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W I T H T H A NK S T O T HE C ON T R I BU T OR S OF T HI S E XCH A NGE . . .
RUTH STACKPOOL-MOORE, DIRECTOR OF LITIGATION FUNDING / HE AD OF HARBOUR HONG KONG Ruth is a dual Australian and UK qualified lawyer with extensive experience in dispute resolution. She joined Harbour Litigation Funding from the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, one of Asia’s leading global arbitral institutions, where as Managing Counsel she led the arbitration teamandmanaged the Centre as Acting Secretary-General during the second half of 2014. Ruth has wide-ranging insight into the diverse and growing number of cases being handled in the Asia Pacific region and has strong connections to its dispute resolution community. She is a frequent speaker, and has published a variety of articles, on arbitration-related issues, and has travelledworldwide in connectionwith the promotion of arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution. Ruth has experience in private practice having previously specialised in international commercial arbitration and litigation with Debevoise&Plimpton in London, Orrick Herrington &Sutcliffe in Paris and Coudert Brothers in Paris and Sydney. She has advised clients on awide range of proceedings conducted under many of themost recognised sets of institutional arbitration rules and ad hoc proceedings, as well as associated national court matters in civil and common law jurisdictions. Ruth spearheads Harbour’s continuing growth in the Asia Pacific region. SIMON MCCONNELL, PARTNER AT CLYDE & CO Simon has significant expertise in insurance and reinsurance matters, particularly in trade-credit cover, professional indemnity, directors and officers claims, financial institutions blanket bond cover, and fraud cases. Simon’s practice extends across the Asia Pacific region. Simon has extensive experience in commercial litigation disputes, particularly in the financial services industry and real estate sector. Apart fromcontractual disputes, fraud and shareholder disputes, he specialises in regulatorymatters and investigations, and currently acts for a number of financial
and securities industry clients in confidential regulatory matters in Hong Kong and regionally. This includes acting in regulatory and employment matters for regulated entities, and handling contentious ‘teammoves’ and restrictive covenants, enforcement and injunctive relief. Simon’s real estate expertise focuses on acting for commercial and retail tenants for a variety of corporates, financial institutions and retailers in the Hong Kong propertymarket. Simon is ranked in Chambers (Hong Kong) in Band 1 of contentious insurance lawyers. Chambers states: “Simon McConnell’s top-tier ranking is acknowledged bymany sources, with one enthusing: ‘He’s head and shoulders above the rest for complex claims’”. Simon is also ranked by The Legal 500 (Asia Pacific) as a leading insurance practitioner. It notes that “Clyde&Co has a growing reputation for regulatorymatters and investigations. SimonMcConnell has a fine reputation”. SAPNA JHANGIANI, LEGAL DIRECTOR AT CLYDE & CO Sapna is called to the Bar of England andWales, and spent several years in practice at the Independent Bar in London before joining Clyde&Co’s Dubai office in 2006. She relocated to Singapore in 2011. In her career she hasmanaged commercial disputes spanning awide range of industries and governed by different institutional rules such as those of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Singapore Centre for Maritime Arbitration (SCMA), and Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC). She has substantial advocacy experience and has represented clients in trials and preliminary applications before arbitral tribunals, the UK Civil Courts (including the Supreme Court), and the Courts of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). In addition, Sapna has several appointments as an arbitrator and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. She has been described in Chambers &Partners as producing “wonderful work with a creativemind”.
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