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Complying with global anti-corruption legislation: Protecting your organisation

In this month's edition of ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL, we provide you with a Mekong Region Update. Industry experts from Gide Loyrette Nouel offer up a comprehensive overview on the current status of infrastructure in these largely underdeveloped countries bound together by the Mekong River. We learn that some of these countries are seeing sweeping economic and legal changes and here we discover how this has impacted the landscape in terms of foreign investment and new projects in the pipeline.

In a recent landmark ruling, the UK Supreme Court deliberated on the question of whether an overseas defendant had to have submitted to the jurisdiction under common law before a foreign bankruptcy order would be recognised and enforced in England. Richard Keady and Jay Qin of Bird & Bird consider the practical implications of the decision and the significance it may have on practitioners going forward.

Striking up a new kind of ‘Dialogue’

Alec Emmerson and Keith Hutchison of Clyde & Co LLP share with us some of the implications and effects of the recent ruling on the recognition and enforcement of foreign awards in Dubai. Here, they highlight the importance of the decision and indicate that whilst an element of uncertainty still remains, clarity is within reach.

Complying with global anti-corruption legislation: Conducting an internal investigation

Following the ratification of the EU and US Free Trade Agreements with South Korea in 2011 and 2012 respectively, the liberalisation of the legal market in South Korea will bring sweeping changes to the territory after a raft of foreign firms seek to establish a presence there. In our cover story, we explore the shifting landscape and the impact this will have on local firms on the ground. We also bring you our latest In-House Insight this month, from Muhammad Tariq, Senior Legal Counsel at TECOM Investments as well as an In-House Practice from Sascha Hindmarch, former General Counsel at the University of South Australia.

Chris Naziris of MKK Law Indonesia examines Public Private Partnerships as an alternative means by which development of infrastructure can be managed and promoted. Recent changes to the legislation in Indonesia include financial incentives designed to boost participation in the scheme.

Complying with global anti-corruption legislation: dealing with a violation