Singapore Founding Ambassador

General Counsel and Head of Government Affairs, Lazada Group

Gladys Chun is the General Counsel and Head of Government Affairs of Lazada Group, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group. Gladys started her career in corporate/commercial and tax practice before moving in-house into retail, franchising and now, technology. Gladys has led her team to win several awards, as well as has clinched a number of professional accolades for herself. These include:

• Recipient to the Most Innovative General Counsel Asia Pacific 2019 Award by Financial Times
• Recipient to the inaugural Chief Legal Officer 2017 award by Singapore Corporate Counsel Association
• ‘Top 10 30-Somethings’ 2017 award by Association of Corporate Counsel, in New Orleans, USA
• Most Innovative Team of the Year, Asian Legal Business South East Asia Awards 2017 and 2018
• Financial Times Innovative Lawyers 2018 Awards – Innovation in Legal Expertise: Driving Value (In-House)
• GC Powerlist SEA Team 2018 and 2019
• In-House Counsel of Distinction, The Asia Legal Awards 2017
• Legal Department of the Year, The Asia Legal Awards 2017
• Deal of the Year, The Legal Asia Awards 2017 for Alibaba-Lazada Deal
• Editor’s In-house Counsel Choice Award by Asialaw during the fifth annual Asia Woman in Business Law Awards organized by Euromoney Legal Media Group in 2015.