Competing with rivals Singapore and London, Hong Kong’s vibrant legal market is alive to India’s possibilities
With its enviable efficiency, breathtaking views and bright lights, Hong Kong has long provided a springboard into China and other east Asian countries for international law firms. These firms also use their well appointed offices within a maze of towers in the city’s high rent central business district to do India-related work.
Sidharth Bhasin, a counsel at Shearman & Sterling who has been in Hong Kong since 2009, says Hong Kong is becoming as popular as Singapore. It “may not be there yet, but has definitely come up a lot in the last few years”.
“There is a substantial amount of finance, banking and capital market-related India work being done out of Hong Kong as many concerned lawyers are based here,” says Bhasin, who represented the underwriters of MakeMyTrip’s Nasdaq listing and IPO.
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