Aussie Law Firms Set Up Shop in Mongolia - Lawfuel.co.nz: "They say it's like Western Australia 20 years ago - without the beaches, obviously - but Mongolia is increasingly attracting large Australian law firms like Minters and Allens to its booming economy and energy-rich deals.
It's a long way from Sydney's golden beaches, where you can surf all year round, to Ulaanbaartar in Mongolia, where the average annual temperature is 0°C, but this hasn't deterred Australia's largest law firm from planting its flag there.
"Mongolia was the logical next step for us," says John Weber, Minter Ellison’s chief executive partner. "It's an increasingly strategic market with a substantial resource-based economy and it is attracting the attention of the global resources industry, including Australian companies. Many of these are our clients.""
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