Asia gears up for international arbitration
May 24, 2017
Developments across the region are supporting the development of alternate dispute resolution mechanisms that will promote further investment into Asia’s …
Q&A – Katherine Yap, chief executive of Maxwell Chambers
May 24, 2017
Singapore’s Maxwell Chambers is an integrated dispute resolution complex housing best-in-class hearing facilities and support services, as well as top international alternate dispute resolution (ADR) institutions. …
Third-party funding in Asia
May 24, 2017
Asian-mena Counsel speaks to Tom Glasgow, investment manager for Asia at IMF Bentham, about the environment for third-party funding in the region…
Asia in-house legal and compliance hiring trends and salaries, 2017
May 24, 2017
Asian-mena Counsel is delighted to partner again with Taylor Root on their 2017 market update and salary survey report for in-house legal and compliance in Hong Kong, China and Singapore …
The role of arbitration in promoting Sino-African trade and investment
May 24, 2017
In March, the Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Centre (BAC) and the Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration (NCIA) formally founded the China-Africa Joint Arbitration Centre…
SCIA adopts new arbitration framework
May 23, 2017
The SCIA’s new rules make it the first arbitration institution in China to hear investor-state arbitrations and administer cases under Uncitral Arbitration Rules.
Further analysis on Apple’s lawsuit against Qualcomm
May 23, 2017
In our last article titled “Apple Sued Qualcomm in China, Qualcomm Is Suspected of Abusing Market Dominant Position Again?”, we listed the cases in which Qualcomm was investigated…
Corporate compliance: Necessity and implication
May 23, 2017
The Companies Act of India is the primary legislation governing the functioning of companies established in India during their lifecycle….
New regulation on wage structure and scale for businesses
May 23, 2017
A new regulation enacted by Indonesia’s Minister of Manpower requires employers to formulate, set and inform their employees of wage structure and scale….
Fake news and its web of legal issues in the post-truth era
May 23, 2017
Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year for 2016 is “post-truth” — an adjective defined as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief”. …
Constitutional Court’s decision on Specific Crimes Act changes sentencing expectations
May 23, 2017
Sparked by an increase in the number of repeat offenders committing crimes, Korea has enacted a number of laws designed to prevent crimes by imposing aggravated punishment on repeat offenders…
An obvious advance in resolving “.vn” domain name disputes
May 23, 2017
In a previous article regarding the challenges of resolving “.vn” domain name disputes in Vietnam, we mentioned the recent increase in the number of .vn domain names and the increase in the number of .vn domain name disputes…
Asian-mena Counsel Magazine: Dispute Resolution Report and Salary Survey (v14i9)
May 22, 2017
Please find below an interactive PDF of the May/June 2017 edition of Asian-mena Counsel, magazine
S. Korean firm Yulchon establishes ‘Jakarta Desk’ following trends in investment
May 17, 2017
South Korea is currently the third biggest investor in Indonesia …
Visionary External Providers of the Year 2017
May 15, 2017
Introducing the winners of this year’s awards to recognise legal providers that go above and beyond in the service of their clients …
The In-House Community Counsels of the Year Awards 2017
May 14, 2017
The In-House Community presented Trevor Faure the In-House Community In-House Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to the world-wide in-house community at the 2017 In-House Community Awards & Celebration …