Having worked as a lawyer in New York for 15 years and Asia for almost 20 before joining Asian Development Bank which focusses on developing jurisdictions, Christopher Stephens tells the In-House Community about the “cultural arrogance” behind assuming that the more longstanding laws are the better ones and will automatically work in areas whose traditions and cultures are disparate. He also talks about how to motivate younger lawyers, revealing that giving them credit for their work has to go beyond remuneration.

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An exemption for monopoly agreement in anti-trust enforcement refers to a monopoly agreement which formally falls into ...

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Presidential Regulation No. 44 of 2016 regarding the List of Business Fields That Are Closed and Business Fields That Are Conditionally Open...

With the threat of climate change, the international community created the Paris Agreement which aims to stop global warming and preserve ...

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The UAE came into being in 1971. The self-taught local entrepreneur who set up shop selling just one product or service in those early days ...

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Hot Topics issue of Asian-mena Counsel magazine featuring In-House Community Counsel of the Year Awards 2016. v14i1 AMC magazine

The Ministerial Decision No. (272) of 2016 addresses the scope of Article 104 of Federal Law No.2 of 2015, stating which articles relating to public and private joint stock companies apply to limited liability companies.

Global law firm White & Case LLP is launching an office in Cairo, expanding its practice in the Mena region. The new office is expected to be up-and-running by October...

Singaporean law firm RHT Taylor Wessing recently announced its intention to merge with PBC Partners in order to expand its oversight of the ASEAN Economic Community. According to the firm, ...

Law firm Hogan Lovells has announced that it will enter into an association with Indonesian law firm Dewi Negara Fachri & Partners (DNFP) effective as of June 1, 2016...