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Introduction On 5 October 2020, the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill (the “Bill”) was introduced in Parliament. The Bill proposes significant amendments to the PDPA, which came into force in July 2014. In the meantime, organisations should start...
Harry Elias Partnership Head, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection KK Lim commented in the Straits Times article titled "Stuck with a neighbour's second-hand smoke". The article was first published on 11 October 2020. Stuck with a neighbour's second-hand smoke...
The Singapore Parliament has recently passed the latest amendments to the Singapore International Arbitration Act (“IAA”), with a view to improving the procedure in complex matters and ensuring the confidentiality of proceedings. The two main features of the...
1 OF 5 INSIGHTS Crystallisation of Floating Charge by Operation of Law: Malayan Banking Bhd v Bakri Navigation Co Ltd and another A floating charge is a form of security that allows a lender to take security over the whole of a company’s assets and undertaking while...
Harry Elias Partnership has announced the appointment of Yvonne Foo as a partner in the Construction and Engineering practice. Yvonne has extensive experience in advising international, regional and local clients on construction-related disputes relating to...
The memorial for the late Harry Elias SC will be held on Tuesday, 6 October 2020 at 6.00 pm. Due to Covid-19 safety measures, we are able to invite only a very small group of guests. However, you are most welcome to view the livestream of the memorial by clicking the...
Harry Elias Partnership Head, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection KK Lim commented in the Straits Times article titled "Police monitoring websites offering vice, illegal loans". The article was first published on 26 September 2020. Police monitoring...
In this client update, we highlight the one key proposed regulatory change by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) to expand the scope of regulation of virtual assets service providers ) (“VASPs”) to align Singapore’s anti-money laundering and countering the...
We are delighted to share that both Harry Elias Partnership and our Brunei office, HEP LAW have been ranked in the 2021 edition of Asialaw Profiles and Leading Lawyers. In Singapore, we are ranked in multiple practice areas: Real Estate, Banking and Finance,...
Harry Elias Partnership Head, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection KK Lim commented in the Straits Times article titled "Firms here spend more on IT due to Covid-19 than in other countries". The article was first published on 14 September 2020. Firms here...