Tag: Asia Pacific social media
30 people to watch in the business of law in Asia in 2024
In the last year Asia Law Portal has had the opportunity to highlight the work of lawyers and legal innovators in the Asia-Pacific region. These professionals have provided insight into their often-complex legal specialisms or capabilities in advising lawyers on legal innovation best practices in both […]
Reflections on nearly 30 years in legal practice in Malaysia. An interview with Anand Raj, Head of Tax Disputes, Shearn Delamore & Co.
Anand Raj has been a partner with Malaysian law firm Shearn Delamore & Co. since 2003. He was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1996. In this interview with Asia Law Portal, Anand details his practice and provides background about […]
30 legal tech innovators in the Asia-Pacific region to follow in 2023
Legal technology innovation in the Asia-Pacific region has continued to accelerate in recent years. It drives in part by the pandemic necessity for the tools necessary to optimize remote work. Indeed, an expert panel on this subject recently gather for a discussion — by India’s LawWiser. […]
30 people to watch in the business of law in Asia in 2023
The Asia-Pacific legal markets in 2022 have seen growth in the number of legal startup founders and legal technology entrepreneurs disrupting the region’s legal services sector. This year’s edition of 30 people to watch in the business of law in Asia. Therefore, primarily reflects the accelerating […]
30 women legal innovators in Asia to follow in 2022
The importance of legal innovation in the Asia-Pacific region is growing rapidly. And many women are leading legal startups, incubators, tech-enabled consultancies, and legal tech initiatives throughout the APAC region. Asia Law Portal has reported on and interviewed many of these legal innovators. With this in […]
India’s Economy Sees Impact of Global Headwinds
As mentioned last month India continues to be negatively impacted by the ongoing war with lower economic forecasts as a fallout of the ongoing conflict. There have been increasing surge of Covid 19 new cases in certain parts of the country, which is worrying local governments […]
30 people to watch in the business of law in Asia in 2021
The past year in the Asia-Pacific legal markets was distinguished by a number of trends, including: Regional expansion by Japanese law firms amid economic growth in China and the rest of the region. An expanding focus on health, wellness, and personal branding for lawyers and legal […]
In Conversation – Advertise With Caution
LawWiser in conversation with Gaurav Dani, Partner, IndusLaw, and Akhil Prasad, Director, Country Counsel India and Company Secretary, Boeing, discuss the new advertising guidelines and the issues around it.
30 people to watch in the business of law in Asia in 2020
As 60% of the world’s new internet users are now located in the Asia-Pacific region, the intersection of the internet and legal services in Asia is becoming more important every year. Notably, as Siam Legal Tech Center details on their website, the ASEAN region has in recent years seen […]
Understanding The Force Majeure Clause – Corporate Law Team, IndusLaw
The businesses feeling the impacts of the lockdown due to the outbreak of COVID-19, raising the issue of performance of the contracts for them. They are considering invoking the ‘Force Majeure’ clause in the contracts to seek relief in these tough times. IndusLaw’s Corporate Law Team […]
30 people to watch in the business of law in Asia in 2017
As we approach the beginning of 2017 — Asia Law Portal continues its’ tradition begun in 2015 and followed up in 2016 — of naming 30 people to watch in the business of law in the coming year.  In retrospect — 2016 represented a year of […]
30 people to watch in the business of law in Asia in 2016
In 2015, the Asia-Pacific legal markets saw a deepening of competition among a larger number and forms of legal services provider. From global law firms utilizing mergers to international law firms seeking to emulate market gains by NewLaw firms – to the increasing ascendance of legal […]
30 people to watch in the business of law in Asia in 2015
As 2015 begins – below is a list of 30 key people to watch for commentary and new initiatives in the business of law in the Asia-Pacific legal markets during the course of the coming year: Chris Devonshire-Ellis (@cde_asia) — Founder of Dezan Shira & Associates (@DezanShira) and […]
Asia-Pacific legal social media pioneers of Conventus Law celebrate 2 years in business
Hong Kong-based digital legal pioneers at Conventus Law marked their second year in business with a celebratory event at the Hong Kong Maritime Museum on January 22, 2014. Conventus law is digital media platform designed to connect the Asia-Pacific legal community with business leaders from around the […]
Hong Kong legal social media entrepreneurs gaining traction
I met Stephen Lai, Managing Director of Hong Kong-based Conventus Law, in the eclectic Sheung Wan district, blending traditional and modern, located a mile away from Hong Kong’s gleaming office towers. A former Associate Publisher of Euromoney Legal Media Group (titles include IFLR, China Law & Practice, […]