UK law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has launched an M&A practice in Singapore with the addition of a Quahe Woo & Palmer transactions team, including practice leader Kenneth Leong to head the group.
In its inaugural list, Asian Legal Business presents thenext generation of the country’s lawyers who have demonstrated great potential in the industry, while earning wide acclaim from their clients in the process. The list is in alphabetical order and some lawyers have been profiled.
The year 2022 could not have panned out more differently for the two Asian hubs. Hong Kong, which aligned itself with China’s Zero COVID policy until quite recently, has seen its economy slow and professionals head for the exit; however, its fundamentals remain strong, and the city is known for nothing if not its resilience. And while Singapore might have gained ground in the process – and attracted a flurry of law firms -the growth of its legal industry could be constrained by its innate drawbacks.