Paul Supramaniam has left Lovells in Singapore to join Latham Watkins. He will be the firm's leading English law partner in the Singapore office and will spearhead a push into English law throughout the region.
Supramanian was Lovell's managing partner in Singapore for more than five years. He has a history of building practices, having built Holman Fenwick and Williams' Singapore corporate practise in the early 1990s before joining Lovells. While at Lovells he also oversaw the establishment of that firm's joint law venture JLV with Singapore firm Lee Lee.
According to Supramaniam, his move coincides with reports that the Singapore government's free trade agreement with the US might include some provisions to allow US...