The view from the inside

內行之见

August 06, 2018 | BY

Susan Mok

James Lau Oon Beng, Senior Vice-President of Legal, Chief Legal Officer and CompanySecretary at NatSteel Holdings, discusses his career path and shares his thoughts on howin-house counsel can establish themselves as successful business advisers 大众钢铁高级法务副总裁、首席法务官和公司秘书刘恩明与我们分享他的职业生涯，以及他对公司法务如何成为成功的商业顾问的想法

 

When and why did you decide to go in-house?

 

After my admission as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in March 1992, my practice was mainly in complex commercial litigation in banking (covering things like electronic funds transfer, letters of credit, letters of hypothecation, mortgages and real property) carriage of goods by sea, and insurance (general, motor and marine).

I wanted to be involved in helping to structure better deals upfront – given the benefit of what I had learned vicariously from my dispute resolution experience – as well as for regional exposure. So, after eight years in private practice, I decided to go in-house and joined Cisco Systems (USA) Pte. Ltd. in February 2000 as one of their Global Business Managers, undertaking contract negotiations with customers located in Singapore, South Korea and India.

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