“Do international firms hire mainly from the SG Big 4 firms?” This is a common question posed to us and while we do not deny that Allen & Gledhill, Drew & Napier, Rajah & Tann and WongPartnership are often a convenient first port of call when an international firm looks to fill a vacancy, it is still possible for a lawyer outside of these firms to throw your name into the mix.
An observant reader would have spotted three lawyers moving from Morgan Lewis Stamford across to CMS Holborn. This is no mere coincidence and is actually part of a team move following Kelvin Aw and Lynette Chew, who were both directors at Morgan Lewis Stamford specialising in construction, infrastructure and engineering matters and also worked together previously at Inca Law and Harry Elias.
| JOINED | SG BAR | PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE | EDUCATION |
| King & Spalding (International Arbitration) |
2018 | Cavenagh Law | Cambridge, 2016 |
| Holman Fenwick Willan (QLTS Traineeship Programme) |
2017 | Braddell Brothers | SMU, 2016 |
| CMS Holborn (Dispute Resolution) |
2016 | Morgan Lewis Stamford | NUS, 2015 |
| Linklaters (Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions) |
2016 | Allen & Gledhill | NUS, 2015 |
| CMS Holborn (Dispute Resolution) |
2015 | Morgan Lewis Stamford | University College of London, 2013 |
| Withers KhattarWong (Private Client and Tax) |
2015 | Drew & Napier | SMU, 2014 |
| CMS Holborn (Dispute Resolution) |
2013 | Morgan Lewis Stamford | LSE, 2010 |
| Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy (Global Transportation and Space) |
2012 | Clifford Chance ← Allen & Gledhill |
NUS, 2015 |
| K&L Gates (Corporate/M&A) |
2011 | Morgan Lewis Stamford | NUS, 2010 |