When Addleshaw Goddard opened in Singapore in 2012, it marked the start of a belated international push by the firm. Citing a need to take its arbitration practice to the next level and move closer to its clients in Asia, the firm appointed litigation partner and ex-Winston & Strawn lawyer Jamie Harrison to lead the office. At the same time, senior partners were plotting Addleshaws’ expansion into the Middle East to complement the practice.
Two years on the firm still has just one partner based permanently on the ground in the city-state. With the conclusion of a firmwide strategic review due to be unveiled at next week’s partner conference when the firm’s plans for the next five years will be outlined, questions could be raised over what will happen to Addleshaws’ first non-UK office.
