14 MAY 2020 Top 10 Headlines | ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS As COVID-19 continues to dominate headlines, and mental space, law firms are doing their best to adapt to new government-mandated rules, a slowdown in transactions and a global business culture shift, but some are more successful at this than others.
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| As COVID-19 continues to dominate headlines, and mental space, law firms are doing their best to adapt to new government-mandated rules, a slowdown in transactions and a global business culture shift, but some are more successful at this than others. Full Article |
| Simmons & Simmons has added financial markets specialist James Pedley as a partner in Hong Kong from Clifford Chance, where he was a foreign legal consultant. Full Article |
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| While law firms may have once courted a traditional, somewhat conventional image — today, innovation and adaptation is the name of the game. Full Article |
| The ALB Singapore’s Top In-House Teams 2019 list showcases the achievements of the finest in-house legal teams in Singapore. Full Article |
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| The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) is offering a pilot programme to accelerate grants of patent applications in all technology fields, which would make it the application-to-grant process in the world. Full Article |
| During the tremendous growth of the Chinese economy over the last decade, corporates in China were easily able to obtain loans from banks and other financial institutions that were equally keen to advance credit, leading to a rapid rise in debt levels. Whilst the government sought to curb corporate debt by, among other means, restricting informal borrowing (also known as ‘shadow banking’), the slowdown in the economy in the last year or so and more recently following the outbreak of the coronavirus have yet again led to renewed policies to allow more loans and local government bond issuance. China’s debt to GDP ratio remains high, and with that, so is the level of non-performing loans. Full Article |
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| RPC Premier Law, RPC’s joint law venture in Singapore, has strengthened hired partners Boey Swee Siang, Navin Joseph Lobo and Lin Yuankai from Bird & Bird ATMD. Full Article |
| In May 2016, the Ministry of Law announced the establishment of the Civil Justice Review Committee (“CJRC”) which was tasked to propose reforms to the Singapore civil justice system. Full Article |
| The highly anticipated ALB Hong Kong Law Awards is now open for submissions! Returning for its 19th edition, the renowned event continues to celebrate distinctive contributions of private practitioners and in-house counsel within Hong Kong’s legal landscape. The black-tie gala awards ceremony will be held on Friday, September 4, in Hong Kong. Full Article |
| UK law firm Mishcon de Reya has opened an office in Singapore, its first outside its home base of London after hiring two restructuring lawyers from Withers KhattarWong. Full Article |
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