总部位于上海的锦天城律师事务所近期开设了新加坡办公室。这是锦天城继中国香港、伦敦、西雅图后，设立的第四家域外办公室。

锦天城在一份新闻稿中表示，“新加坡在国际贸易、金融、航运、仲裁等领域占据非常重要的地位。随着近年国际形势的发展变化，新加坡更加凸显其对于中国‘走出去’战略的重要性，越来越多的中国企业选择投资新加坡，将其作为进入东南亚以及全球市场的门户”。

设立新加坡办公室将是锦天城布局“一带一路”服务、进行全球性战略部署的重要一步。未来新加坡办公室将同时辐射东南亚地区，“为中国客户在新加坡、东南亚地区乃至全球各地的商业贸易活动提供平台，为国际客户在中国的投资、发展提供更加便捷、优质、高效的支持”。

虽然新加坡在地理和文化上都与中国具有亲密联系，但很少有中国律所在此开设分支机构。除金杜律师事务所外，目前在新加坡开设分所的还有总部位于北京的京师律师事务所，以及总部位于上海的兰迪律师事务所。

PRC firm AllBright opens Singapore office as it eyes SE Asia growth

Shanghai-headquartered AllBright Law Offices has opened an office in Singapore, the firm’s fourth overseas outpost after Hong Kong, London, and Seattle.

The firm said that the office would be headed by Shanghai-based partners John Liu and Amy Ye, who are expected to travel to Singapore in due course, but did not release any other details.

In a press release, AllBright stated that the Singapore office would give the firm access to both the city-state as well as the broader Southeast Asian region. “With the changing of the geopolitical landscape, Singapore becomes more and more important in the going-out journeys of Chinese companies, with an increasing number of Chinese companies choosing to invest in the city-state or setting up here in order to further expand into the Southeast Asia markets,” it said.

Despite Singapore’s geographical and cultural proximity to China, very few PRC law firms have opened offices in the city-state. Apart from the Sino-Australian firm KWM, these include Beijing’s Jingsh Law Firm and the Shanghai-headquartered Landing Law Offices.

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