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Minority Oppression – Section 216 or 216A? Minority shareholders often experience oppression or injustice when they are unfairly outvoted by the majority at shareholder meetings. Aggrieved shareholders who wish to seek recourse can rely on Sections 216 and 216A of the Companies Act. If the oppression is a wrong affecting them in their personal capacity,

Ship Collision Seminar JTJB Managing Partner Murali Pany hosted a breakfast seminar on Ship Collisions on 8 June 2018 for ship owners, charterers and ship managers. Senior Consultant, Nicholas White from London Offshore Consultants was invited as a guest speaker. Murali spoke about evidential and procedural issues that could impact recovery of losses while Nick

  Recognition and enforcement of a foreign judgment under the Choice of Court Agreements Act: What you need to know   On 1 October 2016, the Choice of Court Agreements Act (Cap 39A, 2017 Rev Ed) (the “Act”) and Order 111 (“O 111”) of the Rules of Court (Cap 322, R5, 2014 Rev Ed) (the

English speaking chambers at the Hamburg Regional Court Setting an international course, cross border economic disputes can now be pleaded in the Hamburg Regional Court in English. Special civil and commercial chambers at the court in Hamburg will offer this service beginning May 2018. The court in Frankfurt am Main has started this practice in

Are you prepared for the EU General Data Protection Regulation? Data privacy has been recognized as a pertinent area of concern amongst regulators and the public in this increasingly data-driven world. Indeed, the EU Parliament had been working toward harmonizing data privacy laws across Europe in a bid to empower EU citizens in the protection

Leaders Forum, Asia Pacific Maritime, 2018 JTJB Managing Partner Murali Pany was a panelist in the Leaders’ Forum held at Marina Bay Sands on 14th March during Asia Pacific Maritime 2018. The Leaders’ Forum moderated by Chief Investment Officer of Prudent Shipping Investments, Divay Goel, also comprised Vijay Kamath, Cleaves Asia Pte Limited, Peter Sand,

Swinging back to the sixties?  Can Brexit revive sleeping bi-lateral treaties? In the midst of all discussions and speculations on the future of the European Union with or without the United Kingdom for litigators it can be worthwhile dusting down old bi-lateral treaties whose applicability has been sub-ordinated or superseded by the respective EU- regulations.

Singapore Creditors not precluded from invoking Indian Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code The Indian Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 has gained prominence for Singapore lenders, counterparties and insurers seeking debt recovery from Indian parties. The young Code ambitiously tried to reinvigorate India’s sluggish insolvency regime which was scattered across various legislations – by implementing a unified,

JTJB International Business & Investment Law Conference On 31 January 2018, JTJB hosted an International Business & Investment Law Conference at Amara Hotel Singapore. The panelists were legal experts from JTJB’s network offices – Mr. James Hung from JTJB Taipei, Mr. Taejin Kim from K&P Law Firm, Dr. Harald Endemann and Eva-Maria Braje from Endemann.

PRIORITIES BETWEEN MARITIME CLAIMANTS – SINGAPORE HIGH COURT DENIES LEAPFROGGING OF CLAIMS Piraeus Bank, one of the largest banks in Greece, commenced two mortgagee actions in Singapore and effected a double arrest on the vessels “Posidon” and “Pegasus”, flowing from the ship-owners’ default of a loan agreement. The vessels were subsequently sold pursuant to a judicial