As Covid-19 coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, the various forums for dispute resolution worldwide find themselves presented with novel challenges, in particular relating to issues around physical attendance at...more
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (the NLD) celebrates its third anniversary of government this year. Fourteen months from now, campaigning will commence for Myanmar’s 2020 general...more
The Myanmar government has at long last announced that foreign insurers will be entitled to seek market access to its insurance sector in 2019.
This note builds on our previous publication: Liberalisation of the Myanmar...more
Myanmar’s recently issued Notification 25/2018 liberalises its wholesale and retail trade sectors, allowing both 100% foreign and JV entities to operate in Myanmar. This update summarises the requirements that foreign...more
It has been a year since opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi took office as State Counsellor in Myanmar, becoming the de facto head of the country’s first elected government in half a century. How is her National League for...more
The new Myanmar Investment Law came into force on 18 October 2016 and the implementing rules came into effect on 30 March 2017 along with the other relevant notifications which were all published recently. These instruments...more
Following two years of consultation, Myanmar’s highly anticipated new investment law (the Investment Law) was approved by the Amyotha Hluttaw on 5 October 2016, having been approved by the Pyithu Hluttaw on 28 September 2016....more
It’s just a little over a year until the Myanmar Competition Act comes into force in February 2017. The Act fleshes out the main anti-trust principles, but is arguably muddled in framing their exact scope and the relevant...more