Interviewing for a US associate position in Asia can be quite different from interviewing for a spot down the street in New York or another major domestic market.  Similar to applying at US offices, key determining factors on whether you will have a chance of interviewing are top firm experience and impressive JD academics. The other [...]

Evan here. If you are a transactional associate at a top US firm and your name happens to be of Asian origin, especially of Chinese background, then you are probably receiving multiple cold calls per day from recruiters. After all the Asia lateral biglaw markets, especially HK / China are red hot now and it [...]

Your choice of a 2L summer position and permanent first year position can drastically affect your marketability in Asia. We often speak to law students and lawyers with glowing resumes who likely will never land out in Asia biglaw because they chose a career path incompatible with landing in Asia biglaw.  You are in a [...]

Robert Kinney here, writing from my hometown, Austin, Texas. We’re enjoying fine weather for our music conference, South by Southwest (SXSW) this this week, and I’m having a slow week (on purpose) at work. Slow, for me, is about 9 calls a day with candidates and clients, instead of 20 or 30. One of the [...]

Last week we discussed some of the things law firm partners seek when staffing their overseas outposts in Asia. To be a successful associate, you need an entrepreneurial spirit, a high level of maturity for your experience level, and an outgoing personality (i.e., not overly academic). You should should be well put-together, presenting as little [...]

This week we are going to discuss what partners at U.S. or U.K. firms’ Asia offices seek when they are considering U.S. associate candidates. These topics are related in that the partners who interview candidates typically are looking to identify the people who will be most happy not only with the work that is presented [...]