Diners Club ALB Japan Law Awards 2012

 7 June 2012 | The Ritz Carlton Tokyo

• Sumptuous gala dinner, free flowing wine and beer
• Japan's leading investment bankers, solicitors, in house counsel, barristers, judiciary and business leaders
• Winners announced and invited on stage to collect their awards
• Live entertainment
• Dramatic awards ceremony to reveal winners

Diners Club ALB Japan Law Awards 2012 will be held on 7 June and once again recognises the excellence and outstanding achievements of Japan's leading law firms and in-house legal teams as well as the top deals and dealmakers of 2011.

The Awards attracts over 200 of Japan's most influential solicitors, in-house counsel, investment bankers, judiciary and CEOs, who assemble to celebrate with the winners as they accept their awards on stage. The event is the culmination of the months of intensive research that precede this important event. Winner information remains confidential until the awards ceremony itself, where they are revealed over a gala black-tie dinner.

The ALB Japan Law Awards is the most important event on the legal industry calendar in 2012.

 

Guest of honour: 

C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr.
Senior Managing Director for Government Relations (Japan)
MetLife

Greenwood is responsible for monitoring government, legislative and industry trends and building a wide network of stakeholders to help shape policy, legislation, and regulation related to the insurance industry. He works as a member of MetLife’s global government relations team which provides service to all of MetLife’s business operations world-wide.
Most recently Greenwood was a Vice President for Operations at the Asian Development Bank for more than five years where he oversaw ADB’s roughly $7.6 billion a year of lending and technical assistance to 26 countries in East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Prior to that he was a 30-year career diplomat with the US State Department, which included stints as US Ambassador to APEC and two senior postings in Tokyo where he handled trade and investment issues. He retired from the Department of State as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in 2006. Greenwood is a graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, Massachusetts.

C.ローレンス・グリーンウッド Jr
シニアマネージングディレクター（政府行政関連担当 日本）
メットライフ

メットライフ シニアマネージングディレクターとして、政府、立法、業界の動向を分析しながら、保険業界に関連する施策、法整備など関係者との幅広いネットワークを含めたガバメントリレーションズを担当。また、メットライフのグローバルガバメントリレーションチームのメンバーとして、世界中で展開するメットライフのビジネスオペレーションにも携わっている。
入社前は、過去5年間アジア開発銀行のオペレーション担当バイスプレジデントを務め、東アジア、東南アジア、太平洋地域の26カ国に対する年間約76億ドルもの融資や技術援助を監督。それ以前は、アメリカ国務省の外交官として30年に渡り、APEC米国大使や、東京で貿易や投資案件を担当する2つの上席の役職に就いており、2006年に、主席副次官補として国務省を退職。マサチューセッツ州メッドフォード所在のタフツ大学フレッチャー法律外交大学院を卒業。

EMCEE

KEI OKAMURA,
TOKYO REPORTER/PRODUCER, REUTERS TELEVISION

Kei reports business and financial news for Reuters Television. He’s also a Markets Correspondent for China’s English-news channel CCTV 9. On any day, Kei will cover breaking developments and interview Asian business leaders, money managers, and government officials whose views can move markets. Previously, he was a Segment Producer at Bloomberg TV focusing on Japanese and Australian stock markets. Kei began his career helping to produce legal news at CourtTV in New York. He’s a graduate of Tufts University (Massachusetts, U.S.) with a BA in International Relations and French.

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