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Thailand is considering embarking on a course which could see foreign companies listing on the SET (the Stock Exchange of Thailand)…

Paul Smith, the partner known for spearheading the ‘partnering and convergence’ arrangements with DuPont and Tyco International, has been elected the…

ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL’s latest Investigations & Compliance Special Report features a corporate investigator’s guide to handling and mitigating corruption by risk consultancy, Kroll and a look at the changing landscape of bribery compliance in Brazil, India and China from Eversheds. Kim & Chang share with us their insights on how Korea’s regulators are stepping up their efforts to combat corruption on the ground and Ron Yu, director and General Counsel at Gilkron Limited discusses the importance of extending the compliance programme to cover the business ecosystem.

China’s new IPO guidelines which were published on 30 November, will now allow companies to list on the stock exchange: effectively…

In describing Chongqing as the “beachhead for the development of Western China,” Clyde & Co’s corporate partner Michael Cripps was commenting…

In this month’s cover feature we take an in-depth look at the issues affecting the working relationship between in-house counsel and private practitioners across the Asia Pacific. We announce the winners of our Firms of the Year 2009 as voted by in-house counsel – take a look to see which firms are considered leaders across the region – and hear directly from some of the winning firms as to what makes their practice areas distinctive in a competitive legal market.

“What is the price of Experience? Do men buy it for a song?
Or Wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price
Of all that a man hath, his house, his wife, his children
Wisdom is sold in the desolate market where none come to buy
And in the wither’d field where the farmer ploughs for bread in vain.”
William Blake (1757 – 1827)