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December 01, 2011 |

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.
6 minute read
May 01, 2013 |

Singapore Arbitration Center Opens Mumbai Office

The Singapore International Arbitration Center has opened its first overseas office in Mumbai. The office is intended to market Singapore as the ideal place to resolve disputes involving Indian parties. Singapore has touted itself as a center for legal practice focusing on India, which bars foreign firms from having offices there.
1 minute read
April 01, 2013 |

Singapore Debates Decriminalizing Homosexuality

Singapore's law banning sex between men is increasingly out of step with its Asian neighbors as well as the city-state's cosmopolitan self-image.
5 minute read
August 01, 2013 |

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
7 minute read
June 01, 2008 |

Arguing The World

This year's Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition had an unlikely winner-an American law school.
7 minute read
December 10, 2007 |

U.K. Firms Cool on 'Disappointing' Singapore Plan

Plans to move forward with the long-awaited liberalization of the Singapore legal market have been met with a lukewarm reaction from international firms, who say the new recommendations do not go far enough to open up the restrictive Asian market. The Singapore government has announced that it will accept proposals made by a special committee to liberalize its legal sector, including a scheme to offer five foreign firms a license to practice local law by employing Singapore-qualified lawyers.
2 minute read
September 01, 2011 |

Asia Deal Digest: Sept. 1, 2011

Slaughter and May helps a Hong Kong airline find financial flexibility; Freshfields advises CVC on a push into the Aussie health club business; and Amarchand and Latham team on an Indian Internet IPO.
5 minute read
May 21, 2012 |

Have QFLPs Worked for Singapore?

Earlier this year, the Singapore government announced it would be accepting applications for the Qualifying Foreign Law Practice program, which has so far granted licenses to six foreign law firms to practice Singapore law. Interest is expected to be high. But how much of a difference has the QFLP regime actually made?
6 minute read
June 29, 2011 |

Asia by the Back Door

There are certain firms known for their global reach. Duane Morris is not one of them, even though it has had two offices in Vietnam and one in Singapore for the past four years.
15 minute read
May 15, 2012 |

Have QFLPs Worked for Singapore?

Singapore is about to allow more international firms to practice local law as Qualifying Foreign Law Practices (QFLPs). But while the Singapore legal market has certainly grown since the first QFLPs were named in 2008, can the program really be called a success?
6 minute read

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