ALB Conversations: Ramya Mohan, Vice President and Asia-Pacific General Counsel, Huhtamaki
Ramya Mohan began her career at law firms like Dave & Girish & Co, Thakker & Thakker, and Economic Laws Practice, before moving in-house with Mondelez in 2011. After a decade at that company, she joined Finnish food packaging company Huhtamaki as Vice President and Asia-Pacific General Counsel. Mohan talks…
ALB CONVERSATIONS: Emi Takeda and Takamasa Makita, Managing Directors, Legal, Accenture Japan
Takeda and Makita Takamasa, managing directors in the legal department at Accenture Japan, discuss the leadership lessons they have learnt, the importance of company culture, and the best advice they have received.
ALB Conversations: Rachel Yee, Head, Legal & Compliance, Singapore & Southeast Asia, Sembcorp Industries
Rachel Yee, head, legal and compliance, Singapore and Southeast Asia, Sembcorp Industries, talks about the combination of traits she looks for in team members, how respect is at the heart of successful relationships with external counsel, and why mindset makes all the difference.
ALB Conversations: Hiro Kato, General Counsel, Inpex
Hiro Kato, general counsel of Japan’s Inpex, talks about why it's important to follow the “Big Rules,” the importance of corporate culture to a flexible and non-hierarchical team like his, and how he never forgets that the legal industry is, in essence, a service industry.
ALB Conversations: Ong Johnson, Senior Group Legal Manager, i-Berhad
Ong Johnson, senior group legal manager of i-Berhad, shares how every legal decision he makes has a dual purpose, the importance of empathy, and why he always strives to be a “good and faithful servant.”
ALB Conversations: Dorothea Dian, General Counsel, Siemens Indonesia
Dorothea Dian, general counsel at Siemens Indonesia, speaks about why a company's culture sets the foundation for a cohesive and successful organisation, the ways in which her law firms could enhance their responsiveness and efficiency, and how she always seeks to thrive in the face of change.
ALB Conversations: Melissa Tan, Director, Legal, Doctor Anywhere
As director of legal at Doctor Anywhere, a fast-growing one-stop telehealth app provider in Southeast Asia, Melissa Tan leads an in-house team that guided the company through “unchartered” waters during the pandemic. In this interview, Tan speaks about how one of her biggest personal highlights is witnessing each team member grow, why openness in communication is key to impactful lawyering, and why being comfortable with ambiguity in the law is something she looks for in her hires.
UK-listed law firm Ince to seek sale after creditor bows out
Legal and professional services firm Ince Group plans to enter administration and pursue a sale of the company, it said on Wednesday, amid cash concerns and repeated delays in reporting its financial results.
Expert Insights: 2022 IPO Outlook in the Greater China region [Brought to you by Intralinks] (ZH/EN)
In 2021, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) had a robust year, with over 90 listings raising over $318 billion Hong Kong dollars. Shanghai Stock exchange also supported a large volume of new listings on the SSE STAR Market and significant deals on the STAR Market and Main Board. Many new economy companies have looked to Hong Kong and China as the most preferred listing destination for Chinese companies.
Rethinking Korea Asset Management – Is It Time for a Revisit? [Brought to you by RBN Chambers]
In the seminal case of Korea Asset Management v Daewoo Singapore Pte Ltd (in liquidation) [2004] 1 SLR(R) 671 (“Korea Asset Management”), the Honourable Judicial Commissioner V K Rajah (as he then was) (“JC Rajah”) laid down a non-exhaustive list of factors to be considered in an application under Sections 299(2) or 262(3) of the Companies Act (Cap. 50 1994 Rev Ed) (“CA”) (pari materia to Sections 170(2) and 133(1) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (No. 40 of 2018) (“IRDA”)) for leave to commence or continue an action or proceedings against a company in liquidation. In such applications, decisions at various levels of the Singapore courts have cited and employed the factors in Korea Asset Management with a seemingly common reluctance to broaden or revise the factors. Following the recent developments in Australia, has the time come for our Singapore courts to revisit this position?