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Co-Chair
Hideaki Roy
Umetsu
Co-Chair
Ramesh
Vaidyanathan
Asia Pacific Regional Forum
The Asia Pacific Forum offers fantastic opportunities to establish contact with legal experts in and outside of the region, practising in many different areas of law, and to keep abreast of legal business developments in the region.
About the Forum
In addition to offering an unrivalled opportunity to establish contact among lawyers within and outside the region, and with acknowledged experts on different areas of law, specialist Forum activities provide an unparalleled opportunity to keep abreast of legal business developments in the region. Members also benefit from excellent working relations with national Bars, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association and LAWASIA.
Forthcoming conferences and webinars View All Conferences
The Revised 2020 IBA Rules of Evidence and its Commentary: Compliance with an Order to Produce an Adverse Inference
29 Nov 2022 0830 - 1000 GMT
Online, England
The Fundamentals of International Legal Business Practice
22 Feb 2023
Singapore
7th IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum Biennial Conference
22 Feb - 24 Feb 2023
Singapore
4th Asia-based International Financial Law Conference
29 Mar - 31 Mar 2023
Tokyo, Japan
Asia Pacific Mergers & Acquisitions Conference
10 Jul - 11 Jul 2023
Tokyo, Japan
Publications
Taiwan real estate inheritance case study
There are mainly two ways of distributing real estate inheritance in Taiwan: allocating real estate to certain successors while reimbursing others, or forcibly selling the real estate and equally distributing the proceeds.
Released on Jun 22, 2022
Pakistan tightens restrictions on social media giants
This article considers Pakistan’s crackdown on social media giants such as Facebook, Twitter and TikTok, and the relationship between these restrictions and the right to freedom of expression.
Released on Jun 22, 2022
Sustainability-linked derivatives: will India be a world leader in the next stage of green finance?
This article explores India’s position among the growing movement to align the global financial system with sustainable development.
Released on Jun 22, 2022
An introduction to India’s new privacy regime
This article offers an overview of India’s new draft data privacy law.
Released on Jun 22, 2022
Doing Business in Asia Pacific
September 2020: The Asia Pacific Regional Forum presents a comprehensive, innovative guide to doing business in the Asia Pacific, covering 11 jurisdictions and focusing on the common pitfalls and cultural differences of doing business throughout the region. This guide is an important tool for both investors and the legal profession when approaching certain critical aspects in Asia Pacific jurisdictions.
Access the reportsSubcommittees and other groups
The Asia Pacific Regional Forum also coordinates the activities of the following subcommittees/working groups.
- Asia Pacific Arbitration Group
- China Working Group
- India Working Group
- One Belt One Road Subcommittee
Film and media
China's economic future
Chief Economist at Deloitte China, Sitao Xu, on how China is transforming into a manufacturing and trading powerhouse to rival the United States.
US-China trade
President Obama's Trade Representative Michael Froman assesses America’s world trade priorities and the growing influence of China.