The interactive edition of the April 2020 issue of Asian-mena Counsel, magazine for the In-House Community is now live (below). This issue includes the Deals of the Year 2019 report and results. In the report, our managing editor, Nick Ferguson, reviews the top transactions and matters that closed during 2019 including a full calendar rundown of the winners and the law firms that worked on them.
As always, we include the latest legal jobs, moves and deals, plus important legal updates from The Philippines, South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam and Africa and an offshore legal update.
Also in this edition:
Jimmy Haoula of BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates looks at the outlook for acquisition activity in the UAE and Saudi Arabia in light of Covid-19, and Mengyun Qiu of AllBright explains the influence of China’s Foreign Investment Law on foreign-invested enterprises.
We talk with Philip Wood, the former head of banking at Allen & Overy, on the future of law and the relationship between in-house and external lawyers; and Sigrid Wettwer, the head of group legal for the Middle East & Asia Pacific at DNV GL, about change, technology and running a lean and efficient legal organisation.
Our regular contributor, David Kerstjens of Law In Order writes about drone forensics.
In the Briefing section we cover the latest moves and jobs and take a closer look at Asian-mena Counsel’s Deal of the Month.
We hope you enjoy the publication.
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