3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (221+ words) Han Kun Law Offices has recruited Chu Weishu as a partner at its Shanghai office, strengthening its dispute resolution practice and her partner registration is underway. Before joining Han Kun, Chu was a senior partner at China Commercial Law Firm’s…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (472+ words) In this increasingly globalised age, love transcends boundaries and distance no longer confines human connection. In matters of the heart, citizenship may at first seem irrelevant. In matters of law, however, nationality carries significant legal consequences, particularly under Philippine immigration…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (164+ words) Peter & Kim has strengthened its cross-border disputes capabilities with the appointment of Joonhak Choi as a partner in Seoul. Choi joins from South Korean law firm Kim & Chang, where he had served as an attorney in the international arbitration and…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (307+ words) Beijing-headquartered Guantao Law Firm has opened an office in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, its 41st globally and fourth in Central Asia, expanding its legal services network in the region. Guantao has established offices in Almaty in Kazakhstan, Tashkent in Uzbekistan and Dushanbe in…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (633+ words) An executive need not break the law to become entangled in a Singapore criminal investigation. Irregularities in company accounts, business partners implicated in a case, unauthorised acts by subordinates, or third-party fund flows can easily draw management into the scope…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (436+ words) Two patent attorneys, Yuki Jono and Jun Aoyama, have launched Aoyama Jono Patent & Law Firm in Tokyo, Japan. Both are members of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association and will serve as founding partners, with Jono also assuming the role of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (271+ words) Dentons HPRP, the Indonesian arm of the global law firm, has beefed up its tax practice with the addition of partner Rita Mansjur. Mansjur joins from Forvis Mazars in Indonesia, an audit, tax and advisory firm, where she served as…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1554+ words) From standalone enterprise holdings to a unified statewide domain, the legislative horizon signals a reset: state asset governance is leaving its fragmented past behind. Claire Zhao reports WHEN, THE ANCIENT Chinese statesman and reformer Guan Zhong pioneered what he called…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (388+ words) The Josef case’s key development is the court’s express application of the Family Code’s property rules to same-sex couples, particularly article 148. Article 147 applies to a man and a woman who are legally capacitated to marry each other but live together…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (321+ words) He shared his insights during a two-day seminar jointly hosted by the In-House Counsel Forum (IHCF) and the Korea Mediation Institute (KMI) at the Seoul Bar Association Gwanghwamun Centre in the South Korean capital of Seoul from 31 August to 1 September…...