Legal Profession (Law Practice Entities) Rules 2015 · As enacted · Part 6 · Joint Law Ventures, Formal Law Alliances, Foreign Law Practices, Representative Offices and Foreign Interests in Singapore Law Practices
63. Purpose of foreign group practice
Feedback & supportThe purpose of a foreign group practice is to enable the licensed foreign law practices in the foreign group practice to come together in mutual cooperation without being partners of each other.
Subject to any other written law or rule of law, a licensed foreign law practice in a foreign group practice may instruct another licensed foreign law practice in the foreign group practice to undertake work entrusted by a client to the instructing licensed foreign law practice, unless the client gives any written instruction to the contrary.
Subregulation 1
The purpose of a foreign group practice is to enable the licensed foreign law practices in the foreign group practice to come together in mutual cooperation without being partners of each other.
Subregulation 2
Subject to any other written law or rule of law, a licensed foreign law practice in a foreign group practice may instruct another licensed foreign law practice in the foreign group practice to undertake work entrusted by a client to the instructing licensed foreign law practice, unless the client gives any written instruction to the contrary.