Vantage Asia Publishing Limited

Founded in 2006, Vantage Asia is an independent publisher located in Hong Kong. It focuses on delivering top-notch business law information, insights, and analysis aimed at in-house counsel, private practice lawyers, and senior business managers who are focused on Asia.

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Top court to RBI on master direction: You say fraud, we say prove it

1 month ago | law.asia | Amol Sharma |Aman Siwasiya

The Master Direction on Fraud issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) came under attack from the Supreme Court in State Bank of India v Rajesh Agarwal. The decision has had significant implications for the banking sector. To strengthen fraud prevention and detection measures in the banking sector, the RBI issued a Master Directions Circular in 2016 classifying frauds into various categories to ensure uniform reporting within the banking channel.
Priority of claims in bankruptcy proceedings

2 months ago | law.asia | Kimberly Liu |Xiaohongshu logo

Construction contractors are entitled to priority repayment from the proceeds of a project’s sale or auction to settle unpaid invoices. Since construction payments are significant and substantial claims in bankruptcy proceedings, their priority ranking against other debts draws considerable public attention. This article examines the settlement order between construction payment priority rights and four other types of claim.
Legal risk management in investment, financing

2 months ago | law.asia | Wang Feng |DOCVIT Law Firm |Xiaohongshu logo

Investment and financing are common in daily business operations. However, achieving perfect commercial objectives and ensuring smooth execution remain complex systemic challenges for investors, financiers, transferors and transferees. This article explores legal risk management in investment and financing through two illustrative case studies.
Jia Yuan recruits capital markets specialist

Jan 24, 2025 | law.asia | Xiaohongshu logo

Sun Ye, who specialises in overseas capital markets and cross-border M&A, has joined Jia Yuan Law Offices as a senior partner, and splits his time between the PRC firm’s Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong branches.
China's New Company Law: Key Updates and Implications

Jan 23, 2025 | law.asia | Xiaohongshu logo

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Does unapproved overtime mean no pay?

Jan 23, 2025 | law.asia | Xiaohongshu logo

Many employers, in their labour contracts or corporate regulations, require that overtime must be pre-approved or retroactively recognised by the company. Otherwise it would be deemed a unilateral extension of working hours on the employee’s side and not recognised as reasonable overtime – therefore the employer is not required to pay overtime compensation. Does that mean, however, that overtime pay will always be out of reach as long as the employer has not approved it?
Lexicon: 150

Jan 23, 2025 | law.asia | Xiaohongshu logo

THIS IS the 150th column of Lexicon. At the last milestone, the 100th column celebrated by introducing Chinese legal pioneers in common law jurisdictions and discussing their lives and achievements (see China Business Law Journal, volume 11, issue 1: Chinese legal pioneers). This new milestone is celebrated by discussing the number 150, and how numbers have had an impact on human relationships and the law.
Trio guides Lenovo and Saudi-linked Alat’s USD2bn investment

Jan 22, 2025 | law.asia | Xiaohongshu logo

Cleary Gottlieb, Latham & Watkins and Haiwen & Partners have helped complete Alat’s USD2 billion investment in Lenovo Group, which will advance the Chinese tech giant’s development plans in Saudi Arabia. Lenovo Group said both companies had reached a strategic collaboration agreement as well as a bond subscription deal. The tech giant issued three-year zero-coupon convertible bonds worth USD2 billion to Alat.
Morgan Lewis cuts short Shenzhen foray as roadblocks appear

Jan 22, 2025 | law.asia | Xiaohongshu logo

The early exit of Morgan Lewis from Shenzhen in less than two years has surprised legal circles, especially when a booming tech sector has attracted foreign law firms to set up shop in the city, focusing on IP and dispute resolution. The short-lived branch has highlighted the tightening budgets among Shenzhen companies and difficulties for foreign law firms in finding high-performing partners in China.
The A-List 2024-25: Growth Drivers

Jan 21, 2025 | law.asia | Xiaohongshu logo

China Business Law Journal’s editorial team presents lawyers from Chinese and international law firms who in the past year proved instrumental in driving market-shaping deals, projects and cases across myriad sectors. Kevin Cheng reportsACCESS THE A-LIST 2024-25: GROWTH DRIVERSThe saying goes: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.