Singapore’s legal industry: more lawyers, less firms

Asia.legalbusinessonline.com, 21 Oct 2009
While the number of lawyers in Singapore has grown, the number of small law firms has shrunk.
According to the 2009 annual report by the Law Society of Singapore, the number of lawyers in Singapore has grown by 6% since last year – from 3,490 to 3,697 lawyers. However, the number of smaller-sized firms employing five or less lawyers has shrunk: there were 711 firms in 2005, but this has now dropped around 3% to 685.
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