Tag: Litigation
Cross-border debt recovery: Lessons from a guarantee dispute
As global finance integrates, Chinese firms often secure offshore loans or bonds backed by outbound domestic guarantees
Rajah & Tann Singapore adds ex-prosecutor in disputes boost
Rajah & Tann Singapore strengthens its disputes practice with ex-AGC deputy director David Menon, boosting expertise in white-collar crime and cross-border enforcement
Thomson Geer grows employment team, adds partner in Melbourne
Thomson Geer has appointed Jane Hall as a partner in Melbourne to strengthen its national employment and workplace safety team
TSMP Law taps former monetary authority deputy director
TSMP Law hired former MAS deputy director Harsharan Kaur to lead its investigations and financial regulatory practice
Indonesian disputes boutique firm Sianturi & Partners debuts
Founder Petrus Richard Sianturi launched Jakarta boutique Sianturi & Partners on 1 Oct, focusing on disputes
Harneys kickstarts Asia expansion with restructuring partner
Harneys hired partner Ben McCosker to its Shanghai office, boosting its litigation and restructuring strength
Singapore’s PDLegal lands partner duo in Thailand
PDLegal appoints Ravipat Mullijarupongs and Supagorn Jittimaporn to lead dispute resolution and tax in Thailand
O’Melveny & Myers exits Japan as Tokyo head retires
O’Melveny & Myers is closing its Tokyo office after nearly 40 years, with Tokyo head Yoji Maeda set to retire
Research, recalibrate, repeat
Market shakeups lead to increasingly complex dispute issues and novel investor strategies to resolve them
Tian Yuan Hong Kong secures dispute resolution partner
Tian Yuan Law Firm has appointed Dantes Leung as partner in Hong Kong, strengthening its litigation and arbitration team
Arbitration v litigation in commercial dispute resolution
Dispute resolution unlocked: Finding your business’ perfect fit
Yoon & Yang boosts antitrust practice with senior duo
Yoon & Yang hired Keum Seok Oh and Yeong Ho Shin to boost its antitrust practice
Samvad elevates Mohata, Udupa and Munshi to partnership
Samvad Partners promotes Jagriti Mohata, Lalit Munshi and Nivedita Udupa to partners
Time for a refit?
Technology and tighter budgets are pushing in-house teams to handle routine work themselves, while law firms are expected to deliver higher strategic value.
Patent disuse and delay kill injunction application
Delhi High Court refused Conqueror’s bid for a temporary injunction against Xiaomi
The legal appeal
How is Pune’s legal market faring while being situated next to India’s financial capital
Seladore Legal breaks into Singapore with goals in sight
Seladore Legal launches Singapore office to focus on international disputes before SIAC and SICC, led by partner Liang-ying Tan
Lee & Ko recruits ex-prosecutor, strengthens criminal defence
Lee & Ko appoints former chief prosecutor Hoo Gon Kim as managing partner and head of criminal defence
DOCVIT in Loong & Yeung tie-up to tap HK family wealth market
DOCVIT Law Firm allied with Hong Kong’s Loong & Yeung to boost capital markets, litigation, arbitration, and family wealth
Gauhar Mirza joins Saraf as disputes practice partner
Gauhar Mirza joins Saraf and partners’ dispute resolution practice
CMS IndusLaw strengthens Mumbai disputes practice with trio
Abeezar E Faizullabhoy, Murtaza Kachwalla and SM Algaus join CMS IndusLaw’s Mumbai office
Ex-Cyril Amarchand partner George Varghese joins TLH
George Varghese joins TLH Advocates & Solicitors as litigation and dispute resolution partner in Hyderabad
ELP’s Mumtaz Bhalla elected as new SILF vice president
ELP partner Mumtaz Bhalla has been elected vice president of the Society of Indian Law Firms
Yulchon hires Korea’s ex-deputy prosecutor general
Yulchon hires ex-deputy prosecutor general Nam Kwan Cho as partner
Jingtian & Gongcheng adds Shanghai litigation, tax partners
Jingtian & Gongcheng adds Chai Xiaofeng and Pu Jiayan as partners in Shanghai
Alpha joins hands with AKG Consors to diversify services
Alpha Corporate Legal and AKG Consors have partnered to offer integrated legal services
Bharucha & Partners inducts four equity partners
Bharucha & Partners appointed Vishnu Dutt U, Kaushik Moitra, Sneha Jaisingh, and Swathi Girimaji as equity partners
Desai & Diwanji bolsters Pune office with two new partners
Jaya M Devashish and Prasad Gangadharan joined Desai & Diwanji as partners in the Pune office
Comparison of legal developments in private equity
Explore key trends and challenges in private equity disputes in China and India
Duo sets up Frontline Law, adds international counsel
Sneha Nagaraj and Gautham Gururaj have founded Frontline Law Partners, focusing on dispute resolution, arbitration, and corporate advisory
First female KC from Singapore joins Blackstone Chambers
Sapna Jhangiani, Singapore's first female King’s counsel, joins Blackstone Chambers
Hogan Lovells boosts arbitration expertise with ex-MP
Hogan Lovells has hired Rob Palmer as a partner in Singapore to strengthen its international arbitration practice in Asia
Securities litigation duo bolsters Wintell’s Beijing office
Wintell & Co’s Beijing office names Cai Shuaitong and Fu Liya as senior partners, both specializing in securities litigation
Deacons recruits disputes partner Gillian Lam
Deacons has hired Gillian Lam as a partner to strengthen its litigation and dispute resolution practice
Sudip Mullick joins ELP as partner in Mumbai
Sudip Mullick has joined Economic Laws Practice (ELP) as a partner, based in the Mumbai office
Rahmat Lim adds tax partner Desmond Liew in Malaysia
Rahmat Lim & Partners has hired Desmond Liew Zhi Hong as a partner, boosting its legal service offerings
Philippines’ OS Law adds disputes partner in expansion
OS Law has launched a disputes practice, adding Anthony Jacoba as a partner and head of the new group in Manila
Arbitration specialist Ajay Kumar joins Triumvir Law
Ajay Kumar has joined Triumvir Law as partner, expanding the firm’s services in arbitration, litigation and dispute resolution
Conyers launches new practice amid demand in Singapore
Conyers has opened a litigation and restructuring practice in Singapore, led by Anna Lin
Malaysia’s ASL boosts IP expertise with five recruits
Adnan Sundra & Low (ASL) has added partners Sri Sarguna Raj
Gibson Dunn hires former Deutsche Bank head for Hong Kong
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher adds Jocelyn Williams as Of Counsel to bolster its Hong Kong litigation and regulatory practice
Hughes Hubbard adds Ho Yichin as China practice co-chair
Ho Yichin joins Hughes Hubbard & Reed as a partner in the litigation and arbitration practices in the firm’s Los Angeles office and will also be China practice co-chair with Christine Kang
Commercial dispute mechanism for foreign investment in India
The dispute redressal mechanism in India is a well-established system with multiple options for the resolution of disputes
Taiwan’s top 100 lawyers 2023
Following an extensive nomination process, Asia Business Law Journal unveils the top performers of Taiwan’s legal profession
White-collar investigator joins Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance hired white-collar expert Vasu Muthyala as a partner in its litigation and dispute resolution practice in Singapore.
Procedure: the handmaid of justice
A court judgment in a long and winding property dispute has emphasised the crucial nature of due procedure an attention to regulation when adjudicating such disputes
Ashwathh Legal defeats false claims against energy drink
Ashwathh Legal, on behalf of Dabur India, filed a lawsuit before the District Court, Saket, in New Delhi, rebuking the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) for false accusations over an advertisement breach for their client’s new energy drink, Dabur Vita
New era of labour dispute cases in Taiwan
Taiwan is considered as having relatively better protection for employees than employers in terms of legal and practical settings
Arbitration issues for foreign investors in Bangladesh
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a key driver of economic development of an emerging country like Bangladesh
Agents ad litem
This edition of China Lexicon explores the concept of agent ad litem, which refers to an agent who represents the interests of a party in a litigation or other legal proceedings
Supreme People’s Court improves mechanisms against avoidance of enforcement of judgments
The Supreme People’s Court issued new opinions to curb avoidance of judgment enforcement and strengthen legal measures





























































































































