9th Annual Winetasting & Networking Reception Photos
9th Annual Winetasting & Networking Reception Photos
On June 16, AABANY held its 9th Annual Winetasting & Networking Reception for Law Firm Partners and Senior In-House Counsel. There were approximately 140 people present at this invite-only event, held by the Corporate Law Committee and the In-House Counsel Committee. Congratulations to each of the prize winners of the raffles and the icebreaker. The grand prize was four tickets to a regular season game at Yankee Stadium in the Delta Suite.
We thank the sponsors of the evening:
- Planet Data Solutions, Headline Sponsor
- Prosperian Wealth Management, Headline Sponsor
- Summit Financial Printing, Headline Sponsor
- Navigant, Sponsor
- Reed Smith, Sponsor
Among the attendees, 50 companies were represented and 35 law firms were represented. Companies represented included:
- AIG
- Credit Suisse Securities
- Morgan Stanley
- NBC Universal
- Time Warner Cable Inc.
Thanks to Jim Stewart, Director of Catering at New York Yankee Steak House. Thank you to the organizers of the evening for their hard work in putting together this wonderful event: Susan Shin, President; Dwight Yoo, President-Elect; Yang Chen, Executive Director; Marianne Chow, Vice President of Programs and Operations; Naf Kwun, Vice President of Programs and Operations; William Ng, Vice President of Finance and Development; In-House Counsel Committee Co-Chairs Blossom Kan, Austin So, and Duane Morikawa; Corporate Law Committee Co-Chairs Ting S. Chen, Edward J. Lee and Larry Wee, and their Managing Director of Programs George Hang. Thank you as well to the volunteers led by Christina Nguyen and Keli Huang. Finally, thank you to each and every person who attended.
We’re already looking forward to next year!
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On June 24, AABANY held its 8th Annual Winetasting & Networking Reception for Law Firm Partners and Senior In-House Counsel. Thanks to Sonia Low, Board Director and General Counsel of the ONE Group Hospitality, we were able to hold the Winetasting at STK Downtown, formerly known as Tenjune. There were approximately 125 people present at this invite-only event, held by the Corporate Law Committee and the In-House Counsel Committee. Congratulations to each of the prize winners of the raffles and the icebreaker.
We thank the sponsors of the evening:
- Planet Data Solutions, Headline Sponsor
- Prosperian Wealth Management, Headline Sponsor
- Summit Financial Printing, Headline Sponsor
- Perkins Coie LLP, Premier Sponsor
- Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Hudson Court Reporting
- Mayer Brown
- Reed Smith
- RGP Legal
We also thank the organizers of the evening for their hard work in putting together this wonderful event: William Wang, President; Susan Shin, President-Elect; Marianne Chow, Vice President of Programs and Operations; William Ng, Vice President of Finance and Development; In-House Counsel Committee Co-Chairs Blossom Kan, Austin So, and Duane Morikawa; Corporate Law Committee Co-Chairs Larry Wee and Dwight Yoo, and their Managing Director of Programs George Hang; and Mentorship Program Coordinator David Sohn. Thank you as well to the volunteers, including former AABANY Intern Kevin Wong who provided us with the photographs. Finally, thank you to each and every person to attended.
Stay tuned for more news about the Mentorship Program, which will open applications on July 10, and our Fall Conference, which will take place on September 19, 2015.
We’re already looking forward to next year!
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On June 18, 2013, the AABANY In-House Counsel and Corporate Law Committees co-sponsored AABANY’s 6th Annual Wine Tasting & Networking Reception, at Inside Park at St. Bart’s. This year’s event was highly successful, with over 125 people in attendance, including in-house attorneys from 46 organizations, such as AIG, BBC, Hess, JP Morgan Chase, Prudential and Xerox. The In-House Counsel Committee is comprised of current in-house lawyers and the Corporate Law Committee is comprised of current and prospective corporate law firm attorneys.
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On Wednesday, June 27, AABANY’s In-House Counsel and Corporate Law Committees held the 5th Annual Winetasting and Networking Reception at the Aicon Gallery in downtown Manhattan. We had 120 attendees including in-house attorneys from 46 companies or organizations. We were delighted that the following GCs were able to attend:
- Vernon G. Chu, BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
- Pearl Hou, Sen Yu International Holdings, Inc.
- Charles Kwak, GE Capital Real Estate – Global Investment Management
- Carol Lee, Taconic Capital Advisors LP
- Parkin Lee, The Rockefeller Group
- Bobby Liu, MD Sass Investors Services, Inc.
- Don Liu, Xerox Corporation
- Sonia Low, Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc.
- Joseph Yi, Lam Group
We thank Gail Inaba,Managing Director and Associate General Counsel in the Legal Department of J.P. Morgan, for addressing the attendees at the event. Gail is currently the Global Group Practice head for the securities financing and prime brokerage business in the Investment Bank.
Thanks to our sponsors for making this 5th Annual Winetasting and Networking Reception possible and thanks to everyone who attended. Congratulations to the In-House Counsel Committee and Corporate Counsel Committee on a successful event.
To learn more about the In-House Counsel Committee, contact the co-chairs Duane Morikawa and Vincent Hull at [email protected] To learn more about the Corporate Law Committee, contact the co-chairs John Rogers and Stephen Kim at [email protected].