Australian IP law firm Spruson & Ferguson has opened an office in Manila, its 10th, to better tap into the rising demand from the evolving IP market in Asia.
Since setting up an office in Singapore in 1997, the Sydney-headquartered Spruson has steadily expanded in the region by establishing offices in major economic centres including Kuala Lumpur in 2004, and Beijing, Hong Kong, Jakarta and Bangkok in 2016.
Indonesia’s rapidly proliferating legal market has a new entrant as tax and trade attorney Riza Buditomo leaves the partnership at Armand Yapsunto Muharamsyah & Partners (AYMP) to launch Anagata Law Firm, which will focus on corporate, commercial, trade and tax work.
Three partners of Singapore’s Oon & Bazul, led by former commercial arbitration head Suresh Divyanathan, have left the firm to set up a new disputes-focused law firm called Dauntless Law Chambers.
Singapore-based law firm Helmsman has launched new intellectual property (IP) and technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) practice groups with the appointment of Basil Lee as associate director.