18 Monday May 2020
On 8 May 2020, Julia Charlton spoke at a webinar on COVID-19 and the impact on labour-intensive industry in Myanmar, organised by the India Myanmar Chamber of Commerce and Myanmar Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Please find the speech below and a link to watch the webinar here. Read More
04 Monday May 2020
28 Tuesday Apr 2020
Posted in Myanmar Law Updates, Uncategorized
On 14 February 2020, Myanmar passed the Insolvency Law 2020, which came into effect on 25 March 2020. The new Insolvency Law replaces the Yangon Insolvency Act 1909 and the Myanmar Insolvency Act 1920, addressing both corporate and personal insolvency and modernises the insolvency regime. Read More
14 Tuesday Apr 2020
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Happy Thingyan 2020
14 Tuesday Apr 2020
Posted in Myanmar Highlights - 2020, Uncategorized
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The Myanmar Government took action to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the Myanmar economy on 18 March 2020, as set out in Notification No. 1/2020. Read More.
31 Tuesday Mar 2020
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In February 2020, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the intergovernmental Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Financing of Terrorism (CFT) policy-making group, and the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG), a FATF-style regional body, added Myanmar to the grey list of jurisdictions being actively monitored. Read More.
31 Tuesday Mar 2020
On 28 March 2020, Myanmar imposed sweeping restrictions with an Announcement on Temporary Suspension of all Types of Visas for Foreign Nationals from all Countries Visiting Myanmar in an effort to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More.
16 Monday Mar 2020
Posted in Myanmar Law, Uncategorized
In July 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Myanmar (SECM) announced that foreigners would be permitted to trade on the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) and a framework and schedule for implementing it were then published in September 2019. Read More.
13 Friday Mar 2020
Posted in Myanmar Law, Myanmar Law Updates, Uncategorized
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Advisory Committee for Corporate Governance Reform, Corporate Governance Notification, Corporate Legal Framework
On 5 February 2020, the Advisory Committee for Corporate Governance Reform (the advisory committee) in Myanmar announced its endorsement of a new corporate governance notification (the notification). Following legislative approval, it is anticipated that the notification will be published in April 2020 and will become effective in October 2020. Read More.
06 Friday Mar 2020
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On 4 March 2020, Charltons attended a great event organised by the Professional Women’s Network (PWN), a Celebration of International Women’s Day with a lively debate on “Do Quotas Boost Gender Equality?” followed by the networking of more than a hundred professional women of Myanmar. Special thanks to Catherine Smith, a Chair of PWN.
