Jessica Seah

April 05, 2013 | Law.com

In most of the developed world today, the fight for gay rights is now over the right to marry. But Singapore law criminalizes sexual contact between men. Though the government has said it would not actively enforce the law, the fact that homosexuality remains illegal leaves gays open to discrimination. The courts may soon weigh in.

By Jessica Seah

6 minute read

September 05, 2012 | Legaltech News

The contrast in outcomes in Apple's patent infringement suits against Samsung in California, Korea, and Japan have some IP lawyers in Asia seeing bias in the jury verdict awarded to the Cupertino, Calif., company on its home court.

By Jessica Seah

5 minute read

October 01, 2012 | The American Lawyer

In a still-infamous 2006 memo, the Shanghai Bar Association asked China's Ministry of Justice to crack down on foreign law firms it said were illegally practicing Chinese law. Now the same bar group has admitted its first foreign lawyer members.

By Jessica Seah

5 minute read

April 26, 2012 | The American Lawyer

* Yoon & Yang helps a Korean bank set up a hefty debt program* A Thai lender brings in Baker & McKenzie for its funding needs* Clifford Chance helps Singapore take a stake in China's banking sector

By Jessica Seah

8 minute read

August 05, 2013 | Law.com

A federal judge has dismissed for the third time a $10 million securities fraud suit against DeHeng Law Offices. The plaintiffs, several U.S. investment funds that had attempted to acquire a Chinese distributor of hospital equipment, claimed their investment was stolen by a man associated with and possibly married to a former DeHeng partner.

By Jessica Seah

5 minute read

March 01, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Ashurst is to launch a Beijing office with a partner hired from the newly minted King & Wood Mallesons. Patrick Phua was head of derivatives, structured finance, and banking for the former Mallesons Stephen Jaques' Beijing office.

By Jessica Seah

3 minute read

November 23, 2011 | The American Lawyer

The two firms are among the legal advisors on a deal that will see the chief executive and majority owner of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. buy the remaining 30 percent of his company, following its delisting from Nasdaq.

By Jessica Seah

2 minute read

February 13, 2012 | The American Lawyer

A wave of British law firms has crashed onto Australian shores in the last two years. But among their American rivals, the tide has yet to swell.

By Jessica Seah

5 minute read

August 20, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The Chinese state-owned oil giant's 2005 attempt to buy America's Unocal Corp. for $18.5 billion met with furious political opposition and has cast a lingering shadow over Chinese cross-border M&A. Now CNOOC is taking a $15 billion shot at another Western oil company.

By Jessica Seah

6 minute read

March 26, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

As Apple and Shenzhen-based Proview International Holdings battle over the iPad trademark in China, the lawyering involved in the 2009 trademark deal between the two companies has also become a hotly debated point of contention.

By Jessica Seah

5 minute read