Inter-Pacific Bar Association

The Inter-Pacific Bar Association or IPBA is an international association of business and commercial lawyers, founded in 1991. Its members consist of residents of the Asia-Pacific region, or lawyers with a strong interest in that region. It brings together lawyers from different backgrounds and legal systems and fosters communication and builds stronger ties between these lawyers and thus their countries.

It was founded in April 1991 at an initial conference in Tokyo attended by 500 lawyers. The association has since grown to over 1,200 members from 65 countries and jurisdictions, such as Australia, China, Singapore, India, the United States and Japan.

Through its IPBA Scholars program the Association brings young lawyers and lawyers from developing countries to its annual conferences and thus helps to ensure the continued development of the legal profession in the region.

The IPBA is open to practicing attorneys anywhere in the world interested in the Asia-Pacific region.

Former presidents

2019-2020 Francis Xavier, Singapore

2018–2019 Perry Pe, The Philippines

2017–2018 Denis McNamara, New Zealand

2016–2017 Dhinesh Bhaskaran, Malaysia

2015–2016 Kwai Huen Wong, Hong Kong

2014–2015 William Scott, Canada

2013–2014 Young-Moo Shin, Korea

2012–2013 Lalit Bhasin, India

2011–2012 Shiro Kuniya, Japan

2010–2011 Lee Suet-Fern, Singapore

2009–2010 Rafael A. Morales, The Philippines

2008–2009 Gerold W. Libby, United States

2007–2008 Gao Zongze, China

2006–2007 James McH. FitzSimons, Australia

2005–2006 Felix O. Soebagjo, Indonesia

2004–2005 Sang-Kyu Rhi, Korea

2003–2004 Ravinder Nath, India

2002–2003 Vivien Chan, Hong Kong

2001–2002 Nobuo Miyake, Japan

2000–2001 John W. Craig, Canada

1999–2000 Dej-Udom Krairit, Thailand

1998–1999 Susan Glazebrook, New Zealand

1997–1998 Cecil Abraham, Malaysia

1996–1997 Teodoro D. Regala, The Philippines

1995–1996 Carl E. Anduri, Jr., United States

1994–1995 Pathmanaban Selvadurai, Singapore

1993–1994 Ming-Sheng Lin, Taiwan

1992–1993 Richard James Marshall, Switzerland

1991–1992 Kunio Hamada, Japan

References

External links

IPBA Homepage

Bar associations