U.S. law firm Morrison Foerster has advised SoftBank Group Corp. as lead investor in a landmark financing round of up to $40 billion in artificial intelligence pioneer OpenAI. The investment in the ...

Singapore has maintained its position as one of the world's two most preferred seats for international arbitration, according to the sixth International Arbitration Survey released by White & Case and ...

International law firm Hill Dickinson has hired Ryan Tan as a partner in its Singapore ship finance team from Watson Farley & Williams, where he was a counsel. With over 14 years of experience, Tan ...

Returning to Tokyo, Asian Legal Business invites you to save the date for our ALB Japan In-House Legal Summit 2025 taking place live in person on 17 April 2025 at Ritz Carlton, Tokyo. This signature ...

Japanese law firm Miura & Partners announced plans to open a Hong Kong office in summer 2025, furthering its ambitious global expansion strategy that has already seen the firm establish multiple ...

Thailand's government has approved a draft law to legalise casinos in a bid to boost tourism and generate revenue, while addressing concerns about problem gambling, corruption, and social impacts ...

Chia Boon Teck resigned from his position as vice-president of the Law Society of Singapore following backlash over his LinkedIn post regarding a sexual assault victim. His resignation came just hours ...

New Zealand-based legal chambers Bankside has appointed Andrew Butler KC (L) and Kelly Quinn KC to its Singapore operation, and named veteran British legal clerk David Grief as its coordinator in the ...

In a landmark move that sent ripples through India's legal community, the Union Law and Justice Ministry's draft Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025, proposed for the first time to recognise in-house ...

Indonesia's ambitious electric vehicle strategy faces regulatory complexity, conflicting incentives, and sustainability concerns that threaten its position in the global EV supply chain Indonesia aims ...

Morrison Foerster has advised Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group on its $6.5 billion purchase of U.S. chip startup Ampere Computing, which was represented by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

Anirban Mohapatra, who quit the partnership at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas in August last year to take up a senior in-house role at Amazon, is set to rejoin the leading Indian firm after just over six ...