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CMS Grau advises FIBRA Sura Asset Management II on a medium-term financing

CMS Grau advised the Real Estate Investment Fund Sura Asset Management II (SURA) as the borrower of a medium-term loan,
05 November 2024
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CMS Grau advises FIBRA Sura Asset Management II on a medium-term financing

CMS Grau advised the Real Estate Investment Fund Sura Asset Management II (SURA) as the borrower of a medium-term loan,
25 September 2024
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CMS Grau advises INTERBANK on financing up to S/ 80 million for Aruma

CMS Grau advised Banco Internacional del Perú S.A.A. (Interbank) as lender in the structuring,
25 September 2024
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Significant Investments Review Bill: Singapore’s Approach to Scrutinize Investment Activity and comparison to prior reforms in Australia

Introduction to Singapore’s FDI regime Reflective of its status as an international financial and business hub, Singapore recorded inward direct investment flows of $195 billion in 2022,
21 February 2024

Navigating dispute resolution and cross-border enforcement in disputes with Chinese parties: Legal frameworks and strategies

Summary The use of mixed-mode dispute resolution processes offers flexibility to parties in the resolution of disputes and continues to be used in international commercial agreements.
07 February 2024

Singapore moves to regulation of collective management organizations

This article is produced by CMS Holborn Asia, a Formal Law Alliance between CMS Singapore and Holborn Law LLC.  On 31 October 2023, the Copyright (Collective Management Organisations) Regulations 2023 (“Regulations”) were enacted pursuant to the Copyright Act 2021 and will take effect from 1 May 2024.
02 January 2024

Assigning rights where a contract contains a non-assignment clause

This article is produced by CMS Holborn Asia, a Formal Law Alliance between CMS Singapore and Holborn Law LLC.  The High Court of Singapore has recently decided that a non-assignment clause in a contract did not prohibit the assignment of non-contractual (or tortious) rights arising out of or in connection with the contract. This article considers the practical implications of that decision.
07 February 2024
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CMS EXPANDS SINGAPORE CORPORATE PRACTICE WITH PARTNER APPOINTMENT

International law firm CMS has expanded its Corporate practice in Singapore with the appointment of Gerald Licnachan as Partner. Gerald joins from Reed Smith.
22 March 2024

Singapore corporate regulator plans changes to stiffen AML prevention

This article is produced by CMS Holborn Asia, a Formal Law Alliance between CMS Singapore and Holborn Law LLC.  Introduction  Amidst a high-profile money laundering investigation involving (currently) at least S$2.8 billion in domestic assets, Singapore’s government has recently announced plans to introduce additional measures to strengthen Singapore’s anti-money laundering (“AML”) regime.[1]
06 November 2023
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CMS ADVISES ROOJAI ON ITS US$42 MILLION SERIES B FUNDRAISING

CMS has advised Ignite Thailand Holdings Limited (trading as “Roojai”), a managing general agent developing its own retail insurance products and distributing them digitally on a B2C model in Thailand and Indonesia,
21 March 2024
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CMS ADVISES BITDEFENDER ON ITS ACQUISITION OF HORANGI CYBER SECURITY

CMS has advised Bitdefender, a global cybersecurity leader, on its cross-border acquisition of Singapore-based Horangi Cyber Security to address the growing demand for advanced, streamlined management of cybersecurity, compliance, and governance of multi-cloud environments.
21 March 2024

Expanding the scope of digital oath taking in Singapore

The Oaths, Declarations and Notarisations (Remote Methods) Bill was passed in Parliament on 2 August 2023.
08 August 2023

Roadmap to Terminate the SGD Cheque Truncation System Eliminating Corporate Cheques by 2025 (MAS’ response to feedback received)

Introduction As part of its Smart Nation Vision, Singapore aims to transition into an innovative e-payments society where everyone has easy access to swift, simple and secure payments.
13 December 2023