There was for a number of years on the Asia BBC world news service an ad which showed a very strange looking guy wearing a suit walking in and out of gleaming buildings and having those asia happy smiley business meetings where everybody is shaking hands on huge deals but it was blatantly obvious in the ad that nothing was being achieved . All I remember was that it had something to do with Indonesia and stories like the one below always make me think of this ad
Report by the Lawyer Asia
Squire Patton Boggs has ended its strategic alliance with Jakarta-based Melli Darsa & Co, just two years into the relationship.
The alliance with the Indonesian firm was first established by legacy firm Squire Sanders in November 2013. The tie-up came a year after Squire Sanders launched an office in Singapore. The relationship was led by Singapore managing partner Ignatius Hwang, who joined the firm in 2012 from Bryan Cave.
Squire Patton Boggs confirmed to The Lawyer the strategic alliance ended last year, but said the firm would continue to work with Melli Darsa & Co on a less formal basis.
