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Dr. Elizabeth G. Chan

By Dr. Elizabeth G. Chan

        Of Counsel

 An international lawyer involved in numerous commercial projects in the US, China, Central America, and Southeast Asia, Dr. Chan is CEO of the Global Risk Mitigation Foundation  and General Counsel for a US based company, overseeing compliance, employment issues, and risk management for corporate projects in the United States and Southeast Asia.

Elizabeth is experienced in complex business and commercial litigation and financial law.

Dr. Chan has also been involved in trade, import/export, and agriculture development/food security projects in the Asia-Pacific region. Among her Southeast Asia- based projects, Elizabeth has provided risk assessment and management for an agriculture social entrepreneurship, focusing swine farming and food security. She has also worked with infrastructure development, as well as risk assessment for corporate expansion in Southeast Asia.

Elizabeth is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association and the Hawaii State Bar Association. She is a graduate of Georgetown University, with a JD from the University of Hawaii, LLM in Corporate and Financial Law from the University of Hong Kong, and an EdD from the University of Southern California.

She is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin.

Dr. Chan’s  practice areas include the following:

    • Business and Commercial Litigation
    • General Business and Corporate
    • Risk Assessment, Mitigation & Management for international and domestic projects (more about her risk mitigation expertise & involvement here)
    • Inbound Foreign Investment
    • Outbound U.S. Investment in the Asia-Pacific Region
      U.S. Real Estate
    • Financial technology (FinTech)
    • International Business
    • International Litigation
    • Business Negotiations – (Both Domestic & International)
    • Export/Import Development
    • Entertainment Law
    • Business Immigration
    • Intellectual Property
    • Probate, Estate & Trust Matters 

Fall of Saigon: What Did We Accomplish and What have we learned?

By All Southeast Asia, Counter-Terrorism, Foreign Policy/Geopolitics, Military, Our Media, PRC/China, Vietnam

April 30, marks the 38th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War for the United States. This year is also the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. This program looks at the linkage between these two momentous events and how they impacted American and Vietnamese lives, Southeast Asia, as well as the Cold War.

Gene Castagnetti USMC Col. (Ret.) Director, U.S. Memorial Cemetary of the Pacific

Gene Castagnetti
USMC Col. (Ret.)
Director, U.S. Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

In this conversation,  former combat USMC (ret) Col. Gene Castagnetti and Stanford’s Nguyen Van Canh examine the background of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, the impact of the Paris Peace Accords, and then the collapse of the government and country of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975. Wars, like elections, have consequences, and the discussion includes a look at the downside of the U.S. withdrawal and the losses on the South Vietnamese side, the genocide, imprisonment, executions, re-education camps and then the bloodbath in Laos and Cambodia that followed. Both guests talk about the victory in Vietnam that has gone unrecognized and unappreciated as well as a theme of betrayal of our men and women in arms by our own political leadership.

Prof. Nguyen Van Canh Stanford University

Prof. Nguyen Van Canh
Stanford University

 

 

Hosted by David Day

Dealing with Corruption in Asia

By Corruption in Business, International Business Education, Intl Business in Asia, Our Media, PRC/China

In a televised, talk show hosted by Bill Sharp, David Day discusses the historical background of corruption in most parts of Asia, why it is critical for businesses to develop ethical practices and codes of conduct and how they directly impact the company’s bottom line. This program also includes some practical tips on how common types of corruption can be ethically handled.