Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals picked up steam throughout Asia Pacific during the first half of 2021, in no small measure due to a rebound from the worst economic ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic through 2020. With vaccine rollouts continuing and border restrictions being gradually loosened, M&A lawyers can look forward to an upswing in work in 2022 and beyond.
Conversations about environmental, social and governance
(ESG) considerations and the area of sustainability have steadily integrated themselves
into corporate boardrooms across Asia.
A recent MSCI 2021 Global Institutional Investor survey
revealed that around 79% of investors in the Asia-Pacific region increased ESG
investments ‘significantly’ or ‘moderately’ in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile,
57% of investors in the region anticipated to have ‘completely’ or ‘to a large
extent’ incorporated ESG questions into their investment analysis and
decision-making procedures by the end of 2021.
Government authorities and business leaders from the continent
have set out to increase awareness and respond to pressing calls from national actors
June 29 2021
Corporates in Singapore are increasingly under pressure from regulators, investors, customers, and other stakeholders to make environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related disclosures. This article offers an overview of the mandatory ESG disclosures in Singapore and highlights the potential legal pitfalls that corporates should look out for.
Listed issuers
Singapore Exchange (SGX) introduced sustainability reporting on a ‘comply-or-explain’ basis to its listing rules in June 2016. These reports are intended to complement its listed issuers’ financial reporting, by showing how their material ESG risks and opportunities are being managed, thereby enabling a more holistic assessment of the issuer’s financial prospects and quality of management.
Rajah & Tann Singapore hires Clifford Chance partner
Published by: Sandy Bhadare at 09 Mar 2021 The Singapore-headquartered law firm, a member of Rajah & Tann Asia, a network of law firms across So.
The Singapore-headquartered law firm, a member of Rajah & Tann Asia, a network of law firms across Southeast Asia, has hired a public and private capital markets-focused partner.
Raymond Tong, a partner at
Clifford Chance for the last decade, has joined
Rajah & Tann Singapore’s capital markets and mergers and acquisitions practice.
Recognised as one of Singapore’s leading lawyers, Tong has vast experience advising clients on fundraisings, and has previously acted on some of the highest profile equity capital markets transactions across Southeast Asia.