Dr. Thomas Zwissler is a partner at German law firm ZIRNGIBL, a full service business law firm with offices in Munich, Berlin and Frankfurt. His practice focuses on Corporate and Banking law as well as capital markets and corporate finance transactions.

He has extensive experience in Private Equity and Venture Capital financing, M&A-and Takeover-Transactions and Outsourcing-Projects. As a founder and leading member of the firms industry group Digital and “Industrie 4.0”, he also advises Fintech companies on regulatory and contractual issues and companies from different industries in connection with business-modelling and business-transformation projects.

Yap Wai Ming was the former Secretary-General of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (2013-2015) and was the chair of the organizing committee for the Singapore IPBA annual conference held in 2010.   He is a director of Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC. He counsels corporate clients on merger and acquisition transactions, project finance, and equity and debt capital markets (including Islamic finance), as well as gaming and leisure. He also acts as a sponsor to issuers on Catalist, the sponsor-supervised board of The Singapore Exchange.

Wai Ming’s dedicated and practical approach to guiding clients’ multifaceted corporate transactions has earned him recognition by legal industry publications. IFLR1000, Legal 500, Asialaw Leading Lawyers, Best Lawyers in Singapore, and Chambers Asia-Pacific have ranked him as a leading lawyer in mergers and acquisitions in Asia. Chambers Global and Chambers Asia-Pacific also recognized him as a leading lawyer in gaming and gambling law in the Asia-Pacific region. Chambers Global (2015) described him as “straightforward, eager to find solutions, and deeply involved;” Chambers Asia-Pacific (2013) mentioned him as having “quick turnaround time and ability to provide clarity and solutions;” and IFLR 1000 (2014) noted that he is “dexterous, intelligent and easy going.”

Yuri Suzuki is a partner in the Tokyo based law firm Atsumi & Sakai, heading the firm’s Fintech Team.

Ms. Suzuki deals with a wide range of banking, finance and capital markets issues, with a particular well acknowledged reputation in regard with financial services regulation, loans, asset finance and securitization. Given her strong technical skills and market knowledge in financial industry matters, she is also well regarded for her work on a wide variety cases on Fintech issues, including payment services, cryptocurrencies, ICO, invoice trading, marketplace lending, crowdfunding, APIs and insurtech.

She is currently a secretariat member of the Fintech Association of Japan, a legal advisor of the Japan Blockchain Association and an advisor of the MUFG Digital Accelerator Program.

Conrad is the founding partner of Kwok Yih & Chan, and has been a partner of an international firm in Hong Kong for 10 years before that. He obtained his law degree in both Hong Kong and Mainland China, and was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 1994.

Conrad specialises in public takeovers, cross border M&As, private equity transactions, capital markets fund raisings (including IPOs) and transactions, corporate governance and regulatory investigation.

His experience over the last 25 years has been across many sectors, such as financial/securities, TMT and fintech, real estate, mining and energy, manufacturing/retailing and medical and pharmaceuticals. He speaks fluent English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Conrad is a member of the Takeovers and Mergers Panel and Takeover Appeals Committee of the SFC, a member of Disciplinary (Panel A) of the Hong Kong Institute of certified Public Account, and a member of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. He has regularly been named as a leading lawyer in legal publications, including the IFLR and Chambers Global.

Jo leads policy development for the regulation of payment services including the Payment Services Act in the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). At the FinTech & Innovation Group (FTIG) of MAS, she is also responsible for promoting safe and efficient payment solutions. Prior to joining FTIG as Deputy Director, Jo was Assistant General Counsel at the MAS Legal Department. In that role she advised extensively on financial services regulations and free trade agreements. Her private practice experience was at Allen & Gledhill and Amica Law. Jo graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LLB (Hons) Degree, and was called to the Singapore bar. She has a Master of Laws from University College London, and is a non-practising solicitor of England and Wales.

David Robinson is a partner in the corporate department at Fladgate.

David specialises in equity capital markets and in both public company and private company mergers and acquisitions. David was lead partner for Argo Blockchain Plc on its successful IPO on the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market, which was notable because Argo was the first crypto-mining company to be listed on that market. He is currently advising a blockchain software-as-a-service company and a cryptocurrency “merchant bank” on their proposed LSE listings.

Fladgate advises established fintech companies, financial institutions and cryptocurrency service providers, such as cryptocurrency exchanges, on matters including ITOs and ICOs and the regulation of crypto-assets.

Vinay is based in the DFDL Bangkok office and serves as the head of the India Desk, head of the Indonesia Practice and is leading the regional banking, finance & technology practice. With 13 years of transactional and advisory experience, over half of which has been spent in Southeast Asia with DFDL, Vinay has advised a vast spectrum of multinational clients on complex transactions related to energy, infrastructure, mining, information technology, telecommunications, transport and logistics, and agriculture. Given his breadth of experience in the banking and technology sectors, Vinay also serves as the chief point of contact at DFDL for all fintech-related matters. Of late, he has been advising several clients operating in the realm of blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

In addition to his transaction and advisory background, Vinay has extensive experience with Indian court litigation and international dispute resolution.

A regular speaker at various international industry conferences, seminars, and workshops, Vinay has also authored a number of articles and papers published in various newspapers, magazines and journals, including the IPBA Journal, Asian-MENA, ALB, and IBLJ.