On July 21^st, partner attorney Ohoon Kwon attended the Legal Plus Forum held in Singapore as a moderator. The Legal Plus Forum hosts prominent legal professionals and experts in relevant areas to facilitate discussions on various topics. The topic of this seminar was “Technology: Effects on Arbitration and Corporate Crime in SE Asia – A Game Changer for 2022?” Baker McKenzie, one of the world's leading law firms, as well as AlixPartners, Resolution Chambers, and Kroll sponsored and hosted this seminar.

Attorney Steven Y. H. Lim of 39 Essex Chambers, who chaired the forum, as well as Nandakumar Ponniya, YuanKai Lin, Erick Gunawan, Richard Allen, Christopher Nunns, Julian Cohen, Zach Li, Edward Taylor, Jennifer Wu, Scott Warren, Ji En Lee, and a few other legal professionals, directors, and CEOs attended the forum as panelists.

The seminar focused on how cutting-edge technologies, such as AI and digital forensics, can be applied to the legal field, various types of international contracts and arbitration cases, and major issues and current status in cryptocurrency-related disputes.

Partner attorney Ohoon Kwon hosted the second part of the seminar facilitating an in-depth discussion with Ashish Chugh, a lawyer at Baker McKenzie, and Alice Chen, co-founder of InvestaX. Attorney Kwon and the panelists discussed regulations on blockchain and cryptocurrency in Singapore and other countries, major rulings on virtual assets in Singapore, measures necessary for corporations to prevent cryptocurrency-related disputes, solutions through litigation or arbitration in case of disputes, and other emerging issues such as DAO.

Blockchain technology is not confined to one geographic region by its nature and is a rapidly changing and evolving field around the world. As an expert in blockchain and virtual assets, Cha & Kwon Law Offices actively participates in international discussions, making the best efforts to stay on top of the rapidly changing status quo of the field.