Du Xiaocheng, a former principal at TianTong Law Firm in Xi’an, has joined JunHe as the head of the team in the capital of Shaanxi province. Du specialises in dispute resolution, particularly in the sectors of energy, banking and finance, company management, and construction in northwest China. His clients include major financial institutions and large-scale enterprises, such as Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, ICBC, PetroChina, Sinopec and China Huadian Corporation. Last year, China Business Law Journal selected Du among the lawyers named Growth Drivers in the A-List 2023-24. He was ..read more

The Singapore Corporate Counsel Association (SCCA) has lined up a stellar group of speakers for its two-day significant in-house corporate counsel event, the APAC Legal Congress 2024, from 23-24 April at the One Farrer Hotel. In its second year, the congress, with backing from the city-state’s Ministry of Law, will convene legal experts from across the Asia-Pacific region to dissect the latest developments under the theme “adapting to the legal evolution in a rapidly changing world”. Guest of honour K Shanmugam SC, Singapore’s minister for law and home affairs, will launch the congress with th ..read more

Combatting counterfeiters is never easy, but often the very survival of quality enterprises is on the line. The stakes are high so the right strategies are key, write Ami Parikh and Bhavesh Haria, in-house counsel at Asian Paints The malaise arising from counterfeiting is industry agnostic. All can be counterfeited, with the most affected sectors being fast- moving consumer goods (FMCG), pharma, tobacco, alcohol and currency. In January 2023, the non-profit Authentication Solution Providers’ Association (ASPA) and the financial research company CRISIL released a report titled State of Counterf ..read more

Elections, political tensions, accelerated regulation and shifting sands of opportunity are some of the factors influencing law firm movements in the region. Like never before, the turnstyle of firm exits and entries provides a pulse count of regional business, writes Brian Yap Law firms across Asia are experiencing differing challenges and opportunities in light of today’s events, which range from elections and regulatory changes to rising interest rates and US-China tensions. In China, while talk of exits by global law firms amid the country’s strained relations with the US has flooded mass ..read more

Fangda Partners and Norton Rose Fulbright have advised Deutsche Bank on the issuance of its third panda bond, valued at RMB3 billion (USD415 million), in the largest such issue by a financial institution since 2018. The two-year senior preferred notes generated significant interest, resulting in an orderbook of more than RMB8 billion. China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China, granted Deutsche Bank permission to issue up to RMB8 billion of renminbi bonds in two years. Previously, the bank successfully raised RMB1 billion in both its initial second issuances. Samuel Fischer, Deutsche Ban ..read more

Shihui Partners beefs up the firm’s real estate and infrastructure expertise as it welcomes new partner Zhang Xian to its Beijing office. Zhang was a senior associate at Zhong Lun Law Firm. In addition, she was formerly general counsel at Longfor Group and spent more than a decade in the real estate sector. Leveraging on her expertise in real estate development, she has advised clients on property-related matters including investment and financing activities as well as rental arrangements. Furthermore, Zhang advised clients on projects related to residential and commercial buildings as well as ..read more

Troy Doyle joins Rimon Law as partner and chair of the firm’s global restructuring group in Singapore. Doyle brings more than two decades of expertise in restructuring and insolvency across Asia, the US and the UK. His career includes senior positions at esteemed firms such as DLA Piper, Reed Smith and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher before joining Rimon Law. At Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, he was co-chair of the business, restructuring and reorganisation practice group. Doyle has overseen restructuring endeavours totalling more than USD62.9 billion in debt and equity. Juan Zúñiga, managing partner ..read more

India is bringing its outdated telecoms regime into the present with new legislation. But the reforms have sparked concern over privacy and implementation, writes Indrajit Basu India’s Telecommunications Act, 2023, announced in December last year, is set to usher in radical reforms for India’s archaic telecoms regime. Yet while the act is aimed at streamlining telecom activities and introducing flexibility in regulating the rapidly evolving technology landscape, it faces criticism for potentially compromising fair privacy and surveillance practices, as well as for perceived regulatory overreac ..read more

Tokyo-based TMI Associates has inked a partnership with SY Teo & Co to establish a base in Kuala Lumpur, marking the Japanese firm’s second Malaysian tie-up, extending its presence in the Southeast Asian nation. Partner Hiroyasu Umeda, who is currently working in the Singapore office of TMI Associates, will be stationed at the Kuala Lumpur base. SY Teo & Co is a Malaysian law firm headed by Sze Yi Teo, a foreign attorney at TMI Associates’ Singapore office. Teo is qualified as a lawyer in Malaysia and Singapore, and has extensive experience in M&A and other corporate matters. Since ..read more

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