08/07/2013
Addleshaw Goddard targets East Asia
Addleshaw Goddard has announced plans to increase its capability in Hong Kong through a formal association with a newly established local firm
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
08/06/2013
Rothschild calls for regulatory certainty
It marks the latest investment bank to post a loss after the softest year for M&A since the global financial crisis.
08/04/2013
Millionaire investment banker settles out of court over fake Brett Whitely painting he paid $2.5m for
A Legal stoush between a millionaire investment banker and an art advisor over a fake Brett Whiteley painting of Sydney Harbour has been settled out of court on the day of hearing.
08/01/2013
Global law firm Expands M&A Practice in Japan
He previously practiced in New York where he represented US and Japanese clients in cross-border M&A and finance transactions and securities offerings and joins the Firm from another international firm where he led its corporate practice in Tokyo.
08/01/2013
Global law firm Strengthens Energy, Infrastructure, Project and Asset Finance Practice in Southeast Asia
“There has been an upturn in cross-border project financing activity in Southeast Asia in recent years,” said White & Case Global Project Finance Practice Leader, Art Scavone.
07/31/2013
Banks want RBI to ease product management rules
RBI has asked banks to sell third-party products at only those branches which have specified trained personnel for the purpose
07/31/2013
Sidley continues to ramp up Singapore with fourth partner hire since local licence win
Sidley Austin has hired its fourth partner in Singapore since receiving a local licence in the city-state in February, giving it a total partner headcount of eight.
07/30/2013
Offshore incorporations down - Appleby
Offshore incorporations down, but signs indicate 2013 will be a watershed year
07/30/2013
Taylor Wessing prepares South East Asian network launch
Initially, the firm plans to formalise its relationship with the local firms it has worked with in Indonesia, Vietman, Malaysia and Thailand by entering into an association, but plans to expand its regional network to cover the whole ASEAN.
07/30/2013
SJ Berwin partners vote through $1bn merger with KWM
SJ Berwin will become one of four partnerships under KWM’s existing Swiss Verein
07/30/2013
US firm Blank Rome closes Hong Kong office as partners depart
In a statement, co-chairman and managing partner of the firm Alan Hoffman said it planned to focus on its Shanghai office going forward.
07/28/2013
Private capital inflows should be liberalized, adviser says
The higher the risk is, the higher banks pay for the premium
07/28/2013
Hong Kong accountancy watchdog launches probe into Deborah Annells
Hong Kong's accountancy watchdog has launched an investigation after a complaint was lodged against the local accountant expelled from Britain's Chartered Institution of Taxation
07/28/2013
SFC reprimands and fines A One Investment Company
The Securities and Futures Commission has reprimanded A One Investment Company Limited and fined it $1.2 million for internal control failures
07/25/2013
US law firm adds two M&A partners in Singapore
Both join from the Singapore office of Norton Rose Fulbright
07/24/2013
Vietnam Gets Tough on State Firms in Growth Push: Southeast Asia
Vietnam Gets Tough on State Firms in Growth Push: Southeast Asia
07/23/2013
Minter Ellison takes tax duo from Ernst & Young in Hong Kong
er Ellison has added two tax lawyers to its Hong Kong office to Spearhead the Development of its tax practice in the Region.
07/22/2013
AIFMD will reduce choice and increase costs for fund managers and investors
New research by BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment services, points to significant uncertainty about Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
07/21/2013
RBS Sued by Fired Emerging-Markets Rates Head Over Bonus
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc’s former Head of Emerging Market rates Lee Tze Kiang sued the lender claiming his bonus was wrongly forfeited when he went to work for a hedge fund firm after he was fired.
07/18/2013
Minter Ellison eyes Asia growth
The Sydney-based firm is also considering opening an office in Singapore as part of a strategy to boost its international work in response to a sharp slowdown in domestic M&A activity.