AMC V11i5 Magazine

Our Anti-trust Report features contributions from Yulchon on ‘Korea’s aggressive antitrust enforcement in financial product markets, and from Phoenix Legal on ‘CCI’s recent decision in the Indian automobile sector: fostering a level playing field’

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In this month’s cover feature, we take a look at the reasons why in-house counsel need to stay alert to restructuring and insolvency trends, and talk to experts from around the region about the practical considerations which should be taken into account when advising clients in the current climate.

As well as laying out the ASEAN Economic Community’s goals, Azman Jaafar of RHTLaw Taylor Wessing notes why he expects to see major improvements to the entire ASEAN region, not just to the richer jurisdictions, but to all 10 involved. He points out ASEAN’s strengths, such as its diversity, and notes the many factors that could make the AEC dominant. As he states, “The myriad of opportunities that will present themselves in the region is endless”.

Off the back of an extraordinary year of growth, modest economic expectations in the year to come are the current trend. Asian-Counsel provides a regional overview in addition to special features on Islamic finance in Japan, recent developments in Malaysian securities law and regulations and Islamic banking and finance regulations in the United Arab Emirates.