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[ALB Insights] The tech factor: How new solutions are bridging the gap between SMEs and legal services

BY Raj Gunashekar |

Small and medium-sized enterprises need legal advice just like any other business, but in most cases, traditional law firms can be prohibitively expensive. This is where the application of technology can help, by reducing costs and making legal services available to all.
Latham advises on Vietnam’s largest IEO

BY Raj Gunashekar |

Latham & Watkins has advised Vincom Retail, Vietnam’s largest shopping mall operator, on its $740 million initial equity offering (IEO) on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange.
SG: DCC welcomes back IP specialist from fellow Aussie firm Spruson

BY Raj Gunashekar |

The Singapore office of Australian IP firm Davies Collison Cave Asia (DCC) has hired patent attorney Thomas Griffiths as a principal from Spruson & Ferguson.
HFW expands Indonesia offering with local tie-up

BY Raj Gunashekar |

UK law firm HFW has bolstered its Indonesia offering by formalising an alliance with Rahayu & Partners in Jakarta.
A Meandering Path

BY Raj Gunashekar |

Indonesia may have set itself ambitious targets when it comes to renewable energy, but the sector remains hampered by regulatory instability and a lack of adequate incentives. Lawyers, however, see a great deal of client interest now, and much potential for the future.
A Changing Landscape

BY Raj Gunashekar |

Squeezed by intensifying competition, and facing an increasingly savvy clientele, law firms in India need to raise their game as soon as possible, particularly as the spectre of legal market liberalisation nears.
Loyens & Loeff welcomes back tax partner in Singapore from EY

BY Raj Gunashekar |

Dutch law firm Loyens & Loeff has hired international tax specialist Barbara Voskamp as a partner in its Singapore office from Ernst & Young.
Singapore’s Aquinas gets new disputes head from Tan Peng Chin

BY Raj Gunashekar |

Singapore law firm Aquinas Law Alliance has hired Lim Tong Chuan as its dispute resolution head from fellow local firm Tan Peng Chin, where he held the same role.
Weerawong, Bakers act on $1.9 bln Thailand monorail financing

BY Raj Gunashekar |

Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners has represented Thai mass transit operator BTS Group Holdings on the 1.9 billion financing of the planned Pink Line and Yellow Line monorail systems, with Baker McKenzie Thailand representing the lenders.
SG: Reed Smith hires Simmons’ SE Asia construction head

BY Raj Gunashekar |

Reed Smith has added projects and construction partner Bree Miechel to its energy and natural resources group in Singapore from Simmons & Simmons, where she led the construction practice for Southeast Asia.