Singapore's Wong Partnership has overhauled its management structure with the appointment of corporate partners Rachel Eng and Ng Wai King as joint managing partners of the firm with effect from 1 April 2013.

As part of the executive committee (exco), which has seven members and is chaired by senior partner Alvin Yeo, Eng and Ng will be responsible for helping drive the firm's expansion in Asia.

Prior to the appointment, capital markets partner Eng was acting as sole managing partner of the firm, while M&A expert Ng was heading the corporate practice.

According to Yeo, the recent growth of the big four Singaporean firm now justifies having two partners at the helm.

"The demands of managing a major law firm like Wong Partnership, with a growing regional network and international clients, are becoming increasingly heavy," he said.

"While the exco focuses on issues of strategy and major practice decisions, our joint managing partners will share the responsibility of driving our practices to serve the needs of our clients.

"Rachel and Wai King are ideal candidates to fill this role, as they are leaders in their own areas of practice and have been handling different aspects of management over the many years they have been in the firm."

Local firm Wong Partnership is currently one of the biggest Singaporean outfits, with more than 270 lawyers and offices in Singapore, Beijing and Shanghai, Abu Dhabi and Doha.

Big clients it has advised in the last 12 months include the state-owned real estate investment trust (REIT) Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust on its $1.3bn (£839m) Singapore IPO, and Thai brewery Kindest Place in its bid for stake in Tiger beer owner Asia Pacific Breweries (APB).

The firm is said to moving to new offices in the Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3 in the coming months, which is also home to large UK firms Clifford Chance and Ashurst.