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Singapore's Top Court Suspends Lawyer for Champerty
It was the first time Singapore's Court of Appeal had addressed the doctrine of champerty, which bars litigation funding agreements, in 35 years.Asia Deal Digest: January 26, 2012
Linklaters leads as a Chinese investor takes a gulp from London's main water supplier; Paul Hastings lays the foundation for a Japanese-American property venture; and Rajah & Tann homes in on a Beijing housing buyout.Asia Deal Digest: August 4, 2011
Freshfields satisfies a Hong Kong billionaire's thirst for U.K. water assets; Cleary Gottlieb helps sell a chunk of a Korean bank; and Rajah & Tann and Allen & Gledhill lay the foundations for a Singaporean skyscraper.
Singapore's Top Court Suspends Lawyer for Champerty
Singapore's highest court has suspended a lawyer from practice for six months for champerty, the first sentence for the offense in the city-state in 35 years. The common-law tort and crime of champerty -- in which a non-party acquires an interest in the outcome of a lawsuit -- has been decriminalized or largely abandoned in many Western jurisdictions, allowing the rise of modern litigation funding.Asia Deal Digest: December 1, 2011
Freshfields gets in the ring for a Hong Kong jeweler's stock market debut; Davis Polk reaps a Thai farming deal; and Baker Botts helps a Japanese company tap Iraqi gas.Asia Deal Digest: July 14, 2011
Slaughter and May gets the call for a multi-billion dollar mobile buyout in India; Mallesons Stephen Jaques leads on coal and property deals; and Nestl�'s sweet tooth brings work for White & Case in China.Singapore Firms on China Minzhong Acquisition
WongPartnership is advising an Indonesian food conglomerate on its offer to acquire the embattled Chinese vegetable company.Asia Deal Digest: August 1, 2013
* King & Wood Mallesons, Allens lead on proposed $820 million Oz mining deal* Freshfields guides Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. on $715 million Thai investment* Allen & Gledhill advises on Overseas Union Enterprise's $476 million REIT IPO
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