Latest news about the legal industry for in-house counsel.
Matthias Schroeder, former head of Beiten Burkhardt’s Asia desk in Munich, explains the concept of “guanxi” and how to stay the right side of the PRC’s increasingly stringent corruption laws when conducting business there
David Smyth and Warren Ganesh, of Smyth & Co in association with Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP, summarise the recent UK Supreme Court ruling on legal advice privilege and some key points for lawyers, in-house lawyers and other professional advisers.
Corporate Law – what is it good for?
Our cover story takes you through the merits and loopholes of employment legislation in various jurisdictions across the Asia and MENA regions. In addition, Bae Kim & Lee navigate the Korean employment maze and home in on dismissal issues whilst Al Tamimi provide us with an absorbing update on the state of play of employment in the UAE.
We are also excited to showcase the results from our External Counsel of the Year survey – where in-house counsel were asked to weigh in on who they believed to be exceptional external counsel in their own jurisdictions. We bring you the results and more here.
As many firms increasingly come under fire for their charge-out methods,
Stephen Hopkins, International Head of Eversheds elucidates us with a checklist
which sets out ways in which in-house counsel and their external teams can
add value and achieve their client’s objectives while attempting to stay
within budget. Timely co-ordination and communication between the two
teams and the client are critical, he states.
With demand growing for lawyers with the right skill-set, now is a good time to explore new in-house opportunities, according to Ben Cooper, vice president, Asia-Pacific at CML Recruitment. He takes a look at the latest trends in hiring legal talent
By Michael N. Sohn, Miranda So, and Jesse Solomon, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Singapore is making an effort to step up to the plate in order to give athletes a fair shake when it comes to competitive opportunities in the region, according to Stephen Townley, foreign consultant at KhattarWong. However, the island still has some way to go and needs to invest in the requisite ‘intellectual infrastructure’.
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
parties involved.
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