NewsBytes: Singapore December 2023 – January 2024
- NewsBytes: Singapore December 2023 – January 2024
News
- Rajah & Tann Asia – Year in Review 2023
- Rajah & Tann Strengthens China Practice with Appointment of Four International Counsel
- Top Asian Firm in Global Restructuring and Insolvency Ranking – Rajah & Tann Singapore Makes the GRR 30 List for 6th Year in a Row
- Rajah & Tann Asia Defends Top Rankings in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024
- Rajah & Tann Expands Practice in China with Appointment of Veteran Lawyer, Amid Upgraded Trade Pact with Singapore
- Rajah & Tann Asia Maintains Stronghold in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024, Earning an Impressive List of Accolades
LegisBytes
General
Capital Markets
Corporate Commercial
Corporate Real Estate
Financial Institutions
Insurance & Reinsurance
Medical, Healthcare & Life Sciences
Restructuring and Insolvency
Sustainability
- Singapore Launches Sustainable Finance Association to Support Net Zero Transition Through Deeper Cross-Sector Collaboration
- Release of Eligibility List for International Carbon Credits Under Singapore's Carbon Tax Regime
- Electric Vehicles Charging Act Comes into Force to Regulate Safe Charging of Electric Vehicles, Expand Charging Infrastructure
- MAS Encourages ESG Rating and Data Product Providers to Adopt Code of Conduct
- Defining Green and Transition Activities with the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy and Accelerating Coal Phaseout with Transition Credits at COP28
- ASEAN Taxonomy to be Further Enhanced Following Positive Stakeholder Consultation
Technology, Media & Telecommunications
- Commencement of the Online Criminal Harms Act
- IMDA and GovTech Launch New Initiatives on Digital Sustainability
- Singapore Issues Draft Model AI Governance Framework for Generative AI
- Tackling New Challenges in Cybersecurity – CSA Issues Public Consultation on Draft Cybersecurity (Amendment) Bill
- Countering Foreign Interference via Local Proxies - Provisions in the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act Come into Force
- Singapore to Develop Southeast Asia's First Large Language Model Ecosystem
- The Shape of Things to Come – Singapore Unveils National AI Strategy 2.0
- Fostering Cross-Border AI Deployment – Singapore and US Launch AI Cooperation and Standards Equivalency Efforts
White Collar Crime / Criminal
Deals
- 17LIVE's Approximately S$923 Million Business Combination with Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation Ltd – Singapore's First de-SPAC Merger
- Acquisition of Tech In Asia by SPH Media Holdingsm
- Joint Venture between HEXA Renewables Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. and UEM Lestra Berhad
- S$300 Million Equity Fund Raising by CapitaLand Ascott Trust
- Acquisition of a Significant Minority Stake in PT Oneject Indonesia
- Neurowyzr’s Seed Funding
- Acquisition of the Industrial Products Division of the Konecranes group
- Sale of Popular Holdings Limited
- Acquisition of a Strategic Minority Stake in AIG Asia Ingredients Corporation
- Sale of Horangi to Bitdefender Holding B.V
- Acquisition of Entire Issued Share Capital of the Brylchem Group
- Series C2 Fundraising by tech unicorn Voyager Innovations
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Events
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