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Originally Posted by Unregistered
This is a dumb question. If I'm a white brit expat partner in an international law firm here, who do you think i'd much rather hang out with, and by extension, work with?
1. Uptight, humourless, kancheong spider local overachiever Asian partner who is technically proficient but totally a bore?
2. Interesting, charismatic, charming angmo partner who I can jio for Happy Hour at Boat Quay on Thurs/Fri and cycling on Sat mornings?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Unregistered
This is a dumb question. If I'm a white brit expat partner in an international law firm here, who do you think i'd much rather hang out with, and by extension, work with?
1. Uptight, humourless, kancheong spider local overachiever Asian partner who is technically proficient but totally a bore?
2. Interesting, charismatic, charming angmo partner who I can jio for Happy Hour at Boat Quay on Thurs/Fri and cycling on Sat mornings?
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LOL this is such a stupid statement on so many levels and does not reflect offshore firm culture in the slightest.
Let me guess - white-worshipping small local firm junior assoc with a second upper from some unheard of uk uni?
The right answer is probably that the offshore firms dont practice litigation here, which local expertise (that cannot be found overseas) is concentrated in. Corporate work like M&A, intl arbi, banking, ECM/DCM - foreign lawyers can come into SG and do it just as well if not better than local lawyers. The low numbers of local partners in these firms is a matter of statistics and the traditional ways these firms hire i.e. from their headquarters. There are only 4-5k lawyers in Singapore -> far fewer than can do work at the level of an offshore firm. This would be the big 4 trained corp lawyers (or really only two of the big 4 firms, local corp assocs would know what Im talking about)