Who's made it into the 40 UNDER 40?

LexisNexis® 40 UNDER 40 is an exclusive industry recognition that selects 40 professionals who are 40 years old or younger and show tremendous potential to grow and motivation to lead the development of the legal sector in Asia Pacific.

Award ceremony:

Altro Zafferano, Singapore | 23 November 2023

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Meet our judges

Senior legal experts from across Asia Pacific

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C.M. Chan
President, The Law Society of Hong Kong
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Abhishek Bharti
General Counsel, GE Global Research
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Akiko Kikuchi
Senior Operating Officer, General Counsel, Head of Law, Patents & Compliance, Bayer Holding Ltd.
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Andrew Jawaroski
General Counsel, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and Managing Principal, First Port Legal
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Azira Zainal
General Counsel, Touch 'n Go Sdn Bhd
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Brian Tang
Founding Executive Director, Law, Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneutship Lab (LITE Lab), The University of Hong Kong
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Chong Kin Lim
Managing Director, Corporate & Finance Head, Telecommunications, Media & Technology Co-Head, Competition Law & Regulatory Practice Co-Head, Data Protection, Privacy & Cybersecurity, Drew & Napier
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Graça Saraiva
Assistant General Counsel & Data Protection Officer, Sands China, CIPP/E
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Henry Huang
Partner, Shanghai Registered Foreign Lawyer, Hong Kong, Grandhall Law Firm
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Jiaxing Ye
Vice President, Board Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer, Huaxin Cement Co.,Ltd
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Jing Li
Deputy Director of Contract & Legal Dept. China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau Ltd., Co.
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Le Yi
Head of Legal & Compliance, ASML China
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Liza L.S. Mark
Chief Representative and Administrative Partner, Shanghai office of Haynes and Boone, LLP
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Michael Tropea
Director Corporate Transactions, AIA Australia
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Nick Brown
General Counsel, AirTree
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Nick Chan, MH JP
Partner, Squire Patton Boggs
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Rohan Gnanaganesan
Director of Legal and Corporate Affairs, British American Tobacco Malaysia
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Troy Swan
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Winc Australia
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Violet Zhang
General Legal Counsel, Thyssenkrupp

Eligibility

● Aged 40 years old or under (born on/after 1 January 1983)

● Individuals in the legal fields
◎ Lawyers, solicitors, barristers, attorneys, paralegals
◎ Legal counsels
◎ Legal technologist
◎ Legal librarians
◎ Legal content producers, publishers, journalists, editors
◎ Legal academics (professors, researchers, lecturers, post-doc fellows, etc.)

● Based in the Asia Pacific.

● No restrictions on ethnic backgrounds, nationalities, gender, sexual orientations or any other factors unless specified.

● Self-nominations and nominations of others are both encouraged.

Eligibility

Why nominate?

● To be featured on LexisNexis’s all digital channels (websites, social media, newsletters, Lexis Advance Hong Kong, press releases, partners) and put your name and works in front of your legal peers, prospects, and media.

● To be assessed by a panel of esteemed judges invited from legal fields across the Asia Pacific.

● To celebrate your / nominees’ achievement that’s rarely seen at your age on a similar career trajectory.

● To demonstrate your / nominees’ passion for winning, capability to deliver the best, and best-in-class work ethics to your clients, partners, networks, colleagues, and employers.

● To recognise and motivate the most promising young talent in your organisation.

Why nominate?

Who and how to judge?

Judging panel
A panel of esteemed judges consisting of senior lawyers, senior legal technologists, business leaders, senior legal counsel, and other senior legal professionals will carefully and independently evaluate the nominations one by one and select the 40 most promising young professional talents for the LexisNexis® 40 UNDER 40 list. The judges can’t review nominations from their related parties.

Judging criteria
The nominations will be passed to all judges individually. The judges review each nomination one by one independently. The judges will rate each nomination from 0 to 20 from five perspectives.
◎ The nominees’ past accomplishments (20%)
◎ The nominees’ personal continuous growth in the next ten years (20%)
◎ The nominees’ influence in inspiring colleagues, clients, and peers (20%)
◎ The nominees’ positive impact on the legal industry development (20%)
◎ The nominees’ contribution to the betterment of society and the Rule of Law (20%)

The judges can’t rate nominees that are from their organisations or have relations with them.

The 40 nominees with the highest average ratings (average rating = total rating scores/number of rating judges) will be selected for the lists - the regional list or the local lists. The judges will have a second round of voting for nominees in a tie.

Who and how to judge?

How to nominate

Nominations are submitted using the simple online nomination form in ENGLISH.  You may prepare all information needed by using the nomination template and copy and paste it all at once into the online nomination form.

The nomination is open from 13 June to 24 July 2023 30 July 2023 (both inclusive).

Nominators are required to fill out the basic information about themselves and nominees, as well as to answer five key questions to demonstrate why the nominees should be selected into LexisNexis’s 40 UNDER 40.

Late nomination
USD 1,100 / HKD 8,580

● The nomination fee will be refunded if the nominee doesn't make it to the list. Refund doesn't apply to entry withdrawal. Terms and conditions apply.

How to nominate

How to pay a nomination fee

Nominators / Self-nominators must proceed with the payment of the entry fees to complete the nomination process:

Step 1. Complete the payment with the nominator's Email address: Nomination Fee Payment Page
* If you can't find your country/region in the form, please select "Hong Kong SAR".

Step 2. Screen-capture the payment end page for your own record.

Please contact Marketing.HK@lexisnexis.com should you have any enquiries on payment.

2022 Winners

Check out the winners of the LexisNexis® 40 UNDER 40 2022

2022 Winners

Questions?

General enquiry: marketing.hk@lexisnexis.com

Hong Kong, Taiwan & Macau: ziv.wang@lexisnexis.com

Mainland China: karen.huang1@lexisnexis.com

Japan & S. Korea: kumiko.glozer@lexisnexis.com

Southeast Asia: chloe.wong@lexisnexis.com

India, South Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Others: ziv.wang@lexisnexis.com

Remarks

1. The nomination fee payment must be completed and well received by LexisNexis by the final nomination deadline so the nomination can proceed to judgement.

2. By submitting the nomination, you agree to LexisNexis's Terms and Conditions, and Privacy Policy.

3. Nominations do not guarantee the nominees are to be selected for the 40 UNDER 40 list.

4. The nomination fee will not be refunded in any situation unless otherwise specified.

5. In the event of any dispute, the decision of LexisNexis shall be final.

6. The nomination fees must be paid in Hong Kong dollars. The nominees need to bear the currency exchange or any other related banking fees incurred.