ALB identifies 25 of the most outstanding in-house legal counsel in Asia - from Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, China and India. These lawyers represent the health, real estate, banking, technology, shipping energy and consumer goods sectors. Some have worked on precedent-setting transactions, while others have quietly built up strong legal teams, ensuring continual compliance of their organisation and also influencing the passage of legislation.
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ALB In-House Top 25: the list for 2009
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Name
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Company
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Position
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Location
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Wayne Bannon
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Carlyle Group
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General counsel Asia
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Hong Kong
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Cheng Meifen
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China Construction Bank
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Legal department manager
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China
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Chen Weihua
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China Southern Airlines
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Legal department manager
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China
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Luo Gang
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China Unicom
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General counsel
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China
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Royce Miller
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Citi
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Managing director & general counsel, Citi institutional clients group Asia-Pacific
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Hong Kong
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Roy Huang
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CITIC Ka Wah Bank
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General counsel and head of compliance
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Taiwan
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David Flavell
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Danone (Asia)
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General counsel Asia-Pacific
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China
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Karl Chong
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DBS Bank
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Head of legal, compliance and secretariat
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Taiwan
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Zhang Chengming
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GD Midea Holdings
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Legal manager, legal centre
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China
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KP Madhan Kumar
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GMR Group
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Manager – legal
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India
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Gareth Bater
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Goldman Sachs (Asia)
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Managing director and general counsel, legal department
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Hong Kong
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Edith Shih
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Hutchison Whampoa
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Head, group general counsel and company secretary
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Hong Kong
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Zhang Wei
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ICBC
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General manager, legal affairs department
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China
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Geraldine Kamalanathan
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Maybank
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General counsel
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Malaysia
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Patrick Moran
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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Head of global markets & investment banking counsel, Asia-Pacific region
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Hong Kong
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Brett Graham
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Morgan Stanley
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Managing director, legal and compliance
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Hong Kong
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Damian Yeo
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Nokia
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Director, legal and government relations, south-east Asia-Pacific
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Singapore
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Clifford Levy
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Nomura
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General counsel Asia
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Hong Kong
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Yao Jun
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Ping An Insurance Group
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Chief counsel
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China
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Lily Khairi
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Shell Malaysia
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Managing counsel, business operations and support services
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Malaysia
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Seung-Kook Synn
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SK Energy
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Vice president and general counsel
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Korea
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Liu Wenzhao
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Sinochem International
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General manager of legal department
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China
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Shao Jingyang
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Sinopec
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Legal department manager
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China
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Jeffrey Wong
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UBS
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Executive director
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Singapore
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Fumitaka Eshima
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UBS (Japan)
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Managing director, head of legal
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Japan
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