RPC's growing Singapore office welcomes new Tech Partner

The move is driven by growing client demand and the firm's ambition to grow its award-winning international Technology practice to support its clients' commercial needs.

RPC has now hired 8 Partners in 2022, in addition to promoting 10 new Partners at the beginning of May, across Hong Kong, Singapore, London and Bristol.

International law firm RPC has hired Nicholas Lauw as a Partner for its Commercial group, specialising in Technology. He joins the firm's joint legal venture (JLV) RPC Premier Law in Singapore.

With more than 16 years' international experience, Nicholas has a broad practice covering a mix of high value contentious and non-contentious intellectual property and technology-related work. 

Nicholas will join RPC's highly regarded Technology practice, which provides a full technology offering of digital, data, consumer and regulatory advice alongside transactional and dispute support to major global technology players through to start-ups and high-profile blue-chip companies across the globe.

He joins RPC from Rajah & Tann, where he was a Partner practicing Entertainment and Media, Intellectual Property and Technology law. Nicholas joined Rajah & Tann in 2009 from Baker Mckenzie.Wong & Leow. He had previously trained and qualified at Drew & Napier.

Commenting on Nicholas' arrival, RPC's Asia Managing Partner Antony Sassi said: "I am thrilled that Nicholas has agreed to join our rapidly-growing offices in Asia, where we have doubled our number of Partners in the last two years, with 9 new Partners joining in Singapore and Hong Kong. 

"Nicholas' arrival is of strategic importance as we look to build out our award-winning Technology practice led globally by Jeremy Drew spanning across RPC's four offices. We are continuing to see an uptick in our clients' ambitions to unlock new opportunities as Singapore continues to grow as a commercial tech hub in the region. I have no doubt Nicholas will be a real asset in supporting our clients to achieve their ambitions."

RPC's Head of Commercial Jeremy Drew added: "Nicholas' pedigree as a leading Technology lawyer in Singapore complements our highly-regarded Technology practice, which has become a commercial powerhouse, supporting our clients with all their commercial needs. Our Commercial group has added six new Partners since the beginning of the year with ambitious plans for further growth. Nicholas' hire reflects our commitment to focus on growing our number of clients in the TMT sector across the globe."

Nicholas said: "RPC has offered me an exciting platform to build-out my practice and work within a leading Technology group underpinned by a brilliant group of talented lawyers that are commercial, people-focused and collaborative at their core."

Nicholas is the eighth new Partner joining the firm in the last seven months (Arash Rajai, Reshma Raja (General Counsel & Partner), Shai Wade, Tania Williams, Mike Newham, Rathi Thiagamoorthy and Peter Kwon) across its Commercial and Insurance Groups, as well as promoting ten new Partners to the Partnership in May. RPC now has 125 Partners across its four offices.