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K&L Gates prepares to split from Singapore's Straits Law
5+ hour, 12+ min ago (310+ words) K&L Gates has announced its intention to split from Singapore firm Straits Law after a seven-year partnership, with the separation expected to take place in January 2027. The firms, which merged in 2018, are splitting at a time when Singapore's Ministry…...
Clifford Chance advises on INSITE's data centre capital maker
7+ hour, 34+ min ago (378+ words) Clifford Chance has advised data centre provider INSITE DC on the establishment of an investment platform with investment manager Alceon, aimed at acquiring and developing data centres across the Asia-Pacific region. Partners Reuben van Werkum and Robert Tang led the…...
Balancing rights amid frozen bank accounts and financial blackouts
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (735+ words) The power to freeze property helps preserve suspected criminal proceeds and secure financial evidence. But its increasing usage in financial fraud and cybercrime cases has raised serious concerns, often denying individuals and businesses access to funds long before any guilty…...
CCI emphasises value of AI self-audit
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (469+ words) Artificial intelligence may be transforming how businesses compete, but if their algorithms are tilting the playing field, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) wants them to find out before it does. In September 2025, the CCI released a Market Study on Artificial…...
How India is enabling faster, smoother project development
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (348+ words) In order to achieve its aim of becoming a USD30 trillion economy by 2047, the government of India has significantly increased capital expenditure on infrastructure from INR5. 92 trillion (USD6. 45 billion) in FY2021-22 to INR11. 21 trillion for FY2025-26. Yet given the scale of both greenfield and brownfield development…...
Paper reciprocity undermines foreign decrees
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (623+ words) Section 44 A of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) was enacted in 1973 by the first Indian Legislature established under the Government of India Act, 1935. It was enacted so that decrees from superior courts in the UK and reciprocating Commonwealth territories…...
Anant Mishra quits JSA to join Aretha Legal in New Delhi
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (172+ words) Anant Mishra has joined Aretha Legal as a partner in the firm's corporate, M&A, private equity and venture capital practice, and will be based at the New Delhi office. Mishra, previously a partner at JSA, has nearly 15 years of…...
Allen & Gledhill launches two new practices in Singapore
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (292+ words) Allen & Gledhill has announced the establishment of two new practices " technology disputes, and healthcare, life sciences and pharmaceuticals in the Singapore office. The technology disputes practice will be led by partners Tan Kai Liang, co-head of the firm's international arbitration…...
Firms steer Midea's HKD17bn zero-coupon convertible bonds
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (258+ words) Midea Group has issued HKD17. 25 billion (USD2. 2 billion) in offshore zero-coupon convertible bonds through its wholly owned offshore subsidiary, Midea Investment Development Company in the largest such deal to date in the Greater China region in 2026. King & Wood and Linklaters advised on…...
Duane Morris and JV help clear Kangxi in IP rights case
3+ day, 10+ min ago (587+ words) Duane Morris and its Singapore joint venture, Duane Morris & Selvam, help exonerate Kangxi Communication in a US International Trade Commission (ITC) section 337 investigation over accusations of intellectual property rights infringement such as patent and trademark violations. On 28 April, communications chipmaker…...