Lawyer
August Law Corporation
Richway Ponnampalam
Heading the firm’s Media & Disputes practice (both contentious and non-contentious), I've advised on investments related to media content worldwide and regularly speak at conferences and film festivals on matters related to film & content financing, IP Protection, and Media law. I have successfully represented banks, PE firms, MNCs and high net-worth individuals in complex high value disputes before the Singapore Courts and at various international arbitration centres.
In my previous role as the General Counsel of one of Southeast Asia’s leading content and media funds, the fund co-produced Storm Boy (the top grossing Australian made movie of 2019) and Bottom of the Ninth (a baseball movie endorsed by the New York Yankees).
I have also spoken on media finance at festivals such as Cannes, Toronto and of course at the ATF itself.