Freshfields to grow Singapore arbitration with transfer of global practice head
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is relocating its global head of arbitration Lucy Reed from Hong Kong to Singapore in a bid to grow its disputes offering in the city-state.
April 28, 2014 at 03:11 AM
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is relocating its global head of arbitration Lucy Reed from Hong Kong to Singapore in a bid to grow its disputes offering in the city-state.
Reed, who is top ranked by Chambers & Partners for international arbitration, moved to Hong Kong from New York two years ago to help boost the firm's Asia-wide litigation practice, alongside global investigations co-head Geoff Nicholas, who transferred from London for a temporary period.
Her move to Singapore comes as the magic circle firm looks to expand its South East Asia base, which re-opened in September 2012 more than five years after closing.
She will bring the total number of partners to four in Singapore, but will be the first arbitration partner in the city, working with a team of six lawyers.
Her fellow disputes partner in Hong Kong John Choong will remain in Hong Kong with a practice focused on cross-border and China-related matters.
Freshfields' Singapore office is one of seven in Asia, alongside Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh and Tokyo.
Current partners on the ground include corporate lawyer Stephen Revell, who oversees the global capital markets practice and who was relocated from Hong Kong in 2012, Gavin MacLaren, who joined from Allens Arthur Robinson in Melbourne to lead the Asian energy and natural resources practice, also in 2012, and Arun Balasubramanian, a former Linklaters partner who moved to Freshfields in the summer of last year to co-head its India practice alongside London-based Pratap Amin.
The firm's Asia managing partner Rob Ashworth told Legal Week earlier this month that the office would continue to focus on cross-border corporate, finance and arbitration work going forward, but might also consider having an antitrust practice in the city-state as competition law gains importance in the region.
He also said the firm would consider applying for a Qualifying Law Practice Licence (QFLP) or local licence in Singapore if the opportunity arose, but was unlikely to do an alliance with a Singapore firm as a means to practice local law.
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