Singapore / Credit: Richie Chan/Shutterstock.comFormer Head of Clifford Chance's Formal Law Alliance in Singapore Leaves Firm
Harpreet Singh Nehal, who helped launch disputes boutique Cavenagh Law in 2012, has left to start his own practice.
September 23, 2019 at 06:34 AM
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The former managing partner of Clifford Chance's Singapore formal law alliance firm has left to launch his own practice.
Harpreet Singh Nehal SC was until December of last year managing partner of Cavenagh Law, a Singaporean law firm launched in 2012 in alliance with Clifford Chance. He retired from the partnership of Clifford Chance at the end of June and in July launched Audent Chambers, which focuses on arbitration, civil and commercial litigation, as well as corporate and commercial law.
Cavenagh partner Paul Sandosham has been managing partner since December; he also heads Clifford Chance's southeast Asia energy, infrastructure and resources disputes practice.
Cavenagh was launched in 2012 by Nehal, Sandosham and Clifford Chance partner Nish Shetty, for the purpose of entering into a formal alliance with the Magic Circle firm, which it did later that year. A formal law alliance allows foreign firms in Singapore to provide local law litigation advice through the domestic alliance firm. Nehal and Sandosham both joined Cavenagh directly from leading Singaporean firm WongPartnership, where they were partners. Shetty was also a partner with WongPartnership before moving to Clifford Chance in 2009.
"We thank [Nehal] for his contributions and wish him all the best for the future," said a Hong Kong-based representative for Clifford Chance, adding that the firm continues to work with Nehal on a number of matters.
Cavenagh has about 15 lawyers, including one other partner – construction disputes specialist Kelvin Teo, who made partner at the firm in March.
In addition to its formal law alliance, Clifford Chance also has had a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) licence in Singapore since 2009, which allows the firm to advise on local law matters on transactions. Norton Rose Fulbright is currently the only other firm that operates in Singapore with both a formal law alliance and a QFLP licence.
Currently, a total of 10 international firms have a QFLP in Singapore, which are all set to expire next year before the city-state's government decides whether to renew.
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