TSMP law firm news

Advent Lawyers has become the seventh Australian law firm to enter the Singapore legal services market after securing regulatory approvals to commence operations as a foreign law practice.

Advised by Skadden, Milbank Tweed and Sidley Austin, Titan Petrochemicals has successfully issued US$315m senior notes.

石油贸易及船运公司泰山石化集团近日发行价值3.15亿美元的优先票据。 此次交易由世达，美国美邦以及盛德国际律师事务所提供法律服务。

Pinsent Masons and its Singapore ally MPillay have converted their successful three-year old association agreement into a formal practice which will target the local dispute resolution market

In a further sign that Australian firms are re-examining their Asia operations with renewed interest, Allens Arthur Robinson has poached Clifford Chance asset finance partner Rod Howell and has transferred two other partners to its Singapore office.

Australian law firm Allens Arthur Robinson has poached Clifford Chance asset finance partner Rod Howell and has transferred two other partners to its Singapore office, to focus on growing key practice areas in South-East Asia.

Singapore firm TSMP is adapting to the increasingly competitive local legal market by appointing former general counsels to launch niche practices

WongPartnership and Herbert Smith have been voted the best domestic and international law firms to work for in Singapore, according to ALB’s Employer of Choice 2010 survey.

The commencement of a new legal year has brought about the appointment of four new senior counsels in Singapore.

If Joseph Bevash of Latham & Watkins is to be believed, the complexity and multi-currency nature of his recent Senoko Power finance deal could become more commonplace in the future.

Singapore's Central Chambers and China's largest firm by headcount, Dacheng have formed a JV designed to capture clients expanding to India and China.

Voluntary redundancies and salary freezes at Allens Arthur Robinson are not a forerunner to forced layoffs, says AAR boss Michael Rose.

Singapore's savvy business and legal market has a new challenge to face in the wake of the country's legal services liberalisation. ALB analyses the changes in store for lawyers in the region.

Drew & Napier's litigation and dispute resolution team has pulled ahead of local rivals with the recent naming of two of its partners as senior counsel (the equivalent of the UK's Queen's Counsel).

Singapore's step to liberalise the legal services market and create a more competitive market finds wide support amongst law firms in the region, but some warn it will worsen the already crippling shortage of local talent.

Singapore's step towards a more liberalised legal services market has been welcomed by most law firms

Drew & Napier's litigation and dispute resolution team has pulled ahead of local rivals with the recent naming of two of its partners as Senior Counsel (the equivalent of the UK's Queen's Counsel). The appointments of Hri Kumar Nair and Cavinder Bull bring the firm's SC count to seven, higher than any other Singapore law firm.

With Vietnam developing as the new 'hot spot' for foreign investment, Allens Arthur Robinson is expanding its recently acquired offices in the country

Allens Arthur Robinson (AAR) has grown its Vietnam operations to 23 lawyers, since it took over two offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from Phillips Fox on 10 January this year. The firm looks to add a further three or four lawyers.

Allens Arthur Robinson will step up its focus on Singapore after entering into a joint venture with local firm TSMP Law Corporation.