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AABANY’s Winter Soiree 2025 Brings Together In-House Counsel and Law Firm Attorneys at Le Chalet

The AABANY Winter Soiree, hosted by the In-House Counsel Committee and the Corporate Law Committee, stands as one of the premier networking events of the year for senior in-house attorneys and law firm attorneys. Now in its 15th iteration, the Winter Soiree has evolved over the years, previously known as the Summer Soiree and the Wine Tasting and Networking Reception. This year’s invite-only event was held on Thursday, January 23, 2025, at Le Chalet, a cozy, ski-lodge-inspired lounge set within the iconic Saks Fifth Avenue, providing an elegant and intimate setting for an evening of meaningful connections and professional camaraderie.

Bringing together approximately 150 attorneys, the Winter Soiree offered a unique opportunity for professionals across industries to engage in insightful discussions, explore potential opportunities, and strengthen relationships within the legal community. With breathtaking views of Midtown Manhattan from the venue’s balcony and an inviting indoor ambiance, the evening was truly unforgettable.

The Winter Soiree brought together a distinguished group of senior in-house counsel along with senior attorneys and partners from leading law firms. Fourteen general counsels were in attendance, from financial services, insurance, retail, health, pharmaceutical, and real estate industries. This made for a dynamic networking environment, where professionals had the chance to reconnect with familiar faces and build new relationships, across a wide range of companies and legal practice areas. AABANY extends its gratitude to the many companies that participated, with a special mention to the following, representing a variety of fields:

  • Apple Inc. 
  • Barclays 
  • Blackstone Inc. 
  • J.P. Morgan Chase
  • Meta 
  • Ralph Lauren 
  • Uber Technologies, Inc. 
  • UnitedHealth Group Incorporated 
  • Wells Fargo

The event commenced at 6:00 PM, welcoming guests with an exquisite array of hors d’oeuvres, fine wines, and cocktails. Conversations flowed as attendees exchanged experiences, discussed industry trends, and formed new connections while strengthening existing ones. A highlight of the evening were the welcoming remarks delivered by the Co-Chairs of the In-House Counsel Committee, Anushree Bagrodia from MasterCard and David Sohn from J.P. Morgan Chase. They shared insights into the Committee’s ongoing efforts in  support of AABANY’s mission to advance the legal profession and advocate for the AAPI legal community.

David and Anushree then introduced representatives from the Winter Soiree’s Platinum sponsors. James Walker from Perkins Coie, Jayun Koo from Haynes Boone, and Jennifer Wu and Josephine Young from Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP all shared their deep appreciation for AABANY’s work in championing diversity, fostering professional growth, and building a more inclusive legal community. Joining this group was Ken McClure of Broadridge Financial Solutions, AABANY’s Diamond Sponsor. All the sponsors emphasized how much they value supporting AABANY’s mission, acknowledging the impact the organization has made in advancing the careers of Asian American attorneys and contributing to the broader legal profession. Their remarks reflected not just the significance of events like the Winter Soiree, but also AABANY’s ongoing commitment to driving positive change.

Closing out the remarks was John Hwang, Co-Chair of the Corporate Law Committee and Partner at Linklaters. He spoke about his Committee and their activities and also thanked the gold and silver sponsors of the Winter Soiree.

AABANY extends its deepest gratitude to the Winter Soiree sponsors whose support made this event possible: 

Platinum Sponsors: 

Gold Sponsors: 

  • Baker Hostetler
  • EdgarAgents
  • VMG Health
  • Jenner & Block
  • Saul Ewing LLP
  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
  • Littler
  • Quinn Emanuel

Silver Sponsors:

  • Milbank
  • Herrick
  • Rupp Pfalzgraf LLC
  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • Jackson Lewis
  • Rivkin Radler LLP
  • Mintz & Gold LLP

A heartfelt thank you goes out to the In-House Committee, led by Co-Chairs Anushree Bagrodia, David Sohn, and Kazuko Wachter, as well as the Corporate Law Committee and its Co-Chairs John Hwang, Keli Huang, Alice Hsu, and Tracy Feng, for their support. A special thanks to the dedicated staff and interns—Yang Chen, Executive Director; Alice Biagini, Deputy Executive Director; Apollo Baltazar, Administrative Assistant; and interns Kevin Louie and Kiran Raval—whose hard work and assistance were instrumental in ensuring the success of the evening.

The Winter Soiree began to wind down about two hours after it started, coming to a successful conclusion as our guests made their way out of Le Chalet to brave the New York City winter chill. Thank you to everyone who attended, and we look forward to bringing the legal community together at future AABANY events! To see more photos from the event, go here.

For more information about the In-House Counsel Committee, please visit https://www.aabany.org/page/149. For more information about the Corporate Law Committee, please see https://www.aabany.org/page/128.

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Wells Fargo Asian Connection’s ‘Taste of Asia Journey Series’’

You are cordially invited to the Wells Fargo Asian Connection’s ‘Taste of Asia Journey Series,’ where we explore different Asian cultures and have the opportunity to meet new people. Our next journey takes us to Korea to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.  There will be a presentation on Korean culture and a raffle.  Join us at Chorus Bar Lounge and karaoke the night away.

Feel free to forward to other team members and bring your friends.

Hope you can join for a fun-filled evening!

Details:

Date:              Thursday, September 27, 2012
Time:              6:30 – 9:30 pm
Location:        Chorus Bar Lounge, 25 W 32nd Street, 3rd Flr, btwn
                       5th Ave and Bway
http://choruskaraoke.com/

Cost: $20 per person/$25 at the door (Includees 2 drink tickets for Soju cocktails, beer or wine); Karaoke is $2 a song

RSVP to [email protected] and send your payment via Paypal

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Thanks to everyone who came out to the Fall Conference on Saturday, September 15, at Gibson Dunn.  We could not have asked for a more beautiful day to hold a conference, and we had well over 200 attendees, including speakers, Board members, Committee Chairs, volunteers, and numerous participants for eight CLE programs, the all-day Trial Advocacy Program, the pitch sessions, the In-House Counsel Forum and the Judicial Forum. 

During the luncheon, Debra Wong Yang, Gibson Dunn Partner from the Los Angeles office, welcomed all the attendees.  Wells Fargo Senior Economist Anika Khan flew in from Charlotte, North Carolina, to give an informative and engaging presentation about the current economic outlook in the United States.

After a long day, many attendees stayed for the cocktail reception, at which the 2012-13 AABANY Mentorship Program was officially launched, with some mentors and mentees for this year’s program meeting face-to-face for the first time.  Cynthia Tomm, Development Coordinator for the MinKwon Center, our community partner, addressed the audience to talk about the work MinKwon has been doing in the community and to seek attorneys to volunteer their time in support of those efforts, especially with the recently-announced Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.  Jason Leung and Jin Hwang, NAPABA Northeast Regional Governors, were on hand to encourage everyone to register for the NAPABA National Convention in Washington, DC in November.

We thank the Fall Conference Planning Committee, the program organizers, the panelists and moderators for many months of hard work.  We thank all the volunteers who helped things to run smoothly from early in the morning and into the evening.

We thank our sponsors Wells Fargo, Hudson Reporting and Holtz Rubenstein Reminick for their generous support.  We thank Gibson Dunn for hosting the event and for donating so many resources to make the conference a success.

For those who still had energy left to go to the after-party, it was held at Chelsea Manor, and we thank Skadden for sponsoring the after-party.

We hope everyone had an enjoyable time at the Fall Conference (and afterwards), and if you have any feedback to share, please post it here on the blog or email us at [email protected].

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Thanks for Coming to Fall Conference 2011: Diversify

Thanks to everyone who came to AABANY’s Second Annual Fall Conference on September 17, 2011, at Skadden.  We are grateful for the hospitality of Skadden and its entire team for hosting us so well throughout the day.  Special thanks go to our anchor sponsor Wells Fargo for its generous support.  We thank also Sprint and Veritext as additional sponsors.

Thanks to our hard-working Committee Chairs and program organizers for bringing in some excellent speakers and moderators covering a diverse range of topics that truly defined what it means to “Diversify” as an attorney.  Thanks to the Fall Conference Planning Committee for putting in long hours, participating in meetings and conference calls and doing all that was needed to pull off an event of this magnitude. Thanks to all the volunteers, mostly law students, who assisted tremendously in the smooth flow of everything from registration to checking attendees in and out of each program and making sure that everyone was getting proper CLE credit.  Thanks to our AABANY Legal Interns, Melerie Shih and Hyunjoo Kim for running our BlackBerry PlayBook sweepstakes.  Congratulations to Judy Tsang (@soapdishes) on winning the drawing for the PlayBook. 

 Thanks especially to everyone who registered to attend the Fall Conference.  All told we had more than 210 attendees througout the day, from morning until evening.

During the luncheon, Sharon Hom, Executive Director of Human Rights in China, delivered inspiring and compelling remarks covering a wide range of subjects from Asian American attorneys to attorneys in China and the struggles and challenges that both have faced and continue to face.  At the end of the luncheon, President Linda Lin announced the launch of the AABANY Law Review and introduced its first Editor-in-Chief Jen Yue Connor Yim. (Read the AABANY press release announcing the AABANY Law Review here.)

After the end of a long day, many of the attendees stayed for the cocktail reception.  During the reception, James Hong, Civic Participation Coordinator at MinKwon Center, spoke about the work that MinKwon has been doing to mobilize the Asian American community in New York to engage in the re-districting process.  MinKwon is the lead organization behind ACCORD (Asian American Community Coalition on Redistricting and Democracy) of which AABANY is a member.

Also during the cocktail reception, AABANY officially kicked off its inaugural Mentorship Program, with Julie Kwon, Mentorship Program Coordinator, introducing the program and inviting the first class of AABANY mentors and mentees to meet each other in person for the first time.

Fall Conference 2011: Diversify was a wonderful event, and it would not have been as successful without your involvement and participation.  Thank you all for being a part of it.  If you have any feedback, good, bad, big, small, please share it with us by emailing your comments to [email protected].

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