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What happen to Atlas Asia? why all move over to Dentons Rodyk

does anyone know what B4 + TSMP/Dentons retention look like this year?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What happen to Atlas Asia? why all move over to Dentons Rodyk

They were all previously ex-Rodyk anw

No point hanging out with the bean counters. Commoditized work and bespoke work like law, don't mix

any cheap and good places to tailor a blazer? gonna start doing liti soon and i need to stock up

Originally Posted by Unregistered

any cheap and good places to tailor a blazer? gonna start doing liti soon and i need to stock up

Ascotts at Far East Plaza is a great place

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What happen to Atlas Asia? why all move over to Dentons Rodyk

Usual market movement it seems. But Rodyk seems to be attracting some high profile moves of late. Wonder if it’s in expansion mode

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Usual market movement it seems. But Rodyk seems to be attracting some high profile moves of late. Wonder if it’s in expansion mode

High profile…

No one takes Rodyk seriously

Trainee here about to called to Bar in August

I am in litigation and finds life very tiring and mundane. most of my time are just research and doing bundles and drafting submissions.


I have a few questions

How useful are these experience compared to corp skills and experience?

what is the end goal usually? liti go in-house ? easy?

Liti go in-house not that easy. Just pop into mycareersfuture and check the req for in-house jobs. Very rarely they’re looking for no corporate background.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Trainee here about to called to Bar in August

I am in litigation and finds life very tiring and mundane. most of my time are just research and doing bundles and drafting submissions.


I have a few questions

How useful are these experience compared to corp skills and experience?

what is the end goal usually? liti go in-house ? easy?

Litigation adds extra steps (as compared to a corporate practice) if you want to go in-house.

Only stick with litigation if you want to continue litigation. The end goal is obviously higher value and higher profile disputes cases, becoming known in the market as a star litigator, and possibly eventually Senior Counsel (1 in a 1000 odds maybe?) or Supreme Court Judicial Officer (1 in 10,000 maybe).

This lack of exit options is particularly acute for general commercial litigation. Even if you're working in a top tier liti/arbi team, the reward of being the top dog here, is simply more litigation.

Ironically, it is the specialist-focused disputes teams (i.e. the ones that service a particular industry & don't routinely take on the highest profile commercial disputes) that have better in-house options, because such litigators transition naturally to an in-house role in that particular industry. What I'm talking about are insurance, marine, restructuring & insolvency, criminal (defence & prosecution), employment and intellectual property etc. Specialist litigators in these areas are routinely hired by ex-clients and players in these industries.