Taylor Root's appraisal of the current market and hiring trends among law firms in Hong Kong, including a salary survey which takes into account 2012 reviews.
The legal profession that Professor Richard Susskind OBE has been observing since 1981 is ‘on the brink of fundamental change’. He predicts that the practice of commercial law in particular, will be almost unrecognisable in 15 years from what it is today. Inevitably, in-house counsel teams are not immune. But with change comes opportunity and, according to Susskind, the importance of the in-house counsel role in the future will be very much self-driven and self-determined. In the following extract from his new book, Tomorrow’s Lawyers, chapter 7 ‘The shifting role of in-house lawyers’ – published by Oxford University Press, exclusive to ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL – Susskind illustrates how in-house counsel need to change their way of working and provides examples as to how they can adapt and profit from this shifting landscape.
The Tanzanian government recently announced the cancellation of a total of 174 mining licences. This mining update examines the key continuing obligations imposed by the Mining Act upon mining licence holders.
The port sector in Tanzania is one of the largest of East and Central Africa, serving Tanzania as well as the neighbouring landlocked countries of Malawi, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda ...
The Bank of Tanzania requires that all foreign loans from the private sector in Tanzania are registered with them. We look at what this registration means in practice.
In this landmark Deals of the Year Issue, you will find an overview of the winning deals, which won acclaim for a combination of reasons including uniqueness, complexity, size and innovation. Our final run-down includes: historic aircraft orders, inaugural sukuks, ground-breaking project financing deals, and a multitude of capital market deals, as well as many others. Despite a relatively restrained backdrop in 2013, activity rallied in the final quarter of last year and certain sectors flourished – particularly in the project finance, energy and food and beverage (F&B) sectors.
Sitting in the legal driver’s seat at a renowned MNC in India has its rewards. However, as Shahana Basu Kanodia, Chief Legal Officer/Global General Counsel of Apollo Tyres Limited explains, one of the biggest challenges can be integrating the legal function between different offices in Asia, Europe and Africa to provide timely, consistent and pragmatic legal advice to business divisions in different time zones. Here she tells us more about her role.
Amy Ng, General Counsel for CBRE Global Investors Asia Pacific describes some of the ups and downs inherent in her role since she joined the company in 2005. For her, the appeal in moving in-house was to go beyond a purely legal role and explore the more esoteric aspects of a business itself. Eight years on, she deliberates on how her career has changed and what she looks for specifically when retaining external counsel.
On May 21st, 2007 the Ministry of Trade (currently Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT)) promulgated Decision No. 10/2007/QD-BTM to announce the schedule for implementation of trading …
On March 4th, 2014, a new law aimed at combating counterfeit goods and other forms of commercial fraud passed through the UAE’s Federal National Council (FNC). …
