Rajah & Tann has kicked off 2011 in growth mode by strengthening its partner count with added capabilities in construction & projects, capital markets, business finance & insolvency and litigation.

Business finance partners Lynette Koh and Nigel Pereira, commercial litigation partner Wendy Low Wei Ling, corporate & capital markets partner Soh Chai Lih together with construction and projects partner Ho Chye Hoon were included in the latest round of partner promotions.

Two North Asian lawyers, litigator Nathan Lau and Shanghai representative lawyer Yu Zheng have crossed over to join Rajah & Tann as a partner and international counsel respectively.

 According to last year’s ALB 50 largest firms ranking published Oct 2010, Rajah & Tann is the fourth largest firm in Singapore with 253 partners and the 33rd largest firm in the Asia Pacific region.