A week after announcing massive layoffs abroad, DLA Piper is considering forging a formal law alliance with a Singapore firm in order to practice local law in the city-state.
J. Terence O’Malley, a Nebraska native who chairs the global legal giant’s Asia committee from San Diego, said indications from the Singaporean government that it is not going to issue any more Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) licenses make a joint law venture (JLV) or formal law alliance (FLA) the only “viable” options for establishing a local law presence in the financial services center.
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