Presentations

Ryo Kotoura is a partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune working primarily in the field of cross-border M&As and international disputes. In particular, he regularly advises on Japanese clients advancing to India and other South Asian Countries.

He has abundant experience of advising Japanese companies disputing with the companies in South Asian countries (in particular, India) by international arbitration in those countries and in a third country.

Bernard Tézé is a French Avocat specialising in M&A, Private Equity and group reorganisation with a special focus on Japanese, Chinese and other Asian and international clients.

He also advises funds and entrepreneurs on venture capital matters, health tech, fin tech, e-commerce and in the new economy.

Bernard is a partner with Chaintrier Avocats in Paris, a member of the Cogep group employing 2000 professionals in 120 locations in France.

Before joining French firms, Bernard was for 7 years a partner with White&Case in Paris and for 11 years counsel with Clifford Chance including 4 years secondment to Japan.

Bernard graduated from HEC business school, and from Paris Pantheon Assas University in Public and in Private law with a PhD on International Taxation.

He was a panel speaker in IPBA Tokyo, Chicago and now Delhi.

Eu Jin Ong, the Managing Partner of Ong Eu Jin Partnership is admitted as an advocate and solicitor in Malaysia and a solicitor of England & Wales.

Eu Jin is active in equity capital markets and has advised companies on their IPOs and listing on the stock exchange of Malaysia and Hong Kong. On the Mergers and Acquisitions front, he has advised on a number of multi-million ringgit acquisitions in respect of both listed and unlisted companies as well as mandatory and voluntary general offers.

As part of his banking and debt capital markets practice, he has advised on serial bond issuances and commercial paper/medium term note programmes. Notably, Eu Jin was the Malaysian counsel for the issuance of Samurai bonds in the aggregate principal amount of ¥200 billion by the Government of Malaysia in 2019.

Eu Jin has been a panellist at law conferences held in Tokyo, Sydney, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Siem Reap, Manila, Bengaluru and Colombo.

Min Gon Kim is a Partner in Demarest’s M&A and Corporate practice area, where he leads the firm’s Korean/Asian Desk. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures, cross-border transactions, and corporate restructuring, advising Brazilian and international clients across a wide range of industries.

Min earned his LL.M. from Columbia Law School, a postgraduate degree in Corporate Law from Fundação Getulio Vargas, and his law degree from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. His international experience includes stints as a foreign associate at Holland & Knight LLP (Miami), Kim & Chang (Seoul), and Carey Abogados (Santiago, Chile).

Since 2012, Min has been consistently recognized by Chambers Global as a leading lawyer in Corporate Law and M&A, as well as a foreign expert in Brazil in these practice areas.

Steve Johns is an M&A Partner at Hall & Wilcox in Australia. He co leads the firm’s Technology and Digital Economy Practice and is a member of the firm’s AI Steering Committee.

Steve specialises in mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, with particular expertise in transactions across the technology, life sciences, biotechnology and services sectors. He has a strong focus on cross border transactions, especially those involving the United States. Steve has worked in the US and regularly advises US clients on Australian transactions. He has also worked extensively across South East Asia and the Pacific.

Steve holds an LLM and a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from the University of Sydney.