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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]
Drew & Napier LLC is a Singaporean law firm. Founded in 1889, the firm has more than 500 employees. It is regarded as one of the Big Four law firms in Singapore. [1]In Singapore, Drew & Napier is particularly known for their litigation, ADR and transactional work.
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's founders, Alexander Muirhead Aitken, Alexander Leathes Donaldson and John Burkinshaw, were British expatriates who had come to Singapore in the 19th century when the island was a British Crown Colony. At the time, the development of Singapore Colony’s legal profession, jurisprudence and public life was still in its early stages.
It is the first charity foundation to be set up by a law firm in Singapore. [55] Rajah & Tann is a participant of FLIP, a two-year pilot initiative launched by the Singapore Academy of Law in 2017. It aims to promote the adoption of technology by law firms and brings together lawyers, technology firms, investors, regulators and academics. [56]
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]
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]
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