We have recently been working with several firms in Tokyo on hiring needs which range from M&A/cap markets to project finance to litigation/dispute resolution.   In the past 5 months, the following roles in Tokyo BigLaw have popped up: Junior to mid-level US associate candidates with capital markets experience.  Ideal candidates will also have experience in [...]

Please feel free to check out this link to see some of our recent articles on expat / cola allowances in Asia. As we predicted in November, ’10, US$80,000 has become much more the standard in Hong Kong and China.  80k has replaced 60k as what is considered a highly competitive number. Most US and [...]

Evan Jowers here. There is nothing like expat package discussion to get our readership up. It seems like we have recently written on this topic, but there has since then continued to be an uptick in housing / cola, as well as a lot of momentum for a cross the board market shift upwards regarding [...]

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. Please note that Robert Kinney and I will be back in Hong Kong all next week for meetings. Although our schedule is tight, we can fit in some meetings with prospective biglaw or in-house candidates. Feel free to reach out to us at asia@kinneyrecruiting.com. In just the past few weeks, we have seen [...]

A great draw of US biglaw associates to Hong Kong is the lucrative and somewhat illogical expat / cola allowances. Even though the cost of living in Hong Kong is not much different than New York (housing is a bit higher in HK), it is common to receive an expat / cola allowance of well [...]

In 2009, investment guru Jim Rogers quipped, “If you were smart in 1807 you moved to London, if you were smart in 1907 you moved to New York City, and if you are smart in 2007 you move to Asia.” Asia’s fertile investment potential tends to attract the entrepreneurial, motivated, risk-taking and driven sort – [...]

Alexis Lamb here, writing from Singapore to share with you some insights and opportunities that Hong Kong’s lion-faced neighbors to the south have to offer. NO LANGUAGE SKILLS NEEDED One of the major advantages in considering Singapore is that language skills are not necessary to get a job, or even live, in Singapore. English is [...]