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
64. Description of foreign group practice
Feedback & supportA foreign group practice must bear a name which describes the foreign group practice as a foreign group practice.
The Director of Legal Services may waive the requirement under paragraph (1) in any particular case.
A licensed foreign law practice which is not a member of a foreign group practice must not describe itself as a foreign group practice.
A licensed foreign law practice in a foreign group practice may in the course of its professional undertakings and in any document in which its name appears, including its letterheads, nameplates and business calling cards, use the name of the foreign group practice in conjunction with its own name.
Subregulation 1
A foreign group practice must bear a name which describes the foreign group practice as a foreign group practice.
Subregulation 2
The Director of Legal Services may waive the requirement under paragraph (1) in any particular case.
Subregulation 3
A licensed foreign law practice which is not a member of a foreign group practice must not describe itself as a foreign group practice.
Subregulation 4
A licensed foreign law practice in a foreign group practice may in the course of its professional undertakings and in any document in which its name appears, including its letterheads, nameplates and business calling cards, use the name of the foreign group practice in conjunction with its own name.