It will work on a six-to-one lawyer-to-partner ratio, so expects some 70 to 80 of those lawyers to be partners. Andrew Wheeler, head of legal in Australia and Asia Pacific said the firm had to be in a number of jurisdictions to properly service clients. These would include Singapore and Hong Kong as well as other Asian centres such as Japan, China and Indonesia. Korea was also a possiblity as PWC had a strong Korean desk. The firm currently has some 250 lawyers in the region. Source: Legal Week