Suraj Sajnani, Sian Knight and Michelle Chen discuss the Hong Kong High Court's express confirmation, for the first time ever, that cryptocurrency is “property” and can form the subject matter of a trust. The Court’s decision in Re Gatecoin Ltd aligns Hong Kong’s...
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Parastate and Babel Asia: the Singapore Court draws the Intersection between Crypto Disputes and International Arbitration
Amanda Lees, Suraj Sajnani, and Sarah Jones talk about a recent Singapore case in which a cryptocurrency court proceeding was stayed to arbitration. The recent case of Parastate Labs Inc v Wang Li & Ors (including Babel Asia Asset Management Pvt Ltd (“Babel Asia”)...
DCM interviews
For the female practitioners in the KWM Debt Capital Markets team, "diversity is just part of the fabric of the team". Briana Bentley, Kathryn Tomasic and Hilary Yeoh takes us through their experiences of diversity in our DCM team and how the support received has...
An Arbitrator’s Obligation to Disclose Potential Conflicts in Japan
This post provides a review and analysis of the Osaka High Court’s decision in Prem Warehouse LLC, et. al v Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. et. al., 11 March 2019, 2017 (RA) no. 1552 While the Haliburton v Chubb Supreme Court decision in England has been attracting headlines...
The power of data (or, why I love metrics)
Data is a powerful thing. You can capture as much of it as you can store. Record every inch of productivity, log each step you take and the hours you slept (or didn’t sleep). But unless you’re leveraging data to really understand the story behind it, insights can be...
4 reasons to adopt LegalTech for process improvement
Digital technologies and LegalTech provide ubiquitous data, unlimited connectivity, and massive processing power – this is what makes them so powerful. But the real value in technology lies in people’s ability to leverage it. Without the desire, knowledge and ability...
Top 10 tips for dealing with an expert witness
Our resident experts on experts have set out their top 10 tips for dealing with expert witnesses