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News Focus
Reverse mergers have become an popular way for Chinese companies to access US equity markets, but they are coming under increasing scrutiny from regulators, writes Peter Stone of Paul Hastings.
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Internal fraud investigation in Asia
An executive summary – based on a presentation by Navigant Consulting and Winston & Strawn LLP – of the implications of the FCPA for companies in Asia, and steps organisations can take to avoid or mitigate violations.
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Dispute Resolution Special Report
In the latest issue of Asian-Counsel, we uncover the lofty aims of several arbitration centres in the region. We also receive comprehensive updates from a host of leading law firms, and the SIAC, as to the state of dispute resolution across the Middle East, Vietnam, South Korea, India, Hong Kong and Singapore.
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External Counsel of the Year 2009
A shifting global economic landscape has created issues of legal complexity and uncertainty for many organisations in the past two years. Meanwhile, never before have relationships between law firms and their clients been so precious. So which private practitioners do in-house counsel view as their most trusted advisors? Asian-Counsel has the answers.
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Deals of the Year 2009
Although deal-making activity largely ground to a halt in the first bleak months following the onset of the financial crisis, commentators hoped that the Asia Pacific region would emerge strongly and swiftly from the global economy’s recession. They were not disappointed, with the region putting on a convincing performance in the second half of the year to illustrate that its capacity for notable deals was back on track. Take a look to see which deals were awarded plaudits for being the best in 2009.
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Investing in the Americas Special Report
The past 18 months have seen an unprecedented upturn in cross-regional acquisitions in the Americas, with cash-rich individuals and corporations in Asia eager to participate in a spate of outbound foreign investment. In this edition of Asian-Counsel, we cover the major challenges, benefits and risks to Asian investors looking to do business in the Americas, from forming an effective M&A strategy to the obstacles and dangers to investment in Latin America and entering a sophisticated market such as the US.
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Taking an alternate route
Alternative fee arrangements have gained real traction in the past eighteen months. Managing director Robert Sawhney of SRC Associates Ltd (Hong Kong), a boutique consultancy which provides strategic and advisory services for professional service firms and SME’s, explains the importance of getting legal billing right.
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Middle East Special Report
In our latest edition, we take a look at why attitudes towards corporate governance are shifting in the Middle East, and investigate the steps being taken to overcome barriers to its effective implementation. Meanwhile, leading firms discuss the flow of trade along the New Silk Road, why Dubai’s approach to company set-ups is likely to pay off, and why a recent UK case is generating concern for parties to future Islamic finance transactions.
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Investigative Intelligence
Keeping an eye on corruption
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