Risk, Resilience and Reputation Programme

13:30

Registration

14:00

Confidentiality and data risk - Don’t be the weakest link: managing data and cyber risk 

Jeremy Tan, Director, CMS Holborn Asia

• Common cyber vulnerabilities and how to avoid them
• GDPR and PDPA: lessons so far
• Recent cases on data protection and breach of confidence 

14:20

Crisis response - “A good name is its own currency”: how to protect your reputation in a crisis

Lynette Chew, Director, CMS Holborn Asia
Cho Pei Lin, Managing Director, Asia PRWerkz

• Setting up your response team and strategy
• Managing the press and social media
• Notifying regulators
• When to apply for an injunction
• The role of insurers and third party advisers

14:50

Document risk - Avoiding the smoking gun: how to manage document risk

Lakshanthi Fernando, Managing Director, CMS Holborn Asia

• Litigation privilege or legal advice privilege – does it matter?
• Setting up an internal investigation with privilege in mind
• Dealing with regulators
• The role of the in-house legal adviser
• Working with a patchwork of privilege regimes in a multi jurisdictional business

15:10

Litigation risk - Start as you mean to go on: using early dispute management to set yourself up for success

Kelvin Aw, Director, CMS Holborn Asia 

• How to assess risk and reward
• Developing a case strategy
• Engaging with the business to build your case
• Choosing the field of combat: litigation, arbitration or ADR?

15:30

Coffee Break

15:40

You make the rules: how to weigh the risks and benefits of litigation and arbitration

Nicolas Wiegand, Partner, CMS Hasche Sigle Hong Kong
Akshay Kishore, Counsel, CMS Singapore

• How organisations are using arbitration in practice 
• Enforcing judgments vs. awards – Case studies from China and India
• Recent developments – SIAC and HKIAC 

16:20

The bottom line: managing costs risk in litigation 

Richard Bamforth, Partner, CMS UK 

• The impact of costs budgeting
• Using project management techniques to reduce costs
• The impact of technology

16:40

Done and Dusted? Avoiding last minute pitfalls in dispute settlement

Asya Jamaludin, Counsel, CMS Singapore

• Establishing a settlement range and managing negotiations
• “Without prejudice” and “Subject to contract”
• Common pitfalls in documenting settlement
• Mediation and arbitration: Using Arb-Med-Arb 

17:00

Follow the money: creating an asset recovery strategy

Andrew Horton, Partner, Lau, Horton & Wise in association with CMS Hasche Sigle Hong Kong
Nathan Wheeler, Founder and Chairman, LSR Services Ltd

• Working with private investigators and forensic experts
• The role of data analysis and artificial intelligence
• Using freezing, search and disclosure orders effectively
• Common barriers to recovery and how to overcome them

17:30

 Closing remarks followed by networking drinks