Events

The Singapore Corporate Counsel Association (SCCA) and Burford Capital cordially invite you to a panel discussion with CEO Christopher Bogart, followed by cocktails and canapés alongside peer lawyers and business leaders.

We are excited to see you for a wonderful night of conversation and networking.

Monday, 17 October 5pm-8pm

Level 49, 1 Raffles Quay- North Tower, Singapore, 048583

Moderator

Quentin Pak is a Director with responsibility for leading Burford’s office in Singapore and for expanding Burford’s resources to support clients in Asia. Mr. Pak works with corporations, law firms and insolvency practitioners in providing legal risk management and financing solutions, both in relation to Asia-based legal proceedings and for companies in the region involved in disputes in other jurisdictions.

Prior to joining Burford, Mr. Pak was most recently the head of the Asia commodities business at Commonwealth Bank of Australia. His previous experience includes senior positions at major global financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Deutsche Bank. Before going into banking, Mr. Pak practiced law with Allen & Overy in London and Singapore.

Mr. Pak earned degrees in law and aeronautical engineering from the University of Bristol.

Speakers

Christopher Bogart is Chief Executive Officer, a director and a co-founder of Burford, and he also serves as a member of its Management and Commitments Committees. Under Mr. Bogart's leadership, Burford has become the largest global provider of legal finance and a force in the global legal market. 

Before co-founding Burford, Mr. Bogart held numerous senior executive positions with Time Warner. As Executive Vice President & General Counsel of Time Warner Inc., he managed one of the largest legal functions in the world. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner Cable Ventures and one of four senior executives operating Time Warner Cable, with $9 billion in revenue and 30,000 employees, and as Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner Entertainment Ventures.

At Time Warner, Mr. Bogart played a significant role in major transactions and litigation matters including the $350 billion America Online merger; the acquisition of Turner Broadcasting, including CNN and other media properties; antitrust litigation with News Corporation; the attempted acquisition of EMI Music; a joint venture with Microsoft and Compaq; a constitutional challenge to the federal Cable Act; and a $550 million litigation matter involving the Six Flags theme park chain.

Renita serves as the Co-President of Singapore Corporate Counsel Association (SCCA) and is the Co-Chair of the Sustainability Chapter, Real Estate Chapter and Women’s Chapter. She also sits on the General Council and Steering Committee (representing SCCA) with In-house Counsel Worldwide (ICW).

Renita is also currently a Group Legal Counsel and Group Data Protection Officer with a real estate company. Following her graduation from NUS Faculty of Law, Renita joined Allen & Gledhill LLP, where she acquired both Litigation and Corporate experience during her 7 years there, before moving in-house with several real estate landlord/developer entities, including Ascendas and CapitaLand over the past 10 years, covering both local and international portfolios.

She has since completed a Masters of Law and  Public Administration, as well as attended the SMC and SIMC courses, along with the SAL Specialist Accreditation Course in Construction Law. For her various efforts, she was awarded the ALB Young In-House Lawyer of the Year Award for 2020, and has been named a finalist for the ALB Woman In-House of the Year Award 2021 and 2022.

Alastair has more than 20 years' experience handling major disputes across many sectors and industries, concerning a wide variety of trade, commercial and financial activities, with particular experience of oil, gas and power, construction and engineering, infrastructure and projects, and major foreign investment. He is very familiar with disputes in or concerning the countries of Southeast Asia, as well as international cases outside the region. His clients include governments and public bodies, state-owned and independent companies, international banks, and other multinational and leading regional companies. 

Alastair has served numerous times as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and presiding arbitrator and has handled many cases as counsel under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, SIAC, HKIAC, KLRCA, SIArb, CIETAC, Thai Arbitration Institute and Indonesian National Arbitration Institute (BANI) as well as UNCITRAL rules and pure ad hoc cases. He is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators; a national committee member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; and a former member of ICC Thailand national arbitration commission

Dennis Tan is Head of Legal, Southeast Asia and India with the Electrolux Group, and is a member of Electrolux Global Legal networks on digital innovation, data protection and regulatory compliance. In his role, Dennis was instrumental in assisting Electrolux to re-establish its presence in India. He was also a key contributor of Singapore’s first appliance-as-a-service subscription programme. As Head of Legal, he also manages a roster of external counsels in the region.

Prior to joining the Electrolux Group, Dennis held various governmental, regulatory and in-house roles. He served as a Deputy Public Prosecutor specialising in capital and white-collar crimes. In International Affairs Division, Dennis participated in the negotiation and drafting of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and represented Singapore in forums such as the United Nations Convention Against Corruption Working Group. At the Singapore Exchange, Dennis served in legal and compliance capacities, and worked on subjects such as regulatory licensing, crisis management, data protection and cybersecurity.

Dennis earned his LLB from the National University of Singapore and his LLM from the Singapore Management University. In addition, Dennis holds accreditations with the Singapore Mediation Centre and the Singapore International Mediation Institute. He is also an associate member of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, and a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals