Hello all, I am a junior in US biglaw (general corporate) and am contemplating a move to Singapore biglaw (don’t speak mandarin) for personal reasons. Anyone knows if any of the corporate practices is hiring there? If so, any info on that team’s culture, growth opportunities, etc. is much appreciated!

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There are only very few firms in Singapore which pay Cravath scale salary outright. There are firms where you “earn” Cravath after a couple of years of good performance, and/or getting your NY bar. The former - Cooley, MoFo, Milbank. The latter - Latham, Sidley, Dechert, etc. Cravath scale is difficult to pay because the market here (and even greater SEA) is not as developed - clients are willing to pay.

Now is honestly not a great time to move, due to the economy. You could probably re-assess in half a year. If the economy is down, no way firms will be expanding (the opposite, in fact).

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Hello! What do you mean by “Singapore biglaw”, do you mean local Singapore firms without any international firm tie ups? Or international biglaw firms based in Singapore?

Yep what associate 3 said. MC firms do not pay cravath here, options are limited, and it would be risky heading to a biglaw firm that pays cravath with the looming recession. Those firms are known to make cuts when the market is down (especially since the SG office doesn’t make as much money for them)

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