ASEAN countries’ commitment to meet ambitious emission targets, including fast-evolving energy regulation, development of carbon trading markets and innovative investment policies in the renewable energy sector, are bringing a new variety of work to lawyers in the region

The COVID-19 pandemic has battered economies across the Asian region, and governments are currently scrambling to get back on the growth track. One way is via a substantial increase in infrastructure investment, but with the public purse stretched thin, funds are being sought from private investors as well as other governments.

Hill Dickinson has hired insurance, shipping and competition law specialist Caroline Thomas as a partner in Hong Kong from Holman Fenwick Willan.