Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

You must be a biglaw wannabe lol, never read the full message. Already said that the pay is not full Cravath because it accounts for tax differences.

Also wrong.

Plenty of firms pay DPW in major markets in USA but they pay no where near here.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Also wrong.

Plenty of firms pay DPW in major markets in USA but they pay no where near here.

Care to share which firms pay on Cravath then?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Care to share which firms pay on Cravath then?

For the specific US lawyer pretty much every US firm should if they need his qualifications and experience.

For non-US lawyers: Latham, Milbank and the two GDs. YMMV on PQE cut.

Not sure about W&C.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

For the specific US lawyer pretty much every US firm should if they need his qualifications and experience.

For non-US lawyers: Latham, Milbank and the two GDs. YMMV on PQE cut.

Not sure about W&C.

Absolutely wrong. For SG-qualified lawyer who enters Gibson Dunn / Milbank, they get paid a SG-scale salary i’m told. This is abit lower than MC pay, possibly. Just go to Gibson Dunn website, see the latest assoc hires who entered as “staff attorney”. That’s likely on the SG-scale

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Absolutely wrong. For SG-qualified lawyer who enters Gibson Dunn / Milbank, they get paid a SG-scale salary i’m told. This is abit lower than MC pay, possibly. Just go to Gibson Dunn website, see the latest assoc hires who entered as “staff attorney”. That’s likely on the SG-scale

I checked Gibson Dunn’s webaite —> lawyers —> search options —> singapore.

Scrolled down all the way, there’s 4 “staff attorney” with singaporean-names. Those the ones you’re saying ?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Absolutely wrong. For SG-qualified lawyer who enters Gibson Dunn / Milbank, they get paid a SG-scale salary i’m told. This is abit lower than MC pay, possibly. Just go to Gibson Dunn website, see the latest assoc hires who entered as “staff attorney”. That’s likely on the SG-scale

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Absolutely wrong. For SG-qualified lawyer who enters Gibson Dunn / Milbank, they get paid a SG-scale salary i’m told. This is abit lower than MC pay, possibly. Just go to Gibson Dunn website, see the latest assoc hires who entered as “staff attorney”. That’s likely on the SG-scale

Firstly, are you the guy that keeps saying people are wrong and that firms don't pay Cravath scale while more and more people actually are proving that they are right? Evidently, since it's "word-of-mouth" from your end, you aren't in a WS or MC firm, so what you basing your evidence on? Hearsay of hearsay from a friend?

Secondly, we're discussing a particular case (i.e. the senior assoc from NY Manhattan) not the general SG-qualified lawyers looking to jump in from Big4 etc, which may entail PQE cuts. Why are you talking about SG-qualified lawyers when we're giving advise to someone from NY (and from the tenor of his question - that he's already in biglaw or midsize in NY)?

In case you didn't know, Cravath scale firms do pay COLA and the same salary if you move to SG from NY. Admittedly, this particular person said that this is not possible as his firm is not in SG, but the int firms do pay match overseas associates that they feel are outstanding enough to recruit to SG, and do tend to pay Cravath (less tax) if you're already from a peer US firm.

If this SA is good enough to be looking at Cravath scale firms in SG, and has a reasonable shot of being accepted, then it also follows he will be afforded a Cravath scale package. Even SG lawyers going to Cravath firms get Cravath transatlantic rates at worst, or PQE cut but full pay.

Loads of big money talk here... Anyone knows the typical earnings of the one man Chinatown lawyer? Seems like they silently earning a fair bit

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Firstly, are you the guy that keeps saying people are wrong and that firms don't pay Cravath scale while more and more people actually are proving that they are right? Evidently, since it's "word-of-mouth" from your end, you aren't in a WS or MC firm, so what you basing your evidence on? Hearsay of hearsay from a friend?

Secondly, we're discussing a particular case (i.e. the senior assoc from NY Manhattan) not the general SG-qualified lawyers looking to jump in from Big4 etc, which may entail PQE cuts. Why are you talking about SG-qualified lawyers when we're giving advise to someone from NY (and from the tenor of his question - that he's already in biglaw or midsize in NY)?

In case you didn't know, Cravath scale firms do pay COLA and the same salary if you move to SG from NY. Admittedly, this particular person said that this is not possible as his firm is not in SG, but the int firms do pay match overseas associates that they feel are outstanding enough to recruit to SG, and do tend to pay Cravath (less tax) if you're already from a peer US firm.

If this SA is good enough to be looking at Cravath scale firms in SG, and has a reasonable shot of being accepted, then it also follows he will be afforded a Cravath scale package. Even SG lawyers going to Cravath firms get Cravath transatlantic rates at worst, or PQE cut but full pay.

Lol i am new SA in B4, and i knoq enough from my talks w leeclooters. Kthxbye

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Loads of big money talk here... Anyone knows the typical earnings of the one man Chinatown lawyer? Seems like they silently earning a fair bit

All is dreamers from B4.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Absolutely wrong. For SG-qualified lawyer who enters Gibson Dunn / Milbank, they get paid a SG-scale salary i’m told. This is abit lower than MC pay, possibly. Just go to Gibson Dunn website, see the latest assoc hires who entered as “staff attorney”. That’s likely on the SG-scale

Probably pqe cut or probation/ runway; scroll up and see other SG qualified associates - though weird for the firm to distinguish this publicly. It is like telling people a partner is salaried only.