On the 29th February 2020, The Institute of Research on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC- CNRS), represented by Director Claire Tran and Dr. Rémi Nguyen, in conjunction with the Centre Innovation et Droit (Faculty of Law, University of Burgundy) organised an international legal workshop welcoming renowned professionals from Myanmar, France, Malaysia and Vietnam at Novotel Yangon Max.
Sponsored by MLR COMPANY LIMITED, IQ VISION AND SEA LION GROUP, this workshop dedicated to the following topic: A Civil Code in Myanmar: Opportunities and Challenges – A comparative perspective, has seen the attendance of over a hundred of professionals, among them members of Law Departments from Yangon University, East Yangon University and Dagon University, LGAM Legal Association.
In his opening speech, special guest Dr. Maung Maung Thein, Former Deputy Minister of Finance and Executive Chairman of Zico Law Firm suggested that “Myanmar should take into consideration the tool of codification in order to modernize its Law.”
The opening followed by the thanks of Director Claire Tran towards participants and attendees and concluded by the presentation of the different projects of IRASEC in Southeast Asia.
On the occasion of the 1st session, while giving a presentation of Myanmar legal history Dr. Rémi Nguyen advocated in favour of the opportunities related to an adoption of a civil code meanwhile Prof. Myint Zan pointed out challenges and obstacles of such endeavour.
The 2nd session, led by Prof. Michel Grimaldi (Pantheon-Assas Paris 2 University), highlighted the French legal culture in a presentation of the advantages and disadvantages of a Civil Code.
During the 3rd session, Former Vice-Rector Prof. Nguyen Ngoc Dien and the Dean of the Faculty of Law Prof. Nguyen Hong Nhung (University of Economics and Law - Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City) shared the use of a Civil Code through the Vietnamese Experience and underlined benefits of the Vietnamese Civil Code as a compromise between tradition and modernity.
The last session was concluded with following topics: Practicing Law in Myanmar: International Lawyers Perspective where Mr. Eddy Jabnoune (Audier & Partners Myanmar) presented the practical challenges of codified Myanmar Contract Law while U Myo Win (Myo & Myo Law Firm) pointed out challenges of Commercial Litigation in Myanmar.
About IRASEC
IRASEC is an institution under the French Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and the Foreign Affairs Ministry of France. IRASEC research covers politics, society, the economy and the environment, as well as regional integration dynamics, among and between the eleven countries of Southeast Asia. IRASEC has researchers in each covered country, with its headquarters in Bangkok.
About MLR Company Limited
MLR Company Limited is a small-size business law and advisory firm (ISO 9001:2015) established in Yangon. The firm has local and international client base giving them sizable influence throughout the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
MLR offers a full range of corporate and commercial legal services, including but not limited a comprehensive legal consulting service, incorporation of a Myanmar business, corporate secretarial Service and Legal research service. The firm also provides internal audit ISO 9001:2015 and Compliance Audit.
About iQ Vision
iQ Vision is a Myanmar, Yangon City-based top Eye & Health care company who encompasses several independent businesses for more than twenty-two years such as wholesale optical products and retail Eyewear & vision care business, medical eye equipment distribution and lenses production and running Eyes hospitals.
iQ Vision has been internationally recognized as an excellent partner and has confidence in the quality of Eye & Health care products distributed as follows Nidek Co., Ltd, Bausch & Lomb, Heine Optotechnik or Essilor.
About Sea Lion Group
SEA LION, established in 1997, is a trusted partner of over 50 multinational corporations in healthcare, technical and vocational education and training, industrial automation, and information technology. Sea Lion’s global partners include IBM, GE, Johnson and Johnson, Medtronic, BD, 3M, and Festo. SEA LION has been partnered with Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PLC (BDMS), Thailand’s leading premier healthcare group, since 2002 and become the most comprehensive medical tourism service in Myanmar. SEA LION and N Health Asia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BDMS, joined forces in the year 2015 to establish a quality clinical laboratory in Yangon.
