The Lawyer (UK) reports that Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has established a joint venture in Singapore that will see 15 partners and more than 30 legal staff working under the banner of Watson Farley & Williams Asia Practice.
Here’s the introduction to their piece
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Here’s the link http://www.thelawyer.com/watson-farley-launches-joint-venture-with-singapores-asia-practice/1009742.article
The joint law venture (JLV) has created between WFW?s Singapore office, which opened in 1998, and local Singapore firm Asia Practice under Singapore?s new enhanced JLV scheme. The JLV allows two firms to share profits and will enable WFW to provide services for both cross-border and Singapore law transactions and disputes.
WFW?s Singapore partner firm was established in 2010 and currently has five partners and three other legal staff. It is led by banking partner Leon Low, who joined from Shook Lin & Bok, and litigation partner Mark Tan, who joined from Allen & Gledhill.