Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

You never know. BM raised salaries considerably in 2021 and no one expected that they would raise it again in 2022. But the market spoke, so they had to do it. The B4 are all finding trouble retaining people at this point so I won't be surprised if they do another round of pay raises sometime in the next few years (provided that a huge recession doesn't hit) - look at the number of open positions on A&G's hiring page.

Also, as someone earlier said, BM has largely closed the salary gap with the SC level firms. It's still a tad bit lower than MC but the gap is small enough to make someone think twice about jumping to MC - which is the point of the raise in the first place.

CC will always be a league above BM in terms of pay, deal flow and prestige and exit opportunities

If the B4 raise salaries again, both BM and CC will raise salaries too

Originally Posted by Unregistered

CC will always be a league above BM in terms of pay, deal flow and prestige and exit opportunities

If the B4 raise salaries again, both BM and CC will raise salaries too

that's right, particularly for fields such as disputes, M&A, cap markets, and banking - although: (1) the pay gap is not as big as before and (2) BM has certain niche depts that CC doesn't have or which can roughly match CC in terms of market reputation (BM IP, Employment, and Tax are highly rated, which CC doesn't have at all, while BM Funds is not too far off from CC and BM FSR is larger/arguably stronger than CC)

Originally Posted by sian long

how is this plagiarism?

Your wyrmlings scraped a F. Please fix. Originality was barely noticeable. There were recognisable but limited attempts to re-phrase the text detail. Let it be recognised by your wyrmlings blowing your dragon-fire ballistic missiles at me that my wool has difficulty catching fire. Unlike other sheep, I am not so easily shepherded into your traps. My wife is a fern, and special ferns are well-connected to gardeners. Her gardeners Yeo, PSP, will douse out your fire one fine day with waterjet missiles. My wife is a plant, and PSP's palmtree logo is that of another plant. Yeo is head over heels over gaming, and PSP is the name-sake of a PlayStation Portable. We are all sian of you.

To be a good lawyer, you need to firstly sell your soul to the british monarch and pledge allegiance so that you can embrace the inherited legal system from them

How's BM tax culture?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

How's BM tax culture?

Very good culture

Originally Posted by sian yang

Your wyrmlings scraped a F. Please fix. Originality was barely noticeable. There were recognisable but limited attempts to re-phrase the text detail. Let it be recognised by your wyrmlings blowing your dragon-fire ballistic missiles at me that my wool has difficulty catching fire. Unlike other sheep, I am not so easily shepherded into your traps. My wife is a fern, and special ferns are well-connected to gardeners. Her gardeners Yeo, PSP, will douse out your fire one fine day with waterjet missiles. My wife is a plant, and PSP's palmtree logo is that of another plant. Yeo is head over heels over gaming, and PSP is the name-sake of a PlayStation Portable. We are all sian of you.

you're stretching it to fit the facts into marked slots of plagiarism. you've been watching too much of Suits. come back down to planet earth.

Originally Posted by sian long

you're stretching it to fit the facts into marked slots of plagiarism. you've been watching too much of Suits. come back down to planet earth.

Get the facts right my gaslighting dragon, that was a piece of commentary originating from Lady Gloster for a different case with different facts. Instead of creating their own fireball, your wyrmlings gobbled up Lady Gloster's and rehashed it as their own. Now the fireball they ejected on my fern has reflected back, your burnt wyrmlings are scrambling to their daddy dragon for help. Is this how you treat their burns daddy dragon, by lighting more gas? Launch all the dragon-fire missiles you want back. My wool has difficulty catching fire.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

that's right, particularly for fields such as disputes, M&A, cap markets, and banking - although: (1) the pay gap is not as big as before and (2) BM has certain niche depts that CC doesn't have or which can roughly match CC in terms of market reputation (BM IP, Employment, and Tax are highly rated, which CC doesn't have at all, while BM Funds is not too far off from CC and BM FSR is larger/arguably stronger than CC)

Why do Local grads like to talk abt CC and BM?

My seniors from cambridge all focused on Latham / Gibson Dunn / White & Case etc

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Why do Local grads like to talk abt CC and BM?

My seniors from cambridge all focused on Latham / Gibson Dunn / White & Case etc

Because they're solely fixated on graduate positions in Singapore and those two firms were the "original" firms that provided for TCs at an "international firm" there

Completely oblivious of the fact that there are legitimate other international shops in Singapore in this new landscape, and their complete misconception that all FLA/JLVs are "false international firms". This is definitely not true.

With the exception of some known firms (DRD, HL), many of the other international firms in tie ups are legitimate international firms and there are many TC contracts being implemented in these firms now - which is a challenge to the big 4 and other Sg local shops

Regarding Gibson and W&C, Skadden, Freshfields, those still traditionally hire from A&G/WP, other international firms, or some star individuals in the mid-tier firms. So, it's hard for local grads to talk about them on this forum because they don't know jack ****