Lawyer Salary

#**17121** (**permalink**) 24-06-2022, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

Thoughts? Just give specific names of the firm. How you expecting us to guess the names of the firms is it?

lol he/she said dual qualified liao. if the firm is named, that's as good as doxxing him/herself.

#**17122** (**permalink**) 24-06-2022, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

Lol nah, that's for the Pinsent side.. the Mpillay side doesn't pay that.

I think NQ might be 7.5 after revision. Not sure though.

#**17123** (**permalink**) 24-06-2022, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

It's not rare at all. Just off the top of my head:

US: Dechert, JD, HL, K&S, Sidley, Shearman, W&C
MC: A&O, CC, LL, Freshfields
SC: Ashurst, HSF, NRF

And many of them do hire SG-qualified associates, though these tend to be people with stellar credentials (ex-JLC, NUS FCH/SMU summa, Oxbridge, international moot champions, etc). There is a much greater emphasis on academics and raw intelligence given the nature of disputes work at that level which calls for intricate legal analysis and argumentation.

Looking at the linkedin profiles of singaporeans in above firms, think you are correcct re the top US firms and MC.

Also, Hogan Lovells is silver circle, not US right?

Dont think the same applies for SC though…

#**17124** (**permalink**) 24-06-2022, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

Currently a 2PQE Assoc doing Corp in mid sized firm (20-30 pax headcount). Not Big 4 or "Big 5"

Firm is featured in Legal 500 and ST. Dual qualified looking around for exit prospects.

Any thoughts? Would it be better to join a Big 4 or try my luck at the offshores?

Depends on where you're looking to apply to... MC/US firms will essentially only hire from B4 + SLB. Silver circle may cast their net wider, and lower ranked intnl firms may go even wider, but to be honest if you're not in B4/SLB, I would just join B4.