A new poll has revealed that most Australian lawyers would be happy to up sticks and work in London or New York, but find Asian destinations far less appealing.
The Lawyers Weekly poll asked 221 respondents where in the world they would most like to work: 46% plumped for New York, whilst 36% chose London. But the plethora of rapidly expanding Asian legal hubs on Australia's doorstep proved much less popular. Only 7% of respondents would head to Singapore and Dubai if they had the chance, whilst Tokyo only managed a measly 5% of the vote.
It may not be too much of a shock that the Big Apple and the Big Smoke are most appealing to young Australian lawyers: both are capitals of finance, fashion,phone hacking and good hop-off points for travel in the Americas and Europe respectively. And the London market in particular is very keen on Aussie lawyers, as evidenced by Linklaters' recent Australasian hiring frenzy and, somewhat less smoothly, Slaughter and May's offensive-sounding plea for antipodean associates.
According to Minters' London partner Nigel Clark, Australian lawyers are "absolutely loved in London" as they're "very well trained, they have a good work ethic, and they work hard and play hard". That, and firms know that most will want to head back to the warmer climes and superior coffee of Australia before they get to partnership level. Everyone's a winner.
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The Lawyers Weekly poll asked 221 respondents where in the world they would most like to work: 46% plumped for New York, whilst 36% chose London. But the plethora of rapidly expanding Asian legal hubs on Australia's doorstep proved much less popular. Only 7% of respondents would head to Singapore and Dubai if they had the chance, whilst Tokyo only managed a measly 5% of the vote.
It may not be too much of a shock that the Big Apple and the Big Smoke are most appealing to young Australian lawyers: both are capitals of finance, fashion,
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An Australian lawyer yesterday |
According to Minters' London partner Nigel Clark, Australian lawyers are "absolutely loved in London" as they're "very well trained, they have a good work ethic, and they work hard and play hard". That, and firms know that most will want to head back to the warmer climes and superior coffee of Australia before they get to partnership level. Everyone's a winner.