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Kim & Chang Obtains Favorable Decision Denying Establishment of Worker Dispatch Relationship Between Public Institution and Subcontractor’s Employees

19 December 2025 by Kim & Chang - South Korea

On July 10, 2024, the Daegu High Court, Civil Division 2 (Presiding Judge, Tae-hyun Kim) rendered a judgment denying the establishment of a worker dispatch relationship between Public Institution A and the plaintiffs, who were workers of a subcontractor entrusted with performing facility maintenance work for Public Institution A (Daegu High Court Decision 2021Na21952, 21969 (consolidated) and 2021Na21976, all rendered on July 10, 2025).

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Kim & Chang Successfully Defends Pharmbio Korea’s Patent for Orafang (Bowel Cleanser Tablet)

19 December 2025 by Kim & Chang - South Korea

Kim & Chang’s Intellectual Property Practice successfully represented Pharmbio Korea Inc. (“Pharmbio Korea”), a domestic pharmaceutical company, in two patent invalidation lawsuits related to bowel cleanser tablets. The team secured victories at both the Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board (the “IPTAB”) and the Intellectual Property High Court (the “IP High Court”) by demonstrating that the two patents in question (the “Subject Patents”) could not have been easily developed by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the prior art inventions.

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Kim & Chang Won Major Lawsuit Challenging KFTC’s Ruling That Platform Company’s Algorithmic Business Model Constituted Abuse of Market Dominance and Unfair Trade Practices

19 December 2025 by Kim & Chang - South Korea

Kim & Chang secured a complete victory for a leading Korean mobility platform company (the “Plaintiff”) in a lawsuit against the Korea Fair Trade Commission (the “KFTC”). The lawsuit sought to revoke the KFTC’s corrective order and a fine of approximately KRW 27.1 billion. The KFTC had argued that the Plaintiff abused its market dominance by using an algorithm to unfairly favor its member taxis. The Seoul High Court accepted our arguments and overturned the KFTC’s dispositions entirely.

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ACCRALAW as Counsel to the Underwriters for Megawide's Issuance of PHP 3 Billion Series 7 Preferred Shares

18 December 2025 by ACCRALAW - Philippines

ACCRALAW acted as counsel for the Joint Issue Managers, Joint Lead Underwriters, and Joint Bookrunners, PNB Capital and Investment Corporation, RCBC Capital Corporation, and Security Bank Capital Investment Corporation in connection with Megawide Construction Corporation’s offering of up to PHP 3 Billion Series 7 Preferred Shares which were listed and traded on the Main Board of The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. on 19 November 2025.

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AllBright advised offshore syndicate on USD 450 million loan

18 December 2025 by AllBright Law Offices - China

Recently, AllBright Law Offices represented an international bank syndicate as the leading counsel and PRC legal counsel, working in collaboration with legal counsels in the United Kingdom and Portugal, in a USD 450 million equivalent syndicated loan facility extended to Haitong Bank S.A., a wholly-owned overseas subsidiary of Guotai Haitong Securities Co., Ltd. (“Guotai Haitong”). AllBright provided comprehensive and professional legal services for the transaction.

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POD Disputes in Schemes of Arrangement: Who Gets to Decide?

18 December 2025 by Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill - Malaysia

Under a scheme of arrangement, a creditor is required to submit their proof of debt (“POD”) to the scheme chairman for purposes of voting and distribution of payment. If a creditor disagrees with the scheme chairman’s admission or rejection of the POD, s. 369B(9) of the Companies Act 2016 allows the parties to refer the dispute to a mutually agreed Independent Assessor (“IA”) for adjudication

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DEAL OF THE MONTH - DECEMBER 2025

17 December 2025 by asialaw

asialaw's Deal of the Month for December 2025 is...

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LAWYER OF THE MONTH - DECEMBER 2025

17 December 2025 by asialaw

asialaw's Lawyer of the Month for December 2025 is...

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Agreement between the United States of America and Malaysia on Reciprocal Trade (ART), and Good Regulatory Practices (GRP)

25 November 2025 by Zaid Ibrahim & Co - Malaysia

On 26 October 2025, Malaysia and the US signed the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) during the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur.  Under Executive Order 14257 issued by the US President on 2 April 2025, the agreement is a US proposal to renegotiate tariffs on Malaysia from 25 percent to 19 percent.

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DEAL OF THE MONTH - NOVEMBER 2025

25 November 2025 by asialaw

asialaw's Deal of the Month for November 2025 is...