Press Releases
DFDL Receives Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 Awards The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 edition is out! DFDL has been recognized as Top Tier Firm in 5 practice areas and recommended in 10. 8 DFDL lawyers have received an award: 5 are listed in the elite “Leading Lawyers” group and 3 in the “Next Generation Lawyers” group... | |
Shahwar Nizam Listed as Top Bangladesh Lawyer by Asia Business Law Journal
Seka Hep Participates in Cambodia New Law on Investment Event
Nishant Choudhary Discusses Myanmar M&A Predictions for 2022 Nishant Choudhary (Partner, Myanmar Deputy Managing Director) discusses the 2022 predicting trends for Myanmar mergers and acquisitions in the Asian Legal Business article “ALB Asia M&A Predictions 2022”. This article focuses on how 2022 will be for mergers and acquisitions in the region... | |
DFDL Receives Rankings from Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific Guide 2022 The launch of the Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide 2022 has seen an increase in practice and individual rankings for DFDL. We upheld our strong performance this year with new rankings in Thailand for Tax (Band 3), Technology, Media & Telecom (Band 4) and Corporate/M&A (Band 5) and in Vietnam for Tax (Spotlight Table)... | |
DFDL Live Event: Vietnam Tax & Transfer Pricing Updates | 13 January 2022
Paul Volodarsky Participates in Hospitality Asia Virtual Conference On 10 December 2021, Paul Volodarsky (Deputy Head of Regional Real Estate & Construction Practice and Head of the Hospitality Sector) was delighted to participate in the Hospitality Asia Virtual Conference... | |
DFDL Partners Ranked as Thailand’s Top 100 Lawyers for 2021 by Asia Business Law Journal DFDL is pleased to announce that our Partners have been ranked in Thailand’s Top 100 lawyers by Asia Business Law Journal for 2021... | |
Indonesia – Legal Expert Guide to Data Breaches & Ransomware Attacks
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Jonathan Blaine Participates in STEP Asia Conference 2021 The STEP ASIA Conference 2021 was held virtually during 16-18 November 2021. The annual event stands one of the largest estate and trust conferences in Asia... | |
Vietnam – Legal Expert Guide to Data Breaches & Ransomware Attacks Re | |
Thailand – Legal Expert Guide to Data Breaches & Ransomware Attacks Re | |
The Philippines – Legal Expert Guide to Data Breaches & Ransomware Attacks Re | |
Cambodia Competition Law – Episode 2: Substantive Prohibitions Re | |
Vinay Ahuja Participates in a Panel Discussion on Climate Change On 15 November 2021, Vinay Ahuja (Partner; Head of Regional Banking, Finance & Technology Practice, Indonesia Practice and India Desk) participated in the IPBA Annual Mid-Year Conference organized by the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (“IPBA”)... | |
DFDL Tax Team Participates in ACCA Tax Update Webinar On 11 November 2021, DFDL’s Regional Tax Practice team was pleased to join the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (“ACCA”) Mainland Southeast Asia for its live event “Recent International Tax Development in CLMVT – What You Need to Know”.
Shahwar Nizam Participates in Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology On 10 November 2021, Shahwar Nizam (Partner & Bangladesh Managing Director) participated in the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology as a speaker on the ‘Partnering Startups in Bangladesh for Growth’ panel discussion along with other industry experts... | |
Nearirath Sreng Participates in Webinar on the RCEP Free Trade Agreement On 2 November 2021, Nearirath Sreng (Senior Consultant and Deputy Head of Cambodia Banking, Finance & Technology Practice) was pleased to participate in the Public-Private Dialogue Series session “Unpacking the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (“RCEP”) Agreement” organized by the Economic | |
Cambodia Competition Law – Episode 1: Overview Re | |
DFDL Participates in Food & Beverage Business Opportunities in Thailand & Vietnam Live Event On 3 November 2021, DFDL Thailand and Vietnam team members participated in a joint webinar on “Exploring Business Opportunities In Vietnam & Thailand – Focused Sectors: Food And Beverage (F&B)”. The webinar, organized by Source of Asia, DFDL Myanmar Authored Mondaq Real Estate Comparative Guide DFDL Myanmar recently contributed to the Mondaq Real Estate Comparative Guide... | |
Happy Diwali from DFDL India Desk
DFDL Acts as Local Counsel on Kookmin Bank’s Successful Acquisition of Prasac Microfinance Institution DFDL acted as local counsel on the majority acquisition by Kookmin (a Korean commercial bank) of Prasac Microfinance Institution (Cambodia’s largest microfinance business) from the seller consortium, which included Bank of East Asia. In April 2020, Kookmin Bank acquired a 70% stake in Prasac for USD 603... | |
David Fruitman Quoted in MLex Article on Cambodia Competition Law David Fruitman (Regional Competition Counsel/Senior Consultant) was recently quoted in an article ‘Cambodia finally passes competition law, but key details still to come’ published by MLex... | |
Kraisorn Rueangkul Speaks on Workforce Restructuring in Thailand On 18 October 2021, Kraisorn Rueangkul (Partner) was invited by Tom Sorensen (Chairman, The Danish Management Society, Bangkok Branch) to deliver a presentation on ‘Workforce Restructuring in Thailand’ to members of the group... | |
DFDL Lao PDR and Myanmar Both Named ‘Firm of the Year 2021’ by Asialaw DFDL is pleased to announce that our offices in the Lao PDR and Myanmar have both been named ‘Firm of Year 2021’ by Asialaw... | |
Charles Amar Discusses Hazardous Construction Materials in Cambodia On 27 September 2021, Charles Amar (DFDL Cambodia Head of Real Estate and Construction Practice) participated in EuroCham Cambodia’s Real Estate September final session on “The Impacts of Hazardous Construction Materials” in association with Union A | |
DFDL Features in BestStartup.Asia Top Singapore Advice Companies DFDL is very pleased to be featured in BestStartup.Asia’s 49 Top Singapore Advice Companies and Startups. This article showcases the top picks of Singapore-based Advice companies taking a variety of approaches to lead innovation in the advice industry... | |
DFDL Shortlisted by The Legal 500 for Its Southeast Asia Awards 2020/2021 DFDL is proud to announce that 3 of our jurisdictions (Cambodia, the Lao PDR and Myanmar) have been shortlisted in the category “Law Firm of the Year’’ by the Legal 500 Southeast Asia Legal Awards. Our team in Thailand has also been shortlisted for the “TMT Team of the Year 2020/2021” Award... | |
DFDL Thailand Launches its Dispute Resolution Practice DFDL is pleased to announce new developments in relation to its Dispute Resolution Practice Group in Thailand, leveraging on its years of experience handling clients’ complex cross-border commercial disputes, and recent strategic hires... | |
Clint O’Connell Speaks at Capital Gains and Exit Taxes Webinar On 21 September 2021, Clint O’Connell (DFDL Partner, Cambodia Deputy Managing Director and Head of Tax Practice) participated in the final session of EuroCham Cambodia’s highly successful Tax Summer Series focusing on Capital Gains and Exit Taxes... | |
Nearirath Sreng Participates in E-Commerce in Cambodia Live Event On 15 September 2021, DFDL Cambodia Deputy Head of Banking, Finance & Technology Practice, Nearirath Sreng, was pleased to participate in a training seminar ‘Cambodia E-commerce Acceleration Dialogue’ organized by the Ministry of Commerce’s (“MOC“) Enhanced Integrated Framework (“EIF“), the Cambodia E-Bus | |
DFDL Features in BestStartup.Asia Top Singapore Legal Companies DFDL is very pleased to be featured in BestStartup.Asia’s 72 Top Singapore Legal Companies and Startups. This article showcases the top picks for Singapore-based legal companies... | |
Vajiravann Chamnan Speaks at Cambodia Business Taxation Webinar On 15 September 2021, DFDL Cambodia Senior Tax Manager, Vajiravann Chamnan, participated in the 4th session of EuroCham Cambodia’s Tax Summer Series on ‘Business Taxation: VAT and Special Taxes’... | |
Kraisorn Rueangkul Speaks at Workforce Restructuring Webinar On 20 September 2021, DFDL Thailand participated in an online webinar organized by the British Chamber of Commerce in Thailand on the topic ‘Workforce Restructuring in Thailand’... | |
Asialaw Awards 2022 Give Recognitions to DFDL and its Lawyers Asialaw has ranked DFDL in 36 industry sectors and practice areas and ranked 14 legal and tax advisers. Our practices earned 6 ‘Outstanding’ rankings across the region and the only ‘Highly Recommended’ firm in Infrastructure in the Lao PDR for 2 years running... | |
DFDL Thailand Participates in 3 Internship Virtual Roadshow Events Held in September Over the month of September, DFDL Thailand took part in 3 virtual internship roadshow events conducted by Thammasat University and Chulalongkorn University... | |
Jude Ocampo Listed as Top Philippines Lawyer 2021 by Asia Business Law Journal
Clint O’Connell Gives Talk on Transfer Pricing & Double Tax Agreements On 7 September 2021, EuroCham Cambodia went forward with the third part of its Tax Summer Series focusing on “Transfer Pricing and Double Tax Agreements”... | |
DFDL Practices Shortlisted by Asian Legal Business Asian Legal Business (“ALB”) has just released its 17th Southeast Asia awards shortlist... | |
DFDL Partners Participate in Exploring Business Opportunities in Vietnam & Indonesia Live Event On 1 September 2021, Vinay Ahuja (Partner, Head of Regional Banking, Finance & Technology Practice & Head of Indonesia Practice, India Desk, DFDL) and Hanh Tran (Partner, Vietnam Deputy Managing Director & Head of Ho Chi Minh City | |
Charles Amar’s New Article ‘Occupancy Certificates to Make Unauthorized Construction Legally Compliant’ published in Latest Issue of Cambodia’s Construction & Property Magazine In the September Issue (No.53) of Cambodia’s bimonthly Construction & Property Magazine, a new article by Charles Amar (DFDL Cambodia Head of Real Estate Practice) has just been published... | |
DFDL Joins Global Restructuring & Insolvency Professionals Network in the Asia-Pacific Region DFDL is pleased to join the Global Restructuring and Insolvency Professionals (“GRIP”) Network Asia-Pacific. Launched in 2014 in Europe, GRIP is a cross-border network of independent insolvency firms across Europe, Canada, Central and South America and Asia-Pacific... | |
Ng Woan Na Participates in Indochina Malaysian Business Chambers E-Summit 2021
Clint O’Connell Participates in AusCham Cambodia Mid-Year Review Webinar On 26 August 2021, Clint O’Connell (Partner, Cambodia Deputy Managing Director, Head of Cambodia Tax Practice) participated as a speaker in AusCham Cambodia Mid-Year Review webinar along with other industry experts to discuss recent commercial regulatory deve | |
DFDL Named ‘Regional Firm to Watch 2021’ by India Business Law Journal On 20 August 2021, India Business Law Journal released its 2021 report on the leading international law firms for India-related work. DFDL is delighted and proud to be featured among this year’s rankings in its ‘Regional Firm to Watch’ category for the second year in a row... | |
David Fruitman Speaks at GCR Connect Law Leaders Asia-Pacific Conference On 26 and 27 September 2021, David Fruitman (Regional Competition Counsel & Senior Consultant) participated in the GCR Connect Conference ‘Law Leaders Asa-Pacific’... | |
DFDL Advisers Receive IFLR1000 Recognitions IFLR1000 published its final round of Asia-Pacific 2022 rankings. DFDL is pleased to announce that we have a total of 12 individual rankings as Highly Regarded, Notable Practitioner, or Market Leaders in their field of expertise. We warmly congratulate our team for all of their hard work and dedication in securing these laudable and well-deserved recognitions... | |
DFDL Shortlisted in Multiple Categories for the AsiaLaw Awards 2021 DFDL is very proud to announce that we have been shortlisted by AsiaLaw in several awards categories for 2021: 4 Jurisdictional Firms of the Year, 1 Industry Expertise and 1 Editor’s Choice Impact Deal and Case Award... | |
Clint O’Connell Participates in 2nd Session of EuroCham Cambodia Tax Summer Series – Tax Audits
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