09/29/2013
Indian Law Firms Eye Global Play, Set up Offices Abroad
Indian law firms may be minnows compared to global peers such as the Baker & Mckenzies, Clifford Chance and Linklaters of the world.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
09/25/2013
Changing regulatory landscape biggest challenge: KPMG
A CFO's forte lies in identifying core financial risks and effectively converting them from a possible threat to opportunity
09/24/2013
Dorsey & Whitney closes Sydney office to focus on Asia
Dorsey & Whitney has a long-established office in Hong Kong, which currently has 13 lawyers, including six partners.
09/24/2013
Stone Chambers launches in Singapore
This move reflects Singapore's growing reputation as a hub for commercial dispute resolution for the Asia-Pacific region.
09/23/2013
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Probes Banks in Pork Barrel Scam
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is investigating several banks for their possible failure to detect irregular transactions that may have abetted the illegal activities of Janet Lim-Napoles
09/22/2013
Bedell Appoint Kristian Wilson in Singapore Office
Bedell has strengthened its Singapore office with the appointment of experienced corporate lawyer Kristian Wilson as an Associate.
09/22/2013
Singapore Announces Tighter Rules for Hiring Skilled Foreigners
Singapore will require many companies operating in the city-state to consider Singaporeans for skilled job vacancies before turning to candidates from abroad, bowing to public pressure over a surge in foreigners over the past decade.
09/22/2013
Ex-Qualcomm Executive Indicted
Federal authorities indicted a former executive vice president at Qualcomm on Monday, saying that he was the mastermind of an elaborate insider trading scheme.
09/20/2013
Thai Bank's Property Seized To State
Thailand's Anti-Money Laundering Office is seeking the court's orders for the confiscation of 25-million-baht property of now-defunct Bangkok Bank of Commerce and the protection of deceived rice farmers' rights
09/19/2013
Hong Kong Law Society Urges Taiwan to Open Legal Market To Local Firms
"In Taiwan we are treated differently because of the sovereignty issue," Hong Kong Law Society president Ambrose Lam told Legal Week. "We can't open a firm there and they don't have any mechanism to register us.
09/18/2013
Deutsche Bank Wins Ruling Overturning $49 Million Award
Deutsche Bank AG won an appeal overturning a Singapore ruling ordering it to pay former client Chang Tse Wen $49 million for negligence in advising him on his investments.
09/17/2013
UBS Securities Japan Must Pay $100 Million in Libor Case
UBS Securities Japan pleaded guilty in December in federal court in Hartford
09/17/2013
White & Case, Norton Rose act on Indonesia's $1.5bn sukuk offering
The firm also acted as the listing agent of the certificates on the Singapore Stock Exchange
09/16/2013
OTC derivative regulations’ impact on Asian hedge funds
Market participants in Asia are keenly aware of the impact that regulation outside the region may have on them
09/16/2013
Kirkland Launches in Beijing after gaining licence approval
Kirkland & Ellis has formally launched its Beijing office, just under six months after first seeking a licence to launch in the Chinese capital.
09/16/2013
Hong Kong’s SFC Signs AIFMD Supervision Agreement
The Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong has signed a memorandum of understanding with European authorities on the supervision of alternative investment fund managers.
09/15/2013
Bahrain and China sign a Memorandum of Understanding
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Governor of Central Bank of Bahrain
09/12/2013
Walkers Expands Hong Kong team
He joins the office's Investment Funds group as Counsel.
09/12/2013
UBS Banker Arrested For Allegedly Punching A Nightclub Bouncer
He reportedly works in the market support division of UBS.
09/12/2013
Singapore steps up scrutiny of some Indian bank branches - bankers
Singapore regulators have stepped up their scrutiny of some local branches of Indian banks on concerns about asset quality.