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Originally Posted by Unregistered
3PQE at a B4 M&A + PE funds practice. Have a question for those who successfully secured the bag during the great resignation last year. I have been approached by a recruiter for a funds role in a US firm looking to set up shop in SG. The compensation is more than twice of what I am getting right now but afaik 20% lesser than my NY counterparts. Would like to check if this is normal practice for Singapore offices of US firms in SG? |
Yes it's normal. Many US firms pay their Singapore lawyers less on the argument that our legal education is an undergrad degree whereas the US lawyers who got a JD studied an extra three years.
(Though the reality is that they do it because they are competing with the **** pay in local firms and don't have to pay so much to entice Singapore lawyers.)