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NEWSLETTERFEBRUARY
2016

Eleventh IssueSeminar : International Arbitration
On the 3rd and 4th of February 2016, Kobe University
hosted a seminar on International Arbitration whereby Ms
Fan Kun had been invited as a guest speaker at theseminar.

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Ms Fan Kun is an Assistant Professor at the Chinese
University of Hong Kong, and was a Visiting Scholar atHarvard Yenching Institute from 2012 to 2013. Her
expertise is in the field of international dispute settlement,
comparative legal studies and global legal studies. She
has studied and worked in China, Singapore, U.S.A.,
Switzerland, France and Hong Kong, and speaks Chinese,
English and French. Having studied and worked in boththe East and the West, in both common law and civil law
jurisdictions, she is particularly interested in broad
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is wellqualifiedtoShe has conducted several research projects as aprincipal investigator on various topics related toalternative dispute resolution. She is author of the book‘Arbitration in China: A Legal and Cultural Analysis’(Hart Publishing) and has published extensively in avariety of leading international journals, including theHarvard Negotiation Law Review, Cardozo Journal ofConflict Resolution, Yearbook of Private International
Law and Journal of International Arbitration. Some ofher work can be downloaded at http://ssrn.com/author=1163319.
Her doctoral dissertation, under the supervision of Professor Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, wasawarded the Best Thesis in International Studies by the Swiss Network for International Studies
Award. In recognition of her academic contribution, she received the award of Support for
High-impact Scholarship by the Committee on Focused Innovations Scheme.
Professor Fan has been frequently invited for conferences, lectures or professional training
sessions at distinguished institutions in a number of jurisdictions, including Harvard Law School,Harvard Yenching Institute, Cornell Law School,Harvard-Stanford Junior Faculty Forum, CornellSorbonne Summer Institute, American University
Washington College of Law, UNCITRAL Regional
Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Queen Mary University
School of International Arbitration, Geneva LLM in
International Dispute Settlement, International Law
Institute, The Institute for Transnational Arbitration,
Hong Kong Law Society, and Asian Development
Bank.
Apart from academic research, Professor Fan also has
extensive experience in ADR practice, and has worked as counsel, expert, and secretary forthe arbitration tribunal in a number of international arbitration. She is called to the New York
Bar, Executive Council Member of the China Academy of Arbitration Law, Domain NamesPanelist of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center and the Asian Domain Name
Dispute Resolution Centre, Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Accredited
Mediator of Hong Kong Mediation Accreditation Association Limited, and Arbitrator ofZhuhai Arbitration Commission International Arbitration Court. Before moving to Hong Kong,she worked as a Deputy Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris, during
which she has overseen hundreds of international arbitration cases pending under the ICC
Rules spanning numerous industry and regions. Prior to that, she worked with Prof. GabrielleKaufmann-Kohler at the Geneva University Law School for a research project onInternational Arbitration in China, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Before2

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moving to Europe, she worked as a Foreign Legal Advisor
at a leading law firm in Singapore, where she advisedclients on China-related matters in the areas of foreign
investment, mergers & acquisition, and intellectual
property.
During the Seminar at our University, Professor Fan spoke
about the ‘Glocalization of Arbitration from an East Asian
Perspective’ and the ‘Expansion of Arbitral Subject
Matter.’
Besides
Professor
Fan’spresentation,
twolegalrepresentatives from Taisei Corporation, a Mr Horiguchi
and Mr Ogura were also invited to the seminar whereby
they gave a short presentation titled ‘Judicial Jobs / Legal
Work at Taisei Corporation’ and ‘Arbitration on
International Construction Projects’ respectively, ending
with a brief question and answer session with theattendees.
Taisei Corporation was established in 1873 and had
undertaken may notable projects both in Japan andoverseas. Their corporate roots coincided with Japan’s
development as a modern nation and they havecontinuously met the demands of the changing eras andpeople’s aspirations for the future through their soundconstruction operations.
As today’s world enters the second century of modern
urban construction, Taisei Corporation has recognised thestrong need for the preservation of historic scenery,protection of the environment and the creation of
attractive public and private spaces and have therefore
responded accordingly with the production of advanced
technology produced through their extensive researchdevelopment which they hope will be one of the worldclass – leading edge technology in the future. Their
operations also extend internationally including theconstruction of dams and other environmental andinfrastructure projects in developing nations.
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ELEVENTH ISSUE :: FEBRUARY 2016Workshop
Malaysian Legal Corporate Practise
On the 15th and 16th of February 2016 a workshop on Malaysian Legal Corporate Practise
was held at Kobe University; the Workshop which consisted of eight lectures spread out
over a period of two days was presented by Ms Cindy Cheong, Assistant Professor for theGMAP in Law course.
Ms Cindy Cheong read law at the University of Reading (LL.B Hons) and graduated in
2007, she was then called to the Malaysian Bar in 2009 and has been practising law as a
Malaysian corporate lawyer since then at Messrs Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong; her areas ofpractise are corporate law, securities and investments with a special focus on unit trusts
and initial public offerings. She has extensive experience drafting prospectuses, circulars
and submission documents and has handled corporate exercises involving differentindustries. She is a team leader in the Corporate, Securities & Investment Practise Groupoverseeing a team of 2 lawyers in IPOs, Unit Trusts & Funds, and other corporate exercises.
She also constantly plays and active role in the firm’s Japanese Services Group and has
been seconded to Kobe University for a year under the new GMAP in Law course from2015 to 2016.
In her Workshop on Malaysia’s legal corporate practise; by using Malaysia as her base Ms
Cheong covered practical topics related to Malaysia’s legal system, contract law,company law and securities law. She also lectured on the Malaysian local and businessculture and legal corporate practise in Malaysia, including the types of transactions thatusually occurs in the business arena and the attributes of a good business lawyer. Theworkshop also included an interactive session with the students on how a lawyer would
argue their case in a legal opinion based on a fabricated problem.
The workshop finished up with pointers on how the students may improve their legal
English and to submit their written opinion on the problem discussed in class.

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Application for the Kobe LL.M /GMAP in Law Course
Students wishing to apply for the Kobe LL.M / GMAP in
Law Course, may find the details for the course andapplication procedures on the Kobe University
Graduate School of Law & Faculty of Law website, or
our webpage at:
http://www.law.kobeu.ac.jp/GMAP/admissions/index.html
Admission requirements include the submission of yourtest score for an English proficiency test (e.g. TOEIC,TOEFL, IELTS etc.); a research plan of 1,500 words; andan interview (via Skype for foreign students).

TOLES(Test of Legal English Skills)
We are pleased to announce
that Kobe University has been
appointed as an official TOLES
test centre. The Graduate
School of Law provides Legal
English courses so students will
have the opportunity to takeexams on campus and obtain
the internationally recognised
TOLES legal English certificate.
For more information on TOLES
please see the TOLES website
at www.toleslegal.com or feel
free to contact Professor Keith
Carpenteratkeith@people.kobe-u.ac.jp

Foreign Students who may wish to apply for thisprogramme are welcomed to do so!
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For further information on theGMAP in Law Course kindly
contact the following person:

Professor Dai Tamada
tamada@port.kobe-u.ac.jp
Tel: +81-78-803-2507
Graduate School of Law, 2-1
Rokko-dai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe
City, 657-8501, JAPANwww.law.kobeu.ac.jp/GMAP/index.html

GMAP in Law’s Academic Staff
v Professor Dai Tamada (Director): Public International
Law and International Investment Law
v Professor Akira Saito (Co – Director): InternationalCommercial Law and Arbitrationv Professor Shunichiro Nakano: Private InternationalLawv Professor Keith Carpenter: Legal English, LegalPractice, and Financial Lawv Professor James Claxton: International Arbitrationv Professor Fujio Kawashima: International Economic
Law
For any queries or if you would like to contribute tothis Newsletter, please feel free to contact Cindy
Cheong at:
cindy.cheong@phoenix.kobe-u.ac.jp
Tel: +81-78-803 – 6709
Graduate School of Law, 2-1 Rokko-dai-cho, Nadaku, Kobe City, 657-8501, JAPAN