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Asia Disputes Report 2017: Doubling down on disputes

BY John Kang |

As China’s economy slows down, dispute resolution work for offshore law firms has grown, and a number of them have beefed up their disputes practices.
Asia Disputes Report 2017: Seoul rising

BY John Kang |

While Hong Kong and Singapore have so far dominated international arbitration cases seated in Asia, South Korea has been significantly strengthening Seoul’s position as a serious option.
Asia Disputes Report 2017: TPF comes to Hong Kong

BY John Kang |

Not long after rival Asian hub Singapore passed a law to legalise third-party funding for arbitration, Hong Kong also pushed through its own legislation. We look at what this means for the territory, and how the laws differ between the two cities.
Desperate measures

BY Ranajit Dam, Reuters |

India recently directed lenders to initiate bankruptcy proceedings against 12 of the biggest loan defaulters in an effort to clean up the country’s bad loan mess. But how effective will it be?
A spat in Japan

BY Ami Miyazaki, Taiga Uranaka of Reuters |

Japan urges Toshiba and Western Digital to get along as chip dispute flares.
Heating up

BY David Ho |

Competition for China’s top talent is intensifying as law firms and corporations jostle for the country’s best lawyers.
In-house Q&A with Avon Malaysia's Khairuddin Yahya

BY Raj Gunashekar |

Khairuddin Yahya is the legal director and company secretary at Avon Cosmetics in Malaysia. He recently talked to ALB about what it’s like to be the sole member of the company’s legal team in that country and the perks of being an in-house lawyer at a cosmetics company.
Choppy waters

BY John Kang |

The shipping industry has been buffeted by storms recently, causing a wave of consolidation and affecting the legal services required. While shipping lawyers have adapted to the changing tides, the future is shrouded in fog.
Closing the gender divide

BY Raj Gunashekar |

Being a woman in the business of law is not easy, as issues related to gender parity and diversity seem to plague the legal industry. And despite some laudable efforts, law firms are a long way off from closing this diversity gap.
Building rush

BY Raj Gunashekar |

The Philippines’ real estate sector has seen an unprecedented boom in the last two years. And this is leading to an increase in work for law firms.