Contract Drafting

Professor Andrew Godwin

Professor Andrew Godwin is Professor of Commercial Law at Melbourne Law School, Director of the Melbourne Law Masters, Joint Associate Director of the Corporate Law and Financial Regulation Research Program at the Melbourne Centre for Commercial Law and Associate Director (Commercial law) of the Asian Law Centre. Prior to joining Melbourne Law School as a member of the academic staff in 2007, Andrew was in legal practice for over 15 years, 10 of which were spent in Shanghai where he was a partner of an international law firm.

Andrew works and researches in the areas of financial regulation, financial services law, corporate and insolvency law, property law, and the regulation of the legal profession. Andrew has published extensively in both academic and professional journals. He is a co-author of Sackville & Neave Australian Property Law and Ford, Austin and Ramsay Principles of Corporations Law, and co-editor of Research Handbook on Asian Financial Law (Edward Elgar, 2020), The Cambridge Handbook of Twin Peaks Financial Regulation (Cambridge University Press, 2021) and Technology and Corporate Law (Edward Elgar, 2021).

Andrew served as Special Counsel and Acting General Counsel at the Australian Law Reform Commission from September 2020 to February 2024. Andrew has acted as a consultant to a broad range of organisations, regulators and governments, including the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department, the Australian Federal Police, the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank. Andrew is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, a Distinguished Fellow of the Singapore Academy of Law and a member of the Advisory Board of the Asian Business Law Institute in Singapore.

Mr Carl Li

Carl Li is the Innovation Lead Lawyer for Asia at Linklaters. In this role, he leads a team of legal and technology professionals, ensuring excellent client service and spearheading projects that leverage technologies like Gen AI and document automation to optimise transaction processes. With over 15 years of experience in corporate legal affairs, Carl is especially interested in the innovative applications of technology in legal practice. His professional expertise encompasses contracts, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, and tax. Since joining Linklaters in 2013, Carl has been a member of the Capital Markets Team, specialising in global debt capital markets and advising on international securities transactions. His practice covers equity, debt, regulatory capital, and equity-linked securities, serving clients such as global investment banks, corporates and sovereign entities.

Mr Leon Ng

Leon Ng is a senior knowledge lawyer with the Mainstream Corporate department in Singapore. He is responsible for supporting the professional development and knowhow needs of the lawyers in the team by delivering training, providing regular updates on legal developments and responding to technical queries, as well as helping to maintain and develop precedents. Leon joined Linklaters in 2023, having previously worked as in-house counsel at one of Singapore’s largest listed conglomerates for over 9 years. Prior to that, Leon was in legal practice at one of Singapore’s leading local law firms for 10 years. His area of expertise is focused on mergers and acquisitions involving private equity, trade sales and competitive bids, joint ventures, schemes of arrangements and corporate restructuring matters, including capital reductions.

Mr K Gopalan

Consultant,

Ethics & Professional Development

Singapore Academy of Law

LL.B (Hons) University of Singapore 1978

Advocate & Solicitor (1980)

Formerly Director and Head of Department, Regulatory Department, Law Society of Singapore (2013 to 2023)

Duties included leading a team of 5 lawyers and 2 paralegals, overseeing compliance with Part VII of the Legal Profession Act, Disciplinary Proceedings against Advocates & Solicitors, compliance with Solicitors Accounts Rules, managing Compensation Fund claims, managing the Professional Indemnity Insurance Scheme for legal practitioners, overseeing inadequate professional service complaints against practitioners, generally conduct and discipline of lawyers.

Also conducted courses, seminars and talks for practitioners on Professional Responsibility and Compliance with the Solicitors Accounts Rules

Facilitator, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, SILE (2015 to 2024)

Private Legal Practice (1980 to 2013) principally in Civil Litigation. Real Estate Law, Family Law & Probate Practice and Insurance Law

IRAS officer from 1978 to 1980

Mr Mark Wong
Partner, Dentons Rodyk’s Corporate practice group

Mark practices in the areas of M&A, venture capital and private equity. With nearly two decades of experience, Mark has substantial experience representing both buyers and sellers across a diverse range of sectors such as fintech, healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, real estate, hospitality, oil and gas, energy and mining. Mark holds bar qualifications in both Singapore and France. He is fluent in English, Chinese, and French, and regularly advises on projects involving both civil and common law jurisdictions, particularly in complex cross-border transactions.