On 20 March 2018, Pyidaungsu Htuttaw enacted the Registration of Deeds Law 2018 (“the Act”) which repeals and replaces the previous Registration Act 1908….

In order to liberalise and promote the education standard in Myanmar, the Myanmar Investment Commission (“MIC”) released Notification (7/2018) (“the Notification”) dated 20 April...

The Lao Government has published the new Penal Code, which takes effect on 1 November 2018. The new law aims to ensure that penalties…

The Myanmar Government has recently established the Myanmar Competition Commission (the “Commission”) by issuing Notification No. (106/2018) dated 31 October 2018. The Commission acts…

Insurance web aggregation is an alternative distribution channel whereby a customer can obtain insurance through the internet or mobile application. Insurance web aggregators are…

Philippine investment policy aims to attract, promote, and welcome productive foreign investments in activities that significantly contribute to national industrialisation and socio-economic development to...

Indonesian Intellectual Property (“IP”) laws require recordation of IP licensing agreement with the Directorate General of Intellectual Property. To implement this, other than the…

The Central Bank of Myanmar (“CBM”) has issued Directive No. (6/2018) (“the Directive”) on 8 November 2018, allowing foreign bank branches to provide financing...

On 21 September 2018, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (“MLVT”) issued two new Prakas (Ministerial Proclamation): (i) Prakas No. 442, which establishes...

On 20 August 2018, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (“MOIT”) issued Circular No. 21/2018/TT-BCT (“Circular 21”) to amend several articles in Circular No….