IBA Annual Conference Sydney 2017
8 Oct - 13 Oct 2017
Room C3.2, Convention Centre, Level 3
Session information
Economic and legal integration in the Asia Pacific region
Tuesday 10 October (1430 - 1730)
Room C3.2, Convention Centre, Level 3
Committee(s)
Asia Pacific Regional Forum
(Lead)
Public Law Section
Description
This session will discuss the legal and business challenges and opportunities in integrating the Asia Pacific region so as to ensure that goods, services and people move easily across borders. The session will cover various issues that will help to facilitate trade, including faster customs procedures at borders, friendlier business environment behind the border and aligning regulations and standards across the region.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Professor Pablo Ferrara J.S.D. | Ministerio de Energia y Mineria de la Nacion Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Chair, Public Law Section |
| Ramesh Vaidyanathan | BTG ADVAYA, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Newsletter Officer, Asia Pacific Regional Forum |
Speakers
| Richard Braddock | Lexbridge Lawyers, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Elena Kim | PwC Legal, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Guillermo Sanchez Chao | Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa, Mexico City, Mexico; Vice Chair, International Trade and Customs Law Committee |
| Hideaki Roy Umetsu | MORI HAMADA & MATSUMOTO, Tokyo, Japan; Bar Association Liaison Officer, Asia Pacific Regional Forum |
| Sky Yang | Bae Kim & Lee, Seoul, South Korea |
| Ying Zhang | JunHe LLP, Beijing, China |
| Weihuan Zhou | UNSW Law, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |