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Originally Posted by Unregistered

Exactly . Looks like many JLCs trying to leave the system and join private / international firm. Which is hard for them with zero relevant experience. Better off starting in Big 4 like rest of us

Lol you gotta be joking. If you are a JLC that just ended his or her 2-year stint (or maybe did an additional year or two as AR), then you are extremely attractive to any local firm and also the dispute teams of most top international firms.

Of course, if you chose to stay on in service for many years after JLC, then your options narrow because you have gotten too senior without the relevant experience. But that's because the person chose to stay on after JLC, rather than their initial decision to become a JLC.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Lol you gotta be joking. If you are a JLC that just ended his or her 2-year stint (or maybe did an additional year or two as AR), then you are extremely attractive to any local firm and also the dispute teams of most top international firms.

Of course, if you chose to stay on in service for many years after JLC, then your options narrow because you have gotten too senior without the relevant experience. But that's because the person chose to stay on after JLC, rather than their initial decision to become a JLC.

Oh yeah?

Name me 1 or 2 examples of JLC exiting to successfully join disputes in International?lol can’t right. Linkedin i tried

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Oh yeah?

Name me 1 or 2 examples of JLC exiting to successfully join disputes in International?lol can’t right. Linkedin i tried

Faraaz Amzar Sidley Austin

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Oh yeah?

Name me 1 or 2 examples of JLC exiting to successfully join disputes in International?lol can’t right. Linkedin i tried

cope harder. probably salty you didn't get in

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Oh yeah?

Name me 1 or 2 examples of JLC exiting to successfully join disputes in International?lol can’t right. Linkedin i tried

If you can't even find 1-2 examples, your research skills must really suck. There are tons of ex-JLCs in the disputes teams of international firms.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

If you can't even find 1-2 examples, your research skills must really suck. There are tons of ex-JLCs in the disputes teams of international firms.

Does anyone know of JLCs who chose to do corp in the end, and are thriving there??

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Agreed. I think A&G M&A is distinctly better than WongP M&A, in terms of culture, prestige, training, quality of work/deals and exit options.

Going a bit deeper, A&G has a stronger public M&A team than WongP, although it's arguable that WongP has more of a focus on PE than A&G.

Culture at A&G >>> WongP.

Could you shed more light on the cultural differences?

I have friends heading to both and they’re afraid

Originally Posted by Unregistered

A&G M&A is still ahead of WongP in terms of market reputation, and the quality of deals which goes through their doors. As a general rule, I think training at the big4 is meh (i.e. there is no structure to the training, it's sink or swim from the get go), but the above factors are enough for A&G M&A to edge WongP M&A. IMO support is not great at Big4 but that's kind of the standard across Singapore firms.

Working at A&G, being exposed to these deals, and working with partners who have a reputation in the market will all help to build your CV and look for exit options. As far as I can remember, A&G M&A used to be the place where all the international firms poached their M&A associates from - seems that international firms have expanded to include R&T, WongP etc. into their hiring pool, but I'm pretty sure that A&G M&A is still preferable.

Sink or swim? Like how though

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Sink or swim? Like how though

“Here’s a task. Go get it done. I’m going to give you general directions, but figure out the specifics. Sorry don’t have time to go into detail because I’m way too busy. I’m not also sure how to train someone. Just do the work. Should be easy right????”

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Faraaz Amzar Sidley Austin

Exactly my point. Out of 20 JLCs every year, only 1 can be found in the “many who successfully joined disputes in International Firms”.
Cute