The In-House Community is currently hosting a series of half-hour skills webinars for in-house lawyers. We ask Mark Prebble from Lawyers in Business who is presenting them to share some of his thinking with us.
With the aid of insight from some of the most reputable and in-the-know sources throughout the region, Chris Thomson sums up what has been and what potentially will be with regard to M&A’s in Asia and the Middle East.
<font size ="3"Rikita Ganju and Pooja Khanna of Phoenix Legal discuss India’s Companies Act of 2013, made effective April 1, 2014, and how its implementations will streamline India’s M&A process, making it smooth and transparent.
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan partner Vincente D. Gerochi IV discusses how new legislation allows foreign banks to qualify for full entry into the Phillipine banking system. He delves into the methods and implications of this innovation, as well as looking into the competition that is likely to arise.
Daniel Shih, Chief Ethics Officer, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Walmart China juggles his legal functions and ethical obligations with crisis management on a day to day basis. Working at the world’s largest public corporation means that he has to adopt a risk-based approach to prioritise the issues and be ready and switched on at all times. Here he tells ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL how his career has arced its way through a myriad of fields including capital markets and telecommunications before landing this blue-chip role with the top Fortune 500 company.
The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) released a circular on Reforming the Administration of the Settlement of Foreign Exchange Capital of Foreign-invested Enterprises which further promotes discretionary settlement of foreign investment enterprises’ foreign exchange capital nationwide. The circular take effect on 1 June 2015.
In this landmark Deals of the Year Issue, we credit last year's most complex, large, unique and innovative deals. Recently implemented laws led to both Hong Kong and West Africa's inaugural sukuks, soon-to-be implemented integration in the ASEAN region led to gigantic deals and both China and the UAE witnessed their largest ever IPOs, with China's valued at an immense, world record-breaking US$25 billion.
Rebecca Lim, Group General Counsel of Westpac Banking Corporation speaks to ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL about the challenges and opportunities she has encountered in her role at the Australian headquartered bank. Here, she explains how her and her team manage to stay ahead of the curve.
