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Making Progress for LGBTQ+ Rights in Asia

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As part of MoFo Asia’s 2022 Diversity and Inclusion series please join us for a special webinar discussion in celebration of Pride. Our panel – which includes seasoned public interest and private practice lawyers who have handled some of the most significant LBGTQ+ rights litigation across Asia, including in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Korea – will discuss the most significant challenges and keys to success for and around their work.



As part of MoFo Asia’s 2022 Diversity and Inclusion series please join us for a special webinar discussion in celebration of Pride. Our panel – which includes seasoned public interest and private practice lawyers who have handled some of the most significant LBGTQ+ rights litigation across Asia, including in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Korea – will discuss the most significant challenges and keys to success for and around their work.<h5>Speakers</h5><ul><li>Victoria Hsu, Co-founder and Director, Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights (TAPCPR) (Taipei)</li><li>Minhee Ryu, Korean Lawyers for Public Interest and Human Rights (Seoul)</li><li>Makiko Terahara, Tokyo Omotesando Legal & Accounting LPC, Representative Director, Marriage for All Japan (Tokyo)</li><li>Evan Wolfson, Director, Freedom to Marry Global (New York)</li><li>Chen Zhu, Partner, Morrison Foerster (Hong Kong)</li></ul><h5>Moderator</h5><ul><li>Daniel Levison, Partner, Morison Foerster (Singapore)</li></ul>Please look out for future events and activities in our Diversity and Inclusion series. Our next event will be later in the year. More details to come.<hr>

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﻿Dan Levison is a partner at Morrison Foerster and co-Managing Partner of the Singapore office. He also heads its Litigation Department and leads the firm’s Ethics and Compliance regional practice in Asia. Dan counsels clients regarding compliance matters and conducts internal investigations and compliance reviews across the Asia-Pacific region, where he has over 24 years of experience. His practice has included work in many countries in Southeast Asia and beyond, including Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Singapore.Clients say that Dan is “a highly skilled lawyer who specializes in managing large, complex internal investigations” and “very thoughtful and thorough, and extremely focused on giving high-quality advice across a broad range of issues.” Clients rely on his experience with highly sensitive and complex cross‑border matters, which have included fraud and corruption, cartel, and other competition matters, anti-money laundering, economic sanctions and export control, privacy and data security, and regulatory and product safety investigations. In addition, he assists clients with pre‑acquisition and third-party compliance due diligence and developing, reviewing, and implementing compliance policies, procedures, and training programs.Dan also focuses on complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters, with particular emphasis on the resolution of multi-jurisdictional disputes and has developed particular expertise regarding cross‑border electronic discovery matters. He has counselled clients in a range of matters involving contract disputes, business torts, antitrust, product liability, intellectual property, and other issues. Dan has represented clients in a variety of industries, including electronics and manufacturing, software, consulting and professional services, consumer goods, electronic commerce, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, sports and entertainment, transportation, construction and real estate, hospitality, insurance, and banking and financial services, among others. Dan is also a member of the firm’s COVID‑19 Task Force.Before moving to Singapore, Dan spent more than 12 years in MoFo’s Tokyo office, and clients continue to rely on him for his Japan-related expertise, for which he has been recognized by Chambers Global 2020, 2021, and 2022.Dan has been listed by Chambers Asia-Pacific every year for the last six years as a top practitioner (Band 1) in his field for Corporate Investigations/Anti-corruption. He is recognized as a leading individual for white-collar crime by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific from 2021 - 2024, and is listed as a litigation star by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific. Dan has also been recommended as a global leader in Investigations in Singapore by Who’s Who Legal/Global Investigations Review every year since 2019.Dan is also a sought–after speaker and thought leader on anti–corruption, investigations, and compliance‑related topics.In addition to his practice, Dan serves on the firm’s Board of Directors and on its Diversity Strategy Committee, and plays a leadership role in some of the firm’s global diversity initiatives, notably, as a member of the Board of Directors of the firm’s pro bono client, Lawyers for LGBT & Allies Network, and he has been highly commended by Chambers for an Asia-Pacific Diversity & Inclusion Award 2020.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>A multinational company in connection with an internal investigation into allegations of bribery in Indonesia.</li><li>A real estate investment trust in relation to a compliance risk assessment concerning a joint venture in India. </li><li>A U.S.-based company in an investigation into corruption and procurement–related irregularities in India. </li><li>A global technology company in relation to an investigation into allegations of conflicts of interest and accounting irregularities by local management in Southeast Asia.</li><li>Several Asia-based employees of financial institutions in internal and government corruption and money laundering investigations. </li><li>U.S.-based medical device manufacturer in investigation into allegations of bribery and fraud in Japan.</li><li>A multinational pharmaceutical company in investigations into allegations of irregularities in the conduct of clinical trials in Japan.</li><li>A U.S.-based company with respect to several Japan Fair Trade Commission investigations.</li><li>Providing a global financial institution with anti-corruption counselling with respect to its global private equity and venture capital investments.</li><li>Conducted pre-investment and pre-acquisition anti-corruption and compliance due diligence for U.S., Europe, and Asia-based multinational companies in numerous transactions across the Asia‑Pacific region and beyond. </li></ul>

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Chen is a partner whose practice focuses on government and internal investigations, cross-border enforcement matters and commercial litigation. He has extensive experience advising on U.S. economic sanctions, anti-money laundering, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), securities and accounting fraud, and related governance and corporate compliance issues. Chen also has extensive experience conducting compliance due diligence and designing compliance programs for clients in connection with private equity portfolio investments, M&A and IPO transactions. He also has experience in U.S.-based civil litigation involving Asia-based defendants. In addition, Chen frequently guides corporate and financial institutions clients through risk management issues associated with state secrecy, data privacy and cross-border data export control.His clients include major state-owned enterprises, multinational corporations and individuals from various industries including banking, pharmaceutical, technology, entertainment, insurance, consumer retail and hospitality, with a particular focus on China, Japan and Southeast Asia.Chen has been recognized as a Future Leader by Who’s Who Legal Investigations 2019 - 2022.Chen is a frequent presenter at legal conferences and client workshops relating to anti-corruption, economic sanctions and white-collar enforcement.Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, he worked in the Hong Kong and New York offices of a leading U.S. law firm. Chen is a native speaker of English and Mandarin. He is a Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Law Society of Hong Kong.

朱晨昊律师的执业重点为政府与内部调查、跨境执法事宜以及商业诉讼。他在针对美国经济制裁、反洗钱、美国《反海外腐败法》（FCPA）、证券和会计欺诈以及相关政府和公司合规问题提供法律意见方面拥有丰富的经验。朱律师在针对私募股权资产组合投资、并购和IPO交易为客户开展合规尽职调查以及设计合规计划方面拥有丰富的经验。他在处理涉及亚洲被告的美国民事诉讼事宜方面也具备经验。此外，朱律师亦经常协助公司和金融机构客户处理与国家机密、数据隐私和跨境数据出口管制有关的风险管理问题。朱律师的客户包括银行、医药、技术、娱乐、保险、消费品零售以及酒店业等多个行业的大型国有企业、跨国公司以及个人，其业务重点是中国、日本和东南亚地区。2019年 - 2020年《法律名人录》和2019年 - 2020年《全球调查评论》均将朱律师评为“公司调查领域的未来领袖律师”。朱律师是美富（国际）律师事务所的合伙人。在加入美富之前，朱律师在一家顶级美国律所的香港和纽约办事处任职。朱律师的母语是英文和中文。他是香港律师会的注册外国律师。

Making Progress for LGBTQ+ Rights in Asia

06 Jul 2022 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM HKT

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