Today 11:53 AM |
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Will be joining a construction law team soon but having second thoughts
Any construction lawyers here can share how did u find your passion for this practice area? It seems very narrow and dry. Even a specialized area like IP seems marginally more interesting
How does ur construction and built environment sector knowledge translate to exit ops? Whether to other practice areas like infrastructure n projects, or to inhouse industries?
Hope to hear some thoughts!
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Today 11:30 AM |
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Work less and sleep more at the intl firm? The higher salary doesn't come for free you know
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It is true that the salary does not come for free. However, intl firms tend to bill at US/UK rates for lawyers, which are far higher than the SG rate (not even factoring for currency strength).
Therefore, intl firm lawyers need to hit less billable targets to earn the same amount as local b4 lawyers.
This translates to more *hypothetical* down time for the intl firm lawyers. Of course, YMMV.
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Yesterday 11:12 PM |
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ya, that's what their US NQ (equivalent to out SG NQ minus 1-2 years) makes.
and you're comparing it saying it's equivalent to a "JP"
says a lot don't you think.
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Did you go to law school? I was replying the OP, who said that they make a salary a JP “can only dream of”. I was just correcting him that the JPs make something equivalent, so the statement is inaccurate.
In any case, the US grads also spend an additional 3 years studying for their JD
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Yesterday 10:39 PM |
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This guy clearly uninformed. US$225k a year after tax is about US$150k a year or about US$12.5k a month. That’s about $17k SGD which is about or slightly less than what a big 4 JP takes home.
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ya, that's what their US NQ (equivalent to out SG NQ minus 1-2 years) makes.
and you're comparing it saying it's equivalent to a "JP"
says a lot don't you think.
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Yesterday 10:09 PM |
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Pls la. Everybody makes “salary” (non-equity; i.e., just title only/glorified associate slave) in local law firm after 7/8 years - it’s tough to get there, but it’s no longer the coveted position cos one still need to suck actual “equity” partners’ kok until he/she dies then can maaaaybe promote someday when sperms die/eggs run out.
Intl US law firm pays US$225,000 a year before bonus - that is a salary even a junior salary partner can only dream of…
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This guy clearly uninformed. US$225k a year after tax is about US$150k a year or about US$12.5k a month. That’s about $17k SGD which is about or slightly less than what a big 4 JP takes home.
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Yesterday 09:49 PM |
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Hi fellow kind Sinkies,
Genuine die-lemma: should I choose to join (i) a local Big 4 law firm as senior associate (paid less and work harder/sleep less (therefore likely to burn out), but can become PARTNER) or (ii) an international law firm (paid more and work less/sleep more, but very hard to become partner)?
To give context, pay is $15k+/month at local and $20k+/month at intl, which seems marginal now, but at intl it can go up to $30-40k+/month.
Thanks u ![Smile](https://forums.salary.sg/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Work less and sleep more at the intl firm? The higher salary doesn't come for free you know
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Yesterday 06:27 PM |
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wake up and stick to slogging it out drafting wills at your chinatown law firm la
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Aiyo why this dumbo sound so bitter??? Must be failure local grad/law firm.
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Yesterday 05:59 PM |
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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Hi fellow kind Sinkies,
Genuine die-lemma: should I choose to join (i) a local Big 4 law firm as senior associate (paid less and work harder/sleep less (therefore likely to burn out), but can become PARTNER) or (ii) an international law firm (paid more and work less/sleep more, but very hard to become partner)?
To give context, pay is $15k+/month at local and $20k+/month at intl, which seems marginal now, but at intl it can go up to $30-40k+/month.
Thanks u ![Smile](https://forums.salary.sg/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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wake up and stick to slogging it out drafting wills at your chinatown law firm la
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Yesterday 01:30 PM |
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Hi fellow kind Sinkies,
Genuine die-lemma: should I choose to join (i) a local Big 4 law firm as senior associate (paid less and work harder/sleep less (therefore likely to burn out), but can become PARTNER) or (ii) an international law firm (paid more and work less/sleep more, but very hard to become partner)?
To give context, pay is $15k+/month at local and $20k+/month at intl, which seems marginal now, but at intl it can go up to $30-40k+/month.
Thanks u
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Yesterday 03:45 AM |
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Stupid is u falling for an obvious low effort troll post
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Ya **** I kena baited sia
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