Stephenson Harwood has wrapped up its Myanmar alliance 'by mutual consent' ahead of launching its own office in the region. | 6yrs

Korean law firm Bae, Kim & Lee (BKL) has opened its seventh overseas office in Yangon, Myanmar. | 6yrs

Berwin Leighton Paisner has announced it intends to open its first office in Myanmar. It has appointed partner Chris Hughes, former managing partner in Baker & McKenzie's Yangon office, to lead the expansion. | 7yrs

Two years after Allen & Overy began working in Myanmar when sanctions were lifted, the firm has opened an office in the capital Yangon. | 9yrs

Berwin Leighton Paisner is setting up a non-exclusive arrangement with Yangon-based Legal Network Consultants. | 9yrs

Baker & McKenzie's office in Yangon will be its 16th in the Asia Pacific and its 75th in the world. | 9yrs

The Myanmar Lawyer Network (MLN) is helping the Myanmar Journalist Network to raise issues about the controversial jailing of a journalist. | 9yrs

The Indian state of West Bengal is braced to see a fall in tax revenue this year after Tata Steel, Cadbury and other multinationals challenged one of its tax laws. | 9yrs

Tilleke & Gibbons and the UK's IP specialist Rouse are the latest two law firms to open up in Myanmar. | 9yrs

The Unlawful Association Act, a legacy from British colonial government, is being used to oppress local people and scare them from leaving their villages, according to lawyers. | 9yrs

Myanmar is on the cusp of a technological revolution through which the government hopes to extend mobile phone ownership from nine to 80 per cent of the population, reports Neasa MacErlean. | 9yrs

Myanmar has taken big steps towards further economic and political reform after the country's president Thein Sein reportedly signed a law that will give Myanmar's central bank more autonomy from the Finance Ministry. | 9yrs

The Press Council of Burma has threatened to resign if the new Printing and Publishing Enterprise Bill is enacted in its current form. | 9yrs

City law firm Stephenson Harwood has become the first UK law firm to enter the Myanmar market after unveiling an association deal with local firm U Tin Yu & Associates. | 10yrs

Two leading Southeast Asian law firms have announced plans to open offices in Burma, with one already confirming the launch of a practice in the country. | 10yrs