Both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress approved a uniform version of a landmark anti-red tape measure seeking to…

The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has revised the format of the General Information Sheet (“GIS”) regularly submitted by SEC-registered stock and non-stock…

The government of Vietnam has recently issued Decree No. 119/2018/ND-CP (“Decree 119”) on the use of electronic invoices (“E-invoices”) for sale of goods and…

On 23 August 2018, the Government issued a new decree (“Decree 108/2018/ND-CP”) on amendments to enterprise registration. Decree 108/2018/ND-CP came into effect on 10...

The Ministry of Finance and Economy in a press release announced that His Majesty The Sultan of Brunei Darussalam has consented for the introduction…

Earlier this year, Parliament passed the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (Amendment) Act 2018 (“MACCA Amendments”). The MACCA Amendments introduced notable changes to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption…

Republic Act No. 11055 or the Philippine System Identification Act was enacted into law on 6 August 2018. It mandates the government to create…

Republic Act No. 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act (“EODB Act”) came into effect on 28 May…

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 8083 or the Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High...

Data privacy is a relatively new regulation in the Philippines. Nonetheless, the Philippine National Privacy Commission (“NPC”) is exerting its best efforts in order…