The grant by courts of a permanent injunction and exemplary damages against an intellectual property (IP) infringer is meant to be a deterrent against future infringement.
The principles for obtaining injunctions have been clearly laid out by the Supreme Court....
Digital assets have become rapidly popular among Thai investors in the past few years as their value tends to rise dramatically higher than other traditional assets, yet with higher risks. According to the Emergency Decree on Digital Asset Businesses,...
The pandemic has impacted almost all sectors of the economy since it first emerged in 2020. Many businesses across the world have experienced supply chain disruption and input shortages, decreased demand for their products and services, and government-mandated closures...
Anti-competitive agreements are dealt with under section 3 of the Competition Act, 2002 (act). Section 3(4) prohibits vertical agreements between enterprises or persons at different levels of the production and supply chains that cause or are likely to cause...
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is now allowing the sale and registration of electric vehicles (EV) without integral batteries. This benefits original equipment manufacturers (OEM), energy service providers and other stakeholders. This decision aligns with India’s...
In a bid to comprehensively reform Mexico’s energy and mining sectors, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in his capacity as head of the executive branch of the government, has submitted to the Mexican Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)...
Digital lending in India has grown exponentially over the past 24 months powered by lending partnerships between fintech platforms and regulated lenders. A key driver has been non-traditional credit analytics that rely on alternative data sets. In addition to...
The legal system in India is a combination of legislations and judicial precedents. The central government and state governments both legislate on subjects as prescribed in the constitution while judicial precedents are laid down by the judicial courts. Foreign...
The Singapore Ministry of Law introduced the Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill 2021 in November 2021, and has recently enacted provisions on conditional fee arrangements (CFA). CFAs are where a lawyer is paid legal fees only in certain circumstances. CFAs...
Philippine law firm ACCRALAW has elected senior partners Patricia-Ann Prodigalidad and Leland Villadolid Jr as managing partner and co-managing partner, respectively. Prodigalidad, who was co-managing partner, succeeded Emerico de Guzman, who had been at the helm of the firm...
Linklaters has hired Joel Seow as partner in its newly established investment funds practice in Singapore. Seow joined from Morgan Lewis & Bockius, where he was a partner in Singapore for almost three years.
Seow has extensive experience advising sponsors...
PRC firm JunHe has appointed Dong Xiao and Zhao Huili as partners in Beijing. Both were previously partners at rival AnJie Law Firm, specialising in dispute resolution.
Dong has expertise in handling complex foreign-related litigation and arbitration, and international commercial...
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has hired Peter Kwon as partner to head up its newly formed Korea desk in Hong Kong. Kwon joined from Ashurst, where he was a partner in Hong Kong and co-head of Korea practice since...
Baker McKenzie has hired virtual assets and investment funds lawyer Joy Lam as a partner in its financial services practice in Hong Kong. Lam joined from Sidley Austin, where she was a partner for four years in Hong Kong.
Lam...
White & Case has hired Kristian Bradshaw as a local partner in Tokyo for the project development and finance practice. He was most recently a GC at Japan’s leading energy exploration and production company Inpex Corporation in Tokyo for...
Milbank has hired corporate and M&A lawyers David Cho as partner in its global corporate group and managing partner in its Seoul office. Cho joined from Dechert, where he was the head of the Hong Kong office and co-managing...
Thai firm Kudun and Partners has hired Thanyaluck (Bee) Thongrompo as a partner in the firm’s corporate and M&A practice in Bangkok. She joined from global accountancy firm PKF Tax and Consulting Services Thailand, where she was a partner...
Japanese law firm Midosuji has hired veteran IP lawyer Kozo Yabe as partner and patent attorney in the Tokyo office. He joined from Yuasa & Hara, where he was a partner for more than 30 years.
Yabe has a wealth...
Goh Mei Lin, one of Asia’s leading maritime lawyers and head of Singapore office at Watson Farley & Williams (WFW), passed away in February following a battle with cancer.
Goh joined the firm in 1998, but she had been working...
Asia Mediation Centre (AMC) opened its second office at the Maxwell Chambers Suites in Singapore in January. Previously, in December 2019, the full-fledged dispute resolution and mediation training and consulting firm established its first office in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Founded...
Reed Smith has appointed Johnny Lim as partner in its global corporate group in Singapore. Lim joined from Resource Law, Reed Smith’s formal law alliance partner in Singapore, where he was a director since May 2020.
The firm also hired...
Chinese firm Grandall Law Firm has hired nine new equity partners in their Kunming, Zhengzhou, Hefei and Nanchang offices. The new partners have shared experience in the areas of capital markets, construction engineering, real estate, international trade, corporate compliance...
DFDL has appointed Jaya Kumar as regional practice group manager in Bangkok. She most recently was associate general manager at Indian law firm J Sagar Associates in Mumbai.
In her new role, Kumar is responsible for DFDL’s practice groups including...
White & Case advised Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation as a lender on the project financing for the Digital Seoul 1 (ICN10) data centre project in Seoul’s Sangam Digital Media City.
ICN10 is a multi-storey facility spanning 22,000 square feet, designed...
Dechert advised South Korea’s investment manager IMM Global on the structuring, formation and closing of its IMM Global Battery Fund I, which is structured in the form of a Hong Kong limited partnership fund.
The Dechert team in Hong Kong...
Paul Hastings advised battery maker LG Energy Solution on its USD10.8 billion global offering and listing on the Korea Exchange, the largest IPO in South Korean capital markets to date. Morgan Stanley and KB Securities acted as the joint...
Latham & Watkins advised Taiwanese battery maker ProLogium on its co-operation agreement with Mercedes-Benz to develop next-generation battery cells for the carmaker’s electric vehicles, including for passenger and utility vehicles.
Latham & Watkins’ team was led by Hong Kong-based partner...
Linklaters advised Citi to sell its five consumer banking franchises in Southeast Asia, including the sale of Citi’s Philippines franchise to Union Bank of the Philippines and consumer banking franchises in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam to United Overseas...
Role
Senior Associate
Location
Bengaluru
Job Description
A transactional lawyer having experience in the practice areas of general corporate advisory, private equity, venture capital, joint venture, and/or mergers and acquisitions.
Prior experience in leading due diligence, drafting transactional documents, and assisting in negotiations.
Exposure of advising...
In February 2022, the Financial Services and Markets Bill (bill) was tabled in the Singapore parliament. The bill aligns Singapore legislation with the enhanced standards adopted by the Financial Action Task Force, which require jurisdictions to regulate virtual asset...
Khaitan & Co advised Spain's Simon Group in the merger of its Indian subsidiary, Simon Electric, with National Stock Exchange of India and BSE-listed V-Guard Industries.
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised electrical products manufacturer V-Guard Industries. The deal, which is valued...
JSA and Linklaters advised the State Bank of India when it issued USD300 million in Formosa bonds, which are listed on the Taipei Exchange and the India International Exchange. Allen & Overy advised the managers on the issue.
The bonds...
Khaitan & Co advised Reliance Retail Ventures, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, when it acquired a 54% stake in robotics and automation solutions provider Addverb Technologies for about USD132 million by way of a primary issue and secondary acquisition.
While...
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (SAM) represented Alt Digital Media Entertainment on 26 February when Telangana High Court vacated an ex-parte injunction order restraining it from releasing a reality show the following day.
Pride Media and four others had alleged...
Family trusts have recently taken off in mainland China, with major private banks and trust companies rolling out businesses to service this new opportunity. We have also received many enquiries from wealthy individuals about domestic family trusts, though these...
In October 2021, the Hong Kong government announced the Hong Kong Climate Action Plan 2050 outlining strategies and targets for achieving carbon neutrality. In this article, the authors briefly discuss the four major decarbonisation strategies in the 2050 plan,...
Following an extensive nominations process, Asia Business Law Journal reveals the top offshore lawyers, Lim Miran and Putro Harnowo report
Access the A-List TOP OFFSHORE LAWYERS 2022
Offshore financial centres worldwide have made relentless efforts to attract foreign business, and outward-looking Asian...
Lack of clarity over future legitimacy and plans to levy hefty taxes threaten to clip the wings of jittery cryptocurrency investors. Freny Patel reports
Among many things, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has put the spotlight on cryptocurrency. It is gaining...
Since the pandemic outbreak, waves of crisis have struck a wide range of domestic industries such as real estate, bonds and consumer finance as mounting complexity in the financial arena continues to shake up the asset management business.
How is...
P&A Law Offices represented the National High Speed Rail Corporation when the Supreme Court of India quashed an order of Delhi High Court directing it to reconsider a disqualified bid submitted in a foreign-funded project.
The Supreme Court order in...
Commercial banks are obliged to assist competent authorities with their enquiries, as well as help freeze and deduct from deposits. Failure to do so will leave the banks, as well as any concerned personnel, liable under the Law on...
S&R Associates represented multinational telecom company Vodafone Group in its INR14.2 billion (USD187 million) bulk sale of 63.6 million equity shares of Indus Towers on the NSE.
S&R also acted for Vodafone’s proposed sale of 127.1 million equity shares (4.7%...
AZB & Partners and Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Reliance Industries on its recent USD4 billion bond issue, in what the company said was the first jumbo US dollar bond issue from India. JSA and Shearman & Sterling advised...
Antares Legal advised on the sale of electronics reverse-commerce company Gadgetwood Eservices, which operates Yaantra, to the Flipkart Group.
Antares advised private equity fund Carpediem Capital Partners Fund I, which is both an existing investor in Yaantra and the promoters...
Trilegal was sole adviser for a first-round investment of about INR3.5 billion (USD46 million) in SNV Aviation, which is in the process of setting up Akasa Air, from a group of investors led by Rare Enterprises and its owner,...
On 8 December 2021, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) issued the second batch of Enterprise Compliance Model Cases, consisting of six cases involving such crimes as collusion in bidding, passing off a registered trademark, and major liability in an...
Last year was nothing short of a feast for the capital market of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, with a string of leading AI firms making their debut.
Cloudwalk, MEGVII, Deep Glint, Intellif and Orbbec all successfully registered for listing...
Last year was a record-breaker for the Indian IPO market, with more than 60 companies raising almost USD16 billion, the highest amount ever raised in a single year. But high IPO valuations took a toll on retail investors, with...
When setting up a new special purpose vehicle (SPV), shareholder loans from private equity funds and reverse mergers between the SPV and project company are considered the most ingenious deal arrangements in the conventional quasi-REIT restructuring process – with...
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress is reviewing a new draft amendment to China’s Company Law, issued on 22 December 2021. The draft revision seeks to improve corporate governance and benefit companies with a fair and orderly...
Hype and hysteria over artificial intelligence must be tempered to prevent knee-jerk reactions from regulators and to ensure India can reap the benefits cutting edge technology offers, write Abhivardhan and Mridutpal Bhattacharyya
To its boosters, artificial intelligence (AI) is the...
S&R Associates is advising the committee of independent directors of NSE and BSE-listed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Kalpataru Power Transmission in its proposed merger with its subsidiary, JMC Projects (India), a listed civil construction and infrastructure EPC...
The Civil Code, effective from 1 January 2021, makes it a statutory obligation of employers to prevent workplace sexual harassment. This article aims to provide practical suggestions for employer’s compliance governance in anti-workplace sexual harassment.
How is it defined?
The Civil...
For intellectual property protection, in addition to conventional IP protection mechanisms, it is also important to tailor the IP strategy in case disputes to safeguard clients’ IP rights and deal with possible legal risks. When formulating strategies for IP...
By December 2021, the transition period for new asset management regulations was nearing its end, and trust companies have made remarkable progress in planning their transformations. During the transition period, regulation intensified with the issue of a string of...
Amid the global economic slowdown and pandemic pressure on the financial landscape, a number of enterprises have gone bankrupt, including, among others, construction companies. Once entering the reorganisation process, depending on its mode of profit and operation, migrant workers...
IP protection allows copyright owners to protect their rights and interests and maintain steady business operations. However, if abused, it may hinder profits and economic development. This article dives into a high-profile case to analyse the issue.
Case analysis
The Tongguan...
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games have ended with the Olympic Broadcasting Services announcing they had surpassed all previous winter games in viewership – and officially became the most-watched Winter Olympics ever. The popularity of Olympics-related market also led...
With vigorous development of the healthcare industry in recent years, related intellectual property (IP) disputes have attracted an increasing amount of attention. This article briefly analyses common IP issues arising from those civil disputes.
Title dispute
Clearly defined title is the...
On 24 February 2022, the Supreme People’s Court published the Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitral Proceedings by the Courts of the Mainland and the Macau Special Administrative Region (the Mainland-Macau interim measure arrangement)....
Thailand Law Firm Awards 2023
Asia Business Law Journal names the country's top law firms. Lim Miran and Putro Harnowo report
Recovering global demand is softening the impact of the pandemic on Thailand. While travel restrictions continue taking a heavy toll...
Under registration-based listing, regulators are paying more attention to the completeness of internal controls of prospective listed companies, particularly the establishment and operation of audit committees under the board of directors.
The draft for comments on the Amendments to the...
In a recent appeal, the Allahabad High Court reversed the decision of a lower appellate court not to order specific performance despite finding that the plaintiff had proved breach on the part of the defendant, and that the plaintiff...
The state government of Haryana enacted the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 (act) and the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Rules, 2021, which took effect in January 2022. The act provides that 75% of private...
Insider trading in securities has been a focus of investigation and crackdown by securities regulatory authorities around the world, but difficulties in the identification criteria remain. This article discusses determination criteria for the ‘sensitive period’ of inside information, based...
Rising Stars 2023
Rising Stars 2021
Rising Stars 2020
These young elite lawyers have already impressed their clients and peers with their precise legal expertise, acute business acumen, professionalism and strong sense of ethics. But their prosperous journey has only just begun....
Since the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic, five vaccines have been approved for conditional marketing in China, namely inactivated vaccines developed by Sinopharm’s Beijing Institute of Biological Products, Sinopharm’s Wuhan Institute of Biological Products and Sinovac Biotech, the adenovirus...
Role
Senior Associate, IP/IT (5+ PQE) - 16796/VTA
Location
Hong Kong, China
Job Description
Our client, a leading international law firm with a long presence in the Asia Pacific and a track record of top-tier clients, is looking to recruit a Senior Associate to...
After the MV Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal in 2021, throwing global trade into turmoil, the ship’s owner declared what may be a record general average case in terms of the amount involved – sparking disagreements in legal...
Role
Equity Capital Markets Lawyer (4-6 PQE) - 16797/VTA
Location
Hong Kong, China
Job Description
An exciting opportunity for an equity capital markets lawyer to join a growing corporate team. Our client is a Red Circle law firm with a strong PRC corporate client...
The penetrative trial approach is a trial concept put forward by the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) in the Minutes of the National Courts’ Civil and Commercial Trial Work Conference. The approach emphasises establishing a stronger link between civil and...
The Korea In-house Counsel Association (KICA) held its annual general meeting on 19 January and elected Kim Sunghan, head of management office at Golfzon Newdin Holdings, as its new chairman and president. Kim ran as the sole candidate and...
Masako Takahata, vice president of the Japan In-House lawyers Association (JILA), lent her speaking expertise to the inaugural webinar of the Japan chapter of the Energy Related Arbitration Practitioners (ENERAP), of which she is also the founder.
At the virtual...
Role
Legal Counsel (6-10 PQE) - CN461/VTA
Location
Taiwan
Job Description
Our client, a Fortune 500 industrial company, is looking to recruit a Legal Counsel to cover its operations in Asia, focusing on the Taiwan market. As the Legal Counsel, you will work closely...
The 2022 Chief Legal Officers survey conducted by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) found significant transactions, business-critical and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are the key focuses for in-house counsel.
Analysing data from 861 CLOs across 20 industries...
In 2022, ACC Australia continues to innovate in its programming by replacing individual in-house counsel days with a new concept: the in-house counsel month (IHCM).
The IHCM will consist of small face-to-face events run simultaneously in various states in Australia...
The Association of Corporate Counsel Australia (ACC Australia) has elected Mei Ramsay as its new national president, succeeding Justin Coss, who had been at the helm since November 2019.
Ramsay, who has served on the ACC Australia board since 2015...
Boutique arbitration firm Three Crowns has opened a Singapore office, its first presence in the Asia-Pacific, with the hire of partner Daryl Chew, the former head of Singapore at Shearman & Sterling.
Chew will be accompanied by partner Simon Elliot,...
Hong Kong and Singapore stock markets have started the year by commencing their first special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), Singapore with three listings, while Hong Kong had seven listing applications as of February.
Also known as blank-cheque companies, SPACs are...
Following a partnership agreement with Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai (MNLUM) last December, the General Counsels’ Association of India (GCAI) is seeking more collaborations with academia for its training and mentorship programmes.
The GCAI’s president, Manjaree Chowdhary, who is also...
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, the international legal community has condemned Vladimir Putin’s regime not just with words, but by boycotting Russian business and transactions. George W Russell explores the ramifications
On 3 March, Allen & Overy said it...
This article’s case concerns Shaoxing Zhongfu Holdings’ issuance of the Zhongfu Holding private placement note (PPN), a financial instrument product with security provided by Jinggong Group, underwritten and managed by Taihehui Investment Management (Kunshan) as the bond trustee.
As Shaoxing...
Role
Corporate Associate (4-6 PQE) - 16793/VTA
Location
Shanghai, China
Job Description
Are you a mid to senior-level Corporate Associate looking for a new challenge? Our client, a tier one corporate/M&A practice in China, is now looking for a self-motivated and commercially-focused Associate to...
China Industrial International Trust (CIIT) is a subsidiary of Industrial Bank, China’s first commercial bank to explore green finance. As the first “equator bank” in China, Industrial Bank has formed a system of groupwide green finance products and services...
Role
Legal Associate - Investment Firm - 16782/VTA
Location
Hong Kong, China
Job Description
A rare opportunity for a legal associate/paralegal to join the legal and compliance team of one of the world’s biggest investment firms in Hong Kong. As the Legal Associate, you...
The requirement to submit a test licence in the drugs and cosmetics rules goes beyond the ambit of the Parent Act, and is a hindrance to R&D for pharma companies, writes Syngene International's Shreekanth Katti
One of the essential principles...
With a state-led "common prosperity" philanthropy campaign well underway, what options do private enterprises have? Jasmine Wen reports
“Common prosperity”, a Marxist vision, has been brought up by successive Chinese leaders. However, it was not until 17 August 2021 that...
Do you really want to find out? Our sister publication Asia Business Law Journal’s survey gets the real opinions of regional in-house counsel when it comes to legal services from law firms, and they’re not pulling any punches. Putro...
Sidley Austin lawyer Lu Jing has joined Shihui as a partner, specialising in compliance and transactions and co-operation projects in the life sciences field.
Lu has worked as a senior lawyer at Sidley Austin with international clients including Pfizer, Bayer,...
In January, Zhong Lun Law Firm promoted 49 lawyers to non-equity partnerships, gaining expertise for the law firm in many fields including mainland capital markets, Hong Kong and overseas capital markets, investment and mergers, corporate governance, cross-border investment and...
Fair use is a privilege to use copyrighted material reasonably without the consent of the copyright owner, or copying a theme or idea rather than their expression. Fair use is considered as breathing space for creators so that they...
The Hong Kong Court of First Instance held that the “no consent regime” adopted by the police under cap. 455 of the Organised and Serious Crimes Ordinance (OSCO) is unlawful. The court handed down the important judgment in Tam Sze...
In December 2021, King & Wood Mallesons opened an office in the Hengqin Island Special Economic Zone of Zhuhai, its 30th office worldwide and 15th in China. The office is led by a team of consultants and lawyers, and...
Han Kun has hired two senior tax specialists, Jiang Dongni and Shen Jing, in its Beijing office. Before joining Han Kun, Jiang was a tax partner at KPMG and Shen worked in the tax department of one of the...
Li Liangchen, John Tong and Yang Liang have joined Zhong Lun as partners covering sectors including capital markets, investment and M&A, corporate governance, maritime affairs, litigation and arbitration, private equity, and investment funds.
Li was formerly a partner at AllBright...
Linklaters has rehired its former China practice head, Betty Yap, to strengthen its China private equity practice. Yap left the firm in 2016 after 12 years. She was the China managing partner for Paul Weiss from 2019 until departure.
She...
Emily Ray has been appointed as the group executive vice president ‒ legal risk management at Yes Bank. Ray, whose career spans more than 15 years in the industry, was previously at Rabobank for eight years.
Ray said the decision...
DMD gets corporate
Tejveer Singh has joined DMD Advocates as a partner in its Mumbai office. Singh, who has more than 18 years’ experience, is a lawyer with dual qualifications as a chartered accountant. He specialises in corporate consulting and...
Ruchir Sinha, a partner and head of Touchstone Partners’ Mumbai office, has left with his team to form a new venture, Resolut Partners, which will focus on advising investment funds and large corporate houses on high-stakes transactions.
Regarding the clients...
Montek Mayal has joined Osborne Partners as a partner and practice head for Asia and the Middle East in New Delhi. The appointment comes as part of the firm’s goal to expand its disputes and damages business in the...
Harish Narasappa, the co-founder of Samvad Partners, will be stepping down as a partner and completing his transition from the firm by 31 March.
This development comes as Narasappa has been designated as a senior advocate by the Karnataka High...
Clare Lee joined Jingtian & Gongcheng’s Hong Kong office as a partner with expertise in dispute resolution to expand the law firm’s business in this area in the city.
She has previously worked as a government consultant with Hong Kong...
Grandall Law Firm has hired nine new equity partners in their Kunming, Zhengzhou, Hefei and Nanchang offices. The new partners have shared experience in the areas of capital markets, construction engineering, real estate, international trade, corporate compliance and taxation.
Pu...
JunHe has appointed Dong Xiao and Zhao Huili as partners in Beijing. Both were previously partners at AnJie Law Firm specialising in dispute resolution. Dong has expertise in handling complex foreign-related litigation and arbitration, and international commercial arbitration cases....
Haiwen & Partners has added Tang Xue as a new partner to its Shanghai office from Jingtian & Gongcheng, where she was also a partner. Tang’s focus area is developing investment funds, and she has worked in private equity...
Despite challenges of the persisting pandemic, 2021 was a good year for IP in the Philippines, which bodes well for 2022. The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has reported that IP filings for 2021 increased year-on-year by...
Medtech is prospering amid the pandemic. But thorny questions arise over advertising medical equipment and devices in India, where the government is understandably concerned about unethical marketing, to protect the public from being exploited.
In an attempt to better understand...
2021 saw an unprecedented surge in ESG debt issuance, arguably underpinned by growing investor appetite for sustainable and green-linked investment options. The UK insurer Aviva reported that 55% of more than 500 investors in its survey claimed that the...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has amended the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006 on 10 November 2021, through the Credit Information Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2021. This is the first amendment to the regulations since 2017, and has expanded...
An interesting question has arisen under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) as to whether avoidance applications filed by a resolution professional to avoid vulnerable transactions can survive after the successful conclusion of the resolution process. This controversy...
Hong Kong and Singapore stock markets have started the year by commencing their first special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), Singapore with three listings, while Hong Kong had seven listing applications as of February.
Also known as blank-cheque companies, SPACs are shell...
Capital Markets
Trinity Acquisition has submitted its application for a SPAC listing on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, one of the first applications under the new SPAC listing regime. Goodwin advised Trinity Acquisition on Hong Kong and US law....
On 2 September 2021, President Xi Jinping announced the establishment of the Beijing Stock Exchange (BSE) in his speech at the Global Trade in Services Summit of the China International Fair for Trade in Services, with the aim of supporting...
Bangladesh’s public-private partnership (PPP) project, the Dhaka Bypass Expressway, is invested, built and operated by Sichuan Road & Bridge and two local companies in Bangladesh through the jointly established Dhaka Bypass Expressway Development. It is designed to expand Dhaka...
Current events dictate that ESG considerations are increasing in importance for companies as well as regulators, warns Ashutosh Senger, lead counsel at Florence Capital
The challenges faced by societies due to the pandemic and the climate crisis have reinforced the...
Dua Associates advised Hughes Communications India, a subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems, in its joint venture with Bharti Airtel to combine their VSAT (very small aperture terminal) satellite operations in India. AZB & Partners advised Bharti Airtel.
The closing of...
Khaitan & Co advised Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed Osaka Gas in its USD120 million investment, along with JOIN (Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport & Urban Development), in AG&P CGD HoldCo SPV3 (Singapore) ‒ AG&P City Gas ‒ which...
JSA advised Honasa Consumer, which operates as Mamaearth and The Derma Company, in its INR2.84 billion (USD37 million) series F equity fundraise led by an affiliate of Sequoia Capital.
AZB & Partners advised the affiliate, Sequoia Capital Growth Fund III...
The object of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) is to maximise the asset value of the corporate debtor while protecting and balancing the interests of all stakeholders. The IBC discourages individual actions for enforcement and endeavours to...
The convergence of human interaction in digital lives through the metaverse creates a harmonious virtual community, but how will this evolution cope with disputes and challenges brought by trademarks and patents from the real world?
The concept of the metaverse...
