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New programme to help legal sector Go Global

It's for smaller firms which have valuable skills but lack means to explore markets abroad on their own

Published Thu, Feb 1, 2018 · 09:50 PM
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A NEW programme launched on Feb 1 will help Singapore law firms take their practice abroad with overseas mission trips, training and marketing in the next few years.

Called Lawyers Go Global, it aims to help small and medium sized law firms, who "may have valuable niche expertise but may lack the resources to do their own market research and explore overseas markets on their own", said the Ministry of Law (MinLaw).

By participating, firms that have already ventured abroad can also deepen their understanding of the markets where they operate, MinLaw added.

MinLaw launched the programme with the Law Society of Singapore (LawSoc) and International Enterprise (IE) Singapore.

Over the next three years, eight mission trips, each lasting four to five days, will take lawyers here to Asean countries, China and Indi…

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