02 JULY 2020 Top 10 Headlines | APARNA SAI LSE-listed law firm DWF is closing its three-year-old office in Singapore following a strategic review of its global operations. Apart from Singapore, the firm is also closing its Brussels office and reducing headcount in Dubai.
DWF opened its Singapore office, its first in Asia, in June 2017 after hiring a four- lawyer team from Eversheds Sutherland, which included partners Oommen Mathew and Iain Black. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For more news, click here to visit the website |
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