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Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) advised Nextbillion Technology, which operates as Groww, on its INR1.75 billion (USD23.9 million) acquisition of Indiabulls Housing Finance’s mutual fund business, which comprises Indiabulls Asset Management Company and Indiabulls Trustee Company. Kaushik Mukherjee, president of legal...
Strategies for privatisation of listed companies, 漫谈上市公司私有化策略, Jo Lit and Kristen Kwok, Walkers

Strategies for privatisation of listed companies

By Jo Lit and Kristen Kwok, Walkers
Recently, there has been an upward trend in the number of privatisation projects announced in the market. With the price-earnings (P/E) ratio of the Hang Seng Index at a 10-year low due to the covid-19 epidemic, and the global...
Legal due diligence before equity investment, 股权投资阶段,如何做好法律尽职调查, Cai Zongxiu, AnJie Law Firm

Legal due diligence before equity investment

By Cai Zongxiu, AnJie Law Firm 
The main operation procedure of private equity investment funds is “fundraising-investment-management-exit”. In the investment process, there are problems of information asymmetry, and passive response, or even intentional concealment of the true situation, by the invested party, which adds hidden...
Cross-border funds and their legal risks, 跨境基金的法律风险提示 , Ran Lu and Yuan Shiye, Han Kun Law Offices

Cross-border funds and their legal risks

By Ran Lu and Yuan Shiye, Han Kun Law Offices
Issues related to the tax residency of fund managers and individual round-trip investments may impose additional tax burdens on investors  Based on our observations of the PE market in the past two years, the growing prevalence of Chinese fund managers...
SPACS and traditional IPOs- an offshore perspective, 从离岸视角看SPAC交易与传统IPO, Anthony McKenzie, Carey Olsen

SPACs and traditional IPOs: an offshore perspective

By Anthony McKenzie, Carey Olsen
Offshore jurisdictions have long been a popular choice as listing vehicles and feature prominently on more than 20 exchanges worldwide.  On the leading US and Asian exchanges, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Bermuda companies are the offshore heavyweights,...
News report referring to trademark not wrongful use, Manisha Singh and Malyashree Sridharan, LexOrbis

News report referring to trademark not wrongful use

By Manisha Singh and Malyashree Sridharan, LexOrbis
In Prateek Chandragupt Goyal v State of Maharashtra and Ors, the Bombay High Court set aside a first information report (FIR) filed by the Sakal Media Group with the police against a journalist at an online news portal Newslaundry...
Defences of public interest in patent infringement, DPS Parmar, LexOrbis

Defences of public interest in patent infringement

By DPS Parmar, LexOrbis
The second onslaught of covid-19 infections finds generic drug manufacturers putting patented drugs onto the market, hoping that courts will not grant temporary injunctions because of the importance of public interest. The Delhi High Court in Bayer v Cipla,...
Role Banking Lawyer | UK Firm | Hong Kong | 2-4 PQE Location Hong Kong Job Description A top UK firm is currently looking to add a mid-level banking lawyer to its team in Hong Kong. Candidates must have excellent experience in general banking...
Role DCM Associate | UK Firm | Hong Kong | 2-4 PQE Location Hong Kong Job Description A top UK firm is seeking a DCM lawyer to join its Hong Kong office. Candidates must be qualified in a common law jurisdiction and Chinese language...
Role Banking Lawyer | UK law firm | Hong Kong | 2-3 PQE Location Hong Kong Job Description A well-known international law firm is looking for a junior associate to join its banking and finance team in it’s Hong Kong office. The role will...
Role Legal Counsel, Capital Markets (2-4 PQE) - 16499/VTA Location Hong Kong, China Job Description Are you a capital markets lawyer looking for a challenging and dynamic role at a marketing leading business? This Legal Counsel role is an excellent opportunity to join an...
Role Partner, Patent Litigation (7+ PQE) - 16498/VTA Location Beijing, China Job Description Our client houses one of the most experienced China law practices of any top-tier international law firm and is currently looking to recruit a Patent Litigation Partner to join their Beijing...
Role Junior Partner, M&A (7+ PQE) - 16496/VTA Location Beijing, China Job Description Join one of the most elite international law firms in China! Our client is consistently globally ranked in the M&A/corporate area. You will be part of an investing, growing practice with...
When setting up a new JV is material asset reorganisation, 与他人新设企业构成重大资产重组的认定标准, Zheng Xiao and Yin Wen, Grandway Law Offices

When setting up a new JV is material asset reorganisation

By Zheng Xiao and Yin Wen, Grandway Law Offices
Listed companies often integrate resources by establishing new joint ventures in order to maintain competitiveness, which may lead to substantive changes in their main business, assets and revenue. When the establishment of new joint ventures falls into the scope...
Blind spots and remedies for defective corporate resolution, 点亮瑕疵公司决议救济途径盲区, Lu Yiying and Pan Hao, Tiantai Law Firm

Blind spots and remedies for defective corporate resolution

By Lu Yiying and Pan Hao, Blossom & Credit
When a company resolution – which reflects the will of the company as a legal person – is defective in terms of procedure or content, and does not accurately and completely reflect the true intent of the legal person,...
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (SAM) advised NSE and BSE-listed chemicals manufacturer Rossari Biotech in its recent acquisition of Unitop Chemicals. Khaitan & Co advised Unitop Chemicals and its promoters. The INR4.21 billion (USD57.6 million) acquisition, which was announced on...
Khaitan & Co advised EverEnviro Resource Management when it acquired the entire waste management business of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS), consisting of IL&FS Environmental Infrastructure & Services (IEISL), along with its subsidiaries Dakshin Dilli Swachh Initiatives, Swayam...
Setting up a family trust in Hong Kong, 如何在香港设立家族信托, Rossana Chu and Jacky Chan, LC Lawyersvideo

Setting up a family trust in Hong Kong

By Rossana Chu and Jacky Chan, LC Lawyers
As wealth management and family offices are attracting more attention, Hong Kong has become a popular place to set up trusts for families, especially those from mainland China. This article explains how a trust works and why it may...
Asia Business Law Journal reveals the country’s leading private practice lawyers. Putro Harnowo reports View the A-List Following the pandemic’s heavy blow, Indonesia is making a comeback with supportive fiscal stimulus and a recovery based on domestic demand and businesses that...
Role Senior Corporate Associate / Legal Director / Special Counsel | 6+ PQE | Shanghai / Beijing / Chongqing Location Shanghai / Beijing / Chongqing Job Description A global law firm is looking to add a senior corporate lawyer in its PRC offices in...
Role Paralegal/International Associate, REITs (2+ PQE) - 16494/VTA Location Hong Kong, China Job Description Are you looking to join an AmLaw 100 firm, which has increased gross revenue despite Covid-19? Do you have previous Hong Kong IPO and public M&A experience? Then look no...
Role Corporate Partner (8+ yrs PQE) - 16495/VTA Location Hanoi, Vietnam Job Description We are currently partnering with a US law firm looking for a Corporate Partner to join their rapidly growing offices in Vietnam, a key to the firm’s success in Asia. This...
The legal industry is grappling with lagging productivity, increased competition for core services from new alternative providers, accelerated deadlines, intensifying client demands, increasing complexity and budget constraints.  The traditional models of delivering legal services just don’t seem to make the...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has signed the Job Creation Law (commonly known as the Omnibus Law) on 2 November 2020 to attract investment, create jobs and stimulate the economy by simplifying the licensing process and harmonising various laws and...
The conundrum regarding the limitation period of filing an appeal under section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, seems to have been demystified with the Supreme Court’s verdict in the matter of Government of Maharashtra v M/s...
Allen & Overy rearranged its India leadership team on 25 May with the appointment of Sheila Ahuja and Pallavi Gopinath Aney as joint chairs for the country. Ahuja, who has been leading the India arbitration practice for the firm, has...
In a recent press release, Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published details, frequently asked questions, and application forms for the new grant scheme to subsidise the expenses incurred by open-ended fund companies (OFCs) successfully incorporated in, or re-domiciled to, Hong Kong.  Subject...
Boardroom battles are becoming more common in Hong Kong, particularly in a listed company context. A boardroom can be a place where individuals with the best intentions for a company can exchange views, but it can also be a...
Since 1 February 2000, enforcement of arbitral awards between the mainland and Hong Kong has been governed by a separate arrangement, which has successfully provided an effective mechanism of enforcing awards between the two jurisdictions. On 27 November 2020, a...
Sellers beware of your contractual obligations, 国际贸易中卖方未按约投保的法律责任

Sellers beware of your contractual obligations

By Shen Bin, No.2 Case Management Department;Zou Rui, Shanghai International Arbitration Centre
The claimant (a Chinese company) and the respondent (an English company) entered into a purchase order on 20 March 2018, agreeing that the claimant would purchase 42 tons of methyl methacrylate from the respondent for US$88,200 (21 tons of...
In recent years, issues related to investment arbitration reform have attracted widespread discussion. One such issue is the establishment of an appeal mechanism for investment arbitration. There is no doubt that the establishment of an appeal mechanism is a...
Cryptocurrencies unchainedvideo

Cryptocurrencies unchained?

By Anu Tiwari and Anindita Bhowmik, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas; Rajiv Luthra and Anirudh Gotety, L&L Partners
Since the Supreme Court overturned India's ban on cryptocurrencies, trading volumes have increased exponentially and home-grown crypto startups have blossomed. But the government has yet to establish a regulatory regime, and reports of another ban and the launch of...
Role International Legal Consultant (1-3 PQE) - 16483/VTA Location Beijing/Shanghai/Hong Kong, China Job Description Our client, a Hong Kong capital markets team spread across Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, is seeking a 1-3 PQE International Legal Consultant to supplement a thriving operation. The team...
Role Associate, White Collar (4-6 PQE) - 16476/VTA Location Beijing, China Job Description Are you a Mandarin-speaking mid-level White Collar Associate looking for a chance to enhance your legal career in a White Shoe law firm? Our client, a global top-ranked practice, is looking...
Role Junior Project Finance Associate | Beijing | 1-2 Years Location Beijing Job Description An international law firm is looking to add a junior lawyer for its expanding energy team in Beijing. The role will offer international exposure in relation to project finance and...
Role US Capital Markets Staff Attorney | Beijing / Hong Kong | 0-3 Years Location Beijing / Hong Kong Job Description A top US law firm is urgently looking to add a US capital markets staff attorney for its Beijing / Hong Kong office....
Role Derivatives Lawyer | Global Bank | Hong Kong | 3-8PQE Location Hong Kong Job Description A global bank is seeking an experienced derivatives lawyer to join its legal team in Hong Kong. Candidates must have relevant experience in advising on derivatives-related matters. Experience...
Role Associate Legal Counsel | Financial Technology | Singapore | 2-4 PQE Location Singapore Job Description This is a Singapore-based opportunity, to join the global legal team as part of a US financial technology company. Working closely with the Head of Legal and key...
Role Commercial Legal Counsel (6 Month Contract) | Hong Kong | 8+ PQE Location Hong Kong Job Description A Hong Kong based US international executive search company is looking for a lawyer to join on a 6 month contract. Advising the company in connection...
Role Litigation PSL | Part time | Hong Kong Location Hong Kong Job Description Unique opportunity to join a top tier UK firm in a PSL / Knowledge position supporting their litigation team on a part time basis. Traditional PSL functions, to include creating...
The government has allowed the private sector to step in and vaccinate staff. Pharma legal expert Shantanu Mukherjee and co-author Sampreetha Kumar explain how to navigate setting up a vaccination facility for your employees Policy revised The government revised its vaccination...
1 January 2021 was a significant date in the development of China’s legal system, as it was on this date that the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China came into effect, repealing various laws including the Contract...
Compliance and risk prevention for VAM clauses, 对赌条款的合理设置与风险防范, Tang Sulan, East & Concord Partners 

Compliance and risk prevention for VAM clauses

By Tang Sulan, East & Concord Partners 
With M&A transactions typically involving equity investments, investors are increasingly entering into valuation adjustment mechanisms (VAMs) to reduce their risks and recover returns. The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) on 8 November 2019 released its Minutes of the National Work...
Fighting fund

Fighting fund

Litigation financing has found favour in developed markets, but Asian jurisdictions remain guarded. With Hong Kong and Singapore leading the way, will others follow? Putro Harnowo reports Earlier this year, the Cayman Islands gazetted its long awaited Private Funding of...
Avoiding pitfalls in appointment versus employment, 董监高聘任关系与劳动关系处理, Wen Junqi and Wu Xing, DOCVIT Law Firm

Avoiding pitfalls in appointment versus employment

By Wen Junqi and Wu Xing, DOCVIT Law Firm
The particularity of the duties of directors, supervisors and officers, and their close connection with a company’s business activities, mean there exists both appointment as well as employment relationships between most domestic limited liability companies and their directors, supervisors...
Role Mid-level US Capital Markets Associate | Hong Kong | 3-6 Years Location Hong Kong Job Description An international law firm is actively looking for a mid-level US capital markets lawyer in Hong Kong. The ideal candidate should have a US LLM/JD from a...

Customs compliance under Export Control Law

By Jia Xiaoning and Ning Jing, AllBright Law Offices 
With the promulgation and implementation of the Export Control Law, the state export control authority, customs and other authorities will further clarify their division of responsibilities, refine their law enforcement procedures and criteria, and then revise and issue related...
Reducing risks of commercial libel in letters to cease infringement, 制止侵权函相关商业诋毁风险控制, Frank Liu, Shanghai Pacific Legal

Reducing risks of commercial libel in letters to cease infringement

By Frank Liu, Shanghai Pacific Legal
Sending a lawyer’s letter or company letter to cease infringement is one of the common means used by an IP rights holder to defend its rights. However, in recent years, in certain cases there have been instances where the...
Trust structures from an FDI perspective, Harish Kumar and Itee Singhal, L&L Partners

Trust structures from an FDI perspective

By Harish Kumar and Itee Singhal, L&L Partners
Trust structures are increasingly gaining popularity for wealth and succession planning in India where most businesses are family driven. Increased global business opportunities have led business families, particularly the younger generations, to migrate and obtain residential status in foreign...
China Business Law Journal

Into the limelight

From the latest market trends to the top law firms in the market, this issue pushes some hot issues and some of the hottest practices onto centre stage. First, we turn to the current boom concerning special purpose acquisition...
Role Senior Legal Counsel, Retail (8+ PQE) - CN212/VTA Location Shanghai, China Job Description A global reputable retail group is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to support all corporate legal matters in China on a base of Shanghai. You will act as the...
Role Litigation Lawyer | International law firm | 2-5PQE Location Hong Kong Job Description An international law firm's renowned dispute resolution practice seeks a junior to mid level dispute resolution associate with experience in dealing with cross-border dispute and compliance investigation matters. The ideal...
Role Corporate M&A | International firm | Hong Kong Location Hong Kong Job Description An international firm is looking to hire an additional corporate associate to their team. Candidates will have the opportunity to work on venture capital/private equity, M&A, joint ventures, debt capital...
Ascertaining impact of IBC’s section 32A on criminal proceedings, Sonam Gupta and Anurag Tandon, Bharucha & Partners

Ascertaining impact of IBC’s section 32A on criminal proceedings

By Sonam Gupta and Anurag Tandon, Bharucha & Partners
The Insolvency Law Committee (committee), in its third report, recommended that section 32A be inserted into the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (code). This granted immunity to the corporate debtor and its property from any action under penal laws...
Nicholas Peacock, the former head of the India disputes practice at Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), has left the firm after 14 years to join Bird & Bird.  Peacock joins the firm as partner and head of the London arbitration group....
Remfry & Sagar has opened an office in Mumbai in the upscale Nariman Point area, motivated by the increasing amount of litigation work carried out in the city.  “Many of our clients have their headquarters in Mumbai,” said Ashwin Julka, the managing...
Investment and M&A modes in the senior care industry, 养老产业投资并购模式简析, Cindy Hu and Yang Jiaxin, East & Concord Partners

Investment and M&A modes in the senior care industry

By Cindy Hu and Yang Jiaxin, East & Concord Partners
Since the release of Several Opinions on Accelerating the Development of the Elderly Service Industry, policies towards the senior-care sector have continued to be positive. An aging population and the severe undersupply in the growing market for healthy aging...
Risky share swaps useful to fund cross-border activity, Natasha Mahajan and Vineetha Stephen, Samvad Partners

Risky share swaps useful to fund cross-border activity

By Natasha Mahajan and Vineetha Stephen, Samvad Partners
As the Indian start-up ecosystem matures, there’s a growing trend among companies in cutting-edge industries to access new technologies, recruit the best talent and gain market share and advantage by buying global offshore businesses. Lack of liquidity or pressure...
women lawyers

Gender in justice

Our collection of top women lawyers across Asia share their personal stories of success, strategy, struggle and loss, all towards a more inclusive legal profession. Putro Harnowo reports The legal profession has long been subject to criticism for an entrenched...
Role Technology IP / IT Associate |Top International Firm | Hong Kong | 2-4 PQE Location Hong Kong Job Description A top tier international firm is looking to add a Junior IP / IT lawyer to its team. Ideally this lawyer will have a...
Role Transactional Tech / IP /IT Associate | Top UK Firm | Hong Kong | 4-6 PQE Location Hong Kong Job Description A top tier UK firm is looking to add a IP / IT focused lawyer, with experience in dealing with a mix...
Reform agenda on the cards in new electricity policy, Mani Gupta and Vedant Kumar, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

Reform agenda on the cards in new electricity policy

By Mani Gupta and Vedant Kumar, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors
The Ministry of Power has initiated the process for a new national electricity policy (NEP). The Electricity Act, 2003 (act), requires that the government prepares, revises and reviews the NEP. The policy was notified in 2005. The draft policy...
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Controlling litigation risks for SPACs, SPAC交易相关的诉讼风险管控

Controlling litigation risks for SPACs

By Brian Cochran, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
Blank cheque companies have been around for decades, falling in and out of fashion along with various boom-and-bust cycles. After facilitating a series of penny-stock scams in the 1980s, regulators and legislators enacted tougher rules designed to protect investors...
SPACed-out

SPAC invaders

Asia is losing out to the US as its tech giants are wooed by sponsors to list in the US. Can the region’s markets move quickly enough to keep their unicorns and ride the SPAC wave? Freny Patel reports The...
Secured creditors not always financial creditors, Karthik Somasundram and Sneha Jaisingh, Bharucha & Partners

Secured creditors not always financial creditors

By Karthik Somasundram, Sneha Jaisingh and Alabh Lal, Bharucha & Partners
In Phoenix Arc Pvt Ltd v Ketulbhai Ramubhai Patel, the issue before the Supreme Court was whether a person holding a security interest over the assets of a corporate debtor in respect of the debt of a third party...
InvITs continue to evolve in infrastructure M&A, Jay Gandhi and Abhishek Parekh, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

InvITs continue to evolve in infrastructure M&A

By Jay Gandhi and Abhishek Parekh, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
The infrastructure sector has seen much M&A and private equity activity in recent years. While some sub-sectors have contracted due to the pandemic with a consequent slowdown in M&As, others such as renewable energy have continued to show considerable...
RBI bats for full interoperability for pre-paid instruments, Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia and Himanshu Malhotra, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

RBI bats for full interoperability for pre-paid instruments

By Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia and Himanshu Malhotra, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 May 2021 issued a notification prescribing guidelines for mandatory interoperability for full KYC pre-paid payment instruments (PPIs). The notification is in line with the announcement by the RBI on 7 April...
Legal effects of non-competition trigger clauses, 竞业限制启动条款的效力分析, Leo Yu and Gao Ying, Jingtian & Gongcheng

Legal effects of non-competition trigger clauses

By Leo Yu and Gao Ying, Jingtian & Gongcheng
With increasingly fierce competition for talent, many enterprises have agreed with their employees on “non-competition trigger clauses”, meaning that enterprises are entitled to unilaterally determine whether to require employees to perform their non-competition obligations. As a result, various types...
Allen & Overy rearranged its India leadership team on 25 May with the appointment of Sheila Ahuja and Pallavi Gopinath Aney as joint chairs for the country. Ahuja, who has been leading the India arbitration practice for the firm, has...
Managers take note of Hong Kong employment law updates, 香港雇佣法律最新情况, Rossana Chu and Jacky Chan, LC Lawyers

Managers take note of Hong Kong employment law updates

By Rossana Chu and Jacky Chan, LC Lawyers
Employment laws are constantly changing and becoming more complex. This article highlights updates that are relevant to Hong Kong employers. Court case decisions are used because they are part of the law under the common law system of Hong Kong. Bonus...
Concerns on purchases of foreclosed properties, 法拍物业收购关注要点, Xu Bangwei and Yang Hui, Jingtian & Gongcheng

Concerns on purchases of foreclosed properties

By Xu Bangwei and Yang Hui, Jingtian & Gongcheng
The starting price of a foreclosed property is discounted based on the market appraisal price, which can create relatively higher returns for investors, and the purchases of foreclosed properties have gradually become one of the strategies for investment in...
Role Corporate Counsel | Investment Bank | Hong Kong | 3-5 PQE Location Hong Kong Job Description This established investment bank is looking to add a junior corporate counsel to its team in Hong Kong. Candidates should have solid mix of corporate regulatory experience....
Lalit Maheshwari, a retired member of the Indian Police Services, has joined Capstone Legal to head its white-collar crime and corporate fraud practice in Rajasthan state. During his career with the police, Maheshwari held the position of deputy inspector general...
IndusLaw advised NSE India and BSE-listed Affle (India) on its recent ₹6 billion (US$81.7 million) qualified institutional placement (QIP), while J Sagar Associates (JSA) and Duane Morris & Selvam advised the three book running lead managers in the deal. The...
Standing bodies as a model for REIT governance, 设立日常机构实现公募 REITs 基金治理, Matthew Ching and Wang Zida, Jingtian & Gongcheng

Standing bodies as a model for REIT governance

By Matthew Ching and Wang Zida, Jingtian & Gongcheng
The steady progress of infrastructure public REITs has seen an increase in demand from original equity holders to take part in fund governance as strategic investors. With this in mind, revisiting the establishment of a standing body as an optional means...
Time to learn, unlearn and relearn NBFC resolutions, Veena Sivaramakrishnan and Soummo Biswas, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Time to learn, unlearn and relearn NBFC resolutions

By Veena Sivaramakrishnan and Soummo Biswas, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) in India have been quite mysterious in their existence, and remain regulated with a comparatively soft touch. They sustain mainly by financing the mid-segment and are regularly checked by the regulator for fit and proper...
Trilegal and DLA Piper advised HCL Technologies and its subsidiary, HCL America, in its recent USD500 million overseas bond offering, which had the highest rated credit from India to date. Talwar Thakore & Associates and Linklaters advised the joint bookrunners...
Examining the draft pricing strategy for renewables in Indonesia, 印度尼西亚可再生能源最新定价策略, Bill Sullivan, Christian Teo & Partners and Wang Jihong, Zhong Lun Law Firm

Examining the draft pricing strategy for renewables in Indonesia

By Bill Sullivan, Christian Teo & Partners and Wang Jihong, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Indonesia’s renewable energy resources comprise solar, wind, hydro, biomass, biogas, city waste, geothermal, tidal and liquid biofuel energy. Potential investors have long hoped for a new regulatory framework that includes feed-in tariff arrangements for renewable energy resources. They believe...
Linklaters has appointed Hong Kong-based capital markets partner William Liu as Asia managing partner for four years from 1 June 2021. Liu will succeed banking partner Nathalie Hobbs in Hong Kong, who has completed her term. He was previously the head...
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Role Mid-senior | Government enforcement | Regulatory compliance lawyer Job Description A leading Chinese law firm is urgently looking for a Mid-senior level government enforcement, regulatory compliance lawyer to join its busy team in Beijing. In this role, you will work with...
Role Capital Markets Legal Manager | Beijing / Hong Kong | 1-2 Years Location Beijing / Hong Kong Job Description A US law firm is actively looking for a capital markets legal manager to be based in Beijing or Hong Kong. This role will...
Role Mid-Level M&A/PE Associate | Beijing / Hong Kong | 4-6 PQE Job Description Great opportunity for a mid-level corporate lawyer to work for a top US law firm in its Beijing or Hong Kong office. The role will offer the opportunity...
Role US M&A Associate | US Firm | Hong Kong | 3+ Years Location Hong Kong Job Description A top US firm is seeking a mid-level M&A associate to join its Hong Kong office. Candidates must have relevant experience in M&A and US securities...
Mood-indigo

Mood indigo

By Pallavi Shroff, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Soli Sorabjee was equally passionate about the law and jazz, but the latter harnessed his spirit, writes Pallavi Shroff My earliest memory of Soli Sorabjee is from the 1960s, in Ahmedabad, where my father was posted as a judge. Soli...
Legal fraternity mourns colleagues taken by covid_cover image-01

In memoriam

A lethal second wave of covid-19 is ravaging India and the legal fraternity has not escaped its wrath. Many lawyers have fallen ill with this more aggressive variant of the virus. Sadly, several have succumbed, leaving in their wake...
How factors with recourse can exercise their rights under Civil Code, 民法典施行,有追索权的保理人将如何行权, Yang Guang and He Yanmei, Lantai Partners

How factors with recourse can exercise their rights under Civil Code

By Yang Guang and He Yanmei, Lantai Partners
A special chapter of book three, “Contracts” of the Civil Code, provides explicit stipulations on factoring contracts, upgrading them to the category of nominate contracts. Most factoring business in China is factoring with recourse.  According to article 766 of the...
在公司决议纠纷中股东压迫的认定规则, Rules to determine shareholder oppression, Yang Chaonan and He Jiaxin, ETR Law Firm

Rules to determine shareholder oppression

By Yang Chaonan and He Jiaxin, ETR Law Firm
Shareholder oppression describes a situation where majority stakeholders use their position to exclude and take advantage of other shareholders to prevent them from properly participating in the management of a business, or from receiving a reasonable return on investment...
Role Co-Head of Business Development, APAC - 16452/VTA Location Hong Kong, China Job Description Our client, a top-tier international law firm, is seeking an experienced business development professional to help continue driving their growth strategy across the Asia Pacific markets. You will have the...
Role Shipping Litigator | International law firm | 3+ PQE Location Hong Kong Job Description An international law firm with renowned shipping litigation team currently seeks a litigator to join its team. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of solid shipping...
Role Litigation Counsel / Partner | Shanghai | 8 PQE + Location Shanghai Job Description Leading offshore law firm is actively looking for a litigation counsel or partner for its Shanghai office. Candidates should have solid experience handling litigation matters ideally in cross-border cases...
April saw law firms announce promotions across levels to foster the next generation of leaders and reward the hard work of their lawyers. This coincides with the start of the financial year, when new budgets are announced. The following...
押注-SPAC热潮,-MARKET-SPACulation

Market SPACulation

Chinese companies have been at the forefront of the SPAC wave in the US, but geopolitics is pointing to a possible pivot to Asia. However, shifting market dynamics may be a spanner in the SPAC works. Freny Patel reports The...
Thai law firm Kudun and Partners advised property developer Assetwise’s business restructuring and THB1.28 billion (US$40.7 million) IPO on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). The company’s share price jumped 20% on debut. The Bangkok-based firm also represented construction company...
Cognex Asia team reveals anti-piracy strategies

Pirate hunters

Protecting high-end industrial software against pirates requires strategy. Lack of precedents, in terms of investigation and enforcement, and the sly nature of infringement operations make them hard to detect. Mary Yang, head of Legal Services, and Jessica Fan, principal...
The role of offshore in Chinese SPAC transactions, Matt Roberts, Maples Group

The role of offshore in Chinese SPAC transactions

By Matt Roberts, Maples Group
Amid the current wave of publicity surrounding deals involving Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) and the explosion in popularity for utilisation of SPACs for equity capital market transactions among institutional and retail investors alike, the Maples Group has continued...
Discover our other annual awards Award Vandana Chatlani reports India has faced a terrible year battling the covid-19 pandemic. Companies and law firm offices shut shop. Homes were turned into work spaces, and lawyers relied on technology to stay connected. Investments in...
Role Knowledge Lawyer/PSL | Corporate | Hong Kong Location Hong Kong Job Description An international firm is looking to hire a knowledge lawyer for their corporate team. Excellent opportunity for senior lawyers with experience in IPO, M&A and ongoing compliance practices and solid knowledge...
Role PE Partner | Hong Kong / China | 12 - 20 Years Location Hong Kong / China Job Description Our client is a well-known law firm with strong presence in Hong Kong and Greater China, and it is now looking for a partner...
Role M&A / PE Associate| International Law Firm | Hong Kong | 4-9 PQE Location Hong Kong Job Description This well-known international law firm is looking for a mid-senior M&A/PE lawyer as they grow out their Hong Kong team. Candidates must have strong drafting...
Role Compliance Manager, Portfolio - 16455/VTA Location Guangzhou, China Job Description This Hong Kong prestigious organization is looking to add a Portfolio Compliance Manager to its legal team based in Guangzhou to preserve its reputation and integrity. You will provide compliance advice and support...
Role Senior Compliance & Regulatory Manager - 16458/VTA Location Guangzhou, China Job Description Our client, Hong Kong’s prestigious organization, has a requirement for a Senior Compliance and Regulatory Manager to join its Guangzhou office to ensure its operations comply with all legal and regulatory...
Star upgrades innovation attribute assessment system, 科创板科创属性评价体系再升级

Star upgrades innovation attribute assessment system

By Daniel Liu, Commerce & Finance Law Offices
To attract more innovative businesses to the Star Market, regulators raised the threshold for issuers and introduced a negative list that restricts fintech ventures and prohibits real estate companies Since the launch of the Science and Technology Innovation Board (Star Market),...
Austria is the EU partnership model after Brexit, Gautam Khurana, India Law Offices and Markus Leitner, Austria-based firm Leitner & Hirth

Austria is the EU partnership model after Brexit

By Gautam Khurana, India Law Offices and Markus Leitner, Leitner & Hirth
The European Union has been one of India’s biggest trading partners. Investors and small and medium enterprises from the EU have proved loyal partners for companies over many decades. Market entry and expansion between the regions, however, has been...
Factors when drafting arbitration clauses in commercial contracts, Manoj Kumar, Hammurabi & Solomon

Factors when drafting arbitration clauses in commercial contracts

By Manoj Kumar, Hammurabi & Solomon
In the recent case of PASL Wind Solutions Pvt Ltd v GE Power Conversion India Pvt Ltd, the Supreme Court allowed two Indian parties to elect a foreign seat of arbitration and clarified that the arbitral award was to...
JunHe has recruited Qiao Zheyuan as a partner in its Hong Kong office. She focuses on banking and finance, capital markets and outbound investment. Qiao has experience advising international banks, funds, Chinese financial institutions in Hong Kong and fintech companies...
Gibson Dunn has hired a financial services regulatory team from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) led by partner William Hallatt and comprising associates Emily Rumble, Becky Chung and Arnold Pun, all of whom are based in Hong Kong. Hallatt has more...
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has appointed Nanda Lau, a partner in the firm’s Shanghai office, as head of corporate in China. The appointment is from 1 May 2021. Lau has led HSF in Shanghai since 2016. She provides legal services...
Han Kun Law Offices has strengthened its compliance and antitrust practice with strategic appointments in Beijing and Shanghai. Han Kun’s Beijing office added antitrust partner Angus Xie, who has more than 10 years of experience in antitrust and competition law,...
Fangda Partners announced the launch of its private wealth management practice with the addition of Jane Ren as head of the practice and partner in the firm’s Shanghai office. Ren focuses on providing cross-border estate and succession planning for ultra-high...
Llinks Law Offices has recruited partner Steven Wang to join the firm’s Shanghai office to expand its financial services practice and enhance its private wealth management practice. Wang has experience in providing services to high-net-worth individuals, including private and family...
Troubled MSMEs thrown a lifeline with pre-pack resolutions, Satish Anand Sharma and Anshita Gupta, SNG & Partners 

Troubled MSMEs thrown a lifeline with pre-pack resolutions

By Satish Anand Sharma and Anshita Gupta, SNG & Partners 
The long-awaited Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021, (ordinance) has amended the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (code), with the aim of reviving micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). The ordinance has inserted section 54A into the code,...
Tian Yuan Law Firm has added three new partners – Wang Wei, Zeng Wenwen and Ke Xiang – as well as their own teams to its Beijing office to strengthen its private equity, entertainment law, digital economy and compliance,...
Role Marketing Manager - 16457/VTA Location Hong Kong, China Job Description A highly regarded Hong Kong boutique law firm is seeking a Marketing Manager to bolster their existing team. They are looking for a tech-savvy legal marketing professional to play an integral role in...
Role Data Protection Officer - CN211/VTA Location Shanghai, China Job Description We are delighted to be working with a world’s luxury automobile marque that has a requirement for a Data Protection Officer in Shanghai. This influential role sites as part of their compliance ethics...
panacea or problem

Panacea or problem?

SPACS have generated tremendous interest in India, but are these re-emerging investment tools really a practical alternative to IPOs and a panacea for reviving capital markets? And just how tightly should they be regulated? Freny Patel reports Flipkart, Policybazaar, Zomato,...
Recognising reality is the oxygen of governing, Arjun Krishnamoorthy, J Sagar Associates

Ins and outs of laws on oxygen and right to life

By Arjun Krishnamoorthy, J Sagar Associates
The quote “Liquid isko jeene nahin dega aur oxygen isko marne nahin dega” (The liquid won’t let him live; the oxygen won’t let him die) has been famously associated with iconic screen actor Ajit. It recognized the importance of...
Outbound investment - Clifford Chance advised Chinese state-owned mining company Wanbao Mining

Outbound investment

Clifford Chance advised Chinese state-owned mining company Wanbao Mining in its partnership with Moroccan mining company, Managem, to develop a gold mining project in Sudan. Sudan is one of the largest gold producers in Africa. The partnership will help increase...

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