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Trowers & Hamlins LLP has announced the expansion of its international network with a regional office in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.
The opening of the office follows numerous years of working with Malaysian clients on their activities outside Malaysia.
With unique approval from the Malaysia Investment Development Authority to open a non-trading representative office in Kuala Lumpur, Trowers & Hamlins is the first foreign firm to open in this manner in Malaysia.
A bill which is currently before the Malaysian Parliament will amend the legislation governing the legal profession. If approved it will allow a number of foreign law firms to open offices in Malaysia, joint venture with Malaysian law firms and for foreign lawyers to be employed by Malaysian firms.
The regional office, which officially opened on July 2, is managed by Nick White. White has worked for Trowers & Hamlins for more than 30 years and nearly 20 of those have been in the Middle East. For the past seven years White has been involved in work for Malaysian and ASEAN clients.
He will be supported by Nicholas Edmondes alongside a number of mobile partners and senior lawyers who travel regularly between London, the Middle East and Kuala Lumpur.
Trowers & Hamlins LLP has announced the expansion of its international network with a regional office in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.
The opening of the office follows numerous years of working with Malaysian clients on their activities outside Malaysia.
With unique approval from the Malaysia Investment Development Authority to open a non-trading representative office in Kuala Lumpur, Trowers & Hamlins is the first foreign firm to open in this manner in Malaysia.
A bill which is currently before the Malaysian Parliament will amend the legislation governing the legal profession. If approved it will allow a number of foreign law firms to open offices in Malaysia, joint venture with Malaysian law firms and for foreign lawyers to be employed by Malaysian firms.
The regional office, which officially opened on July 2, is managed by Nick White. White has worked for Trowers & Hamlins for more than 30 years and nearly 20 of those have been in the Middle East. For the past seven years White has been involved in work for Malaysian and ASEAN clients.
He will be supported by Nicholas Edmondes alongside a number of mobile partners and senior lawyers who travel regularly between London, the Middle East and Kuala Lumpur.
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