Debate On The Motion:

Ankit Goyal - Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP

Ankit’s areas of practice cover international arbitration and cross-border dispute resolution in Asia with a focus on India-related disputes. He has acted as counsel on several cases under the rules of major arbitral institutions, including SIAC, ICC, HKIAC and the LCIA. He also has considerable experience supervising, coordinating and managing complex commercial litigations in a wide number of countries in the Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining Allen & Gledhill, Ankit was a lawyer in the Hong Kong office of an international law firm. From 2009 to 2012, Ankit was Head (South Asia) and Counsel at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) where he supervised the administration of approximately 150 arbitrations. Ankit is the Co-Chair of the YSIAC Committee, formed under the auspices of the SIAC. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LLM in 2009 and the Panjab University, Chandigarh with an LLB in 2004.

Alessa Pang - Senior Associate, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP

Alessa is a Senior Associate with the International Arbitration Construction & Projects practice group at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP. She has handled a wide range of commercial disputes before international arbitral tribunals and has experience with both ad hoc and institutional arbitration proceedings under SIAC, ICC, HKIAC, UNCITRAL and ICSID Rules. Alessa also has a special interest in arbitration-related court proceedings, having acted for clients before the Singapore courts in setting aside applications, enforcement applications, and applications for anti-suit injunctive relief.

Jae Hee Suh - Associate, Allen & Overy

Jelita Pandjaitan - Partner, Linklaters Singapore Pte Ltd

Jelita is a Partner in Linklaters Singapore office and leads the Southeast Asia disputes practice, with a focus on complex, high value cross-border disputes and investigations for major international banks and corporations. She advises clients in arbitrations, litigation and mediations in Hong Kong, Singapore and throughout the Asian region. Jelita specialises in financial and energy and resource arbitration in the major Asian seats and using all the major institutions and rules (SIAC, HKIAC, ICC, UNCITRAL) including obtaining interim injunctive relief and enforcing arbitral awards in regional courts. She is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and regularly speaks at arbitration conferences and seminars and has published several articles on arbitration developments. She has also conducted multiple appointments as sole or co-arbitrator. Jelita has extensive experience in local and foreign regulatory and internal investigations, particularly acting on regulatory matters which give rise to parallel Hong Kong and Singapore exposure. She also advises on the contentious aspects of cross-border transactions, including conducting due diligence on bribery and corruption risks. Jelita was endorsed as a Rising Star for financial services regulatory in IFLR1000 2018 and won the Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law individual award for Best in Dispute Resolution in 2015. She is admitted in Hong Kong and Australia and is fluent in English and Bahasa Indonesia.

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