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Saudis study Fannie Mae-style plan for housing

by ALB |

Saudi Arabia is studying draft regulations that could see the creation of a real estate refinancing company similar to U.S. firm Fannie Mae, according to proposals published by the central bank this week.

A rising regime: Singapore’s new data protection law

by Seher Hussain |

In the wake of several high-profile security breaches, most notably the theft of over 77 million user accounts worth of personal data from Sony Corporation last year, the introduction of Singapore’s data protection regime is a timely and highly-…

Booming Gulf sukuk market brushes off Dana Gas debacle

by ALB, Reuters |

When United Arab Emirates-based natural gas producing company, Dana Gas, missed repaying a $920 million Islamic in November, it became the first UAE company to fail to redeem a bond on time. But the region's debt market barely blinked. Yields on…

Gulf railway boom to shape economies, politics

by ALB |

A century after Lawrence of Arabia cut the Damascus-Medina railway, governments are embarking on plans to restore long-distance rail transport in the region and extend it across the Arabian Peninsula.

ALB Asia M&A Rankings 2024

CHINA DOMESTIC
Commerce & Finance Law Offices

HONG KONG
Clifford Chance

INDIA
AZB & Partners

SINGAPORE DOMESTIC
Allen & Gledhill

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ALB Asia Top 15 GCs 2024

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Aramco

Alex Au
Link Asset Management

Gregory Chew
Nanyang Technological University

Marco Chung
CITIC CLSA

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Diversity & Inclusion in Japan's Legal Industry

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.

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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.

 

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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…

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