Newsletters
Asia Pacific (APAC) Newsletter for Primerus published for December 2020
Caroline Berube, Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law, as the Chair of the Primerus APAC Group, is pleased to announce the release of our Primerus 2nd newsletter of the year. Caroline is grateful to her Asia contributors and their exciting line-up of articles covering China’s new Patent Law, Legal implications on Cryptocurrency as salary payouts in Hong Kong, Western Australia’s promising reform in the construction industry and overview of Deeds and IP updates from Singapore. Caroline thanks Alicia Bos (Event and Marketing Coordinator) and Chris Dawe (Senior Vice President of Services) of the International Society of Primerus Law Firms, whose efforts made this newsletter possible for year-end release! Happy reading for the Christmas holidays, please click here: Asia Pacific Newsletter!
IBA China Working Group Newsletter, Message from Co-chairs, September 2020
Caroline Berube, Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law, and co-chair of the IBA China Working Group (“CWG”), is happy to announce the publication of the third newsletter for 2020 with seven great articles on relevant legal developments in China. Exciting virtual events are lined up and Caroline wishes to highlight the upcoming IBA 2020 – Virtually Together Conference in November – https://www.ibanet.org/VirtuallyTogether-2020.aspx. Enjoy the interesting reads from the IBA CWG contributors by clicking the links to the articles in the newsletter.
IBA China Working Group Newsletter, Message from Co-chairs, June 2020
Caroline Berube, Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law, co-chair of the IBA China Working Group, is happy to announce the publication of the second newsletter of the China Working Group (“CWG”)! Caroline thanks all IBA-CWG contributors, together with her co-chair, David Liu (JunHe LLP, Shanghai), their editor, Dominic Hui (Ribeiro Hui, HK) for the superb work. This edition brings 15 relevant articles related to Chinese laws.! A preview of the articles is given in the attached (PDF). Special mention to the IBA CWG’s first webinar on May 21st, 2020 she moderated and which recorded a huge turnout from all over the world (see Caroline’s post here).
The Variable Capital Company: an answer to Singapore’s fund management Sector?
Caroline Berube, Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law, the Chair of the Asia Pacific Region for Primerus, a society of the world’s finest independent, boutique law firms, is proud to contribute a feature article on its inaugural Vol. 1 Asia Pacific Newsletter published for April 2020. Caroline and colleague, Matthew Boyd (Corporate Secretary, HJM Asia Law and Procosec Asia) shared their insights about the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018 which was passed into Singapore law on January 14th, 2020. The creation of the Variable Capital Company (or “VCC”) represents Singapore’s efforts to boost its fund management industry by providing a fund-friendly legal entity. The article is also featured on the Primerus Xpress Corporate Client e-Newsletter. A special thanks to Chad Sluss (Senior Vice President of Services, Primerus) for coordinating the newsletter from start to finish. You may access the newsletter and message from the Chair from the attached PDF.
Primerus Newsletter, 2020
Caroline Berube, Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law, is proud to be the Chair of the Asia Pacific Region of Primerus and publish the first Primerus Asia Pacific newsletter for 2020! Thanks to our Asia members who contributed articles covering in brief: Labor Incident Act in Taiwan (by Jia-Wei Chao, Attorney of Formosan Brothers Attorneys at Law); The Variable Capital Company in Singapore (by Matthew Boyd, Legal Executive of HJM Asia Law & Co LLC); Whistleblowers’ protection by law in Australia (by Selwyn Black and Yue Lucy Han, lawyers from Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers); China’s amendment to Trademark Law (by Edward Sun and April Yang, lawyers from Hengtai Law Offices); Employee’s claim for coronavirus infection in Hong Kong (by Christine Wong of ONC Lawyers); and Employer’s obligations at workplace in Australia (by Murray Thornhill (Director) and Gemma Wheeler-Carver (Lawyer), from HHG Legal Group). Click on this PDF to view the Message from the chair and contributors’ articles. Asia Pacific Newsletter – April 2020
IBA China Working Group Newsletter, Message from Co-chairs, March 2020
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International Bar Association, China Working Group, “a note from the Co-Chairs”, September 2019
Caroline Berube, Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law and Co-Chair of the International Bar Association China Working Group (“CWG”), together with the Co-Chair David Liu from JunHe, prepared a special welcome note for the CWG newsletter for the 2019 Seoul Annual Conference covering different topics such as “Strategies for foreign CTAs to enter China”, “Opportunities for the legal industry in China’s Greater Bay Area” and “China sets up international commercial courts to promote the Belt and Road initiative”.
https://www.ibanet.org/Article/NewDetail.aspx?ArticleUid=748D1D11-D861-48BF-BD52-D63931A00482
HJM Newsletter – Discover Directors Liabilities in Other Countries – China & Singapore.
Interview with Eckart Brodermann by Marc O. Dedman and Caroline Berube, Paradigm, International Society of Primerus Law Firms, Fall 2018
Caroline Berube, Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law, and Marc O. Dedman, Partner of Spicer Rudstrom, had the opportunity to interview Eckart Brodermann about his new published article “UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, An Article-by-Article Commentary”, Wolters Kluwer, 2018. Please click the following link to read about the interview
IBA Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee Newsletter, September 2015
Caroline Berube, the Managing Partner of HJM, is the Asia Pacific Forum Liaison Officer/ Publication Officer for the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee within the International Bar Association (IBA). Part of her duties include being the editor of the committee’s newsletter. This issue focused on the upcoming IBA Annual Conference in Vienna and various sessions organized by the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee. You can view the September 2015 newsletter here: IP Entertainment Law (Sept 2015)