Sidley Austin is to triple the size of its Singapore office in the next two months as it looks to grow the base to around 50 lawyers in the next three years.

The US firm, one of four to be awarded a licence to practice local law in February, will relocate from its existing office on level 41 of 6 Battery Road, sized 4,800 sq ft, to a new space on level 31 of the same building, sized 12,200 sq ft.