Hong Kong ranks third most popular destination with expat lawyers - survey
Hong Kong is the third most popular destination in the world for expatriate lawyers, according to a new report commissioned by business school ESCP Europe and recruiter Hydrogen. Some 9% of legal professionals surveyed ranked the North Asian financial hub as their preferred relocation destination, beating Australia, which was the favourite of 7%, and Canada which was number one among 6%.
May 20, 2013 at 12:31 AM
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Hong Kong is the third most popular destination in the world for expatriate lawyers to move to, according to a new report commissioned by business school ESCP Europe and recruiter Hydrogen.
Some 9% of legal professionals surveyed ranked the North Asian financial hub as their preferred relocation destination, beating Australia, which was the favourite of 7%, and Canada which was number one among 6%.
As for the legal professionals who had moved to Hong Kong, all said the experience had accelerated their personal development, whilst 89% said it had improved their career prospects and the same portion said it had boosted their salary.
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