Asia Business Law Journal names the top law firms in the Philippines. Byung Jin Park and Miran Lim report
The Philippine government is making several legislative efforts to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI). These reforms are expected to improve...
In the field of intellectual property, conflicts frequently arise between the transfer of ownership and licensing. A common situation occurs when a rights owner, before transferring ownership, has already licensed those rights to another party for use or exploitation.
Under...
SEBI’s settlement framework incentivises fund managers to raise their hands early in case of compliance missteps
The regulatory landscape for India’s funds industry has undergone significant transformation in the past decade. Regulations continue to evolve at a rapid pace and the...
For law firms, they are the backbone supporting business operations; for enterprises, they are a trusted guiding force. Jeffrey Huang reports
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Halim Hong & Quek (HHQ) has hired Siva Kumar Kanagasabai as a senior partner and head of the Malysian firm’s dispute resolution practice to further strengthen its capabilities in this area.
“The appointment of Kumar reflects a deliberate strategic decision...
This column discusses a rule under English common law that applies in the context of cross-border insolvency proceedings: the so-called immovables rule. Cross-border insolvency occurs when a company or individual enters insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings in one jurisdiction and...
Knowledge Atlas (also known as Zhipu) debuted on the HKEX main board on 8 January, becoming the world’s first listed company whose core business focuses on general-purpose large language models (LLMs). Linklaters, Tian Yuan Law Firm, Bayfront Law, King...
Sexual harassment is a widespread concern and serious issue in the workplace, obliging employers to investigate promptly and take decisive action addressing cases to ensure a safe environment for all employees.
Recognising the critical role that employers play in the...
GC Atindra Nath Basu writes that a quiet transformation in corporate governance can occur at promoter-led and unlisted enterprises if systems of accountability are set up to ensure it
Promoter or founder-controlled enterprises, whether in India, South Korea, Europe or...
When a debtor enters bankruptcy proceedings and a shareholder is found to have defects in capital increase while unable to make up the shortfall, creditors can only satisfy their claims by asking other shareholders to bear joint and several...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued an amendment to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Merchant Bankers) Regulations, 1992 to better regulate the increasing scope of activities of merchant banks. The amended rules outline...
Bright Scholar Education Holdings, whose owners include the founding family of property developer Country Garden, has recently completed its privatisation and delisted from the NYSE. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Baker McKenzie, FenXun Partners, Conyers Dill & Pearman, King &...
Insilico Medicine, an AI-driven drug discovery and development company, successfully listed on the HKEX main board on 30 December 2025. Davis Polk, Jingtian & Gongcheng, Walkers, Cooley and Commerce & Finance Law Offices advised on the transaction.
Raising total proceeds...
The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) has appointed Jocelyn Heng as its new managing counsel, with her tenure commencing on 12 January 2026.
In her role, Heng will lead the arbitration team and oversee case management. She will also...
Due diligence teams work tirelessly to prevent problems, foresee issues and, where necessary, administer a pound of cure. Manokamana reports
In the world of legal transactions and deals, ensuring every detail and process is sound, thorough and without any error...
Companies that have long wrestled with cross-border disputes may find relief in a revised Law that seeks to rebrand China as a trusted resolution forum. Claire Zhao reports
Holding a binding Chinese arbitral award, yet finding it stuck in limbo...
India’s Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has revised the mandatory know-your-customer (KYC) requirements for company directors, changing it from annually to once every three years and will take effect on 31 March 2026.
The change has been introduced after recommendations...
Simmons & Simmons has added Michelle Phang as a partner and head of its M&A for Southeast Asia to strengthen the firm’s foothold in the region.
“With Michelle on board, we aim to further develop relationships with clients in...
Country Garden’s USD17.7 billion offshore debt restructuring took effect on 30 December 2025, making it one of the largest Chinese restructurings to date in terms of offshore debt size, as well as the number and diversity of creditors. Linklaters,...
Wei Lee Lim has taken charge of Harneys’ dispute resolution practice in Singapore, effective 2 January 2026, marking the third addition to the firm’s Asia-based resolution team.
Her appointment follows the recent recruitment of Ilona Groark (November 2025) and Ben...
Zeeshan Khan has joined Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India as a partner in the firm’s banking and finance practice, and will be based in Mumbai.
Khan will work closely with senior partner Girish Rawat, supporting the firm’s growth in...
The Japan In-House Counsel Network (JICN) has appointed Akiko Kikuchi, general counsel at Novo Nordisk, as its new co-president, joining continuing co-president Angela Yuen, deputy general counsel at power generation company JERA.
Kikuchi has more than two decades of legal...
Jones Day has hired financial markets partner Colin Rice in Singapore to strengthen its global derivatives team, particularly in Asia.
The firm was currently completing an important assignment in Cambodia and working on other projects in the region, particularly in...
South Korean firm Lee & Ko has bolstered its criminal practice group with the addition of former senior prosecutor Ho Dong Cha as a partner.
The firm’s decision to bring him on board reflects growing demand from companies for specialised...
A wave of terminated M&A deals has swept through China’s semiconductor industry, drawing widespread market attention. Fluctuating valuations and shifting market conditions have prompted companies to reassess deal terms, highlighting the need for better multidimensional risk control in future...
Seasoned technology and regulatory lawyer Rachana Rautray has joined JSA as a retained partner at the firm’s Mumbai office.
Rautray has close to a decade of post-qualification experience. She brings deep sectoral expertise across data privacy and governance, payments and...
India’s constitution-based judiciary safeguards the rule of law for some 1.5 billion people. It inspires confidence among global business partners by upholding constitutional core values. However, the success of the government’s ease of doing business policy depends on clearing...
Caught between national ambition and market reality, law firms in Chengdu and Chongqing are reshaping their paths. Once seen as a promising frontier, this regional market is now in the midst of transition. Pan Xinyi reports
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In the past half century, Chinese enterprises have persistently pursued international expansion. Their journey has evolved from the early stages of reform and opening-up through the global financial crisis, the Belt and Road Initiative, the challenges of the pandemic,...
In the past decade, India’s legal and regulatory framework for the healthcare sector has transformed. Once on the market periphery, healthcare M&A is now firmly in the mainstream. Recent deal activity sees significant shifts towards larger, platform-led transactions and...
The pandemic started a sustained wave of transactions in the hospital sector. However, the headline appeal of many of these deals is tempered with terms and conditions that deserve closer scrutiny.
Foreign investment in entities providing services is permitted up...
Modern industrial revolution must be built on trust, transparency and accountability, where data collection, processing and use is protected. As technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), integrates further with business, the need for data management goes beyond mere compliance.
Data compliance...
Indonesian firm ARMA Law has appointed Merari Sabati as its new managing partner, effective 5 January 2026. The leadership change aligns with the firm’s strategic vision as it approaches its 10th anniversary in 2029.
Sabati outlined three key areas that...
Ajit Sinha, the former vice president of the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), has joined fintech company Angel One as general counsel.
Sinha brings more than 24 years’ experience in corporate law, financial services, capital markets and banking. He...
Ashwin Sapra has joined Trilegal as an equity partner in its corporate practice, strengthening the firm’s life sciences and healthcare capabilities.
Sapra brings more than 25 years of domestic and international experience advising clients across the healthcare, pharmaceutical, medical devices,...
Chinese graphics processing unit (GPU) developer Biren Technology listed on the HKEX main board on 2 January, becoming the first company of its kind to go public in Hong Kong. Davis Polk, Fangda Partners, Jacobson Burton Kelley, Freshfields and...
Legal frameworks comprise a multitude of laws, rules, regulations and delegated legislation enacted over time, and later modified in a piecemeal manner, resulting in inconsistencies, regulatory arbitrage and compliance confusion.
A fragmented regulatory architecture leads to uncertainty, hindering enterprises from...
Following an extensive nomination process, Asia Business Law Journal unveils the A-List of Vietnam’s top 100 lawyers plus 12 legal icons. Byung Jin Park and Miran Lim report
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A major surge in infrastructure development is taking place in...
As Chengdu advances its “Chengdu Brands Going Global” strategy, the city’s manufacturers are shifting from simple product exports to global value chain expansion. For lawyers advising these firms, the shift is clear: legal risk is no longer confined only...
Bahuguna Law Associates has announced a strategic expansion of its disputes practice with the establishment of a dedicated white-collar crime vertical, with new partner Laksh Khanna leading the team.
This move brings the firm’s total partnership strength to five, while...
The co-leads of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) of the United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (UNFCITC) released the first draft of the Framework Convention Template on 24 October 2025. The timing, just before the INC’s third...
The Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) will bring its flagship Annual Meeting and Conference to New Delhi from 25-28 February, marking a significant moment for India’s legal and business community.
The event will be held at the Pullman Hotel in Aerocity,...
The Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) will bring its flagship Annual Meeting and Conference to New Delhi from 25-28 February, marking a significant moment for India’s legal and business community.
The event will be held at the Pullman Hotel in Aerocity,...
JSA and TT&A advised on IndiGrid Infrastructure Trust’s INR3.72 billion (USD41.3 million) proposed acquisition of Gadag Transmission from joint owners ReNew Transmission Ventures and KNI India.
JSA advised IndiGrid on the execution of definitive agreements for the transaction. Partners Vishnu...
Parag Bhide, a former partner at Bharucha & Partners in Mumbai, has joined Aquilaw as a partner in the M&A practice and he will lead the firm's employment law vertical. He also brings a team of four associates.
In an...
The Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) will bring its flagship Annual Meeting and Conference to New Delhi from 25-28 February, marking a significant moment for India’s legal and business community.
The event will be held at the Pullman Hotel in Aerocity,...
Withers has established a projects and energy practice in Asia with newly hired partners Ean MacPherson and Fumihiko Hori, and special counsel Keisuke Misuda, to boost project development, construction, finance and regulatory capabilities in the region.
“The team’s arrival reflects...
TT&A, Ashurst and Latham & Watkins assisted parties on Total Energies Renewables Indian Ocean’s secondary sale of shares in Adani Green Energy valued at about INR31.81 billion (USD350 million).
The transaction involved the sale of up to 28.64 million shares...
The market size of China’s micro-drama industry reached RMB50.5 billion (USD7.16 billion) in 2024, overtaking film’s annual box office for the first time to emerge as a vibrant new content category. Rising popularity has attracted substantial investment, which has...
Rajasthan is strengthening its regulatory framework for clean energy through improved policies relating to captive and third-party sale renewable energy (RE) projects. To encourage the adoption of green power solutions and streamline the accompanying process, the Rajasthan Renewable Energy...
In the past decade, there has been a growing need for public policy and regulation to keep pace with the growth of technology and innovation. Policy and governance must evolve in parallel with this growth to avoid societal harm...
Jingtian & Gongcheng Law Firm opened its Chongqing office on 19 December 2025, marking its 11th nationwide and second branch in southwest China, following the establishment of its Chengdu site in 2012.
At the opening ceremony, Zhao Yang, chair of...
Zhong Lun Law Firm has added Leonard Lou as a counsel at its Beijing headquarters, and recruited Wu Kaiqi and Yu Jiakai for its Chengdu and Shanghai offices, respectively, as regional partners. The move aims to strengthen the firm’s...
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has appointed James Yuan, former executive legal director at industry peer Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), as head of global compliance investigations for the Asia-Pacific region.
Yuan has 18 years of experience and is admitted to practise...
The Supreme Court of India has clarified questions raised about the jurisdiction of Indian courts in cross- border commercial contracts and arbitration. In Balaji Steel Trade v Fludor Benin SA & Ors (2025), the court held that in international...
WuXi AppTec, a leading Chinese innovative drug company, has completed the sale of its China clinical research services business to Hillhouse Investment. Fangda Partners, Wilson Sonsini and Haiwen & Partners advised on the transaction.
The deal involved two Shanghai-based subsidiaries...
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Private capital access expanded in key sectors
China’s central government introduced new measures on 10 November 2025 to promote private investment and expand access for private capital in key sectors.
According to a notice from the General Office of...
Hangzhou-headquartered Brighteous Law Firm has opened its first overseas branch in Bangkok, Thailand, marking its 10th office in 20 years.
The Bangkok office advises Chinese companies and Zhejiang entrepreneurs based in Thailand on cross-border investment compliance, corporate and intellectual property...
JunHe Law Offices has hired Wu Congsi and Liu Xingyu from Sidley Austin as partners at its Hong Kong office, subject to the completion of relevant formalities.
Wu and Liu have extensive experience in debt management and restructuring, having worked...
Haiwen & Partners has hired Zheng Jianhao as a partner at its Hong Kong office, strengthening the firm’s capabilities in offshore capital markets and financing transactions.
Zheng has 16 years of experience in Hong Kong listings and capital markets transactions....
Developments in the infrastructure, automotive and technology sectors in India and Japan have strengthened the economic links between the two countries. There has been an increase in cross-border commercial activities, with a corresponding rise in the number of disputes....
Global Law Office has recently established a presence in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, marking its fifth office in China and represents the firm’s first expansion of its network in five years, following the Chengdu branch in 2020.
At the branch’s opening...
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in Delhi has attached assets worth INR34.36 billion (USD382.77 million) under the PACL, a Pearls Group company, in an anti-money laundering investigation. The company is accused of operating fraudulent collective investment schemes and defrauding...
Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft have announced their intention to merge, becoming Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, the largest law firm combination to date, creating a global footprint covering the Americas, EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa), and...
Tian Yuan Law Firm acted as lead counsel on a RMB63.5 billion (USD8.75 billion) merger between two subsidiaries of Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group, marking the largest M&A transaction to date by a privately owned enterprise in China’s A‑share market.
The...
China Business Law Journal is inviting nominations for China’s top in-house counsel and in-house legal teams.
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Please nominate in-house counsel or in-house legal teams at Chinese companies and/or foreign companies in China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) that...
King & Wood Mallesons has hired Lisa Yuan as an international partner at its Beijing office, bolstering the firm’s cross-border and international capital markets practice.
Yuan, who has 16 years of experience, focuses on cross-border transactions and international capital markets,...
India’s new Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill 2025 allows for the first time limited private participation in the nuclear energy sector in the country under regulatory oversight.
Existing legislation – the Atomic Energy...
India’s Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has released for public consultation part one of a working paper discussing issues over using copyright protected creations to train artificial intelligence (AI)...
Simpson Thacher, Fangda Partners, Davis Polk, Ogier, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM), Latham & Watkins and Maples Group have advised Geely Automobile to take its electric vehicle brand Zeekr private, in a deal valued at about USD2.4 billion (RMB17.2...
Saraf and Partners and S&R Associates worked on IHH Healthcare’s open offer for a stake in Fortis Healthcare via a subsidiary valued at INR44.09 billion (USD490 million).
Saraf and Partners counselled Fortis Healthcare, along with its wholly owned subsidiaries Northern...
Nancy Roy has taken the reins as managing partner of Lall & Sethi from Jyotideep Kaur, who has completed her two-year tenure.
Speaking to India Business Law Journal, Roy said, “I started at this law firm 15 years ago, fresh...
Mazag Andrabi has joined Argus Partners’ Delhi office as a partner and head of its regulatory disputes practice.
Andrabi, who served as an additional advocate-general to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, has also worked as a partner at HSA...
The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) has introduced important changes that will be implemented on 1 January 2026, including expanding the scope for expedited procedures and adjusting its fees for the first time since 2013.
The HKIAC allows more...
MZM Legal has appointed Purazar Fauzdar as a new partner, joining MZM Legal’s Mumbai office, along with his team of two. They will strengthen the firm’s dispute resolution and real estate practice.
Fauzdar brings extensive experience in arbitration, litigation and...
The Hong Kong government has unveiled two transformative consultation papers proposing comprehensive licensing regimes for virtual asset (VA) dealers and custodians, marking the next phase in the city’s evolution towards becoming a globally competitive yet responsibly regulated digital asset...
The biopharmaceutical industry has shivered through a capital winter recently. Primary-market financing fell by 30% year-on-year in 2024, leaving many biotech companies short of funds, forced to slow research and development as well as business expansion.
Against this backdrop, the...
Jingtian & Gongcheng has hired three new partners, Lin Qing, Yang Junjun and Li Xinwei, to its Beijing head office. All three were previously partners at Grandall Law Firm, marking another talent acquisition by #Jingtian & Gongcheng# from that...
TT&A, Trilegal, S&R Associates and Hogan Lovells (Middle East) acted on the IPO of Wakefit Innovations, involving a fresh issue of equity shares totalling about INR3.77 billion (USD41.9 million), along with an offer for sale by the promoters and...
Jia Yuan Law Offices has recruited Rachel Wang as a senior partner and Helen Liu as counsel, who both specialise in capital markets and M&A, and will be dually based in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Wang was a former senior...
MetaX Integrated Circuits raised RMB4.2 billion (USD596 million) in its IPO on the SSE Star Market on 17 December, becoming China’s second listed graphics processing unit (GPU) company after Moore Threads. AllBright Law Offices and China Commercial Law Firm...
Ashurst and S&R Associates worked on the sale of 12.8 million equity shares in digital payments and financial services company One97 Communications (Paytm’s parent company).
The total deal is valued at USD185.6 million. The shares were sold by funds managed...
Varunraj Limaye and Dr Venkatesh Seshan have joined ANM Global as partners in its intellectual property practice, with a focus on patents and designs. Both have moved from K&S Partners.
Limaye brings more than 15 years of experience across Indian...
The In-House Counsel Forum (IHCF) held its annual general meeting and year-end party on 17 December at the Shilla Seoul, attracting nearly 300 participants who came together to network and mark the close of 2025.
“The IHCF had continued to grow throughout 2025, with...
Amid changing economic conditions and increasing financial pressures, the demand for corporate financing continues to rise. Some unscrupulous actors exploit this need by committing fraud under the guise of financing partnerships. This has led to the evolution of “trap...
UNIDROIT (the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law) announced plans to establish its first Asia-Pacific liaison office in Hong Kong during its 85th General Assembly on 11 December.
Expected to open in the second half of 2026 as...
Han Kun Law Offices has strengthened its criminal and corporate practices with the hiring of Sean Chen as a Beijing-based partner.
Chen, who has 20 years of experience in the industry, was a former senior partner and head of the...
DeHeng Law Offices advised China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) on its first offshore green bond issuance, conducted via its overseas subsidiary, Huayuan.
The transaction raised RMB4 billion (USD567 million) through two tranches of senior unsecured green bonds.
Both tranches were denominated...
South Korean firms Lee & Ko and Kim & Chang have advised on domestic alternative investment firm Glenwood Private Equity’s KRW1.4 trillion (USD950 million) acquisition of LG Chem’s water solution business, which closed in December this year.
“This deal involved...
Namibia, endowed with abundant mineral resources including critical minerals for the energy transition like lithium and cobalt, regulates foreign mining investment through its Foreign Investment Act and Minerals (Prospecting and Mining) Act.
Notably, the legal framework itself imposes no distinct...
On 30 September 2025, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) of China issued the Draft Judicial Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China for public consultation. Notably, article 10, paragraph...
International investment arbitration refers to a dispute resolution mechanism through which foreign investors, relying on international investment agreements, initiate arbitration proceedings over disputes arising from their investments in host states. Given the significant disparity in resources and power between...
Non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), often known as revenge porn, is a major breach of individual digital privacy, autonomy and dignity. Following a direction from the Madras High Court, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) issued a standard...
S&A Law Offices has acquired Ahmedabad-based boutique firm U&L Partners, strengthening its dispute resolution capabilities.
The founders of U&L Partners, Nilesh Udernani and Gaurav Lakhwani, will join S&A Law Offices as partners and lead the firm’s Ahmedabad office. They will...
Listing in the US was once the preferred route to capital markets for many pre-profit companies. But with the Nasdaq’s proposed new listing rule amendments, submitted in September 2025, that pathway is narrowing. The Nasdaq proposes raising the minimum...
Taylor Wessing’s UK arm will leave its verein and merge with leading US firm Winston & Strawn, while the verein’s China operations – including the Shanghai office, Beijing IP agency, and the Shenzhen office scheduled to open in 2026...
With recent updates to geospatial laws, the country has opened doors to greater collaboration in this key domain
For more than a decade, India’s geospatial regime has been a fortified sector with stringent restrictions. Recent policy changes, aimed at attracting...
Jones Day, which operates in Greater China, Japan, Singapore and Australia, has elevated three of counsel across its Taipei, Singapore and Melbourne offices to partnership as part of a firm-wide promotion of 33 lawyers globally.
Taipei-based Barry Lai, Singapore-based Zack...
Japan continues to rank as the most favoured and active market for hotel investment and M&A in the Asia-Pacific region, with the buoyant market enjoying just shy of a record JPY1 trillion (USD6.4 billion) in transactions in 2024.
While not...
Cambridge-based TeraView Holdings has become the first UK company to list on the Korea Securities Dealers Automated Quotations market (KOSDAQ), completing an IPO valued at KRW40 billion (USD27 million), a transaction that entailed cross-border legal complexities.
“The most challenging issue...
Baker McKenzie has strengthened its finance and projects bench in the Asia-Pacific with the addition of project finance specialist Matthias Schemuth as a (partner-equivalent) principal and Asia-Pacific co-head of projects for its Singapore office.
Emmanuel Hadjidakis, the Asia-Pacific chair of...
Merits & Tree Law Offices has recruited Fu Yi and Enya Yang as partners to bolster its Shanghai office’s capital markets and labour law capabilities.
With more than 20 years of experience, Fu has advised clients on onshore and offshore...
East & Concord Partners has hired Mabel Liu as a partner in its Beijing office to bolster the antitrust and competition law practice.
Before rejoining East & Concord, Liu was a partner at Zhong Lun Law Firm’s Beijing office for...
Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella, points out that technology does not respect tradition; it only respects innovation. Artificial Intelligence is rewriting long-held assumptions about how digital markets operate and who can compete in them. As established tech giants integrate AI...
In-house counsel must elevate air quality risks to a board-level priority, writes Rajiv Malik
There are occasions when the weather remains a benign backdrop, a polite subject of discussion and a mere setting to the rhythms of corporate life. And...
Responding to a surge in labour disputes in recent years, the Supreme People’s Court has introduced a new judicial interpretation that refines judicial standards, raising new challenges for corporate compliance and employment risk management.
Interpretation (II) of Issues Concerning the...
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) conducted a public consultation in November on implementing the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (BTAP), which protects the rights of artists and entertainers. In fact, the Philippines acceded to the treaty...
Article 38 of China’s Labour Contract Law grants employees the right to unilaterally terminate their contracts in case of specific employer fault. Additionally, under article 46, such termination even entitles employees to statutory severance pay from the employer.
These “forced...
How the confectionery giants ended a 25-year-old court battle and came together for a sweet resolution
In October 2025, Delhi High Court finally ended one of the most enduring trademark disputes in Indian legal history: Mars Incorporated v Cadbury (India)...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fuelling one of the most significant investment booms in modern history. Major American tech companies are projected to spend nearly USD400 billion this year on the infrastructure running AI models. Developers such as OpenAI and...
Jingdong Industrials, the supply chain service arm of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, debuted on the HKEX on 11 December, raising HKD2.83 billion. Skadden, Shihui Partners, Maples Group, Cleary Gottlieb and Han Kun Law Offices advised on the transaction.
This listing...
The independence of arbitration agreements is a widely recognised legal principle. It establishes that arbitration clauses within a contract are autonomous and operate as separate agreements, distinct from other provisions. Their existence, validity and governing law are independent of...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released its draft Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing and Lending) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2025 (draft regulations) for public comment. They signal a significant shift from a rule-bound approach to a more risk-based and...
Zhong Lun Law Firm and Han Kun Law Offices have advised Solta Medical, the parent company of well-known aesthetic devices brand Thermage, on its acquisition of 100% equity in its longstanding China distributor, Shibo Zhenmei Technology, for an undisclosed...
The Companies Act, 2013 (act), and evolving jurisprudence establish that a nominee’s liability is determined by participation and knowledge rather than designation. This reinforces the need for defined responsibilities and documented independence.
Funds and financial institutions usually appoint nominee directors...
Jia Yuan Law Offices has opened a new branch in Wuhan, expanding the firm’s footprint in Central China and enhancing its service capabilities in the region’s capital markets.
The Beijing-headquartered firm operates seven offices – Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou,...
Obhan & Associates and Mason & Associates have joined forces to create a newly aligned and integrated firm called Obhan Mason in New Delhi.
Essenese Obhan, the managing partner of Obhan & Associates, will lead the new firm as managing...
Kuala Lumpur-based Adnan Sundra & Low (ASL) has established a dedicated employment advisory and litigation practice as part of the firm’s broader litigation strategy, and has hired Rohan Arasoo Jeyabalah as an equity partner to lead the new team.
ASL’s...
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) advised Sheela Foam Limited (SFL)] on increasing its investment in furniture brand Furlenco through a preferential issue for an undisclosed amount and on the structuring of the rights package offered to other investors in the...
