Offshore law firms have had a challenging 2023, with stiffer regulations, increased onshore competition from "Cayman-style" funds and slow M&A recovery holding back growth. Law firm leaders talk about some of their big themes for 2024, including the advent of financial technology and digital asset regulations, the rise in competition from "onshore" centres like Singapore and Hong Kong, and the potential for emerging areas like ESG and AI to grow in importance.
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New listing rules are paving the way for plenty of SPAC activity in Hong Kong and Singapore in the coming months. With Singapore already seeing its first SPAC IPOs, and Hong Kong recently approving a listing framework of its own, offshore law firms are gearing up to take advantage of this nascent opportunity.