Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

A 2pqe to 4pqe can make 15k to 18k in an offshore 'MC' firm as an assoc. A fresh junior partner (6 to 8pqe) makes around 15k in a B4.

NQ at an MC firm (equivalent to 2PQE on sg scale) can make 13-15k, with a 1.5-2k pm yearly increment. So at 7PQE on sg scale an MC associate should be making around 20-24k before bonus. I dont know about the figures for junior partners but I doubt even the fresh ones are making so little - the 15k figure presumes that there is no pay bump from assoc to SA, and from SA to JP.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Updated figures as of 2020:

NQ. 1PQE. 2PQE. 3PQE. 4PQE
A&G 5,600. 6,600. 7,600. 9,000
Drew 5,600. 6,800. 8,000. 9,200
R&T 5,800. 6,600. 7,600. 8,800. 9,300
WongP 5,400. 6,100. 7,200. 8,300 (after temp 10% cut)
Rodyk 5,000.
Baker 7,500. 8,500. 9,500.
SLB 5,400.

Collated from the recent few comments. Please update/correct/add on accordingly. For other firms too.

Update #2 - Thanks for new inputs please keep them coming

Anyone has figures for tsmp?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

A 2pqe to 4pqe can make 15k to 18k in an offshore 'MC' firm as an assoc. A fresh junior partner (6 to 8pqe) makes around 15k in a B4.

Personally I know of a few batchmates who made partner after 3-4 PQE in small firms and they are making >15k at that level too

Originally Posted by Unregistered

NQ at an MC firm (equivalent to 2PQE on sg scale) can make 13-15k, with a 1.5-2k pm yearly increment. So at 7PQE on sg scale an MC associate should be making around 20-24k before bonus. I dont know about the figures for junior partners but I doubt even the fresh ones are making so little - the 15k figure presumes that there is no pay bump from assoc to SA, and from SA to JP.

Yep. The MC figures the previous poster gave are accurate but the B4 junior partner salary is definitely wrong.

Let's be real - there are no B4 partners on this forum. So people who have been giving figures have been pretty much just been guesstimating, but 15k is a terribly inaccurate estimate given what we know of annual increments and SA pay at B4.

I am confident that a B4 partners outearns the MC assoc at the same PQE. Before partnership, the MC assoc will definitely make significantly more, especially at the early years.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Updated figures as of 2020:

NQ. 1PQE. 2PQE. 3PQE. 4PQE
A&G 5,600. 6,600. 7,600. 9,000
Drew 5,600. 6,800. 8,000. 9,200
R&T 5,800. 6,600. 7,600. 8,800. 9,300
WongP 5,400. 6,100. 7,200. 8,300 (after temp 10% cut)
Rodyk 5,000.
Baker 7,500. 8,500. 9,500.
SLB 5,400.

Collated from the recent few comments. Please update/correct/add on accordingly. For other firms too.

Update #2 - Thanks for new inputs please keep them coming

Any figures for Clyde & Co?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Yep. The MC figures the previous poster gave are accurate but the B4 junior partner salary is definitely wrong.

Let's be real - there are no B4 partners on this forum. So people who have been giving figures have been pretty much just been guesstimating, but 15k is a terribly inaccurate estimate given what we know of annual increments and SA pay at B4.

I am confident that a B4 partners outearns the MC assoc at the same PQE. Before partnership, the MC assoc will definitely make significantly more, especially at the early years.

Not sure the exact figures a B4 JP can pull but I have heard my JP mentioned several times that he was offered an senior assoc role in a MC firm previously with a substantial payhike mainly because of the perceived glass ceiling at itl firms.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Personally I know of a few batchmates who made partner after 3-4 PQE in small firms and they are making >15k at that level too

Not a bad idea for those who seek a good balance between financial stability and working hours if you can pull that much as a partner in a small firm

yeah but odds are your clients are not based in singapore which means your working hours would cater to theirs - so no work life balance too.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Any figures for Clyde & Co?

Heard from an Associate there that starting pay is $6k

Hi can somebody clarify when will the pay increment happen when one turns from a NQ to a 1PQE?

So if i am called in Aug 2020, when can i expect to see my 1st pay increment?

Thanks!