10/03/2013
Cleary, which specialises in high-end M&A and capital markets work, will move from 24,400 sqft office across two floors in the Bank of China building, to a 16,000 sqft space on the 37th floor of mixed-use centre Hysan Place in January next year.
10/03/2013
They are intended for the most severe circumstances, where misbehaviour leads to the erosion of trust in the individual.
10/02/2013
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has on Thursday obtained a default judgment for $100,000 against Mr Ong Beng Hock for false trading.
10/02/2013
Japan's second-largest lender has also come under fierce public criticism over the loans scandal.
10/01/2013
October 1 2013 marks the first-year anniversary of Herbert Smith Freehills following last year's landmark full-equity merger, which was one of the largest ever in the legal sector.
09/30/2013
Billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart wants to relinquish control of a lucrative family trust in a stunning and unexpected capitulation.
09/30/2013
Herbert Smith Freehills has hired two partners in Australia, with Sydney corporate partner David Ryan joining from Baker & McKenzie and Brisbane financial partner David Lyons joining from Norton Rose Fulbright.
09/29/2013
Mizuho Bank will punish officials swept up in a scandal involving loans to anti-social groups including yakuza crime syndicates
09/29/2013
Indian law firms may be minnows compared to global peers such as the Baker & Mckenzies, Clifford Chance and Linklaters of the world.
09/25/2013
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 has a long-established office in Hong Kong, which currently has 13 lawyers, including six partners.
09/24/2013
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 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 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
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
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
"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 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 pleaded guilty in December in federal court in Hartford