Significant changes to UAE’s Civil Procedure Code
While the changes are welcome, they put pressure on litigants to plead their cases within relatively short time periods …
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Cooley to launch in Hong Kong
The US law firm is set to open an office in the city after hiring Will Cai from Skadden.
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Reform of regulations on private issuance of corporate bonds in Vietnam
One of the most notable points under Decree 163 is that the requisite conditions for issuing corporate bonds have been significantly liberalised …
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Philippines: Protecting indigenous knowledge systems and practices in intellectual property rights registration
Indigenous peoples (IPs) and indigenous cultural communities (ICCs), though explicitly protected under the constitution itself, sadly remain one of the most marginalised and forgotten sectors in Philippine society …
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Tax liabilities in Korea for income generated from patents
Recently, the Supreme Court of Korea upheld a lower court judgment finding that under the Korea-US Income Tax Convention, where a foreign corporation has given a patent licence to a company in Korea …
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Venture capital in Southeast Asia — 2018 review
As the preeminent venture capital and private equity practice in the offshore legal arena, Walkers continues to see record activity levels in venture capital fund raisings and fund establishments in Southeast Asia …
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Deals – March 13, 2019
Carlyle buys into Indian insurance sector, Singapore Power raises capital, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance issues perpetual, India’s government sells dredging company and other recent deals from around the region.
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Physical security key to data centre protection
Controls that prevent physical access to servers must be a fundamental component of any information security programme …
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Deals – March 6, 2019
Singapore’s first insurance-linked securities, Godiva Chocolatier sells retail operations in Asia, China high-yield returns with ENN Ecological, plus other recent deals.
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In search of visionary client service providers
We have set the challenge for legal service providers to demonstrate that they can truly stand inside the shoes of their clients.
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