The Asia Legal Briefing
ANALYZING ASIA AND AUSTRALIA
A look at the Asian legal market and its law firms, in-house legal departments and more, with expert news and analysis from Law.com International's Asia Editor.
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International Edition | Commentary
The Business of Law in Asia: One Size Does Not Fit All
By Jessica Seah | July 21, 2022
In this week's Asia Legal Briefing, Jessica Seah considers the challenges and frustrations experienced by Asia regional heads of U.K.-headquartered firms and examines how their Asia strategies differ from those of U.S.-based firms.
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International Edition | Commentary
In Asia, Is It Back to Business or Still Too Soon?
By Jessica Seah | July 5, 2022
The Asia legal market is back, as was clear at Law.com International's Asia Legal Awards dinner last week. But it's an ever-changing market, Jess Seah writes in the Asia Legal Briefing. Who will come out ahead?
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International Edition | Commentary
Will the Metaverse Help Young Lawyers Break New Ground?
By Jessica Seah | June 13, 2022
In this week's Asia Legal Briefing, Law.com International's Jessica Seah discusses how partners at the world's largest law firms still have huge gaps in their knowledge of all things crypto, metaverse and Web3-related, and what this means—or should mean—for younger lawyers going forward.
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International Edition | Commentary
Law and Politics: Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't
By Jessica Seah | May 25, 2022
Law firms sometimes have to walk a fine line between law and politics, a path that can be treacherous. In this edition of The Asia Lawyer Briefing, Jessica Seah writes that the subject has once again taken center stage in the legal realm.
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International Edition | Commentary
The Court of Public Opinion Weighs In on Lawyer Ethics
By Jessica Seah | May 12, 2022
Law firms and lawyers around the world have been subject to an intense examination of their ethical standards this year. In Singapore, the legal community and its righteous expectations are being scrutinized over a cheating scandal.
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International Edition | Commentary
Will Chinese Law Firms Ever Be Trusted to Lead Foreign IPO Advice?
By Jessica Seah | April 25, 2022
Despite the rise of Chinese firms on Hong Kong listings, none of the most active was lead legal counsel on any of their listing transactions, Asia Legal Briefing author Jessica Seah writes. That job went to Western firms.
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International Edition | Commentary
Women in Leadership: Do Law Firm Quotas Negate Meritocracy?
By Jessica Seah | March 31, 2022
How far should law firms go to ensure women fill leadership roles that have long proved elusive? Jessica Seah, who has followed the rise of women law firm leaders in Asia for more than a decade, tackles this question in her latest Asia Legal Briefing.
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International Edition | Commentary
Leading Through Troubled Times: Do Dealmakers Make Good Managing Partners?
By Jessica Seah | March 17, 2022
A power shift is taking place: A hefty book of business is no longer the only thing that counts, and the leader who cracks the whip may very well find that people are no longer falling in line, Jessica Seah writes in her latest Asia Legal Briefing.
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International Edition | Commentary
Will Russia's War on Ukraine Set Off a War on Ethics?
By Jessica Seah | March 3, 2022
As Russia's brutal war on Ukraine continues, the legal sector, unsurprisingly, has been criticized and scrutinized for the way it has responded to the crisis and for representing certain Russian business interests.
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International Edition | Commentary
The Asia Legal Briefing: Hard Truths
By Jessica Seah | February 23, 2022
For any law firm that focuses on advising on the China nexus, it is still absolutely critical to maintain an office in Hong Kong. But the increasing control China has over Hong Kong has unveiled some uncomfortable truths: international law firms are reassessing their business strategies in the city, although none are going to shout about it from the mountain tops.
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