ALB magazine's Employer of Choice 2009 survey aims to determine the workplace wants and needs of lawyers across the Asia - Pacific and Gulf regions, and seek out the best law firms and in - house legal teams in the market. This is your opportunity to give law firms the credit they deserve. Responses to this survey will later be collated and combined with ALB's - own research to create an in-depth and un-biased report on the legal employment landscape today. Thank you for your participation in ALB’s Employer of Choice 2009 survey. Watch out for all the results published in ALB issue 9.3. *All results from this survey are completely confidential.

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1. What location are you based in:     Please select one Mainland China Hong Kong Taiwan Korea India Philippines Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Vietnam Japan Australia New Zealand Thailand UAE

2. What is your gender? Male Female

3. Which firm do you work for?

4. What is your salary range ($US): 70-90k 91-120k 121-200k 201-300k 300k+

5. What is your title? In-house lawyer Associate Senior Associate Lawyer Partner Senior Partner Other If "Other", please specify: Required field. Additional comments:

6. How long have you been at this firm?  1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 6+ year

7. What is your daily billable hours target? 5 hours 5.5 hours 6 hours 6.5 hours 7 hours 7.5 hours 8 hours 8.5 hours

8. I consider my billable hours targets to be:   Too low Reasonable Too high Excessive

9. What is most important to you when considering a new firm to move to? (can select multiple answers) Compensation The partners that I will be working for Quality of work Partnership prospects Work/life balance Size of firm Firm reputation Additional comments:

10. How likely are you to consider moving in the current job market? Likely Unlikely Not sure Additional comments:

11. What regions would you consider moving to? (can select multiple answers) Asia Middle East US UK Europe

12. 12. Please name and rank the three firms you believe are front-runners in your jurisdiction in the following categories: *Please not that this is an anonymous survey to ascertain which firms are providing the best opportunities and benefits for their lawyers, as rated by lawyers. This is an opportunity to nominate the firm you believe to be the best and give them the credit they deserve. Invalid rank. Please ensure 3 categories need to rank. Compensation Same firm should not appear more than once in one category.  Rank  Firm No.1 No.2 No.3 Firm reputation Same firm should not appear more than once in one category.  Rank  Firm No.1 No.2 No.3 Quality of work Same firm should not appear more than once in one category.  Rank  Firm No.1 No.2 No.3 Professional development and training Same firm should not appear more than once in one category.  Rank  Firm No.1 No.2 No.3 Work-life balance Same firm should not appear more than once in one category.  Rank  Firm No.1 No.2 No.3 Additional comments: