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I hear the Asian work ethic is more intense than New York hours. Especially in Singapore and Hong Kong.
Feel free to DM me I lateraled from SG to NY big law
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Not true at least in my firm + friends working there.
A3 - Which firm do you and your friends work at?
I hope you speak at least mandarin or Cantonese othwise probably not for you
AA1 - yeah, I think for HK it’s becoming more of a requirement given what is happening their politically but like A4 mentioned, SG should be okay given the wide mix of firms and clients in the market
I'm an M&A associate who spent time in Asia BigLaw.
Didn't work at any of these firms (I was in Hong Kong) but I know those Singapore teams quite well as well. Milbank has more of a mixed practice but you can get pure M&A there.
Cooley / Gunderson are, as expected, more EC VC but they hire M&A associates (Cooley hired 2 M&A associates from traditional NY BigLaw M&A teams last year, including Cravath-NY). Shearman has more of an energy-oriented M&A practice and doesn't hire too much, tbh.
Skadden's Singapore office is really a satellite of their HK US Corp team (Jonathan Stone / Ed Lam) but they occasionally hire M&A, though you might be doing some cap markets work there too.
Latham's team is a mixed practice (so you would be doing some cap mkts, esp India work).
Culture varies - Cooley and Gunderson are much more silicon valley-style; Gunderson is actually quite busy though it's like working on 20 different matters for 20 different emerging company clients. You'd probably bill the most at Milbank, but it's not NY BigLaw.
Gibson Dunn is building a more traditional M&A team in Singapore, although one of their key M&A partners used to surf almost every morning (when he used to live in HKG) before going to work, so while "chill BigLaw" can seem like a misnomer, they're not as aggro or sharp-elbowed as many other firms can be, especially in NY.
Singapore is actually comparatively more "chill" than NY or even HKG, although with smaller offices it's quite practice-dependent and partner-dependent. Like while Cooley-Singapore's head partner is very "chill bro" and SV-style, their new US Cap Mkts partner (that they hired in the beginning of 2022) is very "Wall Street" (also a great guy).
DM me if you'd like more deets on Singapore BigLaw......
Also, for Singapore, the only language you need is English. Most, if not all firms will pay Cravath 2022 for US associates.
Big difference between SNG and HKG is expat package / COLA.
Only 2 firms in Singapore pay COLA whereas COLA is market in HKG. COLA (cost-of-living-adjustment) is basically a lump of cash on top of your base and bonus and it can range anywhere from $30k or less to $70k or more. Firms used to do add-ons like reimbursing private school tuitions and memberships at various private clubs, but now it's just cold hard cash.