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Mayer Brown JSM has published its Guide to Doing Business in Myanmar (May 2013). The guide includes information of interest to foreign and local investors and explains various legal issues that may arise when doing business in Myanmar.
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Mayer Brown JSM Newsletter
Asia's legal and human resources advisors are often required to function across multiple jurisdictions. Staying on top of employment-related legal developments is important but can be challenging.
To help keep you up to date, Mayer Brown JSM has produced the Asia Employment Law: Quarterly Review, an e-publication covering 15 jurisdictions in Asia. |
Legal Update
14 March 2013
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Mayer Brown JSM Legal Update
On 6 March 2013, Myanmar's Parliament voted in favour of Myanmar becoming a signatory to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 1958 ("the New York Convention").
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News Release
20 February 2013
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Mayer Brown JSM is acting as lead international counsel to Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, the world's largest builder of cruise ships and a major player in the naval industry, on its acquisition of a 50.75 percent stake in Singapore-listed STX OSV. The total value of the transaction, including the acquisition and the mandatory cash offer to be made in compliance with the rules of the Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers, will amount to approximately US$1.2 billion (€900 million).
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News Release
7 January 2013
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Mayer Brown JSM continues to strengthen its Project Finance offering in Southeast Asia through the hire of consultant Ben Thompson from Allen & Overy. Ben joins Mayer Brown JSM’s Singapore office and his hire follows the recruitment of another consultant, Quynh-Anh Lam from Freshfields in Ho Chi Minh City in October, and the arrival of partner Nathan Dodd from Linklaters in September. Nathan heads the Projects Group in Southeast Asia as the Firm builds a Project Finance Group around its Singapore hub.
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Legal Update
6 December 2012
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Mayer Brown JSM Legal Update
The use of unauthorised software in business is illegal and is likely to attract both civil and criminal liabilities in Hong Kong. Yet, did you know that the use of unauthorised software by anyone whose goods are supplied to the US may also constitute an unfair trade practice under the US's unfair competition laws, and may lead to the detention of goods, financial liability and injunctions against further sales? A Thai company has recently been fined for using pirated software to gain an unfair trade advantage in Massachusetts. The lessons that can be learnt by other Asian businesses from this very first case under the US's new anti-IT theft approach are discussed in this legal update.
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Legal Update
5 December 2012
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Mayer Brown JSM Legal Update
Trademark squatting has been a nightmare for many overseas trademark owners for a long time, and more so in recent years. Our partner, Kenny Wong, published an article last month in Intellectual Property Magazine, titled "Kung fu trademark hustle", in which he says there are encouraging signs that we may be seeing light at the end of the tunnel.
Following the Trademark Office, the Chinese judiciary has also openly acknowledged the problem. On December 3, the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court held a press conference to report on their study into "the cause, characteristic and judicial response to trademark squatting". |
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Successfully managing a diverse workforce throughout the employment life cycle in Asia's varied jurisdictions is key to commercial success but can, unless managed correctly, present risk, compliance and policy challenges.
Legal and human resources advisors are regularly required to function across multiple jurisdictions. Given this, Mayer Brown JSM has produced the "Asia Diversity and Discrimination Traffic Lights 2012" which provides an easy-read, colour-coded 'pin-up' guide to 17 jurisdictions in Asia to identify tricky issues concerning diversity in the workplace. |
News Release
1 December 2012
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that its real estate group in Paris, led by Andrew Armfelt and Jean-Philippe Lambert was awarded at the 12th annual Ceremony of Trophées du Droit et du Contentieux (Law and Litigation Trophies) and comprised of the 2012 Silver Trophy of for the “Best Real Estate and Real Estate Finance team” (“Meilleure Equipe immobilier et fiancement immobilier 2012”).
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Legal Update
27 November 2012
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Mayer Brown JSM Legal Update
On 22 August 2012, the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted a final rule (the “Rule”) pursuant to the directives of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) compelling certain companies with U.S. securities reporting obligations (“Reporting Companies”) to assess and disclose their use of “conflict minerals,” consisting of certain metals (including tin, titanium, tungsten and gold) originating from certain targeted sources supporting conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) or adjoining countries (together with the DRC, the “Covered Countries”). This article evaluates the impact of the Rule on these Asian manufacturers.
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Legal Update
19 November 2012
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Mayer Brown JSM Legal Update
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Legal Update
9 November 2012
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Mayer Brown JSM Legal Update
On 2nd November 2012, President Thein Sein signed into law the long-awaited new Foreign Investment Law.
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Newsletter
6 November 2012
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
Periodically we like to update our clients on the latest deals and news at Mayer Brown. In doing this, we hope you gain a broader understanding of our global capabilities in the projects and infrastructure sectors.
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Legal Update
31 October 2012
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Mayer Brown JSM Legal Update
Recent amendments to the European prospectus rules may make the operation of certain employee stock plans in Europe, by multinationals listed outside Europe, cheaper and more straightforward. However, it appears that any major relaxation of the rules for such companies might not actually come into force (if indeed it does) for some time yet.
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
In this issue: UK – Update on the Transition to the New Regulatory Regime; Europe – Solvency II update; Europe – IMD II publication; US – Credit for Reinsurance Reform; US – NAIC Update: Summer National Meeting; US – Amendments to California's Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Act; US – CFTC and SEC Final Rules Distinguishing Insurance from Swaps; Global – Insurance Brokers Face Storm Clouds over US Sanctions; Global – Canada, Isle of Man, Luxembourg and Poland sign up to Multinational Memorandum of Understanding; China - CIRC Relaxes Restrictions on Permitted Investments by Insurance Companies; Hong Kong – Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Ordinance; Bermuda – Is the UK Takeover Code bound for Bermuda?
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News Release
3 September 2012
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Mayer Brown JSM today announced that Nathan Dodd has joined the firm as a partner in Singapore. Nathan has more than 13 years' experience in the Asian legal market, with a particular emphasis on the energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors. His experience includes major project development transactions in Southeast Asia, South Asia and Africa and he will be a core member of Mayer Brown's global Projects group.
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Legal Update
14 June 2012
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Mayer Brown JSM Legal Update
When can a ship be fixed with claims relating to other vessels in the same fleet? In The Decurion the Hong Kong Admiralty Court interpreted the statutory expression "in possession or in control" of a ship. The decision will be of wider interest because the statutory provision in question is in the same terms as s.21 of the UK's Senior Courts Act 1981, a source shared with other common law jurisdictions.
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Mayer Brown JSM Legal Update
The amendments to Singapore's International Arbitration Act and Arbitration Act (the latter dealing with the domestic arbitration regime in Singapore ("together, the Amendment Acts"), which were passed in early April 2012, came into effect on 1 June 2012.
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Media Coverage
7 June 2012
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The American Lawyer
Article discusses Paul Theiss' role as the new Chairman of Mayer Brown, succeeding Bert Krueger.
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Media Coverage
24 May 2012
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ZDNet
Hong Kong Business & Technology Sourcing partner Geofrey Master quoted discussing how the use of cloud technology within organisations must be governed whether it is for business or personal use.
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Mayer Brown JSM’s large and highly regarded Banking and Finance team in Asia has many years’ experience working with clients in the financial industry. We advise on innovative international, cross-border and domestic deals in asset and project financing, bank lending as well
as structured finance and derivatives.
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that Paul W. Theiss has been elected Chairman of the firm, effective June 1, 2012. He will succeed Herbert W. Krueger, who under the terms of the firm’s partnership agreement is not eligible for another term.
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