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Beijing 2010 北京法律市场2010年度报告
| Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Over the past 12 months, significant change has taken place in the legal market as domestic firms aggressively expand their practices in China. How will this affect workloads?
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FEATURE: Private equity: growth accelerator
| Thursday, 3 December 2009
While the rest of the world takes a year-long hiatus from making private equity transactions, China’s domestic PE industry, now led by domestic players, remains active and is fast evolving. A strong private equity market will not only drive economic growth but also foster a more sophisticated domestic PE legal fraternity.
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Korea liberalisation: Seoul Intentions
| Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Korea looks set to finally open its doors to foreign law firms but international firms remain adamant that this won’t affect their Korean strategies. ALB investigates
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An evening of glitzy celebration – ALB Japan Law Awards 2009
| Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Asian Legal Business (ALB) was delighted to host the Japan Law Awards for the fifth year running, on 28 May at the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo. Winners of this year’s ALB Japan Law Awards, across 24 award categories were revealed for the first time on the night. Close to 200 industry luminaries and business leaders attended the high-profile event.
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Japan 2009
| Saturday, 11 April 2009
Is the cooperative consensus that has typified a liberalised Japanese legal market finally giving way to greater competition? ALB investigates
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Revealed: ALB Employer of Choice 2009
| Thursday, 12 March 2009
The votes are in, the numbers crunched, the data weighted, collated and tallied. And the results have given some interesting findings.
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２００９年度ALB最佳雇主调查结果揭晓
| Thursday, 12 March 2009
由《亚洲法律杂志》策划并组织的２００９年度亚太地区以及中东地区法律市场最佳雇主的调查活动于近日圆满结束。在中国区，十家国内和国际著名律师事务所脱颖而出，被业内人士评选为本年度“最佳雇主”。
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Bakers brought in on Zaibatsu mega deal
| Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Although the Japanese economy is suffering just as much as others in the current economic downturn, its conglomerates remain relatively strong with a number of them boasting impressive balance sheets and, perhaps more importantly, the cash and appetite for overseas acquisitions.
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Japan 2008
| Thursday, 18 December 2008
Ushinawareta junen (the lost decade) is officially over and Japanese companies have emerged cashed up and ready to plunder ailing markets across the globe. But, as ALB reports, while Japan's band of bengoshi and gaggle of gaiben are looking forward to an upswing in work, micro matters loom large on the horizon
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Nomura revamps panel
| Wednesday, 8 October 2008
Fresh from its successful US$225m acquisition of Lehman's Asia-Pacific assets in Japan and Australia, Nomura has revamped its panel.
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Joining the alliance
| Monday, 30 June 2008
Global law firm associations are doubling their efforts in this region to make sure their members secure a piece of the advisory pie
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Nishimura & Asahi attracts academic adviser
| Monday, 17 March 2008
Japan's largest law firm Nishimura & Asahi has announced that respected academic Nobuhiro Nakayama will join the firm as an adviser following his retirement from a professorship at the prestigious University of Tokyo.
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Jones Day recruits partner from sinking Asahi Law Offices ship
| Wednesday, 1 August 2007
Jones Day has appointed corporate generalist Rika Sato as a partner in Tokyo, where she will help develop the firm's dispute resolution and corporate practices. She joins from Asahi Law Offices, suffering losses during its merger with Nishimura & Partners.
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Yasuda shuns Linklaters as Nishimura & Asahi is born
| Sunday, 8 July 2007
One of Japan's leading finance lawyers in the capital markets and securitisation arena, Mitsuhiro Yasuda, has opted out of Linklaters' partnership in Tokyo after only a short two-year stint in favour of partnership with fast-growing Nishimura & Asahi.
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ANALYSIS: Asahi Koma's demise a coup for the competition
| Tuesday, 1 May 2007
After news leaked out early last year that Asahi Koma Law Offices was in discussions with Nishimura & Partners about a potential merger, the two firms were forced to publicly confirm the merger plans, leaving the entire process wide open to the prolonged scrutiny of the firms' competitors and clients, as well as the media.
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Japan 2007
| Sunday, 1 April 2007
A special report covering the following areas: Winds of change, Foreign firms face rocky road in Tokyo, The sun rises again
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