Cains law firm news

BVI firm Barker Adams has opened its first overseas office after launching in Singapore.

Asia will undergo infrastructure and arbitration booms in the next ten years and the expanding market has room to accommodate more foreign law practices.

Offshore law firms around the world have their eyes on a potentially huge client base in the BRIC nations

As the industry enters the New Year with a renewed sense of optimism, ALB singles out ten firms that are set to have a bigger 2010 than most.

While offshore financial centres have taken a battering throughout the financial crisis, there is light ahead.

ALB was delighted to host this year’s BMW Asia ALB SE Asia Law Awards, which were held at the Ritz Carlton Millenia Hotel in Singapore on 5 June. The region’s premier legal sector event was honoured by the attendance of Deputy Solicitor General Jeffrey Chan Wah Teck, SC and attended by members of the legal profession, as well as investment bankers, corporate leaders, accountants and other dignitaries.

Offshore law firm Walkers has announced that it will set up shop in Singapore in February this year, the third offshore law firm in the Lion nation behind Cains and Conyers Dill & Pearman.

Plans have been announced for a Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX), a new international commodity derivatives exchange in Singapore.

Offshore firm Cains has opened an Asia-Pacific regional office in Singapore.

The world’s appetite for emerging market investment opportunities remains strong, despite volatility in the capital markets.

Cains, an offshore commercial law firm incorporated in the Isle of Man, recently announced it would open an Asia-Pacific regional office in Singapore by mid-2008, to service existing clients and build a regional business on-the-ground. The move highlights the growing competition in the Asian offshore legal market.

Cains, an offshore commercial law firm incorporated in the Isle of Man, will open an Asia-Pacific regional office in Singapore by the middle of 2008 to service existing clients in Asia and build a regional business through an on-the-ground presence.