Denton Wilde Sapte has quietly reopened its Singapore office, giving the stream of instructions coming from the region as the motivating factor.
In 2004, the firm closed all its Asian offices – Singapore, Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong – after deciding that they did not fit into the firm’s broader strategy.
The office, which will focus solely on trade finance, will be headed up by London partner Jonathan Solomon, who will have two associates. As part of the reopening, the firm has struck an exclusive alliance with local outfit Global Law Alliance.
“What has changed is that we have started seeing a good stream of instructions from Singapore, so for our trade finance group it made sense to open up here,” Solomon said.