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Singapore Convention This letter focuses on the major event that took place in Asia in August and has global implications: the signing of the Singapore Convention (officially known as the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation). As the Convention has already been the subject of numerous comments and theoretical analyses, the practical perspective of professionals

Legislative and case law developments This new newsletter follows and expands on the approach taken in the first edition, which consists of providing legal updates on key developments in British common law as applied on a daily basis in the jurisdictions of ‘Greater Asia’ that fall under its jurisdiction, from Australia to India. This ambition characterises our

Business and labour relations litigation The purpose of this newsletter is to provide information on topics that are important but which, due to time constraints, cannot be followed and even less interpreted by those concerned, such as corporate lawyers or fellow lawyers who do not belong to an international network covering Asia Pacific and Asia.

Common law and civil law Common law and civil law: moving beyond clichés to better understand them A few days ago, while attending one of the interesting symposiums organised by our regional arbitration centre, AIAC, in Kuala Lumpur, I noticed that ignorance of ‘the other system’ is not limited to lawyers alone.