Asia In-house Counsel Conference 2024

Barbara is an international tax lawyer with over 20 years experience in domestic and international tax structuring.

Barbara’s practice focusses particularly on the tax aspects of cross border private equity and real estate investments, and the tax structuring of investment funds.

Nathan (Nate) Bush advises clients in internal investigations, government enforcement actions, and compliance involving antitrust and competition, international trade, and corruption and fraud. He was based in Beijing from 2004 through 2012, and has covered Asia from Singapore since 2013.

Lino Arboleda serves as the Senior Leader for International Trade Compliance in the APAC Region at GE Aerospace. Based in Singapore, he is responsible for overseeing GE Aerospace’s adherence to sanctions and export control laws and regulations, and for helping to shape and deploy the strategic vision for managing the company’s Internal Compliance Program in the region. With over two decades in the field, Lino boasts an extensive background in export controls, sanctions, and customs compliance, and holds a Certified Sanctions Specialist (CSS) certification.

Sudhakar is a seasoned Financial Crimes Compliance practitioner with over 17 years of experience in building and managing complex Sanctions and Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABC) Compliance programs at large global banks. He has broad regulatory expertise across U.S., and the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to his current position at Wells Fargo, Sudhakar was part of the Financial Crimes leadership team at Bank of America and Citi and advised on Sanctions and ABC risk management in Corporate & Investment banking, Retail, and Private Banking business.

Anna Quah is the Asia Pacific Vice President for Legal in UPS. In her role, Anna has helped the company navigate many regulatory and political challenges, while ensuring business sustainability and growth. In addition, Anna was recently awarded Top Woman Lawyer of the Year in the Asian Legal Business South-East Asian Awards.

Over 22 years of experience in corporate finance work including capital markets, complex restructuring, structured financing, private equity and M&A transactions across the globe with a particular focus on the Asia Pacific region.

Matthias Schemuth has substantial experience in advising sponsors, developers, commercial banks, multilateral lending agencies and export credit agencies in project financings, particularly in the oil and gas, LNG, petrochemical, metal and mining sectors. Matthias also focuses on international banking, structured commodity and trade finance, and asset finance and leasing finance in emerging markets.

Katherine Chew is a Partner in the Corporate team in DLA Piper's Singapore office.

Katherine has more than 16 years of experience advising on corporate and employment matters across South East Asia.

Anne is tax consultant in the Singapore office. In this role, she advises clients on international tax and transfer pricing.

Anne has a deep understanding of nuances in European tax and transfer pricing developments combined with multiple years of experience in Asia advising both inbound and outbound investors and multinationals with activities in Singapore (such as regional headquarters).>

David Smail heads the firm’s Singapore Employment practice. He works with multinational employers to solve complex HR and employee relations issues, as well as managing their overall employment legal risk. His practice spans the entire employment life cycle from hiring to firing (and beyond).

Having practised in Asia for more than a decade, David has a strong understanding of the regional issues around the Asia Pacific region with a focus on South and Southeast Asia. He helps clients achieve outcomes that are not only compliant with local laws but also take into account local nuances and cultural norms.

Vincent's practice focuses on the development and financing of projects in the power, infrastructure, mining, metals, oil and gas, and petrochemicals industries. With particularly strong experience in advising sponsors and developers in the development of power projects in Asia and South Asia (including Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Mongolia, Pakistan and Bangladesh), Vincent has advised on some of the most significant, first of its kind projects to have reached financial close in recent years.

Jasmine is the Asia Pacific General Counsel at FMC Corporation, a leading NYSE-listed agricultural sciences company. She brings a strategic, multi-industry perspective to drive business growth, solve complex problems, forge collaborations, and lead culturally disparate teams across regulated and unregulated sectors. Jasmine's diverse experience spans Media, Manufacturing, Luxury Retail, Healthcare, and Agriculture across the US, Canada, Hong Kong, and Singapore, providing her with a global outlook in policy formulation and risk navigation.

Le Jing is a corporate lawyer in DLA Piper’s global corporate practice specializing in corporate finance, capital markets, mergers & acquisitions and general corporate and securities work.

Le Jing has extensive experience advising on a variety of complex, cross border transactions including debt, equity, and equity-linked transactions.