FLI NET ASIA/MIDDLE EAST – Achievements and Accolades 2008
Submitted by juri.widiger on 5 May 2009 - 3:27pm
FLI NET Japan - ATSUMI & PARTNERS
Atsumi & Partners has been named the “2008 Firm of the Year - Commercial Transactions”
Selected as one of Asia's fastest growing firms for 2008, by Asian Legal Business
3 of Atsumi & Partners' attorneys, Mr. Hiro Atsumi, Mr. Takahashi, and Ms. Dixon have recently been listed in the Best Lawyers® list in Japan in the Finance field
FLI NET Malaysia - AZMI & ASSOCIATES
2008 - One of the most highly-acclaimed legal experts in the Asia-Pacific region
The Asian Legal Business (ALB) magazine, renowned for its up-to-date news and articles, has selected Azmi & Associates as one of the fastest-growing law firms in Asia for 2008. Azmi & Associates is the sole Malaysian law firm to make the list of 30 firms in the 8 December 2008 issue of ALB
"Deal of the year 2008" - Azmi & Associates acted as a legal advisor to the Sukuk Programme of Malaysian highway concessionaire Projek Lintasan Shah Alam Sdn. Bhd. (PLSA), which has been awarded the Islamic Finance News (IFN) “Deal of the Year – 2008”, rising above 19 other nominations including those of the Central Bank of Bahrain, Chelsea Barracks and WCT Engineering
Azmi & Associates opens a new branch in Johor Bahru, one of the most important and ambitious components of the Ninth Malaysia Plan
FLI NET South Korea - HANKYUL LAW FIRM
Hee-jeh Kim (Partner) is appointed to the Dispute Resolution Committee of the Financial Supervisory Service, a government agency. Prior to his appointment, he had served as an expert advisor to the Committee
Hankyul prevailed in a recent Constitutional Court decision on whether administering local elections is within the scope of the duty of local governments or the central government
Mira Sun (Foreign Legal Consultant and FLI main contact) is appointed to the Board of Directors of the Korean Human Rights Foundation. She also serves as a board member of the Korea Foundation affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and an expert advisor to the National Human Rights Institution, a government agency
FLI NET Taiwan - LIN & PARTNERS
In the just-launched Chambers Asia 2009, Lin and Partners is one of the few law firms to receive recommendations as “Leaders” in 4 distinct fields of practice – Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, and Intellectual Property (General)
Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission has selected Lin & Partners, out of candidates including prestigious law firms and reputable academic institutions, to conduct a research project on whether Taiwan should unify its financial consumer protection laws
The deal of Citibank’s acquisition of Bank of Overseas Chinese handled by Lin and Partners is selected by Asian-Counsel of Pacific Business Press as one of the honorable mentions of the Deal of the Yearof 2008. Pacific Business Press is reputable in hosting large in house conferences in major Asian cities and the publisher of Asian-Counsel magazine, the leading journal for corporate counsel in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions