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Ed. note: This post is authored by Evan Jowers and Robert Kinney of Kinney Recruiting, sponsor of the Asia Chronicles. Kinney has made more placements of U.S. associates and partners in Asia than any other firm in the past five years. You can reach them by email: asia@kinneyrecruiting.com

Happy Chinese New Year! We were extremely busy the past few months, including most of our US based team working from our Hong Kong offices during November and December.

As a follow up from our recent post, which listed our 62 US associate and counsel placements in Asia last year (vast majority in HK / China), please note that thus far in January ’12, we have already made seven US associate and counsel placements in Asia. This is an especially impressive number, considering the biglaw lateral hiring market in Asia is down right now (see state of the market brief overview below). These new placements are of new hires in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai, who were interviewing with their new firm for a month or more and they are spread out among different practice areas, including project finance, litigation, fund formation, M&A and cap markets. We are close on four additional new associate placements, in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Shanghai, that we expect to close soon. We do not discuss partner placements in these articles, but the pace of partner recruitment in Asia (a large part of our business) has continued.

Hedge Fund In-House Openings in Hong Kong

We are seeing a small run of new in-house openings in Hong Kong at hedge funds. We are currently filling three different in-house positions at three different hedge funds in Hong Kong, two of these searches we are handling on an exclusive basis. All three will most likely be filled by a US associate, with about 4 to 6 years of experience. Mandarin not required. Candidates from NYC and London will be considered, but at one of these funds the new hire will likely come from Hong Kong / China or Singapore (with HK being the strong preference).

Please feel free to reach out to us at asia@kinneyrecruiting.com if you are interested in these hedge fund openings. As you probably would expect, the competition for these spots will be fierce and the funds will be very selective when choosing which candidates to interview.

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Lateral Link Director Julie Locke is currently working closely with leading firms throughout California searching for labor and employment attorneys. Labor and employment is one of the hottest areas across the country, and one of the top firms in the U.S. is seeking a labor and employment associate. The recession has led to a bigger demand for this specialty, so if you’re skilled and interested, read on for this week’s Job of the Week, provided by Lateral Link.

Position: Labor & Employment Associate

Description: A top law firm has an immediate opening for a mid-level (minimum 3-5 years of experience) L & E associate. Those with experience working in a labor & employment practice at a top firm are preferred, but the firm is open to commercial litigators with labor & employment experience who would like to focus in the practice area.

Location: Los Angeles, CA

This opportunity is brought to you by Julie Locke, Lateral Link recruiter covering California. To apply for this opportunity or other opportunities, please register at www.laterallink.com. You can also reach out to Julie directly via email at jlocke@laterallink.com. If you are a Lateral Link member already, see position #10906. Still interested in the position, but not the location? We have a number of other L&E openings nationwide, so contact us for more details.

As the snow starts to fall in most parts of the country, Floridians are practicing their golf swing and spending weekends at the beach. But it’s not just the weather that’s hot. The legal market is on fire as well. Read on for the latest Job of the Week provided by Lateral Link.

Our Lateral Link Southeast Director, Scott Hodes, is currently working closely with the top firms in the region to fill junior and mid-level positions in Health Care, Corporate, Trusts & Estates and Real Estate, among other practice areas, and all levels of Litigation. Now is definitely the time to make the move down South!

One of the hottest areas right now is Health Care, and one of the top firms in the country is looking to add a Health Care associate at either the junior, mid or senior level.

Position: Health Care Transactional / Regulatory Associate

Description: Experience in assisting health care companies and private equity funds with health care investments in connection with all of their health care transactional, corporate and regulatory needs. An understanding or experience with the Stark law, fraud and abuse laws, anti-kickback laws and state licensure laws would be a plus.

Location: Miami, Florida

This opportunity is brought to you by Scott Hodes, Lateral Link recruiter covering Florida, Atlanta, Charlotte and other parts of the Southeast. To apply for this opportunity or other opportunites, please register at www.laterallink.com. You can also reach out to Scott directly via email at shodes@laterallink.com. If you are a Lateral Link member already, see position #10391 (junior), position #9266 (mid), and position #9267 (senior), or contact your recruiter for more details.


In 2009, a small group of Harvard Law School students noticed an absurd monopoly in the bar prep space, held by an unchallenged leader with a non-evolving product. In response, these students teamed up with Harvard Law alumni to launch BarMax on January 14, 2010.

The mission: democratize bar prep by embracing new technologies to provide the very best bar exam review courses at a fraction of the cost normally associated with these courses.

Since then, with the encouragement of thousands of students and an unwavering commitment to their success, BarMax has established itself as a comprehensive alternative to the stagnant, over-priced status quo.

As we continue to expand, we do not want to lose sight of the basic premises that led us to create BarMax in the first place. If you are a law student who believes that there is something fundamentally wrong with being forced to take out yet another loan to pay for a $4,000 bar exam prep course, you are not alone.

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Today’s Job of the Week is an exciting and unique opportunity for a bright and talented individual to switch out of the law and join a dynamic, fast-paced, nonprofit charter school network. Lateral Link’s recruiters are looking to fill multiple non-legal positions for this growing company, and if you have experience in or a passion for education, please see below for more details.

Position: Multiple non-legal spots at all levels, in areas including curriculum, people/talent management, and external affairs.

Location: New York, NY

Description: Do you have a passion for education? Have you been considering a move out of the legal profession? We are working with a charter school network based in New York City that is growing at a very impressive pace. They are looking to fill a host of positions, from junior to managing directors. A background in education is helpful, but if you have a serious interest in the field, then it could be a fit. Excellent academic credentials required. Very competitive pay, and plenty of room for growth.

This opportunity is brought to you by Lateral Link Managing Director Ryan Belville. Ryan is a Vanderbilt University Law graduate. To work with Ryan and to apply to this opportunity or other opportunities in his territory, please register at www.laterallink.com and select him as your preferred recruiter. You can also reach out to him directly via email at rbelville@laterallink.com.


Ed. note: This post is authored by Evan Jowers and Robert Kinney of Kinney Recruiting, sponsor of the Asia Chronicles. Kinney has made more placements of U.S. associates and partners in Asia than any other firm in the past five years. You can reach them by email: asia@kinneyrecruiting.com

The lateral hiring market for biglaw US attorneys has slowed down substantially in the past four months. We at Kinney have been fortunate to have continued a nice run of placements, but even our pace has slowed due to market conditions. We have made 62 placements of US associates and counsels at law firms in Asia in 2011 thus far (the vast majority in Hong Kong/ China and not including partners or in house placements), but 42 of those had come by the end of June. Our pace would have slowed down even further had we not been successful in making a much larger than usual number of fund formation and litigation placements for a four month period.

Please see our list of 2011 Asia placements below:

Skadden – Hong Kong *
Milbank – Singapore*
Shearman – Beijing
Morrison & Foerster – Hong Kong*
Davis Polk – Hong Kong*
Skadden – Shanghai
Skadden – Beijing
Latham – Beijing
Latham – Hong Kong*
Latham – Singapore
Paul Hastings – Hong Kong *
Simpson Thacher – Hong Kong*
Ropes & Gray – Hong Kong
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Ropes & Gray – Shanghai*
Orrick – Hong Kong
Orrick – Beijing
Clifford Chance – Singapore*
Clifford Chance – Hong Kong
A&O – Hong Kong*
Proskauer Rose – Hong Kong
Baker & McKenzie – Hong Kong
Freshfields – Hong Kong
Shearman – Hong Kong*
White & Case – Singapore
Linklaters – Singapore
O’Melveny – Shanghai*
Skadden – Singapore
Vinson & Elkins – Shanghai
CWT – Beijing
Debevoise – Hong Kong*
Kirkland & Ellis – Hong Kong*
Kirkland & Ellis – Shanghai*
Gibson Dunn – Hong Kong
White & Case – Beijing
Kobre & Kim – Hong Kong*
Shearman – Singapore
Hogan Lovells – Tokyo
Freshfields – Tokyo
* denotes multiple placements at the firm in question.

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Do you secretly wish you could escape the rat race, grow a handlebar mustache, hang out in coffee shops, and live in flannel shirts? If so, check out the latest Job of the Week provided by Lateral Link — it’s your chance to move to Portland and be a professional attorney by day, and hipster by night.

Position: Corporate Associate

Description: A top, national firm with a large presence in the Pacific Northwest is seeking to hire a corporate associate with 2-3 years of experience. The successful candidate must have experience with corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and debt financings, and securities laws.

Location: Portland, OR

This opportunity is brought to you by Lateral Link recruiter, Danielle Massari. To apply to this opportunity or other Portland opportunities, please register at www.laterallink.com. You can also reach out to Danielle directly via email at dmassari@laterallink.com. If you already are a Lateral Link member, see position #9898, or contact your recruiter for more details.

Let’s be honest: real estate lawyers got hit harder than most during the recession. Could the tide finally be turning in their favor? Over the last few weeks, Lateral Link recruiters have seen several jobs for real estate attorneys pop up all over the country. If you are a junior real estate attorney, check out the Job of the Week below. It is one of many fantastic real estate opportunities available through Lateral Link.

Position: Junior – Mid-Level Real Estate Associate

Description: One of Lateral Link’s clients is looking for a real estate attorney with 1-4 years of experience handling transactions including real estate acquisitions and sales, joint ventures, debt structuring, mezzanine financing, and related matters. This busy and expanding real estate finance practice (headed by “genuinely nice” partners) offers an associate opportunity for growth, and hands on experience working on very large and sophisticated deals. Candidates must have excellent academic credentials and top firm experience.

Location: Los Angeles, CA

If you are currently a Lateral Link member, please see position #10753. Not a member? Sign up for free at www.laterallink.com to access hundreds of law firm and in-house jobs, and to work with a recruiter in your market. Current members, please contact Julie Locke, Director at Lateral Link, at jlocke@laterallink.com for more information on this position.

It may be the dead of winter, but the lateral job market is about to heat up. The recruiters at Lateral Link are working to fill hundreds of open postitions at Am Law 200 firms and Fortune 500 companies across the nation. Today’s Job of the Week presents a great opportunity for a senior employee benefits attorney to join a top firm in Atlanta.

Position: Senior Employee Benefits Associate

Location: Atlanta, GA

Description: A top firm, known for its strong employee benefits practice, is hiring a senior level Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Associate with 5+ years of experience. Candidates must have broad expertise in employee benefits (executive compensation, qualified, non-qualified, health & welfare plans), a strong work ethic, and a good attitude.

This opportunity is brought to you by Lateral Link Director Scott Hodes. Scott is a University of Florida Levin College of Law graduate and former law firm partner who oversees attorney placements and client services in Florida, Atlanta, and other markets in the Southeast. To work with Scott and to apply to this opportunity or other opportunities in his territory, please register at www.laterallink.com and select him as your preferred recruiter. You can also reach out to him directly via email at shodes@laterallink.com. If you already are a Lateral Link member, see position #10632, or contact your recruiter for more details.

Lately, the Feds have been pretty serious about cracking down on corporate creeps. If you enjoy keeping your clients on the straight and narrow, then this week’s Job of the Week is for you. Lateral Link’s client, a Securities Litigation group of an Am Law 100 firm, is looking for a litigation attorney with FCPA experience. The group is thriving, and this could be an excellent opportunity for an associate who wants great career advancement prospects and a strong platform.

Position: Litigation Associate

Description of Position: Top firm is seeking a mid-senior level litigation and SEC enforcement associate, with 4 or more years of experience, for the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Practice Group in their New York office. Ideal candidates for this position must have prior law firm and/or government experience involving internal investigations, SEC enforcement matters, and/or white collar litigation in connection with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, insider trading, and other securities laws and regulations. Qualified candidates must have excellent legal analysis and writing skills, as well as experience managing large cases.

Location: New York, NY

This opportunity is brought to you by Lateral Link Director May Smythe. To work with May and to apply to this opportunity or other opportunities in New York, please register at www.laterallink.com and select her as your preferred recruiter. You can also reach out to her directly via email at msmythe@laterallink.com. If you already are a Lateral Link member, see position #9323, or contact your recruiter for more details.

Give yourself the gift that will keep on giving — a new job! The recruiters at Lateral Link have an amazing in-house opportunity at a well-established bank, based in Minnesota. Check out the Job of the Week below for more details.

Position: Senior Legal Counsel (Banking)

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Description: Lateral Link’s client is hiring an attorney with 5+ years of banking experience in-house and/or with a law firm. This person would be responsible for providing legal representation and support for a variety of legal and/or compliance-related topics as they pertain to the retail banking business. Experience with retail banking, deposits, and lending is required along with a solid grasp on regulatory compliance matters and laws and rules that affect consumer/retail banking activities.

For more details, please contact Katy Lewis, at klewis@laterallink.com, or see position #10648 on the Lateral Link website. If you are not currently a Lateral Link member, you can sign up for free at www.laterallink.com. Lateral Link offers Members a $1000 referral fee for each attorney referred to us who is not already part of the Lateral Link network, and who subsequently obtains a position through Lateral Link.

If you are an IP attorney who is looking for an in-house gig, Christmas may come early for you this year. This week’s Job of the Week is an excellent opportunity for an IP attorney to work in-house for a well-established, public company with annual sales over $5 billion! Lateral Link has been retained to find a Patent Prosecution Counsel for a Fortune 500 company’s Palo Alto office. Check out the details below.

Position: Patent Prosecution Counsel

Description of Position: The Patent Prosecution Counsel will assist with the completion of invention disclosures, work with the technical team to draft and file patent applications, and manage outside counsel. Qualifications: JD and license to practice in at least one state; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science; experience with consumer electronic devices; experience in U.S. and foreign patent preparation and prosecution at a law firm and/or in-house.

Location: Palo Alto, California

This opportunity is brought to you by Lateral Link’s In-House Director Diana Rubin. To work with Diana and to apply to this opportunity or other in-house opportunities, please register at www.laterallink.com. You can also reach out to her directly via email at drubin@laterallink.com. If you already are a Lateral Link member, see position position #10658, or contact your recruiter for more details.

Today’s Job of the Week is for a Biglaw trained corporate associate who is looking to relocate to the Chicago office of a Chamber-rated, international firm. This firm’s busy and well-respected, public M&A practice has an international platform with a major cross-border practice. Plus, Lateral Link recruiters have a solid relationship with the firm’s corporate partners. Don’t forget, you’ll receive a $10,000 signing bonus when you use Lateral Link to find you a new job!

Position: Corporate Associate

Location: Chicago, IL

Description of Position: Our client is seeking a mid-level corporate associate with 3-6 years of experience in corporate M&A. Candidates must have large law firm experience and excellent academic credentials. Relocators from major markets (New York and California) are encouraged to apply.

This opportunity is brought to you by Lateral Link Director John Thurmond. To work with John and to apply to this opportunity or other opportunities in Chicago, please register at www.laterallink.com and select him as your preferred recruiter. You can also reach out to him directly via email at jthurmond@laterallink.com. If you already are a Lateral Link member, see position position #10501 or contact your recruiter for more details.


Lawyers are notoriously risk-averse, but accidents still happen. People fall off ladders, cars crash, routine medical procedures don’t go as planned. A bad office chair hurts your back, an old company keyboard gives you a repetitive stress injury.

The point is that lawyers aren’t invincible.

When something unexpected goes wrong, it’s your legal and civil right to make an accident claim and get your life back on track as soon as possible.

That’s where First Personal Injury comes in. The British firm has an in-house team of injury claim specialists who handle every kind of accident and injury claim on a no win, no fee basis. Whether you’ve suffered a minor personal injury or a major life-changing accident, the firm can protect your rights and help you make an injury claim for the compensation to which you are entitled.

Here is just a partial list of the types of injuries for which the firm offers services:
* Back Injuries
* Breaks and Fractures
* Burn Injuries
* Damaged Sight and Hearing
* Whiplash and Neck Injuries
* Industrial Injuries
* Catastrophic Injuries
* RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury)
* Vibration White Finger
* Hearing Loss Injuries

The firm has well over a decade of experience litigating accident claims. The team works to the highest legal standards and provides a friendly and professional service. As lawyers know, the legal system is often tedious and stressful, but First Personal Injury will make sure your accident claims are as simple, stress-free and successful as possible. It’s no accident First Personal Injury is one of the United Kingdom’s leading personal injury law firms.

If you’re in the U.K and have suffered personal injury, whether through an auto accident, medical malpractice or any other cause, get in touch with First Personal Injury to file a claim. The sooner you get justice for your suffering, the sooner you can get your life back on track.

Are you a tax lawyer looking for an in-house opportunity that is sure to be a gas? Look no further! Lateral Link has an incredible opportunity (think excellent benefits plus work-life balance) for an attorney to work in-house at a major oil and gas company. Check out the Job of the Week below for more details.

Position: Legislative Tax Specialist

Description: A large oil and gas company seeks a legislative tax specialist with 7+ years experience in corporate tax. Experience with government relations and legislative bodies preferred.

Location: Houston, TX

For more details, please contact Katy Lewis, at klewis@laterallink.com, or see position #10569 on the Lateral Link website. If you are not currently a Lateral Link member, you can sign up for free at www.laterallink.com. Lateral Link offers Members a $1,000 referral fee for each attorney referred to us who is not already part of the Lateral Link network and who subsequently obtains a position through Lateral Link.

Yesterday, we posted The Top 4 Reasons To Be Thankful For Your Biglaw Job This Thanksgiving. Today, we are giving you one more reason to celebrate Thanksgiving — a great job opportunity at one of Chicago’s premier law firms. This Job of the Week is brought to you by Lateral Link, which has an inside track with this firm — one of their recruiters, Katy Lewis, recently placed two transactional associates in this office.

Position: Corporate Associate

Location: Chicago, IL

Bonus: This position qualifies for Lateral Link’s $10,000 placement bonus.

Description: An outgoing and dynamic group of a top Am Law 100 Chicago law firm is looking for an associate with and 2-4 years (class of 2007 – 2010) of Capital Markets experience to work with clients in a sub-set of their corporate group. Personality, top academics credentials, and large law firm experience is required. The firm is open to people interested in relocating to Chicago from other major markets.

For more details, please see position #9662 on the Lateral Link website or contact Katy Lewis, at klewis@laterallink.com. If you are not currently a Lateral Link member, you can sign up for free at www.laterallink.com. Lateral Link offers Members a $1,000 referral fee for each attorney referred to us who is not already part of the Lateral Link network, and who subsequently obtains a position through Lateral Link.


Ed. note: This post is authored by Evan Jowers and Robert Kinney of Kinney Recruiting, sponsor of the Asia Chronicles. Kinney has made more placements of U.S. associates and partners in Asia than any other firm in the past five years. You can reach them by email: asia@kinneyrecruiting.com

Come join us this Thursday evening at NYU for an Asia career development seminar put on by the Asian Practice Committee of the New York County Lawyers Association. In the past, biglaw associates have found this type of event to be of great help when considering a move to Asia. Here is some basic info on the event:

Career Development in the Legal and Finance Fields
7:00PM – 9:00PM, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011
New York University
Room 212, Furman Hall
245 Sullivan Street

Co-Organizers:
*Asian-Pacific American Law Students Association
*US China Legal Exchange Foundation
*Chinese Public Company Advisory Committee of UCCA
*Culture and Career Club
*Asian Financial Society

Interested in Asia or an Asia-focused legal or finance career? Want to find an Asian practice related job or grow your Asian practice? Curious about how to build your network and develop more career opportunities? Come join us at our career development panel with four experienced professionals in the legal and finance fields!

Topics:
1. The Asian job market for legal and financial professionals
2. Insiders’ tips on qualities that law firms and financial institutions look for in candidates
3. Insights from practitioners about how to grow your Asian practice
4. Professionals’ views on how to network and find more career opportunities in the legal
and financial industries

Panelists:
*Zhihui Julie Guo, Attorney from NY office of a top US law firm
*Alex Hao, Partner from NY office of a top Chinese law firm
*Kevin Pollack (Former lawyer and now fund manager)
*Evan P. Jowers (Head of Asia recruiting at Kinney Recruiting)

When:
7 pm, Thursday, November 17, 2011

Where:
New York University
Room 212, Furman Hall
245 Sullivan Street

Today’s Job of the Week offers a terrific opportunity for a stellar project finance attorney who wants more partner contact, more client contact, and who can handle being the right-hand person to a VIP partner. Lateral Link is working exclusively with one of the nation’s strongest project finance teams who is looking to hire a mid-level associate who will play a key role in the expansion of an already successful practice. This opportunity offers exceptional prospects for career advancement. If you want to make your mark in the project finance arena, this could be the opportunity for you. Don’t forget — when Lateral Link recruiters find you a new Biglaw job, you’ll receive a $10,000 signing bonus.

Position: Project Finance Associate

Requirements: Ideal candidates will be in the graduating class of 2006, 2007, or 2008, have excellent academics, and experience with a recognized project finance practice (ideally Chambers-rated). Candidates interested in relocating are encouraged to apply.

Location: Washington, D.C.

To learn more about this position, contact Amy Savage, Lateral Link Director and former Biglaw attorney, at asavage@laterallink.com or 202.470.0661.

The Lone Star State is in need of some top corporate talent! If you have experience in general corporate work (M&A, securities, and finance), Lateral Link’s Texas Team has several jobs for you at some of the top firms in Dallas and Houston. Today’s Job of the Week, brought to you by Lateral Link, presents a great opportunity for a corporate associate to move to one of Texas’s premier firms.

Position: Corporate Associate

Description: A prominent Texas firm is seeking corporate associates with 4-8 years of experience in M&A, private equity, and securities. Excellent academics required.

Location: Dallas, Texas

If you are currently a Lateral Link member, please see position #9665. Not a member? Sign up for free at www.laterallink.com to access hundreds of law firm and in-house jobs, and to work with a recruiter in your market.

To learn more about the Texas legal industry, contact our any of our Texas recruiters.

We all know eDiscovery is a pain. It’s expensive, tedious and risky. But what if it could be speedy, safe and less costly? That’s where Recommind comes in.

In September, Recommind, the leader in predictive information management software, was highlighted in IDC’s “MarketScape: The Worldwide Standalone Early Case Assessment Applications Report.”

The report analyzed early case assessment applications that incorporate research, text analytics, workflow automation and project management capabilities into a single product. Through in-depth surveys and customer interviews, IDC compared vendors’ capabilities and strategies, focusing on the factors most likely to influence success.

“Among the factors that made Recommind a top performer are the sophisticated and very robust analytics of the company’s Axcelerate® ECA & Collection application,” said Vivian Tero, program director at IDC.

The report notes several key strengths of the Recommind solution:

• Axcelerate ECA & Collection’s rapid indexing speed and relatively small index footprint;

• Its ability to connect with and search against an extensive list of distributed endpoints and messaging systems, including Symantec EnterpriseVault, Microsoft SharePoint and several more;

• Its ability to throttle back indexing, to minimize the impact on enterprise infrastructure and bandwidth.

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