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AsiaLaw 2023 Rankings

The AsiaLaw 2023 Rankings have recently been released and we are pleased to have been ranked for the following practice areas / industry sectors:- Banking & Finance (Highly Recommended) Intellectual Property (Highly Recommended) Dispute Resolution (Highly Recommended) Banking & Financial Services (Highly Recommended) Competition / Antitrust (Recommended) Corporate & M&A (Recommended) Restructuring & Insolvency (Recommended) […]

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Talk on Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance by Dr. Adolf Peter

Our firm is honored to receive Professor Dr. Adolf Peter for a visit to our firm and to deliver a talk entitled “ESG-related Contractual Cascading and the Impact of ESG/Climate-related EU Legislation on Non-EU-Entities Involved in EU-related Supply Chains”. Our Managing Partner, Michael C.M. Soo delivered the opening address, and the session was moderated by […]

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AIAC ASIA ADR WEEK 2023

Our firm is delighted to have been amongst the Gold Sponsors for the AIAC ADR WEEK 2023 which took place from 24th to 26th August 2023. The event, which was organised by the Asian International Arbitration Centre, was a hybrid event and saw speakers and delegates hailing from different countries congregate at the Sulaiman Building […]

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DOES TERMINATION RELIEVE A CONTRACTOR FOR PRE-TERMINATION DELAY?

03 April 2023 INTRODUCTION Termination may relieve a party from future obligations. However, it does not relieve a party from obligations or liability accrued pre-termination, unless clear and unequivocal words are stipulated to that effect. In Triple Point Technology Inc v PTT Public Company Limited [2021] UKSC 29 (“Triple Point v. PTT”), the UK Supreme […]

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Discharge of bankruptcy under small-scale debts

07 March 2023 At the recent budget presentation of the Belanjawan 2023 initiative, the Prime Minister announced that bankruptcy cases with debts of less than RM50,000.00 will be discharged immediately with effect from 1.3.2023. Based on the Guidelines issued by the Malaysian Department of Insolvency for the discharge of bankruptcy under small-scale debts (w.e.f 1.3.2023), […]

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Partnership Promotion 2023

Shook Lin & Bok is pleased to announce that with effect from 1st January 2023: Marianne Loh has been promoted from Salaried Partner to Limited Partner, and Nina Lai Jian Xian has been promoted as a Salaried Partner. The firm congratulates both of them on their promotion.

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WIPO Information Notice No. 28/2022 – Entry into Force of the 12th Edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services (“Nice Classification”)

09 November 2022 The World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) has issued a notice dated 14 October 2022 informing that the 12th Edition of the Nice Classification will enter into force on 1 January 2023. A number of changes have been made to the goods and services classified under the 12th Edition of the Nice Classification which […]

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