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Freshfields on Australia: the A&O way is not for us

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"It’s also difficult to position ­Australia as a gateway to Asia due to the distance and differing timezones.” From Sydney and Melbourne maybe, but Singapore, HK, Kuala Lampur, Bangkok, Jakarta, Beijing (and indeed all China) operate on the same time zone as Perth. Aside from Beijing, the others are 5-7.5 hrs flying time away. A&O has tapped into the Perth growth bubble - as The Lawyer has noted in a related article. The Australian government has also relocated a large part of its foreign affairs department to Perth to take account of the shift. Not just waving the flag for my hometown, though, as I agree with the other statements in the quote re local competitors and legal infrastructure.

Posted date

15-Feb-2010

Posted time

8:54 pm

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