offers? What documentation is involved in ICOs?

How do virtual currencies embed smart contracts within them?

Singapore Corporate Counsel Association's Banking & Financial Services Chapter will host a round-table to answer these and many other questions with Linklaters.

Don't be a counsel that's caught in a bind about virtual currencies.
Come find out more!

Please note this seminar is strictly for in-house counsel only.

SCCA BAFIS Data Protection Roundtable & Dialogue Session with PDPC

Singapore Corporate Counsel Association's Banking & Financial Services Chapter is pleased invite counsel in financial institutions to its annual data protection roundtable.

The session will begin with a data protection update by Baker McKenzie giving attendees an update about the data protection regime in Singapore, including a discussion of enforcement decisions of the Personal Data Protection Commission. We will also explore how legal teams are supporting and can better support Data Protection Officers in their work. Finally, the session will touch on data protection developments around the world that may affect persons based in Singapore. We will also query what impact, if any, a recent seminal Indian Supreme Court decision affecting the right to privacy is likely to have on common law jurisdictions like Singapore.

The session will then dovetail into a dialogue session with the Personal Data Protection Commission, where attendees may get some insights into its efforts for developing a trusted data ecosystem in Singapore and how that fits with the Prime Minister's ambitious Smart Nation initiative.

This event is held under Chatham House Rules.

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Please note this seminar is strictly for in-house counsel only.

SCCA's First Thursday at the Park!

SCCA will host its next First Thursday at the Park @ Holland Village, 281 Holland Avenue, Singapore 208996 on 7 September 2017, from 6.30PM onwards.

We are also excited to have Singapore's fastest marathoner of all time, Soh Rui Yong, join us as a special guest! Soh has recently returned from the SEA Games 2017 after defending his gold medal, where he became the first Singaporean male to win back to back SEA Games marathon titles. Find out more about this living legend of sports here: https://www.runsohfast.com/

Do join us in celebrating his achievement and that of Singapore's other sporting heroes and heroines.

Drinks will be served on a cash-bar basis, and there may be some exclusive promotions for attendees who come early!

PDPA Consultation Paper

The fast-emerging Digital Economy is presenting challenges for consent-based approaches to personal data protection. Ubiquitous computing has changed the nature of data collection from active interaction to a passive one where devices seamlessly collect and transmit personal data across communications networks.

Increasingly, it may not always be possible to anticipate the purposes for using and disclosing personal data at the outset. Furthermore, where huge volumes of personal data involving large numbers of individuals are collected at high velocities and from a variety of sources, it may not be practical for organisations to seek individuals’ consent in every instance of data collection, or to attempt to identify the individuals to seek their consent for every new purpose.

Hence, PDPC proposes for consent to remain a key basis for collecting, using and disclosing personal data under the PDPA to provide individuals the right to exercise choice and control over their personal data.

Lastly, to strengthen protection for individuals and build confidence in organisations’ management and protection of personal data, PDPC is proposing to introduce a mandatory data breach notification to affected individuals.

Join the SCCA and Linklaters Singapore Pte Ltd and let your voice be heard.

Program:-
4.00pm – Registration
4.30pm – Intro and Feedback Collection
6pm – Networking and Refreshments
7pm – End of Session

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Harnessing the Potential of Intellectual Property

Seminar Overview

In conjunction with IP Week 2017 that will take place from 29-30 August, SCCA would like to invite its members for a session to explore and better understand the role of in-house counsel in helping organisations harness the value of Intellectual Property.

We will have a mix of international and local IP thought leaders to share their insights during the session and do not miss the networking opportunities during the post-event drinks reception.

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When Litigation Looms - Practical Tips for In-House Lawyers

Know your do’s and don’ts  during litigation and watch out for pre, during and post action tips. Based on real-life examples, this program is packed with practical contents that will prepare any in-house lawyer.

Topics that will be discussed include: 

Evidence

•Lessons learnt from moving around the minefield of identification, preservation and compilation

•Cost-benefit analysis of methods employed

•Strategic implications

Offer To Settle

What is a derisory OTS and why it is to be avoided

How to calibrate the OTS to:

      •maximise cost claim

      •minimise cost exposure

Taxation of Cost

•Pre-trial tips for an oft-overlooked post–trial process

Communications

•External and internal:  what, when, how, to whom and why sometimes less is more

Speakers Profile - Marina Chin

** For in-house lawyers only

A CONVERSATION WITH HALIMAH YACOB

SCCA Leadership Series

A Conversation with Halimah Yacob 

MADAM SPEAKER?

Leaned-in before leaning in was popular.

From her early days as a trade union lawyer, Mdm Halimah has defied every stereotype. She would go on to build the fledgling legal department of the National Trades Union Congress and eventually become its Deputy Secretary General. Her deeply felt desire to serve the worker and the poor would mark the beginning of a distinguished political career which would see her rise from Member of Parliament to Minister of State and now to Speaker of Parliament. 

Join us in conversation as Madam Halimah reflects on a life well-lived; law, politics and country; and of course, what’s next.

PROGRAMME

6.00PM - REGISTRATION

6.30PM - INTERVIEW WITH MDM HALIMAH YACOB

7.30PM - Q & A

7.40PM - NETWORKING & DRINKS

8.15PM - END OF SESSION 

SCCA Leadership Conversations are chaired by Taur-Jiun Wong, President of the Singapore Corporate Counsel Association.   

CHATHAM HOUSE RULE APPLIES

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Hague Choice of Courts Convention and Accent Delight

This seminar will delve into the efforts made by the Singapore government to internationalize Singapore's dispute resolution offerings and in particular on the role to be played by the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) as a counterpart to the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) (and the Singapore International Mediation Centre) in creating a hub jurisdiction.  The SICC overcomes issues that have traditionally plagued arbitrations such as the ability to resolve disputes with third parties who have not consented to an arbitration agreement.  Questions however remain as to the efficacy of the SICC since unlike awards rendered in Singapore-seated arbitrations, which may be enforced internationally via the New York Convention, the Hague Convention on Choice of Courts Agreements is of a far more limited scope.

The talk will explain what that scope is.  The talk will then discuss the likelihood of other Asian countries such as China and Japan signing and ratifying the Hague Convention and will also discuss other Hague projects on the reciprocal enforcement of judgments that may overtake the Hague Convention which has seen active participation by China.  Finally, the talk will focus on the recent Court of Appeal decision in Accent Delight v Bouvier and discuss how the existence of the SICC may affect the application of forum non conveniens principles in leading the Singapore to conclude whether Singapore is the appropriate forum to hear a dispute with international elements.

Program

8:30am      Registration

9:00am      Welcome and Introduction

9:05am      Presentation on Seminar Topic

10:00am    Networking Session

10:30am    Event Close

Who can Attend : In-house Counsel

Cybersecurity Bill Seminar & Response Discussion

Singapore's Cyber Security Agency (CSA) released a draft Cybersecurity Bill on 10 July 2017, inviting the public to provide feedback on the proposed legislation as part of a public consultation exercise that will run until 3 August 2017. 

SCCA is working with Allen & Gledhill to get its members updated about the proposed legislation and, to the extent proposed by SCCA's members, prepare a response to the consultation paper.

In its current form, the proposed legislation will impact owners of critical information infrastructure in 11 industry sectors: (1) Aviation, (2) Banking & Finance, (3) Energy, (4) Government, (5) Healthcare, (6) Infocomm, (7) Land Transport, (8) Maritime, (9) Media, (10), Security and Emergency Services, (11) Water.

Come find out how the proposed legislation will affect your organisations and be ready to give feedback about it.

Access the consultation documentation here