Past Events

Staying Ahead Amidst Growing Concerns on Increasing Cybersecurity Threats

Event Overview:

Cybersecurity threats have grown in scale and complexity over the past year alone. In line with global trends, Singapore is witnessing a rise in cybersecurity threats targeted at various local industries such as finance and e-commerce.

Join us in this webinar featuring experienced legal advisors from Withers KhattarWong to examine emerging trends on personal data breaches and cybersecurity threats. Jonathan Kok, Sharon Lin and Alvin Lim will share insights on how to safeguard, use and own personal data properly to prevent data leaks, and how such assets can be protected via technological and contractual means. Understand the risks of potential ransomware threats and the cross-border nature of cybersecurity threats.

Discussion Points:

• Emerging trends on personal data breaches and cybersecurity threats
• How to safeguard, use and own personal data properly to prevent data leaks
• How such assets can be protected via technological and contractual means
• Risks of potential ransomware threats
• Cross-border nature of cybersecurity threats

Speakers:

Jonathan is a partner in the intellectual property and technology team and co-leads the Withers Tech Asia team. His areas of practice can be classified into 3 broad sectors; namely, Franchise & Licensing; Media & Entertainment; and Technology. With the adoption of new technology, he is often sought by media and tech companies to advise on the creation and protection of media content and digital assets as well as the use of such content and assets on new digital platforms. He is also external counsel to a number of international media and tech companies who seek his counsel on their day-to-day operations. His work ranges from the identification and protection of his clients’ intellectual property assets, including the processing and analysis of data, to the commercialisation of their intellectual property assets through partnerships, distributions, collaborations and licensing. He has been engaged by international media and tech companies to represent them on complex licensing and IP acquisition transactions involving parties in different jurisdictions.

Sharon is a partner in the litigation and arbitration team. In more than a decade of litigation practice, Sharon has been involved in many high profile matters and has successfully represented clients in the State Courts and the High Court of Singapore. The focus of Sharon’s work is on both the contentious and non-contentious aspects of insurance where she advises and acts for the major insurance companies in Singapore in various classes of insurance, with a special focus on professional indemnity insurance. She acts as defence counsel for various Real Estate professionals in disciplinary proceedings by the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) before the Disciplinary Committee and Appeals Board. Sharon’s portfolio also includes a significant amount of commercial litigation and arbitration cases, such as mining disputes, breaches of fiduciary duties, minority oppression, trademark infringement and tort of conspiracy claims. Sharon has delivered numerous seminars/ webinars and she has contributed to several chapters in the Singapore Atkin’s Court Forms (Personal Injury, Third Party proceedings, Discovery, Payment into and out of Court and Discontinuance).

Alvin Lim is special counsel in the Intellectual Property and Technology team. His areas of practice includes advising clients in all aspects of intellectual property and intangible asset acquisition, management, commercialization, enforcement and protection strategy across a broad range of industries and technologies spanning life sciences, medtech, telecommunications, IT, electronics, semiconductors, FMCG, food and beverage, music, fashion and design, digital technology and artificial intelligence. Alvin has a strong IP litigation and enforcement practice, regularly acting for clients in patent, trademark, copyright and trade secrets disputes in Singapore and also cross border IP disputes. The non-contentious aspects of Alvin’s practice include conducting IP and intangible asset audits, IP registration and prosecution work, acting for clients in commercial IP transactions, drafting and review of technology contracts, providing advice on regulatory law and compliance in respect of data privacy, medical, advertising and fintech laws.

Part 2: Conversations on the Mindful Business Charter

OVERVIEW:

This is the second in a series of webinars on the Mindful Business Charter which is gathering momentum within legal communities including Singapore as well as around the world following its launch in 2018. In Singapore there are a number of law firms that have already signed up to the Charter –most are international firms with an office here, but in October 2020 Zico Law joined the movement.
At its heart, the Charter is a practical and permissive framework that encourages us to be more aware of the impact of our behaviors and the stress they may be causing others, often inadvertently.

In an interactive and invigorating conversation with Susan De Silva, Hanim Hazmah, Daniel Choo and Michele Musgrave, we continue the conversation and discuss the various challenges faced and pathways to address well-being, and what adopting the Charter in whole or in part may help you.

To embellish the panel discussion there will be 2 additional speakers, Richard Martin from Bryne.Dean and Brian Henderson from Whole Business Wellness to share some perspectives and learnings from their experiences. Both former lawyers and now focused on well-being in workplace focusing lawyers.

LEARNING OUTCOME:

Develop an understanding of the Charter. Learn from others what has worked and how to tackle issues and learnings shared by the rich panel debate/ and sharing session. Come to terms personally – some may experience aha moments. Start to build an action plan for well-being and how it can be applied to lawyers, and equip lawyers with tools/techniques that can be used every day to bring about well-being.

PANEL & SPEAKERS:

Brian founded Whole Business Wellness in 2020 to provide multi-disciplinary wellness services to organisations using yoga, mindfulness, resilience building, culture change, design thinking and 30 years of business leadership experience to build wellness management capabilities at individual, team and organizational level. Previously, Brian was Chief Operating Officer at Baker McKenzie for 8 years and before that spent 13 years at Linklaters in a variety of global leadership roles. Brian is a board member of The Women’s Foundation and was co-founding Chair of the Male Allies initiative. He was recognised for this as the 2017 American Chamber of Commerce Champion for the Advancement of Women. Brian is a Principal Partner in YourBoard, providing board level advice and consulting to SMEs.

Brian was born in Belfast and has previously lived and worked in London and Paris. He is a qualified lawyer, has an MBA from Cranfield University and is an accredited MBTI practitioner, Mental Health First Aider and Smart Collaboration Accelerator accredited partner. Brian and Mary have two adult children living and working in the UK and a West Highland terrier living with them in Hong Kong. Brian enjoys yoga, meditation and watersports.

Daniel is currently Associate General Counsel and Privacy Responsible, Asia Pacific at Bruker, an American(NASDAQ listed) & German based manufacturer of high-performance scientific instruments and medical devices. Daniel heads the APAC legal team that covers China, India, Japan, Korea, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.  In addition, Daniel serves as a Director, Treasurer and Co-Chair of Peers Committee (committee for young in-house lawyers) of the Singapore Corporate Counsel Association Limited.

Hanim Hamzah is the Regional Managing Partner of ZICO Law, a premier law-network comprising independent leading law firms with a full presence in 18 cities across Southeast Asia.  Her 25+ years of regional practice experience includes being resident in Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia and Singapore where she specialises in major infrastructure project financing and M&A deals in aviation, banking, insurance, mining, oil and gas, plantations, and property. Hanim is consistently recognised as “Distinguished Practitioner” or “Leading Lawyer” in major legal rankings and directories including Legal 500, IFLR1000, Asialaw Profiles, and Asia Business Law Journal for multiple practice areas.  In 2018, Hanim was also recognized as one of Financial Times’ ten pioneers of new legal thinking in the Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers Category. Hanim is a marathoner and sings in a jazz quartet.

Michele is an Australian trained lawyer who, following 9 years of private practice in Sydney, moved to Singapore in 2005 and took an extended “maternity break”  to concentrate on her growing family. Her return to the legal arena included 5 years part-time as a legal skills instructor at NUS involved in the undergraduate skills course and co-lecturing the Summer program for International Masters students. Michele returned to private practice in 2014 and made the switch to in-house counsel in 2017. 

At various stages in her life, Michele has juggled and transitioned between her legal career and being a dance performer / teacher / choreographer.  Michele is keen to restart salsa dancing practice when COVID restrictions permit - and hopefully keep her sanity while raising teenagers. Michele’s interest in personal development, mental health and wellness draws on her own past challenges, having experienced benefits from counselling / coaching support, and welcomes opportunities to give-back. In 2020 Michele completed her coaching training course with Newfield Asia and is working towards her certification as a professional / life coach.

Richard is a speaker, writer, trainer and thinker around mental health in the workplace. 

His first career was an employment lawyer in London. He trained with Gouldens, becoming a partner in that firm before its merger with global firm Jones Day, where he served as a partner for three years. He then moved to City firm Speechly Bircham where he ran the large employment practice and served on the management committee. The plan to become more involved in management took an unexpected turn when, in 2011, he suffered a serious mental breakdown, spent a month in hospital and undertook a lengthy recovery process.

Richard is now a director of workplace consultancy byrne dean where he leads on their mental health work.  He spends much of his time in an increasingly global training environment raising awareness of mental health, helping people understand their own mental health as well as how they can be more supportive of and understanding towards others, making mental health part of the conversation at work. 

Richard co-chairs the steering committee of the Lord Mayor of London’s This is Me campaign to raise awareness and reduce the stigma around mental illness through the power of personal story telling. He also leads byrne dean’s work promoting and developing the Mindful Business Charter which is a cross business initiative focusing on the ways in which we work within and between our organisations and looking to remove the unnecessary sources of stress – helping us all be more aware of the impact we have on each other as well as giving a framework and a permission to talk about it, creating healthier and more effective working environments as a result.

Susan de Silva was a practicing lawyer for more than 30 years in Singapore and England until she retired in 2018. She is now a Life Coach.

Susan was one of the founding partners of Singapore law firm Bird & Bird ATMD LLP, which has evolved into a global alliance with an international firm. Susan has enjoyed building the firm’s Corporate Law and Environmental Law practices, and its regional Employment Law practice. As a co-founding partner, former practice head and the firm’s Managing Partner for some years, she has learned about organisational and personal effectiveness, and she continues to learn.

Susan began coaching in 2015 while still in legal practice. She is a Certified Professional Coactive Coach, an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coaches Federation, and is now completing an advanced course on the neuroscience of coaching.

In addition to coaching, Susan speaks and writes on the topic of creating working environments in which people can go to work feeling engaged and go home feeling fulfilled. She contributes to the Law Society of Singapore’s Practice Well programme which is an initiative “aimed at helping all legal professionals find their balance to thrive in this increasingly hectic industry”. She is also an associate trainer with Byrne-Dean, a leading workplace behaviour consultancy that helps organisations all over the world create kinder, fairer, more productive workplaces.

IP Week @ SG 2021

Overview:

IP Week @ SG is the world’s premier Intellectual Property (IP) event which brings together IP thought leaders, legal experts and innovative enterprises. Join us to gain first-hand insights into IP commercialisation and winning strategies that help expand your business into global markets!

The event will be held in a hybrid format with Day One of the Global Forum on IP Conference held at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre for a limited number of guests. All other sessions will be fully virtual.​

Programme:

Global Forum on Intellectual Property ® (GFIP®) – a two-day multi-disciplinary forum where senior business leaders, policy makers, heads of IP office, lawyers and academics converge to discuss hot-button issues surrounding IP in the innovation cycle.

Find out more here.

US-China Competition in a Biden-era and its impact on China and its neighbouring countries

Event Overview:

As we enter into a new era of Competition between The United States of America and China, this webinar will bring you through some of the key highlights of legislation under the Biden administration aimed at bolstering innovation and competitiveness in the face of China’s global economic strategies. You will also get to hear first-hand how China is responding to the escalating strategic competition with the US. Lastly, join our Meritas lawyers from U.S, China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan as they discuss how the strategic competition between the 2 countries is impacting them and how they think the future will look like for manufacturers and trading businesses.

Programme:

10.00 am - Competition under the Biden Administration including The New Frontier Act (Dennis Unkovic, Meyer Unkovic & Scott)
10.15 am - The China perspective on US-China Competition (Liu Hongchuan, Broad & Bright)
10.30 am - Panel discussion "US-China Competition in a Biden-era and its impact on China and its neighouring countries"

• LiPu Lee, Managing Partner, Formosan Brothers (Taiwan)
• Darcy Kishida, Foreign Attorney, Kojima Law (Japan)
• Jong Jae Lee, Partner, K1 Chamber (South Korea)
• Liu Hongchuan, Partner, Broad & Bright (Beijing, China)
• Moderated by: Dennis Unkovic, Partner, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott (USA)

11.00 am - End of programme.

Moderator & Main Speaker:

A partner with Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP, Dennis Unkovic focuses his practice on handling complex corporate transactions and foreign direct investment activities, including M&A, joint ventures and international dispute resolution.  Traveling to 65 countries over 35 years, Unkovic has visited Japan and China for business more than 150 times since 1985.

Unkovic is a ranked individual in the United States in Corporate/M&A & Private Equity by Chambers & Partners in 2020. He served as Chairman of Meritas from 2015-2018. He has been recognized in every edition of The Best Lawyers in America since 2003. 

A prolific writer, Unkovic has authored ten books and over 175 articles for domestic and international publications.  Three of his books have been translated into the Japanese language and two into Chinese.  His most recently published books were “Asia Ascending” (Ankerwyke Books [ABA], November 2018) and “America in the Mirror:  Before and After COVID-19” (Amazon Kindle e-book, August 2020).  His next book, “Transforming the Global Supply Chain:  Cyber Warfare, Technology and Politics” will be published in September 2021.  That book will examine why the global supply chain is collapsing and present strategies companies can adopt to mitigate the risks.

Main Speaker:

Mr. Hongchuan Liu’s areas of expertise include cross-border investment and financing, corporate law and M&A, capital markets, PE & VC, funds formation, international dispute resolution.

Mr. Liu has been elected as one of the 2020 ALB China Top 15 M&A Lawyers. He was awarded as a China Leading Lawyer in Capital Markets, M & A and Private Equity fields by Asialaw Profiles, IFLR1000 (International Finance Law Review), The Legal 500, LEGALBAND, China Business Law Journal and China Law & Practice consecutively.

Mr. Liu is an arbitrator of CIETAC, a member of the Harvard Law School Alumni Leadership Council and a director of the “2005 Committee”.

Panel Speakers:

Managing China – Investments and Risks

Event Overview:

As joint economic collaborations between China and Singapore continue to develop and China sets its sights to grow into the world’s largest economy, opportunities abound for Singapore companies looking to venture into China and the wider region to capture that growth. While riding on these opportunities, what are the risks that companies need to be aware of and manage when investing in China, even more so in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Join Bird & Bird partners Marcus Chow, John Shi, Ying Wang and Rieko Michishita at this live webinar where they will provide Singapore businesses a pocket guide to navigating the various risks involved as well as share practical tips when doing business in/with China.

This webinar is sponsored by Bird & Bird and jointly organised with the SCCA.

Discussion Points:

• A new era for China Investments – Opportunities and Corporate Risks
  • New Foreign Investment Law and China’s New Negative List
  • Cooperation and conflict with a Chinese partner
  • Reputation Risks in a Hyper-Connected World

• PRC Data Security Law taking effect on 1 September 2021
  • Overview of key changes and their impact on businesses

• China Employment Law Essentials
• Overview of the employment legal context in China
• Major employment risks in China
• Key tips for employers to minimise the risks

• Protecting your Intellectual Property (IP) assets in China
  • Overview of China IP rights landscape
  • Typical IP issues that foreign companies encounter
  • IP strategies - What the legal counsel should do?

Panellists:

John is the Chief Representative of Bird & Bird's Beijing office and a Partner in the Corporate team. He has been based in China for over 20 years specialising in foreign direct investment, cross-border M&A and corporate and regulatory matters. John has extensive experience in representing multinational companies on their investments in China, covering all aspects of foreign direct investment, M&A and across all types of corporate structures and operational issues in China. He represents clients across a number of key industries, including: industrial, financial services, oil and gas, publishing and media, mining, manufacturing, aviation, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. John also regularly works with global colleagues in advising Chinese companies (including many well-known state-owned enterprises), on their offshore investments across jurisdictions such as: Germany, Russia, Australia, USA, UK and Singapore.

Marcus is a Partner in the Corporate team at Bird & Bird ATMD in Singapore. With close to 20 years of experience in a range of corporate work across various sectors, including inbound investments from elsewhere into Singapore and the region, he has developed deep expertise around mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital and equity capital markets. He has extensive experience advising buyers and sellers in M&A transactions in both private and public markets, private equity and venture capital investments and exits. Marcus also specialises in equity capital markets where he has broad experience in advising local and international corporates, including start-ups, on fundraising through initial public offerings (IPOs), private placements, rights and warrants issues, Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE) offerings and take-private transactions for companies on the Singapore Exchange. He has been involved in outbound IPOs on other key international stock exchanges including NYSE, HKSE, ASX and Bursa Malaysia.

Rieko is a Partner in Bird & Bird’s Intellectual Property Group in Beijing where she provides tri-lingual advice on both contentious and non-contentious IP matters, working particularly closely with Japanese clients. Having lived in China for over 25 years, she has acquired deep insights into the handling of legal matters in the PRC. Over the years, she has managed IP portfolios for global clients across numerous industries including licensing, gaming, publishing, retail, technology, electronics and engineering. Rieko has extensive experience in coordinating IP disputes including patents, copyrights, trade marks, trade secrets and unfair competition in China. She leads the anti-counterfeiting practice in China and works closely with regional partners and specialists in the Asia Pacific region on cross-border matters. Spending a significant amount of her time in Japan, she hosts regular training seminars for Japanese clients and key organisations such as JIPA and JETRO in Japan, China and Hong Kong.

Ying Wang is a Partner in Bird & Bird’s International HR Services Group in Shanghai, where she heads its Employment practice for China and advises international and domestic clients on contentious and non-contentious employment issues. With nearly 20 years of experience across the full range of employment issues, she specialises in PRC labour and social insurance regulatory matters, mass layoffs, labour disputes, M&A-related matters, cross-border employment, and day-to-day corporate labour issues. In addition, she was appointed as a part-time arbitrator of the Shanghai Labour Dispute Arbitration Committee in 2004 and advises on labour arbitration and litigation. Her clients include multinational companies and Fortune 500 companies in sectors such as banking, FMCG, retail, luxury, IT and automotive. Ying Wang also advises start-ups and newly-established Foreign Invested Enterprises (FIEs) on matters including M&A and restructuring. She is a member of the Shanghai Labour Law Association.

Responding to a Ransomware: Legal Issues and Risks

For SCCA Members Only

Event Overview:

Ransomware is a form of cyberattack that organisations and law firms (who can be both targets of ransomware attacks or counsel assisting their clients in these issues) may have to deal with. With the recent and ongoing disruption to the Colonial pipeline system, it is timely for us to provide more knowledge sharing in this area.
This webinar is aimed at both practising lawyers and corporate counsel and will cover:

• Presentations by the Law Society Committee on Cybersecurity and Data Protection on (1) legal issues arising from ransomware payments, and (2) legal liability for victims of ransomware attacks.
• Followed by a panel discussion – e.g. to discuss what can be done to respond to a ransomware attack, how to effectively work with a regulator in a ransomware scenario so as to support investigations and remediation, best organisational practices for firms and corporations to prepare the risk of ransomware.

Programme Outline and Speakers:

Download the brochure HERE.

SCCA Legal Eagle Challenge 2021

UPDATES

5 August 2021

On 31st July 2021, SCCA successfully concluded its inaugural Legal Eagle Challenge, Singapore’s first in-house competition for law students across Singapore. This year’s Challenge invited law students to step into the shoes as a General Counsel and advise its board of directors on very relevant public relations and social media issues.

The preliminaries judges went through the submissions and 6 submissions were shortlisted for the finals, which was held over Zoom on 31 July 2021.

Our panel of judges for the Finals was impressed by the high quality of the submissions and innovative solutions presented by the finalists.During the finals, the finalists were able to think on their feet and were able to swiftly answer any questions posed to them.

After much deliberation by the panel of judges consisting of Mr. Andrew Ong (Head of Legal & Compliance, Asia Pacific for KONE Pte Ltd), Mr. David Chia (Head of Human Resources for Samsung Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd) and Ms. Koh Juat May (President of Institute of Public Relations Singapore), the results of the Challenge are as follows:

Winning Team – Singapore Management University (SMU) Team consisting of Andrea Danielle Lee, Crystal Chew Tong En, Elton Ching Xiangwei, Valerie Wong Le Yee.

Most Innovative Team –  National University of Singapore (NUS) Team consisting of Ajay Nair, Hwang Yu Liang Zephan, Muhammad Syazwan Bin Ramli, Yang Jing Ying Kesia.

Most Business Savvy Team – SMU Team consisting of Grace Anastasia Lim Si Min, Kara Kang Mei Hui, Poon Chong Ming, Wong Liang Yeong Samuel.

Best Communicator (individual award) – Georgina Teo Wei Ting from Singapore University of Social Sciences

We congratulate the award recipients and thank all participants for their efforts.

Award winners will have the opportunity to have a 1-hour coffee session with a senior legal leader. We would like to thank Charles Lim  (General Counsel and Managing Director at GIC), Choo Wei Pin (Chief Legal and Compliance Officer of Razer), Evan Koh  (Director, Legal at the Singapore Tourism Board), Jeffery Tan (Group General Counsel at Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited), Mark Tan  (General Counsel of GLP), Paul Yuen (General Counsel MAS), Rebecca Orme (Managing Director of the South East Asia Legal, FedEx Express) for agreeing to have these coffee sessions with the award winners.

We would like to thank the workshop speakers, preliminaries judges and the finals judges for taking the time to support the Challenge, and once again express our appreciation to the partners for this challenge, LexisNexis, Institute of Public Relations of Singapore, Willing Hearts. Most of all, thank you to all of the participants for being along with us for this journey and see you again next year!

22nd July 2021

Congratulations again to the Finalists teams! If you would like to watch them online in action on 31 July 2021 9am-1pm, please register HERE. This year’s Finals is open to audience from the public.

We would like to thank our Finals Judges - Andrew Ong (Head of Legal & Compliance - KONE), Daniel Chia (Head of Human Resources - Samsung Electronics) and Koh Juat Muay (President - Institute of Public Relations of Singapore). For more details, please scroll below.

19th July 2021

We thank all of the participants in their participation in this year’s Challenge. Not only did we receive an unprecedented number of submissions, the judges were particularly impressed by the precise legal analysis and innovative solutions offered by a significant number of participants.

Congratulations to the following six teams (in no particular order) for making it to the Finals of this year’s Challenge:

• Group 1: Adrina Ang Lina, Kavya Anand, Kendra Thaddaeus Tang, Kenishia Chang Qing Hui.
• Group 2: Clarice Tan Jia Ying, Fatin Syuhadah Bte Selamat, Georgina Teo Wei Ting, Lim Xiang.
• Group 3: Ajay Nair, Hwang Yu Liang Zephan, Muhammad Syazwan Bin Ramli, Yang Jing Ying Kesia
• Group 4: Andrea Danielle Lee, Crystal Chew Tong En, Elton Ching Xiangwei, Valerie Wong Le Yee.
• Group 5: Alden Wordsworth Ng, Megan Tay Wern Ee, Samuel Wee Liong Chye, Sushanth Thirthapad Babu.
• Group 6: Grace Anastasia Lim Si Min, Kara Kang Mei Hui, Poon Chong Ming, Wong Liang Yeong Samuel.

We would also like to say a big thank you to the following in-house lawyers for judging the preliminary round of this year's Challenge. This event would not have been possible without them generously sharing their time and expertise - Abigail Tan, Alex Liam, Ashwin Mathialagan, Benson Lim, Cara Sim, Ezra Tay, Hong Yanci, Gerald Tan, Jaroslaw Jankowski, Jerrick Lim, Lai Feng Jun, Lee Ailing, Lee Hui Yi, Samson Leo and Teo Ting Wei.

22nd June 2021

Team leaders should have received a copy of the answers to the Clarifications and a copy of the slides from the Workshop. Please remember to e-mail your Submissions to secretariat@scca.org.sg by 30 June 2021 1pm. Good luck!

17th June 2021

Team leaders should have received an e-mail containing the link to the form with instructions on how to submit their clarificatory questions. Deadline to submit your questions (if any) is 17 June 2021 11.59pm.

9th June 2021

Team leaders should have received the Participant's Pack and an e-mail with the registration link for the workshop. A gentle reminder that each participant (and not only the team leader) must register for the workshop so that they can receive their individual link to access the workshop. Please complete your registration for the workshop by this Friday (11 June 2021).

2nd June 2021

Registrations have closed. We would like to thank each and every one of you for your overwhelming support. If you have not received a confirmation on your registration, please reach out to secretariat@scca.org.sg 

31st May 2021

We are pleased to announce that in collaboration with the Institute of Public Relations of Singapore, the finalist teams will have the opportunity to have a Cross Disciplinary Consultation with public relations students from the IPRS Student Chapters. Please see below for more details.

28th May 2021

This is the last call for registrations! Registration closes on 1 June 2021. Thanks to LexisNexis and the senior legal leaders, winners will stand to win attractive prizes and the opportunity to have a one-hour coffee chat with a senior legal leader. Please see below for more details.

The participant's pack which includes the rules and case scenario will be released to the team leaders on 4 June 2021 12pm. As all communications will be with the team leaders, please regularly check your e-mails (including the junk/spam folders) and this event page for updates.

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OVERVIEW

The SCCA Legal Eagle Challenge, Singapore’s first ever in-house counsel competition for law students, is back for its second-run in 2021! Following a highly successful inaugural competition that saw over 160 participants from 5 schools, participants will again assume the role of a General Counsel in a realistic simulation of the work done by in-house counsels every day.

This year, participants will be asked to provide advice on issues related to employees’ usage of social media and the implementation of a social media policy in a world where there is increasingly a less clear divide between work and the personal.

If you have any queries, please e-mail probono@scca.org.sg

Cross Disciplinary Consultation – “GC” meets “Corporate Communications Head”

Being a good in-house counsel is more than just being a technical expert in law, it also requires you to have cross-disciplinary knowledge of different areas. Your advice not only has to be legally sound, it also has to be commercially workable.

This year, we are pleased to announce that in collaboration with the Institute of Public Relations of Singapore, the finalist teams will have the opportunity to have a Cross Disciplinary Consultation with public relations students from the IPRS Student Chapters.

In the case scenario, the CEO of the fictional F&B conglomerate will ask the General Counsel (i.e finalist law team) to run his advice and social media policy by the Corporate Communications Head (i.e IPRS Student Chapter student) for his views on 24 July 2021. This is a valuable platform for the finalist teams and IPRS Student Chapter students to learn PR and legal concepts from each other in a realistic case scenario. More details will be directly released to the finalist teams.

AWARDS

SCCA Legal Eagle Challenge has 4 awards:

• Winning Team - $800 cash prize kindly sponsored by LexisNexis
• Most Innovative Team
• Most Business Savvy Team
• Best Communicator (individual) - $200 cash prize kindly sponsored by LexisNexis

The above awardees will be given the rare opportunity to have 1-hour coffee chat sessions with a senior legal leader to find out more about the in-house profession and to learn what it takes to become an in-house counsel.

2021 Cross Disciplinary Consultation Partner

Institute of Public Relations of Singapore (“IPRS”) was established in 1970 as a non-profit organisation and is the only accrediting body for Public Relations practitioners in Singapore. The Institute’s objective is to establish growth for Singapore’s PR industry through knowledge acquisitions, networking and exchanging of new ideas. The Institute continually strives to be the leading regional PR organisation that will not only elevate the profession but also set industry standards and increase public recognition of this profession. Recognising the importance of nurturing the next generation of communications practitioners, the IPRS established Student Chapters with tertiary institutions to create opportunities for students and IPRS members to share their experiences.

For more information, visit www.iprs.org.sg

Our Partner for 2021

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is a leading global provider of information and analytics that enable professionals in legal, corporate, government and non-profit organizations to improve decision-making and achieve better business outcomes. We are a part of RELX Group, serving customers in more than 130 countries with 10,000 employees worldwide. Our information network contains 3 petabytes of legal and news data with 65 billion documents. That’s 150 times the size of Wikipedia and doubling every three years. 

For over 100 years, LexisNexis has delivered best-in-class legal content, data and analytics from the leading minds in the profession. Across the globe, we combine content, technology and analytics to advance the rule of law and shape a more just world where all are equal under the law.

For more information, please visit here.

Our Beneficiary Charity for 2021

Willing Hearts is a secular, non-racial, non-religious, non-partisan, and non-affiliated charity. It was founded in 2003 with the mission of serving the underprivileged, the needy and the marginalized members of our society and with the principle of "Citizens helping fellow citizens). Willing Hearts delivers more than 10,000 free meals, 7 days a week across Singapore. Beneficiaries includes elderly (many living alone), chronically sick, and low-income and underprivileged families. During this COVID-19 pandemic, Willing Hearts has also assisted migrant workers, foreign students stranded in Singapore, and the homeless.

Please visit here for more information.

Mediation & Business: Global Perspectives for Business in Resolving Cross-Border Commercial Disputes

EVENT OVERVIEW:

Disputes exist in all levels of society. Business disputes in particular lead to multiple potential losses from a cost and relationship perspective. Is mediation the answer? How do we ensure we have the right mediators? Who determines the standards for what makes a good mediator? And is this different for every country?

This interactive webinar will see experts covering four continents discuss the use of mediation in cross-border commercial disputes from a business perspective.

If you are a mediator or future mediator, or represent a mediation center, trade association, business entity or department, you may find this panel interesting!

Topics covered will include what constitutes mediation standards, ICC Mediation Rules, how mediation standards change in light of different cultures such as in the Belt and Road Initiative, new mediation trends and standards from the perspectives of the Alliance for Mediation Standards. The session will conclude with an audience Q&A session.

Download pdf here

Payment Services Act (An Introduction to Retail Payments)

Seminar Overview:

This seminar is a general overview for lawyers as to the payments industry for lawyers, by setting out how the industry operates; who are the stakeholders in the value chain; what are the common legal and regulatory themes in Singapore.

This seminar will provide a practical introduction to the functioning of the payments ecosystem and discuss the way that it is regulated in Singapore.

The payments industry is at the forefront of financial services innovation, as both consumers and businesses continue to seek frictionless, inexpensive yet safe ways to pay for goods and services or to move funds from person to person. The explosive growth in the e-commerce industry has ensured that online payments have similarly grown in tandem to support the flow of funds between consumers and merchants. While fintech is not new, the past 10 years or so have seen an explosion of different ways to pay and the growth of new stakeholders which form the value chain of the payments eco-system.

Speaker Profile

Huifen is a Singapore qualified lawyer who attained her Bachelors in Law from the National University of Singapore and a Masters in law from the University of Edinburgh. Huifen was most recently a regulatory lawyer at Mastercard, where she provided legal support to the business to navigate payments laws and policy across Asia-Pacific.

Just Laugh: Stand Up for Justice

Event Overview: