Participants of the Singapore International Arbitration Academy 2013 (as at 18 Nov 2013)

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1 Page 1 of 14 Participants of the Singapore International Arbitration Academy 2013 (as at 18 Nov 2013) 1 Brunei Govt Official Her Royal Highness Princess Hajah Muta-Wakkilah Hayatul Bolkiah Counsel Attorney General's Chambers, Brunei Darussalam 2 Brunei Govt Official Miss Norismizan HAJI ISMAIL Deputy Senior Counsel Attorney General's Chambers, Brunei Darussalam 3 Brunei Govt Official Ms Hjh Fauziah HJ SULAIMAN Counsel, Civil Division Attorney General's Chambers Brunei Darussalam 4 Brunei Govt Official Mrs Siti Shahryenawaty SHAHRI Legal Counsel, International Affairs Division Attorney General's Chambers Brunei Darussalam

2 Page 2 of 14 5 Cambodia Govt Official Mr Dararith OM Director of Legal Affairs Department Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia 6 Cambodia Govt Official Mr Yuvaroath TAN Director of Notification and Compliance Department Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia 7 Canada Law Firm Ms Sarah MCEACHERN Lawyer Borden Ladner Gervais LLP 8 China Academia Mr Yi BO Lecturer Southeast University, China

3 Page 3 of 14 9 India Law Firm Mr Ashim SOOD Lawyer Ashim Sood Law Offices 10 India Law Firm Ms Neeti SACHDEVA Lawyer Economic Laws Practice 11 Indonesia Academia Prof Mieke Komar KANTAATMADJA Professor, International Law Department, Faculty of Law Universitas Padjadjaran 12 Indonesia Govt Official Mr Bagus PRIYONGGO State Attorney Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia

4 Page 4 of Indonesia Govt Official Mrs Cahyaning Nuratih WIDOWATI State Attorney Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia 14 Korea Law Firm Mr Matthew CHRISTENSEN Lawyer Bae, Kim & Lee LLC 15 Laos Govt Official Mr Sackpaseuth SISOUK Officer, Department of Treaties and Law Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR 16 Laos Govt Official Mr Khamphoy NAOPHACHANH Officer, Department of Treaties and Law Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR

5 Page 5 of Malaysia Govt Official Ms Melati ABDUL HAMID Associate, Senior Federal Counsel, International Centre for Law & Legal Studies Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia 18 Maldives Others (Educational) Mr Mohamed Shahdy ANWAR Lawyer Maldives Law Institute 19 Myanmar Govt Official Ms Kyi Kyi Than AUNG Deputy Director Union Attorney General's Office, Myanmar 20 Myanmar Govt Official Mr Si Thu Swe TUN Staff Officer Union Attorney General's Office, Myanmar

6 Page 6 of Philippines Govt Official Ms Shirley NUEVO Foreign Service Officer IV Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines 22 Philippines Govt Official Mr Zoilo VELASCO Foreign Service Officer Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines 23 Philippines Govt Official Miss Leah Theresa LABADAN Government Lawyer 24 Philippines Govt Official Ms Julie P. MERCURIO Government Lawyer 25 Philippines Govt Official Ms Rowena MUTIA Government Lawyer

7 Page 7 of Philippines Govt Official Ms Ma. Felina Constancia Buenviaje YU Government Lawyer 27 Philippines Govt Official Ms Rebecca KHAN Government Lawyer 28 Philippines Govt Official Mrs Charisse OLALIA Lawyer 29 Philippines Law Firm Ms Cristina MONTES Lawyer PArlade Hildawa PArlade Eco & Panga Law Offices

8 Page 8 of Philippines Govt Official Ms Vida SAN VICENTE Assistant Solicitor General 31 Philippines Govt Official Mr Thomas LARAGAN Assistant Solicitor General 32 Singapore Law Firm Ms Felicia TAN Senior Associate Allen & Gledhill LLP 33 Singapore Govt Official Ms Ti-Ting LEE Deputy Senior State Counsel, International Affairs Division Attorney-General's Chambers, Singapore

9 Page 9 of Singapore Govt Official Mr Dennis TAN State Counsel, International Affairs Division Attorney-General's Chambers, Singapore 35 Singapore Law Firm Mr Dao Kai LIM Lawyer Allen & Gledhill LLP 36 Singapore Law Firm Mr Teck Wee TIONG Lawyer Allen & Gledhill LLP 37 Singapore Law Firm Mr Ramesh Kumar RAMASAMY Commercial Litigation Lawyer (Senior Associate) Allen & Gledhill LLP

10 Page 10 of Singapore Others (Expert Witness) Mr R Subramaniam IYER Expert Witness S2K2 Advisory Pte Ltd 39 Singapore Law Firm Miss Christine SIM Legal Associate KhattarWong LLP 40 Singapore Govt Official Ms Ching Pin ANG Deputy Senior State Counsel, Civil Division Attorney-General's Chambers, Singapore 41 Singapore Govt Official Ms Diane TAN Deputy Director (International Legal) Ministry of Law, Singapore

11 Page 11 of Singapore Govt Official Ms Elaine CHEW Assistant Director (Policy Advisory) Ministry of Law, Singapore 43 Singapore Law Firm Mr Lijing THAM Advocate & Solicitor Tan Rajah & Cheah 44 Singapore Law Firm Mr Calvin LIANG Lawyer Tan Kok Quan Partnership 45 Singapore Law Firm Ms Zara SHAFRUDDIN Associate Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

12 Page 12 of Singapore Law Firm Mr Sicong ZHENG Senior Associate Rajah & Tann LLP 47 Sri Lanka Others (Govt Office) Mrs Yamuna DISSANAYAKE Legal Officer Ceylon Petroleum Corporation 48 Thailand Govt Official Miss Srisakul PAYONGSRI Diplomat Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand 49 Thailand Govt Official Miss Arisa SUKONTASAP Diplomat Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand

13 Page 13 of Thailand Govt Official Ms Nubthong WANAWATTANAWONG Legal Manager Electronic Transactions Development Agency (Public Organization) 51 United Kingdom Others (Arb Chambers) Miss Marion SMITH Barrister Thirty Nine Essex Street 52 United Kingdom Others (Arb Chambers) Mr Stephen TROMANS Arbitrator Thirty Nine Essex Street 53 USA Academia Prof John (Jay) MCCAULEY Arbitrator and Arbitration Professor American Arbitration Association, Creighton Law School

14 Page 14 of Vietnam Govt Official Ms Thi Hong Quyen NGUYEN Legal expert, Department of International Law and Treaties Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam 55 Vietnam Govt Official Ms Tran Thi Thanh HAI Legal expert, Department of International Law and Treaties Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam

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