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 MagazineSports stars keep shifting their watch brand allegiancesBani McSpeddenDark Emu beer with native grains at this destination breweryCrocs turn 23 years old. Time to grow up and get shoesBOSS Financial ReviewFour women who started businesses after the age of 45Sally PattenWhat happened when Domain learnt it spent $36m a year on meetingsThe country’s highest-paid directors revealedLife & LeisureA backyard beehive and an on-trend merino sweater to wear this winterEugenie KellyWill BMW’s Neue Klasse range be the game-changing EVs they promise?The Australian gallery that made art fun turns 20Rich ListProperty billionaire Nick Andrianakos dies in GreeceYolanda RedrupCannon-Brookes describes ‘deep internal conflict’ over his private jetOscar Piastri on the secret of his $41m-a year success
