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Malaysia unveils new arbitration rules as country gears up for liberalisation

The Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) in Malaysia has introduced a new set of arbitration rules just a month after foreign lawyers got the green light to advise clients in the country without having a local office.
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Asia GCs gather for Legal Week's first Singapore corporate counsel forum

Asia's leading general counsel are to gather at The Marina Mandarin in Singapore today to discuss some of the key issues affecting in house teams in the region. The one-day inaugural event, which follows the success of Legal Week's Corporate Counsel Forum Hong Kong, will be chaired by general counsel and company secretary for Tiger Airways, Joyce Fong.
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Minter Ellison recruits former Western Australian minister as consultant in Perth

Minter Ellison has recruited former Western Australia government minister Norman Moore as a consultant in its Perth base. The Australian outfit, one of the two 'big six' Australian law firms to have remained independent, said Moore's appointment follows the hire of five additional partners in Perth in the last two years, and is part of the firm's ongoing strategy to grow in the city.
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Mayer Brown hires Hogan Lovells partner to lead Asia IP practice

Mayer Brown JSM has appointed Hogan Lovells' partner Gabriela Kennedy to lead its intellectual property and TMT practice across Asia. Kennedy, who has 19 years of experience in her practice, joins the US firm today and brings the total number of IP and TMT partners at Mayer Brown's Hong Kong office to four.
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International trio advise on China's latest supermarket deal

Davis Polk & Wardwell, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) have advised as Chinese retailer Wumart Stores agreed to take a minority stake in Thai supermarket chain CP Lotus for HK$2.3bn (£185m). The deal will see Wumart take possession of 36 Lotus supermarkets in mainland China including those in Beijing and Shanghai, but will not include Lotus' stores in the Guangdong and Hunan provinces.
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Cleary and Jones Day lead way on Inter Milan takeover

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Jones Day won the leading roles on the takeover of Inter Milan by a consortium of Indonesian investors. A trio of Indonesian businessmen, headed by media entrepreneur and billionaire Erick Thohir, bought a 70% stake in the Italian club in a deal announced yesterday (15 October).
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K&L Gates leads on Japan Airlines' landmark deal with Airbus

The Tokyo and London offices of K&L Gates have advised Japan Airlines (JAL) on a major deal with Airbus, which sees the carrier purchase 31 of the manufacturer's A350 planes.
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In-depth: Offshore

The latest legal developments in offshore jurisdictions covered - from challenging UK gaming laws in Gibraltar to reviving old businesses in the Cayman Islands
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Top India duo take lead role in JV to launch new airline

Two of India's largest firms have taken lead roles on a joint venture between Singapore Airlines and the founders of Air India. Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff is acting for Singapore Airlines on the deal with Air India founders Tata Sons to create a new carrier in the country.
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Emerging markets foist language demands on firms but English remains lingua franca

English may be the language of business, but law firm partners agree that Chinese is the language of the future. Nearly 50% of respondents to Legal Week's latest Big Question survey believe that over the next decade, Chinese will become the most important language to speak aside from English, replacing the current domination of Western European languages.
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