Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I think some idiot made this payscale like 4 years ago on this forum and people have been parroting this nonstop since then.

Only the MC salary is accurate, +/- $1k.

The mid-Atlantic US firm salary is completely hogwash - the majority of the SINGAPORE offices of those firms pay less than the MC SG offices for equivalent bands. These firms do not follow their UK or NY pay scales in Singapore - they pay significantly less here. And why should they?

On the so-called "Cravath US firm" - there are maybe only 3 firms that pay Cravath rates to ALL their SG associates. The remaining firms pay Cravath rates to a FEW top performers, on a discretionary and individual basis and this is also subject to a year or 2 of evaluation post hiring.

Fully agree with you. The fool doesn't is just spewing **** he read on rollonfriday or something

What about the salary bands for firms like NRF, Ashurst, HSF, Hogan Lovells?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

R&T new JP is around 14.5 - 15.5k

The poorest paymaster of the big4 and this figure doesnt even include cpf which they dont pay to JPs. So JPs are worse off than SAs lol!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I think some idiot made this payscale like 4 years ago on this forum and people have been parroting this nonstop since then.

Only the MC salary is accurate, +/- $1k.

The mid-Atlantic US firm salary is completely hogwash - the majority of the SINGAPORE offices of those firms pay less than the MC SG offices for equivalent bands. These firms do not follow their UK or NY pay scales in Singapore - they pay significantly less here. And why should they?

On the so-called "Cravath US firm" - there are maybe only 3 firms that pay Cravath rates to ALL their SG associates. The remaining firms pay Cravath rates to a FEW top performers, on a discretionary and individual basis and this is also subject to a year or 2 of evaluation post hiring.

Pray tell which self respecting top US firm pays less than MC? Don’t count the local side of the shady jlv fla types, or the black box firm.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

The poorest paymaster of the big4 and this figure doesnt even include cpf which they dont pay to JPs. So JPs are worse off than SAs lol!

Its basically a collection of chinatown firms.

New ALB rankings for M&A in Singapore are out:

SINGAPORE DOMESTIC

Tier 1:
- Allen & Gledhill
- Rajah & Tann
- Morgan Lewis Stamford
- WongPartnership

Tier 2:
- Drew & Napier
- TSMP

Tier 3:
- Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
- Bird & Bird ATMD
- CNP Law
- Dentons Rodyk
- Duane Morris & Selvam
- Harry Elias Partnership
- RHTLaw
- Shook Lin & Bok

Notable Firms:
- Dechert
- Eng & Co
- Oon & Bazul
- Prolegis
- Virtus Law
- Withers Khattarwong

SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL

Tier 1:
- Allen & Overy
- Clifford Chance
- Linklaters
- Milbank

Tier 2:
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Hogan Lovells
- Jones Day
- Latham & Watkins
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Morrison & Foerster
- Skadden Arps
- White & Case

Tier 3:
- Ashurst
- Gibson Dunn
- HFW
- K&L Gates
- King & Spalding
- Pinsent Masons MPillay
- Shearman & Sterling
- Sidley Austin
- Stephenson Harwood

Notable Firms:
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
- Clyde & Co
- CMS
- Dechert

Originally Posted by Unregistered

The poorest paymaster of the big4 and this figure doesnt even include cpf which they dont pay to JPs. So JPs are worse off than SAs lol!

I knew someone who went to hk as a sg nq junior and earns around this much despite going in house early. But maybe because of practice area.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

The poorest paymaster of the big4 and this figure doesnt even include cpf which they dont pay to JPs. So JPs are worse off than SAs lol!

R&T health insurance like *** leh

Originally Posted by Unregistered

New ALB rankings for M&A in Singapore are out:

SINGAPORE DOMESTIC

Tier 1:
- Allen & Gledhill
- Rajah & Tann
- Morgan Lewis Stamford
- WongPartnership

Tier 2:
- Drew & Napier
- TSMP

Tier 3:
- Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
- Bird & Bird ATMD
- CNP Law
- Dentons Rodyk
- Duane Morris & Selvam
- Harry Elias Partnership
- RHTLaw
- Shook Lin & Bok

Notable Firms:
- Dechert
- Eng & Co
- Oon & Bazul
- Prolegis
- Virtus Law
- Withers Khattarwong

SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL

Tier 1:
- Allen & Overy
- Clifford Chance
- Linklaters
- Milbank

Tier 2:
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Hogan Lovells
- Jones Day
- Latham & Watkins
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Morrison & Foerster
- Skadden Arps
- White & Case

Tier 3:
- Ashurst
- Gibson Dunn
- HFW
- K&L Gates
- King & Spalding
- Pinsent Masons MPillay
- Shearman & Sterling
- Sidley Austin
- Stephenson Harwood

Notable Firms:
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
- Clyde & Co
- CMS
- Dechert

You purposely omit baker from domestic and international ah

Originally Posted by Unregistered

You purposely omit baker from domestic and international ah

bro u blind ah?

personally, q interesting to see Morgan lewis stamford and Shook lin & bok's new rankings

also, notice quite a few more international firms on the table this year, they must be expanding their corp practice in Sg recently

Originally Posted by Unregistered

any hopes that SQE1 will be an agreed exemption in the next year or so? for now sg lawyers only exempted from SQE2

where does it state got exemption? Its an individual exemption so case by case basis, and not a confirm agreed exemption.

In any event, highly doubt they will exempt both exams as they need to do some sort of assessment to make some money. Also, if both exempted then every Singaporean will go and get it.