At the meeting, which was attended by President Christiane Wendehorst, President Elect Pascal Pichonnaz and Secretary General Vanessa Wilcox on the ELI side and Co-Directors of the Asian Law Institute Dr Meng Seng Wee (Associate Professor; Deputy Director, EW Barker Center for Law & Business, National University of Singapore (NUS)) and Kelry Loi (Associate Professor, NUS), as well as Alexandria Chan (Management Assistant Officer) on the ASLI side, representatives of both Institutes sought to learn more about their respective commonalities (and indeed differences) and to explore means in which to intensify contacts going forward.