b'Seamus Cornelius in Shanghai.Further international expansion The Linklaters allianceAdditional offices were opened in Bangkok, Beijing, Hanoi andThe way in which Australian law firms engage with the Ho Chi Minh City, Phnom Penh, Port Moresby and Shanghai.global market has changed significantly over the last In 2011 the Asian network expanded further with thedecade. Rather than maintaining their own offices, firms opening of an office in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, driven byincreasingly focus on formal and informal relationships international clients operating in and around that countryswith peer firms in overseas jurisdictions. Allens has burgeoning resources industry (beginning with Rio Tintosgradually wound back its direct international presence involvement in Oyu Tolgoi, the worlds largest undevelopedsince its peak in the 1980s and 90s and today has offices in copper and gold mine). Having an office eased the strain onAustralia, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam. The firms global the lawyers who had been regularly flying in and out of reach is made possible through its alliance with Linklaters, the country. which was formed in 2012. 191'