Category: Legal Recruitment
Singapore: An Emerging Legal Hub in Asia
Singapore, a small trading port turned thriving global business hub, is on the rise. With a strategic vision, innovative policies, and relentless ambition, this city-state has become a powerhouse in Asia. With its ascent, law firms are seeing Singapore as an emerging legal hub. The Economist […]
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Gunita Pawha on helping S&A Law Offices navigate India’s increasingly competitive legal market
Gunita Pawha is Joint Managing Partner of India’s S&A Law Offices. In this interview with Asia Law Portal, Pawha outlines the firms’ unique services offer and geographic footprint — and the efforts to innovate its practice amid market challenges including the entry of foreign law firms. […]
Senior Counsel Specialist at S&P Global
Prior to joining S&P Global, Pearl Pang was an active litigation lawyer in her private practice for seven (7) years, focusing on general litigation matters, with particular experiences in medico-legal and general insurance liability matters, as well as asset and debt recovery related matters.
Acquihire: The Win-Win Solution for Startups and Established Companies
Introduction Acquisition and hiring jointly constitute the term “Acquihire”. Acquihire is a business term. When a company takes over or buys another company, it is a “acquisition,”. and when a company recruits employees, it is “hiring.” Acquihire is also hiring talents. In an acquisition, a company […]
Bangladesh: Key gaps in responding to gender-based violence against women in the workplace
In recent years, we witness how the #MeToo movement worldwide spark by women’s outbursts. It was brought on by decades of cumulative abuse. In Bangladesh, the scourge of sexual harassment has made an ugly appearance in different areas. As more and more women are entering the […]
Luthra and Luthra expands its practices with new international Trade and Corporate Partners
Leading law firm Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India ramps up its practices in India by hiring Tamal Mandal and Abhilekh Verma as International Trade and Corporate Practice Partners, respectively. Tamal has joined the Firm’s Delhi office while Abhilekh will be based out of the Firm’s […]
SeedLegals launches solution to help startups and SMEs attract, incentivise and retain top talent in APAC
Data-driven legaltech platform SeedLegals has launched their Share Option Scheme solution (also commonly known as ESOP) to Singapore and Hong Kong based startups and small businesses, enabling them to create complex share option agreements, allowing them to reward and incentivize their employees, attract top talent and […]
Aekom Legal, firm of 25+ practitioners formed by breakaway team from Vaish Associates
Seasoned corporate lawyer Mr. Satwinder Singh, Partner at Vaish Associates Advocates along with Mr. NPS Chawla, Associate Partner and three Principal Associates, namely Mr. Sujoy Datta, Mr. Kalpit Khandelwal and Mr. Lokesh Dhyani have moved out from Vaish with team and have started a new journey […]
Krishnayan Sen, Founding Partner and Head of Disputes Practice at Verus, is set to merge his practice with L and L Partners
L&L Partners is delighted to announce that Krishnayan Sen, Founding Partner and Head of Disputes Practice at Verus, is set to merge his practice and join L&L Partners as a Partner in the Firm’s Disputes Practice at New Delhi with his team. Read More: DSK Legal […]
ONC TMT Influencer Joshua Chu Leaves for Group Chief Risk Officer Role at a Publicly Listed Blockchain Technology Company
ONC TMT litigator and legal influencer Joshua Chu is leaving the firm to join Coinllectibles™, the first publicly traded blockchain Fusion DOTs™ technology company on the US OTC Markets as the Group’s Chief Risk Officer. A Personal Brand For nearly three years, Joshua Chu has built […]
Why 2022 will be a defining year in lawyer remuneration in Hong Kong
A remuneration survey snapshot for the Hong Kong legal sector
Helping lawyers advance their careers in the APAC region. An interview with Annie Tang, Managing Director, Star Anise Legal
In 2010, Annie Tang and her brother Chris, founded Star Anise Legal, providing legal, compliance and professional recruitment services to diverse clients across the APAC region. In this interview with Asia Law Portal, Annie details what inspired the founding of the firm, her background in law, […]
Hong Kong’s new innovative “legal talent agency”: An interview with Tina Lee Jebely, Founder and Talent Agent, The Roya Agency
Tina Lee Jebely recently established The Roya Agency in Hong Kong – a legal talent agency focused on the exclusive representation of the interests of top calibre and high potential senior attorneys. In this interview with Asia Law Portal, Jebely explains what inspired her agency’s founding, […]
Pinsent Masons realigns its professional services offerings with launch of new group
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has brought together a range of skill set offerings to launch a professional services practice group as it further embeds its strategy to become a purpose-led professional services business with law at the core. Thanks to Kysen PR for sponsoring this post. Pinsent Masons Vario, […]
Hong Kong legal salary survey 2020-2021
Introduction The biggest question we are currently being asked by law firms across Asia is what is happening to remuneration in a post- COVID landscape. There are a host of economic and demand/supply-based factors placing new upward/downward pressures on salaries and remuneration. Law firms in Hong […]
Helping lawyers adapt to a changing legal career market. An interview with Shulin Lee, Co-founder, ANSA Search
In March 2016, Shulin Lee co-founded Singapore-based legal recruitment firm ANSA Search, along with Helen Ng. In just a few short years – the firm has grown to more than 9 full-time professionals. In this interview with Asia Law Portal, Lee explains the current market in […]
Focusing on how working with “purpose” plays an important element in legal and compliance recruitment in the Asia-Pacific region. An interview with Nisha Chugh, Head of Legal & Compliance, ConnectedGroup
Nisha Chugh is Head of Legal & Compliance for ConnectedGroup, based in Hong Kong. In this interview with Asia Law Portal, she explains the state of legal and compliance recruitment in the Asia-Pacific region during COVID-19, what inspired her career in legal recruitment, the importance of lawyer purpose […]
How one lawyer is “humanizing the litigation process”: An interview with Cassandra Lee
Cassandra Lee knew early on in life that not only did she want to be a lawyer – but that she wanted to specialize in litigation. In this interview with Asia Law Portal, Lee describes what inspired her career in law, how her practice humanizes the […]
Mental Health Issues in the Law, a Topic We All Need to Talk About
GRM’s Rob Green recently sat down with Frieda Levycky of Eversheds Sutherland and founder of http://www.bravingboundaries.com, a life coaching resource for all legal professionals to discuss mental health issues in the legal sector and the rise of stress, anxiety, depression and suicide in the industry. Rob […]
How law firm partner remuneration may change post COVID-19. An interview with Rob Green, CEO of GRM
The coronavirus is impacting the legal services sector in a variety of significant ways. In this interview with Asia Law Portal, Rob Green, CEO of GRM, examines how law firm partner remuneration may change post COVID-19. Will we see any changes to law firm Partner remuneration […]
Hong Kong’s legal job market: Predictions for the coming year
In this interview with Asia Law Portal, Rob Green, CEO of GRM, provides his analysis of the past 12 months in legal recruitment in Hong Kong. And what we might expect for the rest of the year. Given the past 12 months, how has Hong Kong’s […]
Meet the Team at GRM: Asia’s Most Decorated Legal Recruitment Agency
GRM was born in Hong Kong in January 2009, when Rob Green, GRM’s CEO, moved to Hong Kong from the Cayman Islands, with no prior knowledge of the city or the Asian legal market. In the middle of the global financial crisis, GRM was born. The aim […]
Technology and IP partner Jonathan Kok hired as part of Withers tech’s expansion in Asia
Withers KhattarWong LLP is the Singapore office of international law firm Withers. He has boosted its Technology and Intellectual Property (IP) capabilities in Singapore with the hire of partner Jonathan Kok. Jonathan joins Withers from RHTLaw Taylor Wessing, where he was the Head of its Intellectual Property & […]
The current state of legal recruitment in Hong Kong. An interview with Rob Green, CEO of GRM
Hong Kong is a key conduit of foreign direct investment into and out of mainland China, and increasingly – a vital locale for Belt and Road infrastructure related legal work. In this interview with Asia Law Portal, Rob Green, CEO of GRM, provides his in-depth insights […]
Tricky tactics and quirky questions: how to find a lawyer that’s the right fit
Should we be adopting the mindgaming exploits of Meryl Streep’s character Miranda Priestly in “The Devil Wears Prada”, to find out if your candidate is the best fit for your team? The menacing fashion editor’s interrogatory questions renders Anne Hathaway’s character almost speechless in the famous […]
View your sabbatical as a career booster and not a career break
It can be a scary prospect – the thought of stepping away from your deskbound duties and taking a sabbatical. You may question what your colleagues or management think or fear about this break in proceedings and how this will impact your career development. But having […]
Why is Africa becoming so important for Asian law firms?
Are you considering Africa? Asia? The opportunities for law firms are abundant. It is well known that China is Africa’s largest economic partner with reportedly an approximate growth of 20 percent per year across all sectors bringing with it incredible opportunities for established firms as well […]
GRMSearch Q&A: Legal Recruitment Market in Asia
GRM was recently named the Best Legal Recruitment Agency of the Year in Hong Kong. What did the awarding agency see in GRM as a unique competitive advantage? (Rob Green, CEO, GRMSearch) We actually retained the title! 2015 and now 2016 saw GRM crowned Best Legal […]
Asia’s legal recruitment market grows as more foreign firms expand
“Legal recruitment in Singapore and throughout the Southeast Asia region is picking up, driven by a growing number of lawyers who are flocking from the West to the stable and quickly growing economies of the East”, as Singapore legal recruiter jlegal detailed recently on their blog. […]
Who are Asia’s leading legal recruiters?
The Asia-Pacific legal markets continue to see growth and change as we enter the second quarter of 2016. Legal Recruiters Integral to Legal Services Sector Dynamism Integral to the legal services sector’s growth and dynamism is the region’s legal recruitment specialists. Elite boutique law firms […]
What opportunity do law firm mergers in Asia create for foreign law firms?
Local law firms in China remain the most attractive merger partners in Asia for foreign law firms, according to Hong Kong-based Ben Cooper, Managing Director, GRMExecutive. Cooper outlines the reasons why these mergers remain so attractive in this interview: What opportunity do law firm mergers in Asia create […]
How social media is helping Malaysia legal career website Office Parrots achieve success
From traditional law firms to NewLaw firms, legal startups to legal recruiters, a wide variety of legal services sector organizations are utilizing social media as a means to increase visibility and attract new clients. In legal recruitment in the Asia-Pacific region in particular, Major Lindsey & […]
The Current State of the Malaysian Legal Market: A Q&A with Eddie Law, Founder of eLawyer.com.my
The Malaysian legal market is currently undergoing structural reform while competition is increasing. Here’s an update on the market in the second quarter of 2015 from Eddie Law, Founder of eLawyer.com.my: How would you describe the overall current state of the Malaysian legal market? In general, […]