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Rather than prohibiting one company from engaging in both businesses, the government permitted the implementation of Chinese-wall procedures. A leading note on the subject published in 1980 in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review titled "The Chinese Wall Defense to Law-Firm Disqualification" perpetuated the use of the term. [5] [6]
After passing the bar, Lee Kuan Yew worked at the Singaporean law firm Laycock and Ong. His frequent representation of activists and trade unions, pro bono, led to disagreements with the firm's management. In 1955, he formed Lee & Lee with his brother and wife. [1] At the beginning, Lee did a variety of low-value cases to support the firm.
Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP is a Singaporean law firm with affiliate offices in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Founded in 1976, the firm is regarded as one of the Big Four law firms in Singapore. It is a member firm of Rajah & Tann Asia, a network of law firms in Southeast Asia with over ...
In East Asia, Shearman & Sterling was one of the first firms to grasp the future strategic importance of the Asia-Pacific region, establishing offices in Hong Kong in 1978, followed by Tokyo, Beijing, Singapore and Shanghai. [12] In late 2018, the firm received a license to open an office in Seoul, headed by Singapore partner Anna Chung.
In July 2009, there were 95 foreign firms with offices in Singapore, and 840 foreign lawyers, up from 576 in 2000. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Six international firms were given a licence to practice local corporate law for the first time in December 2008.
He joined the Laycock and Ong law firm founded by British lawyer John Laycock. [62] Laycock was a co-founder of the pro-British Progressive Party and Lee represented the party during the 1951 legislative council election as an election agent. [63] Lee was called to the Singapore bar on 7 August 1951. [64]
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is an international commercial law firm based in Asia-Pacific. [1] It is the largest international law firm in Asia-Pacific. [2] It has 26 offices and more than 3,000 legal professionals across Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the United States.
National University of Singapore (LLB) Profession. Lawyer. Edwin Tong Chun Fai SC (Chinese: 唐振辉; pinyin: Táng Zhènhuī; born 12 August 1969) [1][2] is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who has been serving as Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law concurrently since 2020.