Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Paulin Tan is unprofessional. Find another recruiter. Others have posted about her in this thread before.

Agreed. Same with ANSA. Couple points to take note when working with one:

1. A good recruiter listens to what you have to say and actively seeks roles suitable for you (as vs asking you to apply for every role that pops up in the market).

2. Look at whether the recruiter has a good track record of placing hires in the team. This will typically indicate the recruiter has a good relationship with the hiring partners. Some miss the nail on the head completely because they do not understand what type of candidate the partner is seeking.

3. Do not randomly mass send your CV to multiple recruiters - you do not want a recruiter to send your CV for a role you did not consent to (whilst rare, this does happen). Consider having a chat with the recruiter and testing their market knowledge/understanding of the firm and the hiring team BEFORE deciding to work with them.

4. Recruiters (especially agencies) may put forth many candidates for each role. Be aware of information asymmetry - some recruiters play candidates off each other for highly competitive roles by sending the weaker ones in and then asking them the questions asked by the partners to more adequately prepare their stronger candidates.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Not sure why debating on salaries like as if there’s a lot of employment choices and options

Debating over $100?

Better worry over other things like when the wage subsidy ends, whether you will continue to have a job and all that.

You never ask/if this forum doesn't exists you will know the diff only 100/few hundred?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Looking for recruiters to assist me. Anyone knows what this is about though? Saw her name come up couple times

I suggest you don't bother wasting your time on her.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I would like to know too. Are only A&G and WP worth considering?

RnT is the best

Originally Posted by Unregistered

RnT is the best

Obviously drew is the best.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

RnT is the best

RHT is then the best

Originally Posted by Unregistered

RHT is then the best

Fervent Chambers is the bestest

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Fervent Chambers is the bestest

i think ur mum is the best best bestest

Originally Posted by Unregistered

This page is devolving into EDMW. Back to topic.

For magic circles NQ is between 12k-14k. With 1k-1.5k yearly increment.
For the US firms - either 15k-20k for mid-atlantic scale, or 20k++ for cravath scale. Not sure about increment, but you can imagine.

Anyone here can provide datapoints for 1-3 PQE?

Cravath scale in SG just follows the scale from the US (which you can easily find through google) but x FX rate. The increments are clear. Milbank, Latham, etc.

Mid Atlantic scale in SG is pretty much a black box that is around or slightly higher than MC you mentioned with increments from 1.5k-2.5k. Jones Day, Sidley (?), etc.

The trick for SG lawyers is to make sure your PQE haircut is minimal (1-2 years) or 0 (near impossible). Whether you use UK/NY/CA bar or negotiation (RLT/PTC) to achieve that is up to you.

Could any seniors in Corp share your experience negotiating with your counterparts in international firms?

Are you often impressed with their drafting/negotiation skills?