06
Apr
Everything You Wanted to Know About EXPAT PACKAGES
Will I Be Getting an Expat Package / Cost-Of-Living Adjustment?
The short answer – if you’re a U.S. JD – most likely yes.
Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let us tackle some FAQs surroundin...
06
Apr
Legal Practice in Asia vs NYC
If you were to trade in Midtown for the Mid-Levels, the Subway for the Escalator, and SoHo for…well…SoHo: what would that mean for your legal practice?
The four practice areas most represented in A...
06
Apr
How To ‘Recruit’ The Best Recruiter for Your Asia Job Search
If you’re reading this, you’re probably contemplating a move to Asia. You may not be in pack-my-bags mode, but you’re at least receptive to hearing some intel on the Asia markets. You may even already...
06
Apr
Asia BigLaw Hiring in the Time of a Coronavirus Pandemic
Since the Chinese New Year, much of Hong Kong – the bustling and “never sleeping” global financial hub – has been on lockdown. Streets are surreally quiet. SoHo and Lan Kwai Fong – once lively nightli...
06
Apr
I’ve Lost the H-1B Visa Lottery – What Now?
Every year around this time, our Asia team at Jowers / Vargas will receive many calls and emails from a number of recent law grads and BigLaw associates coping with the same unfortunate circumstance –...
21
Mar
Asia BigLaw Hiring and COVID-19 – April Update
It’s been nearly 2 weeks since our previous article on COVID-19 and Asia BigLaw, and the world has changed immeasurably since then. As with many of our clients and other industry observers, we were in...
21
Mar
Tech expansion continues in Singapore BigLaw
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21
Mar
Covid-19 and the Asia Market
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