Malaysia, Vietnam & Singapore

Azmi & Associates

• Managing partner/s: Azmi Mohd Ali – senior partner/managing partner, Ahmad Lutfi Abdull Mutalip – deputy managing partner
• Number of partners/other fee earners: 9/34
• Asian offices: Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Kota Bahru

Azmi & Associates makes a return to the ALB Fast 30 after another year of strong growth. The firm launched an international law division and appointed Michael Doyle, a senior foreign counsel on US law and practice development, to lead the initiative. In August and September Azmi made two senior hires – Jeffrey Tan Siew Yang and Sushaimi Lazim – and has welcomed a number of international interns from the US, Canada, France, Germany and Indonesia. Expect more growth from this firm in the coming year.

WongPartnership

• Managing partner/s: senior partner – Alvin Yeo; senior counsel,  managing partner – Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara
• Number of partners/other fee earners: 70/240
• Asian offices: Singapore, China, Qatar and Abu Dhabi

Summary:

This was not only a year when WongPartnership increased its fee earner and partner stocks but 2009 was also the year in which the firm enlarged its geographic footprint. WongPartnership became the first South-East Asian law firm to open a second office in the Gulf region when it opened in Abu Dhabi. The firm hired the services of Chung Nian Lam and Miao Miao earlier this year, and with other hires throughout the year yielded a partner increase of 8% and a fee earner increase of just under 7%.

T S Oon & Bazul

• Managing partner/s: Bazul Ashhab & Oon Thian Seng
• Number of partners/other fee earners: 6/20
• Asian offices: Singapore

Summary:

TS Oon & Bazul’s steady growth by all measures sees this well respected shipping practice make a debut on the ALB Fast 30. The firm’s most high-profile hires include banking & finance partner Ting Chi Yen and former DLA Piper international arbitration lawyer Karnan Thirupathy. As impressive as the big names the firm has brought on board are its financials for the past year – it registered a 52% increase in revenue on the same period last year.

Indochine Counsel

• Managing partner: Dang The Duc
• Number of partners/other fee earners: 4/20
• Asian offices: Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi

Summary:

It has been another busy year for this fast-growing Vietnam law firm. Not only did it sign a watershed strategic alliance with Leadco Vietnam Legal Counsellors, but Indochine Counsel was also active in the employment space. In May 2009 the firm brought on board Nguyen Thi Hong Duong and Nguyen Thi Xuyen, while in June this year former Frasers partner Bui Ngoc Hong was appointed partner with the firm. In October, Steve Jacob joined the firm as a foreign consultant.

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