Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Anyone moved to HK to work?

how is the working hours and culture there?

and salary ?

Mostly losers who can't make it locally go to HK, then find a chance to jump back local a few years down.

Working hours are crazy. Average 2am daily. Culture is hard work and no life.

Salary is ok.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Mostly losers who can't make it locally go to HK, then find a chance to jump back local a few years down.

Working hours are crazy. Average 2am daily. Culture is hard work and no life.

Salary is ok.

Don’t believe the above poster, he’s just salty about not getting to work in HK.

Mostly losers who can’t make it in HK work locally, then try and find a chance to jump to an international firm.

Working hours are the same. Average 9pm daily. Culture is work hard play hard.

Salary is on the international firm scale (i.e. miles higher than what you’ll get in SG big 4).

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Don’t believe the above poster, he’s just salty about not getting to work in HK.

Mostly losers who can’t make it in HK work locally, then try and find a chance to jump to an international firm.

Working hours are the same. Average 9pm daily. Culture is work hard play hard.

Salary is on the international firm scale (i.e. miles higher than what you’ll get in SG big 4).

Is it true that many try to jump from HK to international firms in Singapore after some years? How are the prospects of jumping from e.g. A&O in HK to A&O in SG?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Wow this is nuts.. if they're making 3.5 to 4.5 as 2PQE then what was their NQ pay??

Those getting 3.5 probably did not get a pay raise since NQ (or they may have a commission component in their remuneration).

Smaller firms may start at 3.5/3.8/4.0 at NQ level and give a 300 to 500 raise every year. There are also mid-sized firms with similar basic pay but supplement it with a frontload bonus to bump up the monthly pay to 4.8 to 5.5 for a 2 PQE.

Anyone aware how much hogan lovells pay for mid lvl associates

HK international law firm, sidley austin is paying hkd60,000 for fresh pcll grads (eqv. to our part B bar course) with zero experience. that is about sgd10k for fresh grads

Originally Posted by ivy lawyer

HK international law firm, sidley austin is paying hkd60,000 for fresh pcll grads (eqv. to our part B bar course) with zero experience. that is about sgd10k for fresh grads

yea, but dun forget ur staying in HK and rental isnt cheap

Any statistics for NQ pay in mid-sized and large firms with/without front-loading and before/after Jan 2020?

This is very relevant for overseas graduates to understand your prospects upon graduation in international firms -

s://.chambersstudent.co.uk/where-to-start/newsletter/law-firms-preferred-universities-2019

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Is it true that many try to jump from HK to international firms in Singapore after some years? How are the prospects of jumping from e.g. A&O in HK to A&O in SG?

Why will u jump from Allen & Overy HK to Allen and Overy SG? You will probably get a pay cut of around 50%. From a salary perspective, most will not do that, unless you are returning to SG for your family.