DLA has boosted its Asian network with the acquisition of the foreign law practice of Singapore firm J Koh & Co, handing the UK firm a foothold in Thailand for the first time.

The two firms already have a strategic alliance as they are both part of the DLA Group and share office space. However, a J Koh group of Singapore lawyers focusing on foreign law instructions and the firm’s Bangkok office will now join DLA, with the Singapore practice remaining an associated member of the DLA Group.