CompaniesProfessional ServicesLegal professionPrint articleTop law firms eye big growth in South-East Asia strategyMaxim ShanahanProfessional services reporterMar 7, 2024 – 9.28amSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginA new $2 billion government-backed investment fund will bring more Australian lawyers and firms to South-East Asia, which has become “lost in the middle” of the global legal industry, Australian practitioners in the region say.Singapore-based King & Wood Mallesons partner Nicola Yeomans, who sat on the professional reference group for Nicholas Moore’s South-East Asia economic strategy, said the fund would add to demand for commercial lawyers with expertise in the region.Loading...Maxim Shanahan is a professional services reporter at the Australian Financial Review. Email Maxim at max.shanahan@nine.com.auSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreLegal professionASEANSouth-East Asian economyKing & Wood MallesonsAshurst LLPLatest In Professional servicesFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In CompaniesThe Australian Financial Review MagazineHow much to tip? And other restaurant conundrums to chew onJill DupleixIbiza’s ditching its party image. It reflects a wider phenomenonThe next trend in hotels? Never checking outBOSS Financial ReviewHow this CEO drafted a report while cooking noodles1 hr agoHannah TattersallThese execs studied offshore MBAs. Here’s what they did nextThe CEO of this $7b company is doubling his workforce – by using AILife & LeisureThe architect of Melbourne’s Eureka Tower is inviting you to his homeMax AllenThese innovative electric ferries look like nothing else on the water‘I was always constrained by budgets, but not with AI’Rich ListShuffle follows Stake into the gutterPrimrose RiordanToorak Rich Listers caught up in mansion fire‘How very Sydney’: Justin Hemmes forced to unleash charm offensive
