Expanding onto the New Silk Road
June 3, 2015
May marks the first full month during which law firm Lewis Silkin can boast international status, as …
Cabotage and its impact in Indonesia
June 3, 2015
Indonesia’s shipping and offshore marine industry underwent major changes since the introduction of the Maritime Law No. 17 of 2008.
India: Latest Legal Updates for May 2015
June 1, 2015
Insights into the proposed New Land Bill, recent Supreme Court judgment on the principle of the arbitration agreement, proposed enhancement of the pecuniary jurisdiction of the District Courts of Delhi and other legal updates
Mazars merges in Europe
May 27, 2015
Mazars, an international, integrated and independent organisation specialising in audit, accountancy, tax, legal and advisory services, has …
Malaysia’s first ever qualified foreign law firm
May 27, 2015
With effect from April 4 2015, Trowers & Hamlins became the first foreign law firm to …
Market update and salary survey for the legal in-house sector in Asia
May 27, 2015
TAYLOR ROOT – ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL – 2014 market review and 2015 preview ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL is delighted to present Taylor Root’s ninth annual survey for the in-house legal sector in Asia. The findings offer valuable insights into the hiring trends and salary fluctuations in key sectors of the in-house legal market, and follow the rise and fall of job prospects around the region.
Market update and salary survey for the legal in-house sector in Asia
May 20, 2015
TAYLOR ROOT – ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL – 2013 market review and 2014 preview ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL is delighted to present Taylor Root’s eighth annual survey for the in-house legal sector in Asia. The findings offer valuable insights into the hiring trends and salary fluctuations in key sectors of the in-house legal market, and follow the rise and fall of job prospects around the region.
2012 In-House Market & Salary Update for Hong Kong
May 20, 2015
Taylor Root present their market update for the in-‐house commerce and industry legal market for the first six months of 2012
2012 In-House Market & Salary Update for Hong Kong
May 20, 2015
Taylor Root present their market update for the in-‐house commerce and industry legal market for the first six months of 2012
Managing your distributors in the anti-trust new dawn
May 18, 2015
Two years ago, people didn’t talk much about anti-trust in China. At that time, the anti-monopoly law (AML) had remained silent …
New Commercial Companies Law – impact on foreign investment
May 18, 2015
The issue of the new commercial companies law (Federal Law No. 2 of 2015) (the Law) was announced by the UAE …
New provisions for foreign investors and conditional investment sectors under the law on investment 2014
May 18, 2015
On November 26, 2014, the Vietnamese National Assembly passed a new law on investment (LOI). The LOI appears to make …
What to expect when you are expecting…
May 18, 2015
The Court of Appeal, in the recent decision of Airasia Bhd v Rafizah Shima Mohamed Aris,1 ruled on the extent of which …
Mandatory use of Rupiah in Indonesia
May 18, 2015
Indonesia’s central bank, Bank Indonesia (BI), recently issued BI Regulation No. 17/3/PBI/2015 regarding the mandatory use …
The New Land Bill – ground reality
May 18, 2015
The Right To Fair Compensation And Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015 (2015 Bill) was …
Use of in-kind contributions for new shares subscriptions in Korea
May 14, 2015
When investing in a company by subscribing to new shares, the investor can pay the subscription price in cash or in kind. Contributions …
Should in-house counsel be more concerned with cyber security?
May 14, 2015
To answer the above question, Ronald Yu of Gilkron Ltd looks at recent cases of cyber security going wrong, as well as their consequences and short and long term concerns.
Deals of the Year 2014
May 14, 2015
In this landmark Deals of the Year Issue, we credit last year’s most complex, large, unique and innovative deals. Recently implemented laws led to both Hong Kong and West Africa’s inaugural sukuks, soon-to-be implemented integration in the ASEAN region led to gigantic deals and both China and the UAE witnessed their largest ever IPOs, with China’s valued at an immense, world record-breaking US$25 billion.
Investigative Intelligence
May 14, 2015
What’s hiding in your supply chain? Overcoming new challenges in conventional audit and compliance frameworks
Private investment in public equity (PIPE): what you need to know to invest in Hong Kong and US PIPE transactions
May 14, 2015
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Private Equity
May 14, 2015
Our Private Equity Special Report features contributions from Davis Polk on ‘Private investment in public equity (PIPE): what you need to know to invest in Hong Kong and US PIPE transactions’, and from Zhong Lun Law Firm, whose senior partners wrote about ‘The challenges of private capital’.
Mark Prebble discusses his webinars for in-house lawyers
May 14, 2015
The In-House Community is currently hosting a series of half-hour skills webinars for in-house lawyers. We ask Mark Prebble from Lawyers in Business who is presenting them to share some of his thinking with us.
M&A Report: a year opened with expectation
May 14, 2015
With the aid of insight from some of the most reputable and in-the-know sources throughout the region, Chris Thomson sums up what has been and what potentially will be with regard to M&A’s in Asia and the Middle East.
M&A Report: a year opened with expectation
May 14, 2015
With the aid of insight from some of the most reputable and in-the-know sources throughout the region, Chris Thomson sums up what has been and what potentially will be with regard to M&A’s in Asia and the Middle East.
M&A booster – New Companies Act has it all easy and clean
May 14, 2015
<font size ="3"Rikita Ganju and Pooja Khanna of Phoenix Legal discuss India’s Companies Act of 2013, made effective April 1, 2014, and how its implementations will streamline India’s M&A process, making it smooth and transparent.