There aren't many law firms doing capital markets work in the first place (there aren't so many big local firms in Singapore). So that sort of narrow down the search for us. So to be honest, if you have that sort of experience, you would probably be getting calls from a ton of recruiters.

As to whether it is easy to transition. It would depend on where you want to go to next. When I was working in New York a few back, in good years, I've seen candidates moving into investing banking, PE and etc. But that is obviously the exception not the norm, a lot of opportunities are driven by market conditions. At the moment, it is quite slow moving for the other industries (finance etc.)

Daniel