London-headquartered law firm Ashurst on Tuesday said it is launching a first-of-its-kind legal joint venture in South Korea, a market that has been historically closed off to foreign law firms.

Dentons on Monday said it is launching a combination with Indian law firm Link Legal, giving the global law firm a domestic foothold in India's large but historically isolated legal market.

Singapore-based mobile app developer Asia Innovations Group (ASIG) said on Friday it would go public through a merger with a blank-check firm in a deal that values the combined entity at $2.5 billion.

South Korea levied tens of millions of dollars in fines on Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms for privacy law violations, authorities said on Wednesday.

India's Adani Group on Friday contested claims by New Delhi Television that regulatory curbs restricted its founders from selling their stake, prolonging the battle for control of a news network seen as bastion of independent media.

Beijing and Washington took a major step on Friday towards ending a dispute that threatened to boot Chinese companies, including Alibaba, from U.S. stock exchanges, signing a pact to allow U.S. regulators to vet accounting firms in China and Hong Kong.

International law firm Allen & Overy said on Wednesday it has brought on a partner, Harsh Pais, to lead its India corporate practice in London from Mumbai-based Trilegal.

​​​​​​​The combination of falling demand for legal services and rising pay and overhead costs has created financial headwinds for law firms in 2022, according to a second quarter analysis of industry data released Monday.

Malaysia is scrambling to protect its assets as the descendants of the last sultan of the remote Philippine region of Sulu look to enforce a $15 billion arbitration award in a dispute over a colonial-era land deal.

E-commerce giant Alibaba Groupsaid on Tuesday it would apply to convert its Hong Kong secondary listing into a dual primary that would make it easier for mainland Chinese investors to buy its shares.