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Japan’s Miura breaks into Philippines in SEA expansion

17 October 2025 by Miura & Partners - Japan

Tokyo-based Miura & Partners has entered the Philippines legal market with a new office in Manila through a strategic alliance with local law firm Feria Tantoco Daos, expanding its Southeast Asia network consisting of existing bases in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia.

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SyCipLaw Celebrates 80 Years of ‘Excellence with Purpose’

17 October 2025 by SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan - Philippines

SyCipLaw celebrated its 80th anniversary with an appreciation night on October 3, 2025 at The Fifth at Rockwell. Highlighting the theme and the Firm’s commitment, “Excellence with Purpose,” the event brought together clients, friends, alumni, as well as lawyers and staff of the Firm to honor a legacy of principled practice and client-centric service.

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Phantom share option schemes: a compelling alternative to traditional employee options

16 October 2025 by PK Wong & Nair - Singapore

Phantom share option schemes offer a pragmatic, high‑impact solution. If properly designed, they replicate the economic upside of share options, preserve cap table simplicity and allow employers to calibrate vesting, performance, leaver, and exit provisions with precision—while avoiding the issuance of real shares.

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Pharmacyclics Continues the Divisional Applications Debate in India

14 October 2025 by Obhan & Associates - India

Summary: The Calcutta High Court’s ruling in the Pharmacyclics case clarifies that a divisional patent application can be filed as long as the invention is disclosed in the full specification, even if it was not included in the original claims.

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Lee & Ko Secures Complete Victory in Short Selling Case

01 October 2025 by Lee & Ko - South Korea

Lee & Ko truly excited to share a follow up on the financial industry related high profile criminal case in Korea, where Lee & Ko continued to successfully secure a not guilty judgment at the appellate court for our client, a global banking and financial services company.

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Personal Obligations in Korean Venture Financing Deals: Enforceability of Founder-Backed Share Purchase Obligations in Korea

29 September 2025 by Jipyong - South Korea

On 16 July 2025, the Seoul Central District Court rendered a notable decision concerning the enforceability of contractual share repurchase rights against company founders in the context of insolvency proceedings (Seoul Central District Court, 2024GaHap59259).

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Court Denies Worker Dispatch Relationship Between Quasi-Governmental Agency and Contractor Employees

18 September 2025 by Kim & Chang - South Korea

The Cheongju District Court issued a ruling on April 9, 2025, denying a worker dispatch relationship between the plaintiffs, who were employees of Company B (i.e., a contractor that performed agricultural waste disposal services, the “Plaintiffs”), and Agency A (i.e., a quasi-governmental agency, the “Defendant”) (Cheongju District Court Decision 2022Gahap52546, April 9, 2025).

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Kim & Chang Successfully Represents Defendant in Soil Contamination Litigation Involving Large-Scale Development Site in Busan

18 September 2025 by Kim & Chang - South Korea

Kim & Chang’s Environment Practice successfully won a case in its entirety on behalf of Company H, a large corporation in the shipbuilding and construction sector. This case was initiated by Company A, a real estate development company, against Company H at the Busan District Court, seeking costs of soil remediation and compensation for damages.

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DEAL OF THE MONTH - SEPTEMBER 2025

17 September 2025 by asialaw

asialaw's Deal of the Month for September 2025 is...

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Compliance with Section 21 is Mandatory before Commencing Arbitral Proceedings after Setting Aside of Arbitral Award

17 September 2025 by DSK Legal - India

The Bombay High Court in Harkisandas Tulsidas Pabari & Anr. v. Rajendra Anandrao Acharya & Ors[1]. exercised its jurisdiction under Section 37 of Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Act”) to dismiss the Arbitration Appeals filed by the Appellants and upheld the Order passed by the Single Judge under Section 34 of the Act which set aside Arbitral Award dated September 21, 2005 (“Impugned Award”) on the grounds that the (i) Arbitrator lacked authorisation to recommence the arbitral proceedings; (ii) Memorandum of Understanding dated July 20, 1994 (“MoU”) did not constitute a concluded contract between the parties and (iii) MoU was impossible of being specifically performed through execution of the Impugned Award.