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2024: Spheres of influence

A slowing China, the rise in AI and global geopolitics all make for an interesting 2024 for Asia’s legal markets

Shuffling the deck

Bleak prospects have dealt a challenging hand of enhanced regulations to players in China’s private equity market

Leaps & bounds

How Asia is leading the way forward on IP innovation

Tiger’s eye

Connect the DOTs

Digital ownership tokens signal future of property law

Judging retirement

Is the mandatory retirement age for judges still relevant?

Damage controls

Korea takes hard look at creating safe space for cryptocurrency

Forbidden not forgotten

Enthusiasm for cryptos in Indonesia has led Muslim clerics to forbid them, but the market begs to differ

Asia renewed

Renewable energy projects have blossomed across Asia. What has led to the recent boom?

Looking to the East

The new president of the ICC Court, Claudia Salomon, discusses what changes she expects to see in the dispute resolution landscape in Asia

Back off black

The EU removed the Cayman Islands from its blacklist of tax havens in October, after the British overseas territory was named a non-cooperative jurisdiction for tax purposes. Did the blacklist affect its business or reputation?

Rising Stars: Thailand law firms

In the first of our new series that identifies movers and shakers making waves in regional legal markets, we showcase Thai law firms on the rise

High stakes

The months leading up to the US presidential election in November will be crucial for the world, and especially for Asia. Dennis Unkovic explores the cards being dealt in political and legal terms, and warns the stakes could not be higher

Are you being watched?

Governments adopting trace-and-track apps to prevent the spread of the pandemic have raised questions about the ‘right balance’ between pandemic response and privacy considerations

Dollars in the details?

China’s new Foreign Investment Law and its implementation regulations lay out a blueprint full of promise for international companies. But the lack of detail may present problems

HKIAC and arbitration in Asia: Japan, Singapore, India and Hong Kong

Battle for supremacy in arbitration

Most Popular

Korea Law Firm Awards

Korean-Top Lawyers-2025

Korea’s Top Lawyers

Asia Business Law Journal unveils the A-List of Korea's top lawyers

Indonesia Law Firm Awards 2025 V2

Indonesia Law Firm Awards 2025

Asia Business Law Journal names the country’s top law firms

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
Philippines FIT-All 2025

Renewable power in the Philippines: FIT for purpose

By Jose M Layug Jr, DivinaLaw

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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