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Spotlight

Will it work?

The government is working to implement newly codified labour laws, but how will they fare in a transformed working environment? Ragini Rastogi reports
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Thailand lawyers
A-List lawyers

Thailand’s top 100 lawyers 2020

Asia Business Law Journal reveals Thailand's top 100 lawyers
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Googlevideo
Features

Google Leegle

Google’s director of legal operations, technology and strategy Mary Shen O’Carroll talks about emerging trends in legal technology and the future of in-house legal teams
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licensing
Features

IP profit v human loss

Big pharma is racing to find covid-19 vaccines in the hope of profiting from a virtually limitless global demand, but governments are likely to step in to tilt the scale
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Expert briefing

Navigating the Channel Islands

Offshore jurisdictions are facing regulatory challenges and growing onshore competition, but the Channel Islands seems to be bucking the trend
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Features

Reimagining INTA

The CEO of the International Trademark Association, Etienne Sanz de Acedo, talks to Asia Business Law Journal about his reinvention of the global flagship INTA Annual Meeting event with a bold move to the virtual sphere in this pandemic year
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In focus

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?
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trademarks anand and anand
Anand and Anand

Analysis of ‘fair use’ of trademarks in spare parts market

By Manish Biala and Ashutosh Upadhyaya, Anand and Anand
This article will be broaching the subject of “fair use” of registered trademarks by spare parts industries. There exists a huge spare parts market for automobile, home appliances, etc. where third parties, manufacture and sell spare parts
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news
Deal digest

News in brief

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ACC australia salary survey
In-house agenda

ACC Australia survey indicates in-house salary freeze

The Association of Corporate Counsel Australia partnered with Empsight International to produce the 2020 ACC Law Department Compensation and Policies Practices Report, drawing from a survey of corporate legal departments from 68 organizations in Australia
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KICA
In-house agenda

KICA moves office

The Korea In-house Counsel Association (KICA) moved into a new office at 301-2 of the Lawyers’ Education and Culture Centre in Seocho-dong, Seoul, on 20 October
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Reliance retail
The Wrap

Firms score hat-trick with Reliance Retail

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Nongfu Spring
The Wrap

Nongfu Spring completes landmark HK listing

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South Korea bonds exchange
The Wrap

Clifford Chance aids Korean FX bond sale

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Grab indonesia
The Wrap

Hotman grabs Indonesia competition case

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Hong Kong clifford chance
Market pulse

Clifford Chance has new HK managing partner

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Baker McKenzie Michael Wong Loo Shih Yann
Market pulse

APAC leadership reshuffle at Baker McKenzie

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Market pulse

Yoon & Yang beefs up M&A practice

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insurance singapore aviva
Deal digest

Firms advise insurer Aviva on Singapore share disposal

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ETF Reit investment fund
Deal digest

Simmons assists first HK ETF targeting REITs

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DLA education study
Deal digest

DLA guides Malaysia’s INTI sale to HK’s HOPE

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IPO
Deal digest

Clifford Chance assists lender’s Australian IPO

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Mitsubishi hitachi merger
Deal digest

Nishimura, Mori Hamada assist Mitsubishi-Hitachi merger

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non-use cancellations trademark
Corner Stone & Partners

Practical advice on filing non-use cancellations in China

By Nick Ji, Corner Stone & Partners
Some may think that only trademarks that are unused can be successfully cancelled, but in the author’s experience about 70% of non-use cancellations can succeed, including many trademarks that are in actual use
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Chang Tsi seoul korea
Market pulse

Chang Tsi opens Seoul office

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SCCA Academy legal tech
In-house agenda

SCCA programme fosters legal tech leaders

The Singapore Corporate Counsel Association (SCCA), in collaboration with SIM University, have put together an academic programme after receiving an outpouring of requests for more legal tech competency courses
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ACC Corporate trust survey
In-house agenda

In-house survey on building corporate trust

The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and Edelman have released their first joint Trust in Business Report, a survey of chief legal officers (CLOs) and institutional investors on their perceptions of how to increase public trust in businesses
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Siam Premier Chatchavej Chitvarakorn
Market pulse

Siam Premier appoints managing partner

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intellectual property federis amanda carlota
Federis & Associates

NIPS gives teeth to Philippine IP protection regime

By Amanda Carlota, Federis & Associates
The National Intellectual Property Strategy aims to develop “an effective intellectual property system widely recognized and strategically utilized to benefit and uplift the lives of Filipinos”
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rehabilitation business accralaw
ACCRALAW

Financial rehabilitation as alternative mitigation against pandemic

By Zyra G Montefolca, ACCRALAW
In light of the implementation of various community quarantine measures brought by the covid-19 pandemic, many entrepreneurs incurred significant financial losses, forcing some business into closure
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Corporate Thomson Geer Scott Gibson, Michael Ng, Hedley Roost and Marc Wilshaw,
Market pulse

Thomson Geer recruits corporate specialists

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King & Spalding
Market pulse

King & Spalding hires energy duo, workplace partner

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Freshfields Georgia Dawson
Market pulse

Freshfields elects first woman leader

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Mishcon arbitration partner
Market pulse

International arbitrator joins Mishcon Singapore

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Oon & bazul corporate restructuring partners
Market pulse

New partners in corporate, restructuring at Oon & Bazul

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Singapore personal data protection law
Business law digest

Singapore amends proposed data protection law

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intellectual property IPOS
Deal digest

IPOS partners with ASEAN and China

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