LAWASIA is a professional association of representatives of bar councils, law associations, individual lawyers, law firms and corporations principally from the Asia Pacific region. LAWASIA facilitates its members' participation in the most dynamic economic region in the world.

Since 1966, LAWASIA has built an enviable reputation among lawyers, business people and governments as a committed, productive and genuinely representative organization.

LAWASIA's main objective is to foster professional and business relations between lawyers, businesses and government representatives in the Asia Pacific region also, provides an invaluable opportunity for lawyers to come together to exchange ideas and information on regional issues, and to establish a network of working relationships in the important region of the Asia Pacific.

For more information on the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific, please visit the web-site at www.lawasia.asn.au

• May BY Oh (May Oh & Wee, Singapore)
• Bruce Johnston (Allens Arthur Robinson, Australia)
• Kamal Hossain (Kamal Hossain and Associates, Bangladesh)
• Ye Rongsi (China Electricity, China)
• Jack Young (Herbert Smith, Hong Kong)
• Ashwani Kumar (India)
• Benny Suyudono (Taira and Suyudono, Indonesia)
• Hideyuki Kiuchi (Anderson Mori, Japan)
• Suflan Shamsuddin (Shell Malaysia, Malaysia)
• Bryan Gundersen (Kensington Swan, New Zealand)
• Jocelyn ¥°. Sanchez-Salazar (SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan, Philippines)
• Carol Wong (BP Asia Pacific Ltd., Singapore)
• Daya Pelpola (SriLankan Airlines Ltd., Sri Lanka)
• Siriporn Chaiyasuta (Unocal Thailand, Thailand)
• Janet Neville (LAWASIA Head Office, Australia)
• G. L. Sanghi (LAWASIA President, India)
• Soung Soo Kim (Kim&Kim Law Offices, South Korea)

• Regular LAWASIA Update newsletters;
• An annual LAWASIA Membership Directory;
• An annual LAWASIA Journal and other occasional specialty publications;
• Reduced registration fees for seminars and Energy Section conferences
  (Life members receive 50% discount and section members receive discounted rate)
• Firm members receive a free full-page advertisement in the Directory and also the opportunity to link to LAWASIA's homepage.

The most rewarding benefit of LAWASIA membership however, is the ability to participate in a wide range of challenging activities that cater to members' information and networking needs.

• Attend and participate in Section and Standing Committee workshops, seminars and conferences as well as LAWASIA biennial conferences;
• Become active in regional and national committees;
• Engage in interest group networking and information exchange with other lawyers in the region through Section and Standing Committee membership:
• Write articles and provide other input into the various LAWASIA publications
  (Updated newsletter, LAWASIA Journal, specialty publications).