“Fortune calls” – compensation and legal service delivery
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“Fortune calls” – compensation and legal service delivery
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CIETAC: Uncovering the differences between the Beijing and the Shanghai Rules
In our last issue, (Volume 10 Issue 3) we brought you an overview of the key changes to the CIETAC Rules 2012 in “Moving the CIETAC goal posts…for the better.” Here, Harry Liu and Yue Qiu of King & Wood Mallesons guide us through the major differences between the CIETAC Beijing Rules and the CIETAC Shanghai Rules, enlightening us as to how these distinctions have a bearing on choice of venue for the
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Total Recall? The milk scandal and food liability insurance in China
Carrie Yang and Amanda Li of Clyde & Co contemplate how the insurance market will change in China once the government implements strict liability for food safety.
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To trade or not to trade: that is the question
Dr George Woodman, director of Teng Hoi Conservation Organization, presents the case for carbon trading as a way of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and explains how a simple game is helping spread the word.
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Chinese Vitamin C Producers Price-Fixing Verdict: Questions of Comity and Conflict with U.S. Executive Branch Views Part II
By Michael N. Sohn, Miranda So, and Jesse Solomon, Davis Polk & Wardwell
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“Landing Foreign Direct Investment in Asia”
In our latest edition of ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL, the issue of Foreign Direct Investment takes centre stage. Homing in on the welcoming investment climate in Asia, Weerawong, Chinnavat & Peangpanor, pulls back the covers and sheds some light on the incentives that the Thai government has been able to drum up, despite recent political turmoil and Lubis Ganie makes a compelling case for FDI in Indonesia. Industry experts from Clasis Law and Jun He Law Offices bring their collective towers of experience to bear in their features on why India and China remain attractive destinations in which to settle funds.
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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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Making a case for centralising the in-house legal function
According to Sascha Hindmarch, former general counsel at the University of South Australia, centralised systems represent the intelligent choice for the legal function. In a post-Enron, post-Fannie Mae world, a centralised system is more accountable, transparent and safe. Here, she makes a compelling case for backing the model having regard to the changing nature of in-house counsels’ role.
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Financial dispute resolution in Hong Kong: ‘FDR’ – nothing to fear?
David Smyth and David Luk of Smyth & Co (in association with Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP), review Hong Kong’s new Financial Dispute Resolution Scheme and highlight some pertinent issues that may arise for prospective claimants, financial institutions and their in-house lawyers.
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