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Kathryn Sanger joins Herbert Smith Freehills as Arbitration Partner
Leading practitioner Kathryn Sanger is joining Herbert Smith Freehills' top-rated international arbitration team as a partner, based in Hong Kong. She …
Singapore and United States affirm efforts to strengthen sharing of tax information
A joint statement issued by the United States and Singapore suggests that US authorities are seeking to accelerate off-shore tax enforcement aimed at US …
Suitability of ad hoc admissions: Singapore Court admits English QC for arbitration appeal
Introduction The Singapore High Court has taken the rare step of allowing an English QC to appear before it in relation to an application to set aside an …
A jurisdiction clause in favour of a foreign court cannot operate to stay an unfair prejudice petition in a Hong Kong court
In the recent case of Joseph Ghossoub v Team Y&R Holdings Hong Kong Ltd and others, the Hong Kong High Court considered issues of third party rights, …
Hong Kong Court of Appeal confirms high threshold to establish that breach of a Court undertaking results in contempt of Court
In Tiong King Sing v Sam Boon Peng Yee (CACV 268/2015), the Court of Appeal ("CoA") overturned a decision of the Court of First Instance ("CFI") that had …
Herbert Smith Freehills Launches New and Updated Anti-Bribery Guide to Gifts, Entertainment, Travel and Training Across Asia Pacific
Clients operating across Asia Pacific face strict anti-bribery laws often coupled with a cultural tradition of gift giving and relationship building. Our …
Recent Developments in India-Related International Arbitration
Herbert Smith Freehills has issued the latest edition of its Indian international arbitration e-bulletin. In this issue, we consider Indian court …
Hong Kong Court rules in favour of investors in mis-selling claim: a departure from the recent trend
Recently, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance handed down its judgment in relation to a mis-selling claim against a bank, ruling in favour of the …
Recognition of foreign insolvencies at common law: Singapore sets COMI precedent
For the first time, a court has adopted the ‘centre of main interest’ (COMI) as grounds at common law to recognise foreign insolvency proceedings. The …
Better late than never: amendments to the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance gazetted
By now, you will all be aware of the recently gazetted the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Ordinance 2016 ("Amendment …
Failure to comply with freezing orders leads to prison
In JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshlenniy Bank and Another v Pugachev, [2016] EWHC 248 & 258 Ch (sentence) and [2016] EWHC 192 (Ch) (liability), the …
Full Steam Ahead: Singapore International Commercial Court ("SICC") issues judgment clarifying the position on what constitutes an offshore case
As we previously reported, the recently established SICC is up and running (see here). It issued its first judgment in May 2016 (see here) and has …
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