In recent years, the Philippines has emerged as one of the major players in the business process outsourcing (“BPO”) industry, which is defined by the government as the “delegation of servicetype business processes to a third party service provider.”
The Unitary Patent (UP) and Unified Patent Court (UPC), expected to be operational in 2016, will substantially change the European patent landscape with knock on effects for those conducting business in the region.
The global Islamic Finance industry grows by leaps and bounds annually. Measured as at 1H 2013 asset size came to around USD 1.6 trillion (IFSB Islamic Financial Stability Report 2014).
As one of Japan’s Big Four law firms, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune has made it its mission to improve diversity and inclusion, or D&I, across the firm and Japan’s legal industry. ALB talks to Mari Itoh, a partner at AMT and a founding member of the firm’s D&I committee, about AMT’s D&I initiatives, goals, and challenges.
ALB Asia's Fastest Growing Firms: One Asia Lawyers Group
One Asia Lawyers Group has been recognised by Asian Legal Business as one of Asia’s fastest-growing firms this year. In this interview with ALB, OAL Managing Partner Tetsuo Kurita shares some of his firm's growth highlights and development strategies.
Kingfisher ALB Hong Kong Law Awards: Hear From Our Partners
After two years of virtual events, the Kingfisher ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2022 made an epic in-person comeback on Sept. 9, bringing around 200 legal professionals and leaders together for the prestigious celebration held concurrently at the Island Shangri-La and the Ritz-Carlton, and connected via livestream.
Before the event, ALB chatted with our event partners to hear their tho…