The Brief:
Legora opens offices in Singapore and Tokyo, expanding its APAC footprint alongside Sydney.
The move puts Legora head-to-head with Harvey across the region’s biggest legal markets.
Legora is going all-in on Asia-Pacific, opening new offices in Singapore and Tokyo to sit alongside its existing Sydney base.
The timing is pointed. Harvey announced its own Singapore office earlier this year, alongside existing APAC bases in Sydney and Bengaluru.
CEO Max Junestrand isn’t shy about their ambition.
“The conditions in Asia-Pacific right now – record M&A volumes in Japan, Singapore's position as the arbitration and deal hub of the region, a legal services market that rivals the EU in scale – make this the right moment to commit fully. We see a significant opportunity, and we intend to lead in it.”
Tokyo is the first target. Japan is one of the world’s largest legal services markets by revenue, and Legora already has customers there. The office targets both international firms advising on outbound Japanese transactions and domestic firms handling the inbound.
Singapore is the other. It’s the regional HQ for most Magic Circle and leading US firms operating across APAC, and home to SIAC, one of the world’s premier international arbitration centres. Several of those firms are already on the platform.
For the first time, we can say we’re truly global in the way our clients are.
Legora’s APAC customer base already includes top-tier firms MinterEllison, Allens and HSF Kramer, and it recently signed HWLE.
Source: Legora