Singapore-based foreign lawyers have welcomed a policy shift that will alllow non-locally qualified attorneys to practice commercial areas of Singapore law.The introduction of a new Foreign Practitioner Certificate (FPC), passed through a bill amendment in parliament last month, ushers in the next phase of legal market liberalisation.
Where foreign lawyers previously could not qualify to sit for the Bar – unless a graduate from the Attorney General's list of stipulated universities – the changes will allow those formerly excluded to sign off on Singapore work; by passing the Foreign Practitioner’s Examinations (FPE). Full story
