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Trowers plans expansion of SEA presence with SG office
By MARI IWATA
UK law firm Trowers & Hamlins has applied to open an office in Singapore, which, if approved, will be the firm’s second in Southeast Asia. The firm is also eyeing a collaboration with local dispute resolution boutique Braddell Brothers.
Trowers set up its office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2012. That office now has four partners, including Geoff Allen, who joined the firm in September last year.
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