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April 14, 2020
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I’VE LOST THE H-1B VISA LOTTERY – WHAT NOW?

Originally published here on LinkedIn on April 14, 2020 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 – losing the H-1B visa lottery. If you wer...

April 2, 2020
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Asia BigLaw Hiring and COVID-19 – April Update

Originally posted here on LinkedIn on April 1, 2020 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 initially caught off guard a bit by the realit...

March 14, 2020
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Asia BigLaw Hiring in the Time of a Coronavirus Pandemic

Originally published here on LinkedIn on March 13, 2020 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 nightlife hubs – are ghost towns....

January 19, 2020
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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 be in Asia, but you haven’t had the time to give any thought as to how to optimize your nex...

June 19, 2019
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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 Asia for US Associates are: Capital Markets, M&A / Private Equity (including Fund Formation), an...

November 11, 2018
Advice , Finance , Legal
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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 surrounding expat packages / cost-of-living adjustments (or “COLA”). How Big Is My Expat Package? ...

March 18, 2018
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Market Predictions for 2018

Contrary to what many may think, the common Lunar New Year greeting of Gong Xi Fa Cai (or Kung Hei Fat Choi in Cantonese) does not translate into ‘Happy New Year’. Instead, it is a wish for the recipient of the greeting to experience wealth and prosperity. Coming off a strong 2017, the Asia mark...

February 27, 2018
Advice , Legal
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Ace Your Next Interview by Thinking Like an Olympian

In Pyeongchang, the Olympic stage either inspired or intimidated. Red Gerard nailed his final slopestyle run to move from eleventh place into the gold medal spot. Mirai Nagasu delivered her triple Axel to seal a team bronze, and the duo of Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall were the picture of grit a...

November 8, 2017
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Hong Kong – A Lawyer’s Guide to Work and Life

HONG KONG – A LAWYER’S GUIDE TO WORK AND LIFE What’s it like to be a deal lawyer in Hong Kong compared to, say, in New York? The most significant difference is in the level of responsibility that associates get at earlier phases of their careers. Third-year M&A associates in New York BigLa...