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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Yeah how is retention coming along? Also, would love to hear from the lawyers still in practice if it is true that "demand has surged for counter-cyclical practice areas such as restructuring and insolvency, commercial disputes, international arbitration, employment, and private wealth investments, said Mr Yong from Withers KhattarWong" (quote from The Straits Times' article "Singapore law firms tighten purse strings, adapt to changes in demand")?
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I'm currently a (junior) Assoc in a mid-sized firm doing commercial litigation work. My workload has largely remained the same as pre-Covid. In fact, I see a rise in employment disputes, recovery of debts and even family cases (PPO, divorce). I didn't handle family law cases before this, but have been asked to take on a few contested family matters during this circuit breaker. I do think Covid has affected business development on the part of upper management. There is sufficient work to go around for existing employees but I think firms are less willing to hire new headcount. My firm unfortunately does not intend to retain the current trainees.