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The Korean Fair Trade Commission chairman ("KFTC"), has presented its 2013 agenda, which prioritises the reform of large conglomerates, increasing competition opportunities and fairness for small businesses, eradicating cartel practices and creating...

Clifford Chance, in conjunction with the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA), has conducted a survey of eight key Asian jurisdictions to obtain an overview of the insolvency regimes and resolution powers available in relation...

The Asia Pacific region remained a hotspot for US anti-corruption enforcement authorities in 2012. Six of the twelve corporate Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) settlement agreements in the past year involved business operations in that region. In addition...

Transparency International’s recently released Corruption Perceptions Index 2012 reveals important new data for companies operating in Asia Pacific. There is some improvement and some backsliding amongst the countries reviewed, but with only one exception,...

Designing a corporate anti-corruption compliance program for companies operating in Asia Pacific sometimes feels like trying to fit a round hole around a square peg. No amount of pounding will smooth the edges off a thousand years of guanxi. Fortunately, perhaps...

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised on three Global Medium Term Note (GMTN) issuances totalling US$1.95 billion and SK Telecom's US$400 million block trade of Posco shares over the past two months. On the first GMTN transaction, Clifford...

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance is one of the first foreign law firms to obtain approval to open an office in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The country's Ministry of Justice approved the application today. The firm's licence to practise is still subject...

Not infrequently, our introduction of the concept of "Tone from the Top" commitment to compliance has been met with open-mouthed astonishment and, in some cases, suspicion or even rejection by Asia Pacific managers and C-Suite executives.  Management...

In a recently released survey of asset management professionals conducted by Clifford Chance and AsianInvestor, three key themes emerged. Asian investors are diversifying away from equities, the marked decline of Europe as a source of assets and as an investment...

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has announced that counsel Brian Cassidy has received preliminary approval today as a Foreign Legal Consultant from the Republic of Korea's Ministry of Justice, marking significant progress in the firm's application...