Insight
View from Asia: Force majeure and the power of business relationships
What happens when geopolitical disruption moves beyond the headlines and starts to affect the contracts, supply chains and commercial relationships businesses rely on? In this episode of View from Asia, Mallesons partner Amanda Lees and International Director David Olsson AM explore how businesses are navigating increasing geopolitical and commercial uncertainty across Asia. They discuss how force majeure works, what prolonged disruption means for contracts and supply chains, and why trusted relationships and local knowledge can be critical to finding practical solutions.
22 September 2026
Featured Insight
Asia capability under pressure: lessons from the Hormuz disruption
Most businesses operating across Asia went into this year believing they understood their regional exposure. The Hormuz disruption tested that belief, and what it found was not primarily an energy security story. It was a test of whether organisations had genuine capability to operate across Asia under pressure – or whether they had presence and assumed it would be enough. The difference, as it turns out, has a cost.
09 July 2026
Insight
Building Asia capability as a resilience strategy: what boards need to ask
The past four months tested something that is difficult to assess in stable conditions: whether organisations operating across Asia have genuine capability, or whether they have presence and assumed it would be enough. The Hormuz disruption exposed that gap - not universally, but unevenly, and in ways that had less to do with resources or intent, than with what had already been built.
09 July 2026
Insight
Navigating Net Zero: APAC Climate Guide - Vietnam
Vietnam is among Southeast Asia’s fastest growing markets. Through a combination of economic reforms and favourable global trends – including trade liberalisation, shifting supply chains and growing foreign investment - Vietnam transformed from a low-income economy to a dynamic middle-income nation within a single generation.
02 June 2026
Publication
Doing Business - Mallesons’ Guide to Doing Business in Australia
Doing Business - Mallesons’ 2026 guide to doing business in Australia - is your essential resource for investing and undertaking business operations in the Australian market.
30 April 2026