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WongPartnership is a Singaporean law firm. It is regarded as one of the Big Four law firms in Singapore, alongside Allen & Gledhill, Rajah & Tann, and Drew & Napier. [1] [2] In 2021, it was ranked as the second-largest law firm in Singapore by size, with 111 partners and 223 associates. [3]
In 1964, Shook Lin opened an office in Singapore, [4] [5] and by the 1980s, it was considered one of the four local leading law firms of the time. [6] [7] In 2001, it was among the first batch of joint law ventures approved by the Singaporean government to operate a partnership with Allen & Overy. The partnership dissolved in 2009. [8]
Pages in category "Law firms of Singapore" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Allen & Gledhill; C.
Allen & Gledhill LLP is a Singaporean law firm with a regional network of associate firms and offices. [1] As the largest of Big Four law firms in Singapore, [2] the firm is a regional market leader in many practices, [3] particularly banking and finance, capital markets, corporate law, M&A law, and other transactional and advisory matters. [4]
In July 2009, there were 95 foreign firms with offices in Singapore, and 840 foreign lawyers, up from 576 in 2000. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Six international firms were given a licence to practice local corporate law for the first time in December 2008.
The firm and its partners have been profiled in the Asia-Pacific Legal 500, Chambers Asia, Asia Law Profile, Who’s Who Legal, Managing Intellectual Property Magazine, and Asian Legal Business. The firm also operates Donaldson & Burkinshaw (I.P.) Sdn. Bhd. in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which handles Malaysian intellectual property matters.
After passing the bar, Lee Kuan Yew worked at the Singaporean law firm Laycock and Ong. His frequent representation of activists and trade unions, pro bono, led to disagreements with the firm's management. In 1955, he formed Lee & Lee with his brother and wife. [1] At the beginning, Lee did a variety of low-value cases to support the firm.
An ABS is not an ALSP, it is a business structure that allows law firms to buy different legal entities, whereas in the UK, law firm firms can only buy other law firms. In 2018, of the 9,542 firms registered, there were 718 Alternative Business Structures, an increase from 2017 of 118 Alternative Business Structures.257 The majority of ABSs (71 ...