Source of article: Business Times Singapore Exchange Regulation recently announced new regulatory rules to limit the tenure of Independent Directors in a move to strengthen corporate governance in Singapore – are these changes enough? In addition to the nine-year limitation rule, should the market regulators review and make further amendments to the listing rules to…

Source of article: Business Times Writing credits: Raphael Lim The Singapore market has in recent years witnessed a number of battles for Board control. In most cases, the fight for Board control is launched via requisitions to remove incumbent directors and to appoint new directors by the requisitioning shareholders. The battle for the Board could…

Source of article: https://law.asia Singapore-based capital markets lawyer Robson Lee, previously a global equity partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher for more than seven years, has joined Kennedys as a partner in corporate and commercial practice. Lee has nearly 30 years of experience in M&A and capital markets, regularly advising companies on issues such as…

Source of article: legalbusinessonline.com UK law firm Kennedys has recruited corporate and capital market specialist Robson Lee as a partner in Singapore. He was previously a global equity partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher for seven years. This is Kennedys’ second lateral partner hire in Singapore in the past three months. In November last year, aviation…