Australia Australia has traditionally been the favoured destination for UK and other common law qualified lawyers outside of their home jurisdiction. Sydney sits top of the list followed by Melbourne and then Perth and Brisbane. The international law firms were slow to enter this market but now a number of UK and US law firms…
London Needing little introduction London is one of the world’s most important global cities. It is one of the largest financial centres in the world and is home to many of the world’s leading, international law firms. Practice Areas There is a plethora of practice areas in the commercial world but for lawyers coming in…
Hong Kong Hong Kong remains one of the world’s leading international public offering (IPO) centres for global businesses, particularly Chinese companies. This provides the mainstay of legal work for the majority of local and international law firms in the market. Historically, the Hong Kong legal market has been dominated by the large UK, US, and…
Singapore Singapore is an ultra-modern, forward thinking country which during the 20th Century became the Western gateway to Asia. The international law firms based in Singapore use it as a hub to service clients throughout south east Asia on the region’s leading transactions. Practice Areas The law firms in Singapore tend to focus on: Corporate…
Dubai Since the inception of the Dubai International Finance Centre, Dubai has become the Middle East hub for over 50 international law firms. The last 10 years has also seen huge growth in the in-house legal market. From the 1970’s onwards Dubai’s forward-thinking rulers diversified the economy so as not to rely on oil reserves.…
Guernsey Guernsey is one of the Channel Islands and is just off the coast of Normandy. It is a British Crown dependency and is a 30 minute flight from London. Guernsey’s legal system originates in Norman Customary Law, overlaid with principles taken from English common law. The international offshore law firms in Guernsey attract the…
Jersey Jersey is one of the Channel Islands and is just off the coast of Normandy. Its legal system is based on several different legal traditions, in particular Norman customary law, English common law and modern French civil law. The majority of lawyers will be English qualified having been recruited from the UK although firms…
Bermuda “You die and go to heaven, I will stay here in Bermuda” – Mark Twain. Bermuda is self-governing British Overseas Territory in the western North Atlantic Ocean. It is an archipelago of 7 main islands and situated about 650 miles east of Cape Hatteras (North Carolina, U.S.). It is not part of the Caribbean…
The British Virgin Islands The BVI are a group of islands and are a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, to the east of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and north-west of Anguilla. There are no direct flights to BVI from the UK, instead you need to change in San Juan, Antigua or…
The Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands is a self-governing British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean Sea. It is a leading and sophisticated offshore financial centre and the domicile of choice for investment structures and complex insurance products. It is about 1 hour’s flight from Miami and a 12 hour flight from London. As of…
