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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Would also add that the scene varies and one shouldn't be too simplistic and look only at tier/firm, for instance, US-qualified tax lawyers in WKW would get far more than the local people. And places like DSC which pay Big 4 rates can pay very well if you get the huge bonus that may come with it.
Also, UK FCHs are, to be honest, not very outstanding in this day and age, given that so many people from the UK have FCHs, unless the FCH is from Oxbridge or (maybe) UCL/ LSE (e.g. UCL regularly has a >20% FCH rate, which is not very impressive). For instance, last time any UK FCH could get into JLC with not much difficulty, nowadays, almost all UK grads who get into JLC are scholars and most of them are from Oxbridge (or maybe UCL/ LSE at the very least). Heck, even NUS FCH is no longer as valuable given that 10% (>20) people per year get it nowadays (but still more valuable than most of the UK FCHs). |
Sure but how many people here are actually us qualified tax lawyers. We are obvs looking at sg qualified lawyers. Agree nonetheless that we are not statistics. Each person’s experience can vary. Eg Some paralegal routes end in full associate in the international arm, some do not. What is helpful is the average figures and experience just as a gauge, as well as the new TC avenues.
Indeed there is FCH dilution. But nonetheless an employer 10-20 years past uni years just want to know at least a semi-legit place can give assurance to intellectual capability. An FCH wherever from just gets you a foot in. At the end of the day it still boils down to the interview and how the candidate comes across (not counting those places that just wants a warm body and can’t be bothered to give a proper interview).