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  • Korea 2010
    By ALB | Thursday, 4 February 2010

    ALB reports from Seoul on a legal services market that has recovered
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  • India 2009
    By ALB | Thursday, 12 November 2009

    More players, more sophistication
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  • China 2009
    By ALB | Thursday, 24 September 2009

    As western markets went into freefall a year ago with company collapses and banks going bust, Asia – particularly China – was being viewed as the brightest light in an otherwise overcast economic sky.
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  • Indonesia 2009 (2 comments)
    By ALB | Wednesday, 19 August 2009

    Resources and law reform are driving the Indonesian legal market and attracting investment from around Asia and the rest of the world
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  • Malaysia 2009
    By ALB | Friday, 31 July 2009

    Broadening horizons: The impending opening of the Malaysian market may not be a high priority for international law firms, but for their domestic counterparts it presents a perfect opportunity to broaden their horizons and push plans for regional expansion into overdrive
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  • Vietnam 2009
    By ALB | Tuesday, 7 July 2009

    Favourable economic indicators, booming energy and oil & gas industries, and a strong export sector are the leading lights for lawyers in Vietnam as they look for the country to fulfil its potential
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  • Singapore 2009
    By ALB | Monday, 1 June 2009

    The past 12 months alone have seen no less than nine international firms make the move to Singapore, with more tipped to open later this year. ALB looks at what we expect from some of these newcomers.
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  • Japan 2009
    By ALB | Saturday, 11 April 2009

    Is the cooperative consensus that has typified a liberalised Japanese legal market finally giving way to greater competition? ALB investigates
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  • Japan 2008
    By ALB | Thursday, 18 December 2008

    Ushinawareta junen (the lost decade) is officially over and Japanese companies have emerged cashed up and ready to plunder ailing markets across the globe. But, as ALB reports, while Japan's band of bengoshi and gaggle of gaiben are looking forward to an upswing in work, micro matters loom large on the horizon
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  • Malaysia 2008
    By ALB | Monday, 15 December 2008

    Malaysia's lawyers are doing well despite the odds - but longer-term structural reform of the local legal market is on the cards.
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  • Middle East 2008
    By ALB | Thursday, 27 November 2008

    Another five years of oil & gas revenues - this time boosted by record high prices - have created a lake of liquidity in a region that has the need, the wherewithal, the ambition and the sheer will to make things happen. Law firms have for some time been feasting on big-ticket oil & gas, project finance, infrastructure and banking & finance work. But never to the current degree, and never across so many centres of activity.
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  • China 2008
    By ALB | Monday, 30 June 2008

    ALB takes a closer look at the development of the legal industry in a number of leading economic centres in China
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  • Singapore 2008
    | Tuesday, 10 June 2008

    Singapore's savvy business and legal market has a new challenge to face in the wake of the country's legal services liberalisation. ALB analyses the changes in store for lawyers in the region.
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  • Vietnam 2008
    | Thursday, 8 May 2008

    Law firms in Vietnam are being inundated with deals, but do not have the lawyers they need in order to cope. As Ben Abbott reports, they have to think fast to adapt to the new environment, and will have to invest in the future in order to succeed
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  • India 2008 (1 comments)
    | Tuesday, 8 April 2008

    India's growth is inundating its increasingly diverse legal market with new and more sophisticated legal business; but with rapid growth comes change and a raft of challenges that all law firms must face - sooner rather than later
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  • Korea 2008
    | Monday, 17 March 2008

    On the cusp of a possible opening to foreign competition, Korea's top law firms have come down with a bout of wanderlust. Following the lead of an outbound client base, they are setting up a growing network of offices overseas. Ben Abbott reports.
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