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DATA PROTECTION: Cyber Guardians

by Sachin Dave |

As digitisation and cyber threats rise, countries in Southeast Asia have enacted laws to protect personal data and prevent cyber-attacks. But with varying requirements across jurisdictions, the compliance burden for companies has only increased, and…

Korea Report: One Man’s Meat

by Sarah Wong |

Herbert Smith Freehills recently announced its departure from the South Korean legal market, continuing a steady stream of international law firm exits in the past few years. At the same time, Watson Farley…

BRIEFS: SVB Collapse Gives Wake-up Call to Startups on Risk Control

by Sarah Wong |

The March 10 collapse of California-headquartered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the preferred bank of a significant number of U.S. venture-backed tech startups, has created upheaval in the banking sector beyond American soil.

BRIEFS: Foreign Firms Urged To Tread Cautiously as India Liberalises Legal Market

by Sarah Wong |

The Bar Council of India dropped a bombshell in March, announcing that the behemoth Indian legal market is throwing its arms open to foreign law firms and practitioners – albeit with some strings attached.

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

Nabeel A. Al-Mansour
Aramco

Alex Au
Link Asset Management

Gregory Chew
Nanyang Technological University

Marco Chung
CITIC CLSA

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2024 ALB China十五佳新科技公司法务团队

IP & Data Compliance Team, Beijing Kingsoft Cloud Network Technology Co., Ltd.
北京金山云网络技术有限公司知识产权与数据合规团队

Legal Affairs Department, Beijing Kuangshi Technology Co., Ltd.
北京旷视科技有限公司法务部

Legal Department, China Energy Engineering Group Guangdong Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd.
中国能源建设集团广东省电力设计研究院有限公司法律部

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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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The ALB Asia Fast 30 list spotlights…

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Event Highlights

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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