The Impact, Consequences and Potential Consequences of the implosion of FTX
Despite the crypto sectors reputation of volatility, the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX has shocked its own investors, the financial sector in general and most importantly its customers.
Overview on Digital Assets Regulations in SEA
The digital assets wave has swept across South-East Asia (SEA). From Axie Infinity (a popular play-to-earn blockchain game) in the Philippines to Cambodia’s Project Bakong (a central bank digital currency), the adoption of digital assets in SEA has been rapid. Digital assets investments in SEA is expected to further increase. This demand for digital assets …
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Starboard: Draft Convention on the effect of judicial sales of vessels approved by UNCITRAL
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) approved on 30 June 2022 a draft convention (the Draft Convention) on the effects of judicial sales. The Draft Convention will now be put to the United Nations General Assembly to consider signature. The Draft Convention originated from a long-standing project of the Comité Maritime International …
Carbon Projects and ASEAN: Opportunities and Challenges
Carbon transactions are a multi-fold process encompassing in them offsets strategy, credit generation and purchase, monitoring and verifying credits, project finance, retirement of credits, and reporting. Carbon transactions include carbon trade which is the buying and selling of credits that permits a company or other entity to offset their greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions by investing …
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Light at the end of the tunnel – A case study of a successful restructuring
In his opening remarks at the SICC INSOL seminar on debt restructuring in the Asia-Pacific held on 22 September 2022, Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong SC cited the court sanctioned schemes of arrangement of Singapore-listed Pacific Radiance group as an example of the Singapore insolvency framework facilitating successful outcomes. He mentioned that these schemes …
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Private Equity Leans into ESG
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are a growing concern for investors, consumers, governments and other stakeholders.
Dentons Rodyk Dialogue 2022
The Dentons Rodyk Dialogue 2022, the sixth of its series, is co-organised by Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP and the Singapore Management University (SMU) under the auspices of the SMU Yong Pung How School of Law’s Centre for Commercial Law in Asia. This year marks the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic that we were …
US’ CHIPS Act of 2022, Inflation Reduction Act and Their Implications to Korean Companies
In August 2022, US President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, and therefore, the two laws entered into force. The two laws provide significant incentives to encourage semiconductor manufacturing in the US and wide-ranging incentives for climate change policies in areas including the clean …
Establishing a charity in Hong Kong
Demand for philanthropy planning has surged in recent years, especially since the pandemic’s harsh impact on society and livelihoods, with many enterprises, social organisations, religious groups and benevolent individuals seeking efficient, powerful, targeted ways to help socially vulnerable groups.
REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE– INDIAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
Large corporations around the globe such as Twitter, Meta, Amazon etc., are reported to have laid off employees for various reasons and workforce everywhere is going through a phase of uncertainty, and India is no different. In common parlance, ‘lay-off’ is generally referred to reduction in workforce or downsizing.