Jessica Seah
Jessica Seah is Law.com International's Asia Editor. She writes about lawyers and legal issues in Hong Kong, China, Singapore and throughout Southeast Asia, Japan and Korea. Her coverage includes the business of law, global and domestic law firms, legal tech, in-house legal departments and regulatory issues. She can be reached at [email protected].
May 21, 2012 | The Recorder
Yahoo Sells 20% Stake in Alibaba for $7.1BBy Jessica Seah
3 minute read
April 15, 2013 | The American Lawyer
Singapore's Wall Street ProblemSingapore has attracted droves of international firms, but several of the most elite names in the business remain conspicuously absent from the island nation's growth story.
By Jessica Seah
6 minute read
January 28, 2013 | The American Lawyer
The Wave RecedesSecurities litigation against U.S.-listed Chinese companies may have crested.
By Jessica Seah
6 minute read
February 07, 2012 | Law.com
'New York Scale' for Hong Kong Associates Raises Prospect of Salary WarThe expansion of U.S. law firms is giving some Hong Kong associates the chance to nearly double their salaries. Is a pay war about to set a new standard in the market? Or will darkening economic clouds intervene?
By Jessica Seah
6 minute read
October 01, 2013 | Corporate Counsel
Sweating Under the SpotlightA corruption scandal in China spurs discussion about in-house lawyers.
By Tom Brennan and Jessica Seah
5 minute read
April 05, 2013 | Law.com
Singapore Debates Decriminalizing HomosexualityIn 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
Some See Bias in Apple-Samsung VerdictThe 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
Chinese Bar Group That Once Railed Against Foreign Firms Now Welcomes ThemIn 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
Asia Deal Digest: April 26, 2012* 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
$10 Million Suit Against Chinese Firm DeHeng DismissedA 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
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