Dyson Heydon, a judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC), has resigned following an inquiry by the High Court of Australia that found that he had sexually harassed six staff members during his time on the bench.

Submissions are now open for ALB Asia’s annual 40 Under 40 list, which profiles the most accomplished lawyers in Asia under 40 years of age.

Eversheds Sutherland and Singapore’s Harry Elias Partnership recently announced that they were ending their three-year merger with a joint media release. The statement said the firms were parting on “good terms,” but those watching on the sidelines in Singapore have questioned why the arrangement didn’t work out, suggesting that the split is symbolic of changing expectations in the highly competitive market.

The three-year-old merger between Eversheds Sutherlands and Singapore’s Harry Elias Partnership (HEP) is officially coming to an end at the end of this month, the two firms have announced.

The first case of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) in Indonesia was confirmed in early March of 2020. Since then, due to the rapid spread of COVID-19 among the Indonesian people, the Government of Indonesia (“GoI”) has issued new regulations as part of its efforts to stop the COVID-19 outbreak within the country, inter alia, (i) the Presidential Decree No.11 of 2020 concerning the Determination of Public Health Emergency regarding COVID-19 on 31 March 2020; (ii) the Government Regulation No. 21 of 2020 concerning Large-Scale Social Restrictions for Acceleration in the Handling of COVID-19 on 31 March 2020; and (iii) the Minister of Health Regulation No. 9 of 2020 concerning Guidelines on the Large-Scale Social Restrictions for Acceleration in the Handling of COVID-19 on 3 April 2020.

Some 21 percent of Malaysia’s lawyers are contemplating ceasing practice or closing their law offices due to the impact of the national lockdown instituted as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2019, Big Four professional services firm PWC published a report on how law firms were adapting to paradigm transformations in business models, utilising technology to boost productivity and support new ways of working, building innovation cultures, and enhancing agility to better serve their client needs and navigate the complexities in the operating environment.

Singapore-based boutique Collyer Law, which focuses on emerging growth companies, has collaborated with U.S. technology company Anduin on an issue-tracking platform for the legal market.

While job-cutting may be effective in some cases, it can also severely damage company culture and staff morale and result in irreparable loss of know-how.

To improve connectivity between its vast regions and support economic growth, Indonesia requires more infrastructure financing than ever. As an alternative to the existing Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme, the Government of Indonesia has recently introduced a new form of concession, i.e. Limited Concession Scheme (“LCS”) as stipulated under Presidential Regulation No. 32/2020 on Financing of Infrastructure through Limited Right of Utilization (“PR 32/2020”).