WHO ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE FIRM?

The biographical data of the firm’s partners are as follows:

DR ANDREAS RESPONDEK / BIOGRAPHY

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION  

• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), December 1981 (Freiburg University / Germany)

• Master of Laws (LL.M.), May 1983 (Tulane University / USA)  

• Doctor iuris (Ph.D.), November 1987 (Linz University / Austria)  

ADMISSIONS TO THE BAR

• USA (New Orleans, La.), October 1983 (first foreign lawyer to be admitted;Dr Respondek wrote legal history with two precedents under the Louisiana Supreme Court: he had to sue the LSBA to be permitted to take the Bar Examination (434 So.2d 413 (La.1983)) and after having successfully passed the examination, the LSBA again refused to admit him to the Bar and Dr Respondek sued and won again before the Louisiana Supreme Court (442 So.2d 435 (La. 1983)) )

• Germany (Berlin), August 1986

• Singapore Offshore License 1995  

WORK EXPERIENCE  

1984 – 1987

Private law practice with several International Law Firms in Germany

1988 – 1989

Legal Counsel with Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt and Singapore

1989 – 1991

Area Counsel and Company Secretary with Boehringer Mannheim International S.A., Luxembourg

1991 – 1993

Director Legal Services, Secretary of the Executive Committee, Member of the Board, Boehringer Mannheim Overseas, Luxembourg

1993 – 1996

Director Legal Services and Member of the Board, Boehringer Mannheim Pte. Ltd./ De Puy Asia Pacific, Singapore

1996 – 1997

Managing Director Boehringer Mannheim Thailand Ltd., Bangkok / Thailand

1997 – 1998

Managing Director Boehringer Mannheim China Ltd., Hong Kong / Beijing

1998 – 1999

Regional Managing Director Fresenius Asia Pacific, Bangkok / Singapore
1999

Founder and Managing Director of Respondek & Fan, Singapore - Bangkok

PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBERSHIPS  

Beijing Boehringer Mannheim Zhixin Medical Company, Beijing

Boehringer Mannheim Far East Pte. Ltd. (Holding Company), Singapore

Boehringer Mannheim Thailand Ltd., Bangkok

Boehringer Mannheim Taiwan Ltd., Taipei

Boehringer Mannheim Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur

Boehringer Mannheim China Ltd., Hong Kong

P.T. Boehringer Mannheim Batam, Indonesia

Farmaceuticos Lakeside S.A. de C.V., Mexico City  

ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Chartered Arbitrator: FCIArb (London, February 2007)
Arbitrator: Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Singapore
Lecturer: German Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Singapore 

LANGUAGES  

German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese  

PUBLICATIONS  

Numerous publications in “Juristische Schulung”, “Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft” and “Blick durch die Wirtschaft” and "Thailand Aktuell"

DR. LUO-LAN FAN-RESPONDEK / BIOGRAPHY

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION  

• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), June 1982 (National Taiwan University, Taipei / Taiwan)

• Master of Laws (LL.M.), May 1983 (Tulane University, New Orleans, La. / USA)

• Doctor iuris (Ph.D.), June 1992 (Hamburg University / Germany)  

ADMISSION TO THE BAR

• U.S.A (New York), January 1988

• License to practice Offshore Law in Singapore, 1995  

WORK EXPERIENCE  

1983 – 1984

Scientific Assistant, Prof. Mao-Rong Hwang, Taipei / Taiwan

1984 – 1987

Assistant in the “Max Planck Institut fuer Auslaendisches und Internationales Strafrecht”, Freiburg, reporting to Prof. Eser

1988 – 1998

Counseling Asian clients on various aspects of international commercial, insurance and construction law  

1999

Partner Respondek & Fan

LANGUAGES  

Chinese (Mandarin, Hakka, Fujian), German, English, French, Japanese, Thai