Deloitte has become the latest among the Big Four professional services firms to declare its ambitions in Singapore’s legal space after launching a foreign law practice, Deloitte Legal International, in the city-state.
The launch comes barely days after PwC announced plans for a local law practice in Singapore after hiring Rachel Eng from WongPartnership, and EY added Atlas Asia Law Corporation, helmed by former Dentons Rodyk senior partner Evelyn Ang, to its network.
PwC launched a foreign law practice in Singapore in 2016 after hiring partners Natalie Breen and Keith McGuire from Norton Rose Fulbright and Ashurst, respectively.
Deloitte’s Singapore law firm is being led by managing director Rashed Idrees, who has more than 23 years of experience in Asia and the Middle East. Among the roles he has held are director for Deloitte Legal in Southeast Asia, partner at the legacy Deacons Australia’s Singapore office, and managing partner for Singapore, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Cambodia at DFDL.
The firm expects to advise clients in practice areas like corporate/M&A, infrastructure, projects and project finance, banking, finance and securities law, bankruptcy and insolvency law, building and construction law, competition law, corporate and commercial law and employment law among others.
The Deloitte Legal global network has more than 2000 lawyers in over 80 countries.
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