Managing Your Tax Risk: Tax Health Checks

The Thai Revenue Department may soon increase intensive tax audits to ensure that taxpayers are fulfilling their tax obligations in line with laws and regulations. Businesses and individuals should, therefore, undergo periodic tax health checks to limit their risks of tax liability, particularly as there are tax shortfalls, surcharges and penalties of non-compliance. Blumenthal Richter […]

Andreas C. RichterSenior Partner, Blumenthal Richter & Sumet

Patrick O’Shea and Gar Smyth of Wallace Corporate Counsel LLP participated in The Art of Deal Making: Using External Expertise Effectively

Foreword by Andrew Chilvers For ambitious companies eager to expand into overseas markets, often theconventional route of organic business development is simply not fast enough. The other option to invest in or buy a business outright is far quicker but often fraught with unforeseen dangers. And even the biggest, most experienced players can get it […]

Gar SmythPartner and Head of M&A, Wallace Corporate Counsel LLP

Urs Breitsprecher of CAPELLE Rechtsanwälte participated in The Art of Deal Making: Using External Expertise Effectively

Foreword by Andrew Chilvers For ambitious companies eager to expand into overseas markets, often theconventional route of organic business development is simply not fast enough. The other option to invest in or buy a business outright is far quicker but often fraught with unforeseen dangers. And even the biggest, most experienced players can get it […]

Urs BreitsprecherPartner, Reef - Rechtsanwälte

Patrick O’Shea and Gar Smyth of Wallace Corporate Counsel LLP participated in The Art of Deal Making: Using External Expertise Effectively

Foreword by Andrew Chilvers For ambitious companies eager to expand into overseas markets, often theconventional route of organic business development is simply not fast enough. The other option to invest in or buy a business outright is far quicker but often fraught with unforeseen dangers. And even the biggest, most experienced players can get it […]

Patrick O’SheaPartner, Wallace Corporate Counsel LLP

Shai Kuttner of Synergy Business Lawyers participated in The Art of Deal Making: Using External Expertise Effectively

Foreword by Andrew Chilvers For ambitious companies eager to expand into overseas markets, often theconventional route of organic business development is simply not fast enough. The other option to invest in or buy a business outright is far quicker but often fraught with unforeseen dangers. And even the biggest, most experienced players can get it […]

Shai KuttnerPartner, Synergy Business Lawyers

Adriano Chaves and Martim Machado of CGM Advogados participated in The Art of Deal Making: Using External Expertise Effectively

Foreword by Andrew Chilvers For ambitious companies eager to expand into overseas markets, often theconventional route of organic business development is simply not fast enough. The other option to invest in or buy a business outright is far quicker but often fraught with unforeseen dangers. And even the biggest, most experienced players can get it […]

Martim MachadoPartner, CGM Advogados

Adriano Chaves and Martim Machado of CGM Advogados participated in The Art of Deal Making: Using External Expertise Effectively

Foreword by Andrew Chilvers For ambitious companies eager to expand into overseas markets, often theconventional route of organic business development is simply not fast enough. The other option to invest in or buy a business outright is far quicker but often fraught with unforeseen dangers. And even the biggest, most experienced players can get it […]

Adriano ChavesPartner, CGM Advogados

Belgian chapter in the Privacy, Data Protection and Cybersecurity Law Review

The Belgian chapter contributed by corporate and technology partner Steven De Schrijver and commercial law partner Olivier Van Fraeyenhoven to “The Privacy, Data Protection and Cybersecurity Law Review” (Sixth Edition, Ed. Alan Charles Raul), published by Law Business Research in its “Law Reviews”-series. In this Belgian chapter, we discuss the most recent Belgian legislative and […]

Steven De SchrijverPartner, Astrea

Quahe Woo & Palmer LLC advised Beecash (BuKukas), an Indonesia-based digital ledger application for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Indonesia, in its US$9 million Pre-Series A investment

Our Venture Capital team led by Keith Oh advised Beecash (BuKukas), an Indonesia-based digital ledger application for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Indonesia, in its US$9 million Pre-Series A investment round with a host of investors including Surge by Sequoia India, Speedinvest, S7V, January Capital and Cambium Grove Capital. The investment validates the […]

Kenneth LeongDirector, Quahe Woo & Palmer LLC

Quahe Woo & Palmer LLC advised Doyobi, a Singapore edtech start-up in its US$1 million seed investment

Our Venture Capital team comprising Keith Oh and Joy Lee advised Doyobi, a Singapore edtech start-up in its US$1 million seed investment round led by 500 Startups and XA Network, a syndicate of ex-Google angel investors, with a greenshoe option which was eventually fully subscribed. The round also saw participation from venture firms Hustle Fund […]

Kenneth LeongDirector, Quahe Woo & Palmer LLC

Are You Affected by the Blackbaud Ransomware Attack?

In July, Blackbaud, a U.S.-based cloud computing provider and one of the world’s largest providers of education administration, fundraising, and financial management software, notified users of its services that it had suffered a ransomware attack in May 2020 in relation to personal data stored on its servers. Numerous colleges, universities, high schools, foundations, and other […]

Brian O'NeillPartner, Tucker Ellis LLP

California, Illinois, and New York Sue to Invalidate OCC “Valid When Made” Rule

In late May, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) adopted a rule that allows transferees of loans from national banks to rely on federal law that preempts state laws limiting legal interest rates. In our June 2020 Client Alert announcing the rule, we noted concerns that the rule could allow some lenders to avoid […]

Brian O'NeillPartner, Tucker Ellis LLP