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LawLinesVol 9 . <strong>Issue</strong> 4 • December 2007Around Rajah & TannRound Up – 2007 InPerspectiveFeature ArticlesTo Withhold Or Not ToWithhold – That Is TheQuestionAll Abuzz About GamesCorporate SocialResponsibility UnderThe New IndonesianCompany LawCase BitesLegislation Bitestenure with the Legal Service, Disa served as aDistrict Judge at the Subordinate Courts, as wellas a Justices’ Law Clerk in the Supreme Court ofSingapore. Disa was also seconded to the Ministry ofForeign Affairs for one year as an Assistant Director todo policy work. Before joining the Legal Service, Disawas an Assistant Professor in the National Universityof Singapore, where she taught various subjectssuch as personal property law, contract law and thelaw of evidence and procedure. Disa obtained herLLB (First Class Honours) at the National Universityof Singapore and her LLM at Harvard Law School.Disa is also admitted as an Attorney and Counsellorat-Lawof the State of New York.Lorena Pang Mei YiiLorena comes in as a Partner with theCorporate & Capital Markets PracticeGroup. Lorena has been practising as acorporate lawyer since she was calledto the Singapore Bar in 1998. She hasbeen practicing mainly in the areas of mergers andacquisitions, corporate fi nance, capital markets andgeneral corporate work. Lorena has worked oninitial public offerings, rights issues, placements andother fund raising exercises for listed companies inSingapore and has also handled various acquisitionsand disposals of shares and business assets,joint ventures, corporate restructurings and othercorporate transactions involving both publicand private companies. She also advises oncompany law and stock exchange requirementsand compliance issues and procedures.Adeline ChongAdeline Chong is a Partner withthe Commercial Litigation PracticeGroup and has been in practice since1995. Adeline’s practice is presentlyfocused on negligence in road traffi caccident claims, industrial accident and Workmen’sCompensation claims. She also advises clients onmedical negligence, fi re claims and other tortiousacts.A Celebrated Return – SundareshMenon Rejoins Rajah & TannThe Firm had the great pleasure of welcomingSundaresh Menon back into its fold, with his joiningof the partnership on 15 May 2007. Mr Menon, whocomes on board as the Senior Partner, is part ofpage 6 of 44 pages | print | comments | close
LawLinesVol 9 . <strong>Issue</strong> 4 • December 2007Around Rajah & TannRound Up – 2007 InPerspectiveFeature ArticlesTo Withhold Or Not ToWithhold – That Is TheQuestionAll Abuzz About GamesCorporate SocialResponsibility UnderThe New IndonesianCompany LawCase BitesLegislation Bitesthe leadership team as a member of the ExecutiveCommittee.Sundaresh returned to the Firm aftera distinguished year in public serviceas a Judicial Commissioner of theSupreme Court, which found himpresiding over such high profi le casesas the recent NKF trials. Prior to that, he held aleading role in a major international law fi rm as itsHead of the International Arbitration and ArbitrationPractice for Asia. Menon had also previously beenwith the Firm for eight years where he had donesome of his best work.In practice for over 20 years, Sundaresh wasnamed by Chambers Global – in its 2006 edition asamong the 40 top international arbitration lawyers inthe world, and is without doubt one of Asia’s leadingarbitration, construction and litigation lawyers. TheFirm is truly privileged to have Sundaresh backagain as part of the Rajah & Tann family.New Groups EstablishedInternational ArbitrationA new practice group, the International ArbitrationPractice Group was formed, and will be headedby Yee Leong. This new practice group will poolthe combined ‘hitting power’ of the Firm’s bestarbitrators and litigators, and with Steven Chong SCand Sundaresh Menon, comprises an impressiveline-up of no less than four Senior Counsel!Sports LawIn its typical fashion of constantly identifying newareas of practices and staying at the forefrontof legal development, the Sports Law Practicewas established. The Practice has acted forplayer associations, sports ownership groups,governmental entities, coaches, competing sportsleagues, sponsors, broadcasters, in relation to theinvestigation into the collective purchasing of rights,and others involved in disputes and transactions withsports. The Practice has not confi ned its work tothe Singapore scene, but has focused its attentionacross the region and internationally even. To thisend, we had Stephen Townley, a renown sportluminary, join the Practice early this year. Stephenworks very closely with Lau Kok Keng, who headsthe Group, in growing this practice internationally.page 7 of 44 pages | print | comments | close
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