Singapore firm Rajah & Tann's co-managing partner Sundaresh Menon has been appointed as the new Attorney-General of Singapore.

Menon is set to take up the position in October this year, at which point fellow co-managing partner Lee Eng Beng will become the sole head of the firm.

Eng Beng and Menon have been joint managing partners since February 2010, prior to which Eng Beng was deputy managing partner.

Menon will take over the role of Attorney General for a term of two years.

Eng Beng is planning a programme of international expansion for the firm, including launches in Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia over the next year. He also plans to grow the firm's existing offices in Malaysia and China.

He said: "Expansion is at the top of our strategy going forwards. Southeast Asia and of course China and India are markets that are too big to ignore.

"We will look to grow further afield when we have set up our intended offices in emerging Asia. We are also definitely seeing more work in Singapore than we were last year for both corporate transactions and disputes, with arbitration escalating in both growth and importance."

The firm currently has offices in Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai and Vientiane, housing a total of 300 lawyers.