Elaine Wong

Corporate Crime update - Autumn 2022 | Japan

Japan - December 9 2022 Japan's government has announced plans to introduce new money transfer rules to stave off the use of cryptocurrency exchanges for money laundering…

Conditional fee agreements now permitted in Singapore

Singapore - May 4 2022 Lawyers in Singapore are now able to enter into Conditional Fee Agreements (CFAs) in selected proceedings, including arbitration and certain…

Tomas Furlong, Alastair Henderson, Gitta Satryani, Christine Sim, Daniel Waldek

Corporate Crime update- April 2022 | Japan

Japan - April 5 2022 Japan's former lawmaker, Toshio Yamauchi, was arrested on suspicion of embezzling some ¥100 million from a joint company effectively co-headed by him…

Automotive transforming the industry

Global - November 4 2021 The global automotive industry is facing unprecedented challenges as it responds to the drive to decarbonise the transport sector to meet national…

Dr Soenke Becker, Silke Goldberg, Roddy Martin, Philip Pfeffer, Graeme Preston

Corporate Crime update - Japan

Japan - September 20 2021 A Japanese animation studio and its president have been charged for evading a total of 137 million yen (US$1.24 million) in tax. The animation studio…