2 ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS – MARCH 2024 WWW.LEGALBUSINESSONLINE.COM Asian Legal Business is available by subscription. Please visit www.legalbusinessonline.com for details. Asian Legal Business has an audited average circulation of 11,402 as of 30 September 2016.Copyright is reserved throughout. No part of this publication can be reproduced in whole or part without the express permission of the editor. Contributions are invited, but copies of work should be kept, as Asian Legal Business can accept no responsibility for loss. MCI (P) 004/02/2024 issn 0219 – 6875 KDN PPS 1867/10/2015(025605) Thomson Reuters Alice @ Mediapolis, 29 Media Circle, #09-05, Singapore 138565 / T (65) 6775 5088 10/F, Cityplaza 3, Taikoo Shing, Hong Kong / T (852) 3762 3269 www.thomsonreuters.com BRIDGING THE GULF As you peruse through this issue of Asian Legal Business – which includes our Top 15 SE Asia Litigators ranking and our Super 50 TMT list, along with a number of fine features – I would direct your attention to the Middle East Focus section that we are launching here. While ALB has had events and awards in the Middle East, our editorial coverage has been less focused. But that is about to change. We’re starting with a four-page section in this issue, but our plans are bigger: Expect to see not just expanded print coverage, but also more online content in the form of news stories and videos, and a dedicated newsletter further down the road. Please do get in touch with myself and my team if you would like to be a part of this coverage; in-house counsel are especially welcome. The reason for this initiative is very obvious: Ties between the Middle East and Asia, particularly Asia’s fast-growing developing economies, have been strengthening significantly of late. A report released late last year by Asia House, an independent think tank, found that there had been a “remarkable surge” in trade between GCC countries and what it calls the “Emerging Asia” list of 34 Asian nations, including China, India, and most ASEAN members. Trade between the two sets of countries grew by 34.7 percent from $383 billion in 2021 to $516 billion in 2022, significantly faster than projections, and could reach approximately $757 billion by 2030. The legal work being generated through this corridor is not insignificant, and we hope to be able to bring key news and analysis related to it going forward. RANAJIT DAM Managing Editor, Asian Legal Business, Thomson Reuters HEAD OF LEGAL MEDIA BUSINESS, ASIA & EMERGING MARKETS Amantha Chia amantha.chia@thomsonreuters.com MANAGING EDITOR Ranajit Dam ranajit.dam@thomsonreuters.com ASIA JOURNALIST Sarah Wong sarah.wong@thomsonreuters.com ASIA WRITER Nimitt Dixit nimitt.dixit@thomsonreuters.com RANKINGS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS EDITOR Wang Bingqing bingqing.wang@thomsonreuters.com COPY & WEB EDITOR Rowena Muniz rowena.muniz@thomsonreuters.com SENIOR DESIGNER John Agra john.agra@thomsonreuters.com TRAFFIC/CIRCULATION MANAGER Rozidah Jambari rozidah.jambari@thomsonreuters.com SALES MANAGERS Hiroshi Kaneko Japan, Korea (81) 3 4520 1192 hiroshi.kaneko@thomsonreuters.com Jonathan Yap Indonesia, Singapore (65) 6973 8914 jonathan.yap@thomsonreuters.com Krupa Dalal India, Middle East, Singapore (91) 22 6189 7087 krupa.dalal@thomsonreuters.com Romulus Tham Southeast Asia (65) 6973 8248 romulus.tham@thomsonreuters.com Simon Wan Hong Kong (852) 3462 7730 simon.wan@thomsonsreuters.com Steffi Yang South and West China (86) 010 5669 2041 qifan.yang@thomsonreuters.com Steven Zhao China Key Accounts (86) 10 6627 1360 s.zhao@thomsonreuters.com Yvonne Cheung China Key Accounts, Hong Kong and Korea (852) 2847 2003 yvonne.cheung@thomsonreuters.com SENIOR EVENTS MANAGER Julian Chiew julian.chiew@thomsonreuters.com SENIOR EVENTS MANAGER, AWARDS Tracy Li tracy.li@thomsonreuters.com
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