Littler Mendelson, a U.S. law firm that handles labour and employment litigation as well as global mobility and immigration issues, has opened its first Asia office in Singapore.

The office will be led by Littler shareholder Trent Sutton, who will be joined by special counsel Nancy Zhang.

The Singapore office will advise Asian clients on their human resources and employment law compliance needs in the Americas and Europe, and also companies based in the Americas or Europe regarding their operations in Asia.

Sutton focuses on counselling clients on multi-country employment and compliance matters. He has been with Littler for more than a decade, having joined the firm from Nixon Peabody in 2009.

Meanwhile, Zhang, who joined Littler last year, has experience working with the legacy King & Wood in Beijing and with aerospace company Embraer in an in-house role.

 

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