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Danantara dream

Bono Adji has taken on the challenge of building the legal foundations of Danantara, Indonesia’s newest sovereign wealth fund

Riding the undercurrents

Riding the undercurrents shaping Asia's insurance landscape

New focus on global IP leadership

2025 INTA president Elisabeth Stewart Bradley shares why it is important to view IP issues through different perspectives.

Trouble ahead

From Trump’s global tariff war to jurisdictional legal hurdles, uncertainty abounds for Asia in 2025.

2024: Keep up!

2024 reshaped Asia’s corporate landscape with ESG, tech innovation, and stricter regulations

Risky business

Geopolitical tensions in Asia are driving lawyers to adopt new risk management strategies

A capital idea

Where do Indonesia’s law firms stand on a future move to their unfinished new capital city?

Turning the tide

Why this year’s Indonesian election was different

Appetite for M&A

Despite headwinds that caused an M&A downturn in Asia, experts say things are taking a turn for the better

INTA’s APAC factor

INTA's Asia-Pacific chief discusses his top regional IP issues ahead of the association's annual meeting

Under attack

GCs face increasingly sophisticated cyber-threats while navigating more complex disclosure regulations

2023 – The legal year in review

From AI and geopolitics to energy transitions and global taxation, law firms and in-house counsel had plenty to keep them busy in 2023

Strength in Numbers

Why are the region's corporate counsel associations scrambling to form alliances?

Legal AI’d

Unleashing potential of generative AI across the legal profession

Who’s next?

The recent collapse of regional financial institutions in the US has rocked global banking, including in Asia, prompting a range of legal ramifications that could last for years

Time for a rethink?

Lawyers across Asia are changing their career paths

Keymasters

Riding out the storm

How can businesses mitigate the damage from global economic headwinds?

Maintaining momentum

What will the new government in Philippines mean for businesses?

New horizons

By George W Russell
As Asia-Pacific companies increasingly look abroad for fresh opportunities, law firms are expanding their footprints in response.

War of attrition

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, the international legal community has condemned not just with words, but by boycotting Russian business and transactions

Earth v law

Do lawyers have a heightened responsibility to help avert a climate catastrophe?

SPAC super league

SPACs have climbed into the big league of capital markets, so we crunched the stats on Asia-related SPAC listings to find the highest performing legal advisers

Ruben’s rules

The OECD’s Paris-based senior competition expert, Ruben Maximiano, shares how adopting an effective competition policy helps increase investor confidence

Lawyering 2.0

Why have law firms been so sluggish to adopt technology? And where is the legal sector heading now it is on board?

Fighting fund

Litigation financing has found favour in developed markets, but Asian jurisdictions remain guarded. With Hong Kong and Singapore leading the way, will others follow?

A legal legacy

Asian Development Bank's general counsel moves on

Treading carefully

Cautious steps towards legal reform in Taiwan

An Asian mosaic

Senior women lawyers across Asia share personal stories of successes, struggles and strategies

Learning to fly

Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam learn value of sound business law

Democracy blooms?

Thai Legal faces changing landscape as a military regime prepares for democratic elections

Out of time?

Is Indonesia running out of time to implement reforms for business and cast out corruption?

A new coat

Malaysia is on the cusp of fundamental legal reform following the end of six decades of rule by one political party

Trapped in tradition

Japan’s legal sector must evolve the role of in-house counsel and explore new markets to stay relevant

Elephants in the room

How South Korea’s legal sector deals with not so subtle external influences

Primed and charged

Politics generates electric atmosphere for Philippine Legal

The Asia game

Corporate counsel associations move to stay relevant at a time when the significance of borders is diminishing

The big picture

Exclusive interview with the United Nations under-secretary-general for legal affairs

NY state of mind

Exclusive from New York's Chief Judge on the rising concept of commercial courts

TM an Asian comparison

Region's IP experts head to head on trademark laws

2017… What’s ahead?

Asia's best legal minds explore the landscape in Year of the Rooster

Architect in-house

AIIB's legal architect shares his plans

The legal system in Indonesia despite economic challenges

Despite the challenges, Indonesia makes its best efforts to rebuild

Unity in Asia?

Singapore's Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon on the road to business law convergence

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CORRESPONDENTS

Crypto Asset Remedies In BVI

Overview of remedies in BVI crypto asset disputes

By Edmond Fung, Loeb Smith Attorneys

Inclusive workplaces: The Workplace Fairness Act

By Matthew Teo and Irvin Ho, Helmsman
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Renewable power in the Philippines: FIT for purpose

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IN-HOUSE AGENDA

SCCA Great Gatsby Black-Tie Celebration

SCCA to turn 22 with Great Gatsby black-tie celebration

The SCCA will host a gala honouring leadership and pro bono excellence in the in-house legal field

REGIONAL COMPARISONS

Employment law challenges in Asia

Trends and challenges in employment law

Evolving worker classifications and stricter rules on dismissal highlight the challenges businesses face in navigating labour laws in these jurisdictions

TMT in transition

Advances in technology are reshaping media and telecoms, with regulators in the Philippines

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