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Bringing a little Seoul to Vietnam

Will the new Shanghai international board topple the HKEx’s crown?

Stephenson Harwood finesses the finer details as Lion Air mega deal with Boeing takes off…

Brazil: is expansion there solid as a BRIC?

Is the Legal World becoming a Global Village?

Creating A Special Relationship: Trail-blazing International firm breaks new ground in China

New Silk Road firms stepping up their game and expanding their reach

Anna Hazare’s campaign to stamp out corruption in India

EU Free Trade Agreement pact with Korea hails a watershed decision for the legal sector

New partner hires strengthen Kirkland & Ellis’s HK operation

Clyde and BLG approve UK firms’ biggest ever merger

KhattarWong senior staff depart to form new firm

Ashurst announces best friend referral arrangement in India

Allen & Overy establishes African hub with Morocco launch

Milbank launches Hong Kong practice

Ogier launches Shanghai operation

Malaysia prices US$2 bln global sukuk

Mayer Brown JSM to open office in Singapore

US fears over Asian “soft regulation” unfounded, says departing watchdog boss

Kroll launches Greater China financial investigations practice

HK’s new arbitration law effective from next month

Vinson & Elkins expands Middle East operation

K&L Gates adds 10-lawyer team in Tokyo

Simpson Thacher to launch Hong Kong law practice

Freshfields bolsters China team with chairman appointment and partner relocations

New decree streamlines IP enforcement procedures in vietnam

Fuller named as new Chief Executive Partner at Mallesons

Arbitration Asia launches in Hong Kong

Draft legislation targets unfair competition in China’s Internet sector

Norton Rose launches a new tie-up in Indonesia

Groundbreaking deal a major development for the US and Chinese banking markets

Clifford Chance enters Australia as part of regional growth strategy

New regulations governing cross-strait transactions

New link-up aims to capitalise on PRC’s construction boom

The seemless job transfer – will it ever really exist in the UAE?

HK legal profession at a “watershed”, says Law Society President

Shanghai releases Pilot RMB Private Equity Funds Implementation Measures

Korean regulators propose changes to options trading rules

Chinese representative office rules are modernised

Malaysia's new code on take-overs and mergers 2010

New Arbitration Law for Hong Kong

Orrick announces tie-up with Vietnam firm in Hanoi

Maples and Calder appoints new Hong Kong joint managing partner

Another cross-Atlantic merger crosses the line

US litigation firm sets its sights on Asia

Prominent magic circle lawyer heeds the in-house call

Norton Rose Group ups the ante with the addition of two new firms to its fold

HKSE nabs the largest insurance IPO ever worldwide, with AIA listing

Law firms get a slice of the action in proposed A$8.4 billion takeover offer from SGX for ASX

Shenzhen IPOs raise a record US$33.6b in 2010 to trump Shanghai

Allens and Nagashima join forces in a bid to better serve Japanese clients

BVI-incorporated company to become the first to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

No legal privilege for in-house lawyers in European Commission cartel investigations, rules Europe’s highest court

Jade & Fountain expands into the PRC’s capital

Azmi celebrates a decade in the law, and a new office in Singapore

Gibson Dunn opens second Asian office in Hong Kong

Singapore delivers largest sports facilities infrastructure PPP project in the world

Asian-Counsel Representing Corporate Asia Survey 2010

Hogan Lovells shores up relationship with Mongolian firm as accelerated growth is anticipated

Agricultural Bank of China Limited chases IPO record

Former SEBI executive launches firm in Mumbai

Blake Dawson and Soebagjo, Jatim, Djarot take association one step further

New Middle East Financial Markets head for Simmons & Simmons

Bakers creates new regional project finance post

Indonesia becomes A&O’s latest target

Pinsent Masons secures Joint Law Venture Licence in Singapore

New APAC managing partner to encourage growth at Sidley

Simmons to add a string to the bow with Beijing office opening

A&O broadens Aussie offering with competition appointment

A&O broadens Aussie offering with competition appointment

SNR Denton becomes second trans-Atlantic merger in a matter of months

Clifford Chance Middle East partnership secure under Lovett

Mexico looks to World Expo to tap Chinese investors and promote trade

New Baker & McKenzie Chairman to guide the firm through a changing business world

HKSE’s new listing rules reassuring for mining and petroleum companies

Navigant boosts FCPA and AML capabilities

First foreign company to trade on Taiwan Stock Exchange

Australian lawyer appointed to LCIA Arbitration Court

Linklaters appoints Hong Kong partner as new Global Head of Litigation

Former Hogan & Hartson managing partners depart for other pastures

Competition laws coming to Malaysia in 2011

A new Secretary-General for the HKIAC

2010 International Arbitration Survey: Choices in International Arbitration

A&O and Sullivan Cromwell step up to defend Goldman in wake of fraud allegations

Latest offshore offering looks to Hong Kong

China’s automotive industry shoots and scores with the acquisition of Volvo

India’s Bharti Airtel firmly stakes its claim on the global telecoms market with an impressive US$10.7b agreement

A question mark over AIG's US$35.5 billion sale of Asian Life Insurance Unit to Prudential

US International Trade firm opens Beijing office

Lawyers Without Borders to benefit from former Shearman partner’s years of experience

Allen & Overy heads down under

Lovells keen to capture Saudi market

WongPartnership keen to conquer green

Ogier to pioneer Asian-based Jersey and Guernsey practice from Hong Kong

A&O full equity partners receive option to work part-time

Solicitor-advocates to gain rights of audience before the higher courts of Hong Kong

Zhong Lun sees HK as first step in global strategy

Moscow and Tokyo the latest adventures for K&L Gates

A second Asian office for Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins starts 2010 with a bang

White & Case breaks into the Asian arbitration market

Big guns share the love

Shell senior legal counsel joins Ashurst’s energy team in Dubai

Japan’s largest firm wants a slice of the pie in China

In-House Community Congresses & Events

Now in their 14th year, the In-House Congress circuit are the events for the In-House Community along the New Silk Route.
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SINGAPORE OUTBOUND SYMPOSIUM 2012

IN-HOUSE CONGRESS DUBAI 2012

Novacourses Online Learning

A selection of the free and CPD acredited courses available at www.novacourses.com
> Course 1
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the PRC
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> Course 2
Computer Forensics For Legal Professionals
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