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The Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act – A 10th anniversary non-retrospective

October 25, 2020

In 1971, the British blues rock group Ten Years After released their only hit single: “I’d Love to Change the World,” in which they sang “I’d Love to Change the World / but I don’t know what to do / so I leave it up to you.”

Ensuring Compliance with the Myanmar Companies Law 2017

October 1, 2018

The Myanmar Companies Law 2017 (MCL), which entered into force on 1 August 2018, introduces a modern legal framework for foreign investment in Myanmar.

Stricter compliance measures for listed companies

March 9, 2018

The Corporate Governance Council (the CG Council), through its recently issued consultation paper, has proposed amendments to the Singapore Code of Corporate Governance (the CG Code 2012) and the Listing Rules of the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX Listing Rules).

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