Indian law firm Kochhar & Co. has opened an independent office in Dubai, six months after procuring a licence from the Dubai Legal Affairs Department of the Ruler's office to practise local law in the UAE.
The new full-service office is located in the Citadel Towers of Dubai’s Business Bay, and has a 12-member team consisting of a managing partner, senior partners and partners.
Kochhar and Co. is the first law firm from the Indian sub-continent to acquire this sort of a full licence.
Leading Japanese law firm Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (NO&T) has announced plans to establish its first permanent European presence with a new office in London, set to open in January 2025.
Japanese Big Four firm Nishimura & Asahi has continued its aggressive international expansion with the opening of an office in Hong Kong. The office will make it the first major Japanese law firm to directly open an outpost in the Asian financial centre.
Submissions open for ALB Firm to Watch (Singapore) list. The list will highlight the law firms with a more compact partner structure or focused practice in the country. The list will be published in the January/February 2025 issue of ALB Asia.
