Four legal practitioners from Allen & Gledhill, a well-established law firm based in Singapore, have made the decision to embark on a new venture. This group has founded their own disputes practice, named Chua & Partners. The boutique firm will primarily concentrate on dispute resolution, lending particular attention towards issues associated with digital assets, projects, and investments spanning across the Southeast Asia region. Read more here.
This move underlines a rising trend in Singapore where dispute resolution lawyers are steering away from traditional bastions of law to either set up or spearhead new outfits. The reasons behind this drift remain open to speculation, and the impact it could have on the wider legal sector in Singapore remains to be seen.