K&L Gates Straits Law has a respected commercial litigation and arbitration practice led by five disputes-focused partners. It is able to represent clients in both local and cross-border disputes, and in the past year has worked on contentious matters across a diverse range of industry sectors around the region. The team routinely acts for multinational corporations, financial institutions, local corporates and individual litigants in their local, regional and global disputes. The firm has seen an uptick in force majeure mandates, as well as insolvency-related instructions. Its investigations practice continued to expand last year, covering not only large cross-border investigations but also more diverse domestic white-collar crime matters.