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Originally Posted by Unregistered
where are you getting your info from? how many white shoe firms are there actually in singapore. and PQE in an international firm context is different from local firms since English solicitors train a good deal longer - 2 years.
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Quite a few white shoe firms. Milbank and LW are the most prominent, and they pay on the NY pay scale. I've got a couple of peers in each of the two. I'm from a Big4 and now in a Magic Circle. Lots of friends across the silver circle firms as well. After a few years in practice, you tend to get loads of price info from everywhere.
When I refer to PQE, I'm referring to the singapore scale. A 3PQE in SG is a 1.5PQE on the UK scale. I'm a 6PQE on the singapore scale, 4.5 on the UK scale.
And yes, as you can tell from the fact that I'm replying you at this godforsaken hour, the higher pay comes with a painful price. The paymasters do exact their pound of flesh.