Big local law firms take spots in 2016 M&A activity tables

Singapore

TWO of Singapore's Big Four law firms emerged among the top legal advisors in South-east Asia by value of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals sealed in 2016.

A Mergermarket report, which projected an uncertain outlook in this arena in the year ahead, noted that WongPartnership retained its second spot from 2015. Allen & Gledhill, in pole position in the legal advisors' league table in 2015, slipped to fourth place last year.