South-East Asia (SEA)
The alliance is aimed at creating an integrated platform across banking and finance, corporate, and other key practice areas, a spokesperson told IFLR
IFLR’s legal benchmarking title reveals its latest rankings for Southeast and Eastern Asia, with capital markets and M&A dominating the upgrades
The London Stock Exchange will offer a platform for buyers and sellers of shares in private companies to trade on an intermittent basis
Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia are seeing a wave of climate-related disclosure requirements as transition planning increasingly comes to the fore
From digital asset pilot schemes to stock exchange linkages, Singapore has launched a number of new initiatives in the capital markets
New hires were made across the fintech, PE, corporate, funds and venture capital practices in Washington DC, New York, Boston and Singapore
New regulation to protect national security interests and regulatory scrutiny of mergers mean investors need to be ready to address potential deal roadblocks
New hires were made across the M&A and capital markets practices in New York and Singapore
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Sponsored by Nishimura & AsahiThe foreign ownership cap in public companies is regulated mainly by the Law on Securities (LOS), the Law on Investment (LOI), and their implementing regulations. In an effort to innovate the investment environment, draft amendments of the aforementioned laws have been proposed to the National Assembly for discussion in order to, among other things, address foreign ownership issues in public companies, including those discussed herein. -
Sponsored by Nishimura & AsahiOn June 26 2019 the State Bank of Vietnam issued Circular 06/2019/TT-NHNN on foreign exchange control of foreign direct investment (FDI) activities in Vietnam (Circular 06). It replaced Circular 19/2014/TT-NHNN (Circular 19) and amended certain articles in Circular 05/2014/TT-NHNN on the opening and use of foreign indirect investment capital accounts, and in Circular 16/2014/TT-NHNN on the use of foreign currency and Vietnamese Dong (VND) accounts for residents and non-residents. The issuance of Circular 06 has led to some important regulatory changes relating to the foreign exchange control of FDI activities in Vietnam.
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Sponsored by Nishimura & AsahiOn September 19 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) officially submitted its final draft decision to the Prime Minister in order to promulgate a new decision on incentives for investors in solar power projects in Vietnam (Draft Decision). Two substantial incentives in the Draft Decision include (i) new feed-in tariffs (FIT) and (ii) detailed regulations on rooftop solar power projects.
