US law firms troubled by China’s security clampdown, Taiwan warnings, and civil liberties limits are turning to Singapore as a place to expand their Asia presence.
Firms tout the country’s easy access to other Asia nations and its attractiveness as a place to do business for corporate clients. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, Cooley LLP, Baker Botts, McDermott Will & Emery, Greenberg Traurig, and Goodwin Procter have opened operations in Singapore since 2020.
“Singapore is the place now,” Greenberg Traurig Executive Chair Richard Rosenbaum said in an interview. “That’s where that business center has moved.”
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