The decision provides clarification on how the Close-Out Amount under Clause 14 of the ISDA Master Agreement is to be calculated.

Shelf Drilling’s associate general counsel for the Middle East and Africa discusses the changing role of in-house counsel and the effect of technology on the profession.

Attention is being focused on typos made in transactions in the Korean stock market.

President Duterte says he has put an end to the “Endo” or the practice of engaging employees on a contractual basis. But has he?

Extraterritorial applicability of GDPR makes it clear that these regulations will be applicable regardless of whether the processing takes place in EU or not.

The requirement will strengthen and amplify the anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, anti-tax avoidance/evasion and anti-monopolism efforts.

Parties that wish to form a joint venture in accordance with the principles of Shariah may consider forming such a venture based on the musharakah mutanaqisah concept.

The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) commenced the review process in respect of its Act No. 007/2002 of July 11, 2002 on Mining Code (Mining Code) in 2012. The process eventually culminated in the promulgation by the President of the Republic of the Act Amending the Mining Code (Amending Act) ...

On February 2, 2018, the government promulgated Decree No. 15/2018/ND-CP guiding some articles of the Law on Food Safety 2010 (Decree 15) ...

Asian-mena Counsel June 2018 Counsels of the Year Awards v15i8 The In-House Community shared a celebratory evening in Hong Kong with the winners of our Counsels of the Year awards and we present photographs from the event and a write-up in this month’s issue. We also present the 12th Market Update and Salary Guide 2018 for the in-house legal and compliance sector, in partnership with Taylor Root. Our Jurisdiction Updates for the issue are: AFRICA: Impact of the amendment of the Legal Guarantee of Stability in respect of existing mining projects in the DRC By Emery Mukendi Wafwana of Lex Africa INDIA: The impact of General Data Protection Regulations on Indian companies By Priyanka Anand and Vasudha Luniya of Clasis Law MALAYSIA: Structuring a joint venture arrangement based on musharakah mutanaqisah By Ahmad Syahir Yahya, Azmi & Associates PHILIPPINES: Much EndO about nothing By Neptali B Salvanera of ACCRA Law Offices SOUTH KOREA: “Fat finger” mistakes in the Korean stock market By Yang Weon Jae of Lee International VIETNAM: Guidelines for food safety rules further streamlining administrative procedures By Dao Thi Bich Tram of Indochine Counsel In our Investigative Intelligence section, Budi Santoso of Kroll explains how new ultimate beneficial ownership disclosure requirements in Indonesia represent an important step in addressing a problem that has haunted the country for decades. This month’s In-House Insights features Hani Abosamra Abdelrasoul, associate general counsel for the Middle East and Africa at Shelf Drilling, discussing the changing role of in-house counsel and the effect of technology on the profession. Special features in this month’s issue cover off-plan sales in Dubai, written by Afridi & Angell and Better Homes; China’s progress on intellectual property rights, by AWA Asia; and Bank Indonesia’s new e-money regulation, by MKK. In the Briefing section, along with the latest moves and jobs, we take a closer look at Huya’s New York IPO and review our latest events in Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City. We hope you enjoy the issue.

King & Wood Mallesons is getting on board with China’s plan to integrate Hong Kong, Macau and nine cities in Guangdong.

An unsuccessful party cannot possibly apply for interim relief in aid of what it lost before the arbitral tribunal.

The scheme follows a successful pilot that saw attorneys across the firm devoting hundreds of hours to six projects in 2017.

The bill aims to provide an effective, expeditious and constitutionally permissible deterrent to ensure that such actions are curbed.

The federal government recently proposed sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental legislation, including the environmental assessment process for major projects in Canada.