A central focus of his research work is the intersection between the new global growth path, driven in part by the rise of China and India, and climate change, together with the economic, technological and industrial issues involved in responding to global warming. He was an adviser to the Garnaut Climate Change Review and participant in the IPCC Experts Meeting on Climate Scenarios (September 2007) and the International Energy Agency’s Experts Workshop for the preparation of the World Energy Outlook 2008 (April 2008, Copenhagen). He has just finalized a project funded by the Australian Department of Climate Change entitled Implementation Issues f0or More Sustainable Energy Use in China: Economic Structure and the Application of New Technologies, which was undertaken in conjunction with the Energy Research Institute (National Development and Reform Commission, China).

He also assists clients with customs valuation, classification, customs investigations and export controls. Mr Sim has assisted trade ministries in China, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Oman, Philippines and Indonesia in implementing laws on trade remedies, rules of origin, free trade agreements (FTAs) and investment. He has participated in dispute resolution proceedings under the WTO, GATT, NAFTA and US-Canada FTA. He has participated in investigations involving extraterritorial application of US antitrust law to Asia. He represents companies in dealing with the economic integration of ASEAN through the ASEAN Economic Community.

Mr Sim is qualified in the District of Columbia and Maryland. He graduated magna cum laude and phi beta kappa from Dartmouth College in 1988 and summa cum laude from the University of Michigan law school in 1991. While attending university, he worked in the office of US vice president George HW Bush and the general counsel's office of the US Treasury Department. He speaks Spanish and Chinese.

Mr. Sun is one of the very few Chinese lawyers who have been actively involved in representing clients to establish WFOEs or JVs in China and abroad. He has represented many clients from energy and resource sectors in investment negotiations, drafted contracts, conducted due diligence investigations, and assisted in the filing and approval of the projects before the relevant government authorities. Mr. Sun is also experience in dispute settlement in connection with the establishment, capital injection, operation and liquidation of companies. Mr. Sun has extensive experience in international trade practice covering antidumping, countervailing duties, safeguard actions and related trade remedy measures; applicable WTO rules over goods, services, investment, intellectual property and relevant dispute settlement proceedings; and customs law issues such as classification, valuation and country of origin marking.

He develops approaches for multinationals managing the impact of U.S. extraterritorial regulations, such as the sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the scope of ISA and Helms-Burton. Jeff assists companies in day-to-day compliance with these laws, and with interventions - such as audits and investigations, and civil enforcement proceedings. Jeff is a frequent speaker on international trade issues, and regularly makes presentations in the U.S. and abroad on U.S. trade regulation topics. He is ranked and recognized as a leading international trade lawyer, based on extensive client interviews and peer votes, in the following publications: The Best Lawyers In America in the area of international trade and finance law, Chambers USA and Chambers Global, and The Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading International Trade Lawyers. Jeff received his B.A. (1980) and J.D. (1983) from the American University (1980) and his LL.M. from Columbia University (1984).

Prior to joining the Norton Rose Group, Geoff was a partner in Coudert Brothers, an international law firm based in New York and with an extensive involvement in Asia, and he had been managing partner of a commercial CBD law firm in Sydney for 10 years.

In Vietnam, Geoff has advised on wide range of legal issues, including banking, foreign investment, climate change, labour law, competition, anti-trust, M&A, dispute resolution, technology transfer, intellectual property, trade, foreign exchange, property and construction, and taxation.

Geoff has substantial experience in advising multinational companies and foreign investors on foreign‑investment related matters in developing countries where the legal environment is evolving.

Geoff has over 30 years’ experience and has acted for a large number of major multinational companies based in many countries and operating in many industries.

He pioneered the design and provision of touch feedback across computer networks for Immersion Corporation (NASD: IMMR), a Stanford spinoff. Immersion’s products can be felt through Sony PlayStation’s controllers, BMW's iDrive cockpit control system and Nokia’s VibeTonz phones.

He developed the Discovery and Development Program for startups for the Fraunhofer Society, Europe’s largest contract research organization with an annual research budget of €1.3 Billion that created the MP3 audio format.

He also created the annual Alpha Summit Europe conference series, bringing international technopreneurs, corporations and investors together to create new opportunities.

Dr. Tan holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Bristol (UK), a Masters and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.  He taught at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and was an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

Simon was seconded to the Freehills Singapore office during 2000-2002, and has been permanently based there since 2006. He was admitted as a legal practitioner in Australia in 1995, and since then has worked in Australia, the UK, and Singapore.

Simon advises international clients on cross-border investment projects throughout Asia-Pacific, with a particular specialisation in the real estate investment sector. Simon is a registered foreign lawyer in Singapore, and is an Associate Member of the Law Society of Singapore. He is also an active member of the Regulatory & Liaison Committee of the Asian Public Real Estate Association (APREA).

Past chair of the CBA’s National Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Section. Listed as Climate Change (Band 1) practitioner (ie in top 10 in the world) in Chambers Global in 2008 and 2009 where he is identified as "a father of the climate change industry" and in 2009 Chambers said "Bennett Jones LLP's climate change team revolves around the ubiquitous Gray Taylor. As well as being "involved in all the major developments in Canada," he maintains "an exceptional international practice". "A pleasant lawyer who has sought to get on top of this area without blowing his own trumpet". Included in Lexpert®/ALM Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Environmental Lawyers and The International Who's Who of Environment Lawyers 2009 and recognized at the highest possible level by Martindale-Hubbell. Admitted to Ontario Bar and New York Bar.

He has been involved in a number of international commercial arbitration cases under the JCAA, ICC and ICDR rules. He served as Secretary to the Arbitration Committee of the IBA Dispute Resolution Section from 2005 to 2006 and served as Vice-Chair to the same Committee from 2007 to2008. Since 2006, he has been Vice- Chairperson of Dispute Resolution and Arbitration at the IPBA. He has been a director of the Japan Association of Arbitrators since 2007. He was named as one of the world’s leading commercial arbitration lawyers by the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, and as one of the world’s leading 45 international arbitration experts under 45 years old by Global Arbitration Review. He is admitted in Japan and New York.