Jeanette Chan gave insight into the transition from Partner to Managing Partner, to a complete change of role by going in-house to Airwallex where she is now the Chief Legal, Compliance and Risk Officer. She gives great advice and insight to those looking to step up in the legal profession and follow in her footsteps.

Our guest for this episode is Hanim Hamzah, Regional Managing Partner at ZICO Law Network.

Hanim remains in an active jazz quartet where she has performed internationally and recorded albums. She's really a remarkably well-rounded person with so many interests outside the law. Find out how these interests calm her and give her a positive mental attitude in our latest episode of The Leaders in Law podcast.

About our guest

Hanim Hamzah is the Regional Managing Partner of ZICO Law, the first law firm network with presence across ASEAN with 18 offices in all 10 countries. She also heads the Corporate M&A practice group at ZICO Law Indonesia’s Roosdiono & Partners law firm.

Based in Singapore, her 25+ years of regional practice experience includes being resident in Malaysia, Japan, and Indonesia where she specialises in major infrastructure project financing and M&A deals in aviation, banking, insurance, mining, oil and gas, plantations, and property. Hanim is top ranked, consistently recognized as Distinguished Lawyer or Leading Lawyer across multiple practice areas in major legal directories and publications.

She has authored cited articles in thought leadership in the legal profession and is currently Co-Chair of the International Bar Association’s Law Firm Management Committee, and Senior Fellow at the CIMB Asean Research Institute (CARI). Hanim was selected by the Singapore Academy of Law, as part of an expert think-tank to prepare a white paper on skills needed by legal professionals in the future. In 2019, Hanim co-founded the ASEAN Legal Tech Initiative, bringing together legal and technology experts in South-East Asia.

As a leader, Hanim champions diversity and inclusion, mental health, well-being, and safety in the legal profession. She sits on the Board of Trustees of the Mindful Business Charter UK Charity and is a Board Member of the Workplace Pride not for profit foundation dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTIQ+ people in workplaces worldwide. Hanim was also named Top Ten Pioneers of New Legal Thinking in the Financial Times Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers Awards 2018.

Hanim is also a marathoner and sings in a jazz quartet.

For more information, please visit: https://www.zicolaw.com/people/hanim-hamzah/

Our guest for this episode is Anna Gamvros, Asia Pacific Head of Information governance, privacy and cybersecurity at Norton Rose Fulbright.

After watching countless episodes of the hit TV show LA Law, Anna decided that she wanted to be an actress. In this episode, Anna's tells us about her journey into law via the arts and what advice she would give her younger self.

Anna Gamvros is Norton Rose Fulbright’s Asia Pacific Head of Information governance, privacy and cybersecurity. Anna's practice focuses primarily on privacy, technology and communications-related issues. She advises clients on privacy and data protection; cybersecurity and breach response; telecommunications and Internet regulatory issues; technology agreements; and outsourcing transactions.

Anna has over 20 years of experience practicing in Hong Kong. As such, she has a wealth of experience in multi-jurisdictional projects throughout Asia Pacific, particularly on implementing e-commerce and data management projects in Asia and across the globe.

Anna is recognized as one of the leading data protection lawyers in Asia and has worked on some of the largest and most high profile cybersecurity breaches in Asia Pacific.

Outside of her legal work, Anna is mother of three and loves to travel. She is an avid snowboarder and fitness enthusiast, competing in many sports over the years and now ensuring that fitness is a key part of her daily life.

Our guest for this episode is Stephanie Sheng, deputy Head of Financial Crime Compliance and head of the Business Intelligence Group at Goldman Sachs.

Stephanie discussed how she transitioned from private practice in the US to Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong. We discussed her involvement with Women In Law Hong Kong (WILHK) and how diversity has led her to new opportunities.

Bob is the Founder, former Chief Executive, and current Head of Fundraising for the London Legal Support Trust; for his services as a champion of social justice and in bringing access to justice for the most impoverished of society in and around London and the South East of England, he was awarded the “Most Excellent Order of the British Empire” or “MBE”.

The London Legal Support Trust is an independent charity that fundraises with the purpose of assisting law centres across London and the South East of England. The reason why this is so crucial and very badly needed is because of the lack of access to justice many of the most disadvantaged of society experience, largely due to the insufficient funds set aside by the UK government for Legal Aid, the scheme by which those earning less than a certain threshold may apply for public funds for legal advice and services.

Interestingly, although Bob has always worked in the public legal services arena, he isn’t actually a lawyer himself! But, despite not being trained academically in the law, there is no better voice of experience when it comes to the subject of “Access to Justice” than Bob.

In short, Bob has worked tirelessly over almost 50 years, to bring Access to Justice to the most marginalised of UK society.

In this episode, Vineet Aneja joins us to talk about his journey and how he became the founder of Clasis Law, one of the most respected law firms in India.

Vineet is the founder & managing partner of the firm and also, heads the Corporate Practice.

Vineet has around 25 (twenty five) years of experience in a range of areas, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, corporate advisory, employment and compliance.

As a thought leader in the legal domain, he has been consistently ranked as one of the Top Lawyers in India by India Business Law Journal, Forbes India, Asian Legal Business and Asia Law, to name a few. He has been involved in developing and driving the Firm’s vision that is focused on enabling business by providing solutions as trusted advisors, through perseverance, responsiveness, innovation and teamwork. He spends his time on guiding the Firm’s business development strategy and Partners in building strong relationships with clients.

He has ample experience across industries as diverse as manufacturing, media, medical devices, fashion, technology, telecommunications, infrastructure, hospitality, retail and financial services. Client feedback has highlighted the value his experience adds to both the legal and commercial sides of transactions.

In this episode, Helena Samaha joins us to talk about her story on finding success in a male dominated profession and being named CEO and the first female President of Lex Mundi, the largest law firm network in the world. Having taken on the new role right before Covid-19 caused the world to come to a screeching halt, she faced her fair share of challenges, just as so many other businesses and firms had at the time. She talks about how she steered the Lex Mundi ship and navigated thru the traverse waters of Covid-19. She also reflects on the importance of helping other women create their own paths to success by mentoring and advocating for and creating opportunities and leadership roles for female lawyers.

Helena is an experienced international practitioner, dual qualified in France and England, with over 25 years of experience in London, Paris, and Dubai. She has a diverse background, having spent significant time both in corporate legal roles and in private practice. During her career in-house, she has held General Counsel or senior in-house legal positions at Virgin Management, AlixPartners, OSN, and Liberty Global. Her private practice experience has included serving as a partner at DLA Piper and as a solicitor at Clifford Chance.

In this episode, we are excited to welcome Brian Cuban as our guest! Brian is a Dallas based attorney, author and addiction recovery advocate. He is graduate of Penn State University and The University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He has been in long term recovery from alcohol, cocaine and bulimia since April of 2007. He is also known to many as the younger brother of Dallas Mavericks owner and entrepreneur Mark Cuban. There are many lawyers who suffer from addiction, and Brian’s story of recovery and finding success on his own terms is a remarkable journey.

Brian has authored 3 books Shattered Image: My Triumph Over Body Dysmorphic Disorder; The Addicted Lawyer: Tales of The Bar, Booze, Blow, & Redemption; and his most recent book The Ambulance Chaser. https://www.amazon.com/Ambulance-Chaser-Brian-Cuban/dp/1637582412

Doug Clark, a widely respected IP litigator and arbitrator in East Asia. He is global head of dispute resolution at Rouse. He is also an author, and a professor of law. He’s admitted to the bar in Hong Kong as a solicitor, but previously practiced as a barrister. He is also a barrister and solicitor in Australian and a solicitor in England and Wales. Having handled the entire gamut of contentious IP cases including raiding factories in China (in the early part of his career) to running complex multi-jurisdictional patent litigation relating to standard essential patents and serving as an arbitrator and mediator in high technology cases, he has reached the top of his profession.



Doug by self-admission has had a charmed life professionally, but to get where he is today, it took knowing what he wanted in his career, understanding where he needed to go, creative vision to see diamond in the rough-type opportunities and the flexibility and mettle to seize them at the right time.

https://rouse.com/people/douglas-clark

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