ASEAN Legal Alliance (ALA), a network of ten law firms in Southeast Asia, has entered into a strategic partnership with London-based Warwick Legal Network.
WLN has 39 member law firms across 55 cities in Europe and the Americas with 535 lawyers.
The strategic alliance will cover over 40 countries for client referral, training, joint-marketing and participation at each other’s conferences and events.
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.