China passed a new law, effective 1 January 2016, which encourages families to have two children and removed the right to extended leaves for those who get married or have children late.
Vietnam's National Assembly recently passed new laws which affect investments, real estate, employment, use of internet resources and sanctions on administrative violations.
In her Q&A with the In-House Community, Axiom’s Kirsty Dougan gives her view on the legal industry and explains why she felt it needed an option beyond those that were on offer.
Positive trends in Pharma, Energy and Insurance M&A from Phoenix Legal in India, Chandler & Thong-ek in Thailand and Fasken Martineau DuMoulin in North America
Along with a cover story entitled 'Emerging from practising 'inside the box'', which compiles the thoughts of in-house counsel throughout the region, this Special Report on Responding to change: New model firms et al. looks at what's new on the legal market thanks to Axiom and Eversheds in their respective articles 'A cure for the cost coverage conundrum?' and 'Challenges facing in-house counsel'.
David Boyd and Stephen Kitts of Eversheds give insight into their unique consulting practice, designed to aid clients on a range of issues beyond traditional legal advice.
In the last issue, we discussed group transactions, i.e. multiple companies jointly purchasing or selling products. Group transactions are quite attractive to small and medium-sized companies ...
Two recently released regulations have introduced important changes to the Indonesian manpower sector. While the changes should generally be welcomed by the business ...
