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KUALA LUMPUR: The President of the International Bar Association (IBA), Fernando Pombo will address the Malaysian Law Conference on October 30, immediately after the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.

The Malaysian Bar is indeed honoured that Fernando has accepted our invitation, considering that he has to take the trouble to return to this part of the region after the International Bar Conference 2007 which will be held in Singapore from 14-19 October 2007.

Fernando, born in Spain on 31 March 1943, obtained his Philosophy and Law Degree from the University of Madrid, 1965. He also undertook post-graduate studies in Universities of Geneva, 1969-1970 (with Professor Martin Achard), and Munich, Max Plank Institut 1970-1971 (with Professor F.K. Beier). Dundee (Oil and Gas Law) 1978. Europe Institute, Amsterdam (EEC Law) 1979.

Fernando was also a Professor of Law at Madrid University (Center for International Studies) 1973-1976 and School of Law, Salzburg University and has been a frequent speaker on legal subjects in Universities and at special courses and seminars.

Author of “Doing Business in Spain” (loose leaf format), Matthew Bender and articles on litigation, telecommunications, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, competition law, oil and gas, commercial law and privatisation, Fernando is also a founder and Senior Partner of Gomez-Acebo & Pombo in 1971, a leading Spanish independent firm which includes at present more than 200 lawyers, with the main office in Madrid and other offices in Barcelona, Bilbao, Malaga, Seville, Santiago, Valencia, Vigo and The Canaries. The firm also established the first Spanish European office in Brussels in 1985.

He is also a member the Bars of Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Malaga, Seville and Valencia; The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb); member of the Center for American and International Law; Vice-Chairman of the Advisory Board; member of the Licensing Executive Society International; Past President, International Nuclear Law Association (INLA), AEPPC, LCCDE, ABA, and other professional associations; Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation; member of the American Law Institute; IBA Chairman Section of Legal Practice (1998-2000); IBA Treasurer (2001-2002); IBA Secretary General (2003-2004); IBA Vice-President (2005-2006) and IBA President (2007-2008). In 2004, he was awarded the Great Cross of Merit in recognition of achievements in the Legal Profession in Spain.

Philip Jeyaretnam

Senior Counsel Philip Jeyaretnam is the President of The Law Society of Singapore. He is also a Partner in Rodyk & Davidson LLP's Litigation Arbitration Practice Group.

Philip graduated from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University in 1986 with First Class Honours. In 1991, he was a Visiting Fulbright Fellow at Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1988, and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2003. A commercial litigator, Philip leads the Projects, Construction and Investment Practice Group in Rodyk’s Litigation and Arbitration Practice Group.

His principal area of focus is project-related disputes, including property, building and construction claims and joint venture and investment disputes. He has extensive experience of jurisdictional disputes and conflicts of law issues, as well as the seeking of pre-emptive relief such as injunctions to stop disposal of assets. He also pursues trade, competition and investment claims, including review of anti-dumping orders and claims under international investment treaties.

Philip acts as arbitrator, and is a member of the Regional Panel of Arbitrators, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (appointed for the period 1 May 2006 to 30 April 2009). He is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. He is named in the Euromoney Guide to the World’s Leading Labour and Employment Lawyers (December 2003).

He was the first Chairman of the Society of Construction Law, Singapore from 2002 to 2004.

Philip is also Professor (Adjunct) at the Department of Building, National University of Singapore for the period 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, and in that capacity teaches for the Joint King’s College London-National University of Singapore MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution.

He is also a Governor of the IP Academy, a board member of the Board of Legal Education and vice president and member of the Senate of the Singapore Academy of Law. Recently appointed to the Board of the National Kidney Foundation, Philip is also a Member of the Board of the Singapore Tourism Board. He Chairs the Board of Directors of Practice Performing Arts Centre Limited, a non-profit theatre company and school.

Muneer Malik

Muneer Malik, the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan has been specially invited to address the Conference on the recent judicial crisis in Pakistan which ultimately led to the exoneration of the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Chaudhry.

Attorney Malik was one of the lead counsel to the Chief Justice Chaudhry, and was instrumental in persuading the latter to take his case to the streets of Pakistan after the Pakistan President, General Musharraf tried to fire him.

Malik earned his CPA and Juris Doctor in California before starting his practice in Karachi, Pakistan. He serves as a counsel to the Ellahie Law Firm in international cases. He has assisted the Ellahie Law Firm in business matters that go beyond domestic jurisdiction, and has worked with attorney Ellahie in dispute resolution cases.

Ahmad Basuni

The President of Law Society of Brunei Darus-salam, Ahmad Basuni, together with Philip, will also address the South East Asian Young Lawyers Convention on the third day of the Malaysian Law Conference.

At the recent opening of the Brunei Legal Year 2007, Ahmad Basuni urged the Attorney General of Brunei to take up with his respective counterparts from neighbouring countries with similar legal system to propose certain amendments to their respective laws to enable members of the Brunei Bar to apply for admissions in their respective countries.

"We have seen Asean integration for a very long period of time over other areas, especially commercial and trade, and as usual, the legal profession is notorious for its slowness and is lagging behind in this spirit of integration.

"We hope that the learned Attorney General will be successful in persuading his counterparts to accept us to practise beyond our horizon and appear before the courts of our closest neighbouring countries", said Ahmad Basuni.

(Please note that today is the last day for early bird registration period for the Malaysian Law Conference. To register, please click here.)

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