Asia: The economic news from Asia is currently conforming pretty much to trend, with occasional unexpected strengths, such as Japan’s industrial production last week or Australia’s exports this week …
Indonesia’s Anti-Monopoly Law: Changes Ahead?
May 11, 2016
Since its enactment in 1999, Indonesia’s Anti-Monopoly Law has never been amended. The New Anti-Monopoly Law has been prioritized for enactment by the Government of Indonesia. Here’s a look at some proposed major changes.
Client Alert – Vietnam
May 11, 2016
New regulations affect business in Vietnam. They cover topics ranging from social insurance to stock market actions to real estate trading floors.
Guantao merges with Zhongmao
May 4, 2016
Beijing-based Guantao Law Firm (Guantao) and Shanghai-based Zhongmao Law Firm (Zhongmao) officially announced their merger on April 18, 2016 after a five-year alliance …
Global economic weather 4th May 2016
May 4, 2016
The economic news has been so disappointing for so long that even the trickle of good news seen over the last few weeks is emerging as the strongest run for almost a year. But, as the chart shows …
Despite a week of mostly negative news, the story of the last month has been one of more surprises than shocks, …
Global economic weather
April 26, 2016
The balance of good news vs bad news about the global economy reached its most positive point since November 2015 during this week …
The AI genie is out of the bottle: is this the tip of the spear for law firms?
April 20, 2016
Aparna Bundro, Business Development and Communications specialist and former lawyer, comments on whether AI robots may be the next inflection point in the legal industry after NewLaw, and considers …
IP & TMT
April 20, 2016
While Gilkron’s General Counsel looks at ways technology can aid in-house counsel in ‘IP can be both easy and hard to find’, Yoon & Yang focus on the implications of new technology in ‘Regulation of personal information in new fields’.
Dispute Resolution
April 20, 2016
The Beijing Arbitration Centre reference a case study to demonstrate arbitration’s fairness; Clyde & Co discuss arbitral awards in China and the future of arbitration in the middle kingdom; and Mochtar Karuwin Komar review mediation and explain why it should become more popular.
Achieving the proper result in arbitration
April 20, 2016
Using a recent case study, Gong Yuan Tang, Arbitrator of the Beijing Arbitration Commission, demonstrates how there is often more to take into consideration when trying to achieve the proper result than it first seems.
Mediation: concord from discord
April 20, 2016
Made Barata, S.H. with assistance from Bobby Manurung, S.H. and Arkie Tumbelaka, S.H. of Mochtar Karuwin Komar gives an overview of mediation and tells why he believes that going forward, this avenue will become more popular.
China – an international arbitration superpower? Enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in China and the future of arbitration in the middle kingdom
April 20, 2016
Richard Bell, dispute resolution partner at Clyde & Co, highlights key points of Justice Hongyu Shen of the People’s Supreme Court of the People’s Republic of China’s address on the enforcement of foreign arbitration awards in China, made on March 4, sets out the procedure for enforcing arbitration awards in China and considers China’s track record of enforcing foreign arbitral awards.
Market update and salary survey for the legal in-house sector in Asia
April 19, 2016
TAYLOR ROOT – ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL – 2015 market review and 2016 preview ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL is delighted to present Taylor Root’s tenth 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
April 19, 2016
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.
Project Risks in energy and infrastructure projects
April 19, 2016
The following is a summary of Dentons’ Neil Cuthbert’s article that analyses the key risks associated with the development and implementation of large-scale international energy and infrastructure projects….
Investigative Intelligence
April 19, 2016
The benefits of a contract audit
Non-compete agreements and protecting confidential information
April 18, 2016
Indonesian labour and employment laws do not expressly impose or regulate non-competition obligations …
Overview of draft amendment to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law from anti-monopoly perspective
April 18, 2016
Both monopoly and unfair competition are anti-competition behaviors of business operators that violate trade order and code of business ethics. …
Only Muslims may practise in Syariah courts
April 18, 2016
The Malaysian Federal Court in the case of Majlis Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan v Victoria Jayaseele Martin [2016] 1 LNS 131
Restrictive covenants in employment contracts
April 18, 2016
One of the means of keeping afloat in today’s competitive market is to hire employees who are ‘fit’ for a particular job. However, before employers …
Special act on revitalising companies to take effect in August 2016
April 18, 2016
On February 4, 2016, the “Special Act on Revitalising Companies” (the Act) was passed by the National Assembly of Korea as temporary legislation …
Headcount reduction in the GCC
April 18, 2016
With economic commentators predicting a difficult 2016, employers across the region may be forced to look at staffing levels. With commodity prices …
New guidance for real estate brokers and trading floors
April 18, 2016
On December 30, 2015 the Ministry of Construction issued Circular No. 11/2015/TT-BXD (Circular 11) regulating the issuance of real estate …
A take on Budget 2016
April 18, 2016
Union Budget 2016 was presented amid a complex political situation arising out of the intolerance …
A group of lawyers from local and international law firms in Vietnam with over 17 years of transactional experience have joined forces to form corporate and commercial law firm Lexcomm Vietnam LLC (Lexcomm) …
Global economic weather
April 13, 2016
Although business headlines continue to assert that bad times are just around the corner, an increasing proportion of the world’s economic data is arriving better than expected. In fact …
Doing Business in Iran: Life After (Secondary) Sanctions
April 6, 2016
The legal landscape for doing business in Iran has changed significantly since the easing of certain Iran related sanctions.
