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Maybe you are exaggerating this a tad bit?
Also, given that UK taxes the individuals earning more than GBP 150k one can safely assume they will be within the top bracket of fee earners in UK.
NQ salary of 107.5 k pounds after taxes comes at around 65k pounds.
Use any cost of living comparison and you will find that 65k pounds in London does not translate to more than 16 lakhs in Delhi or 20 lakhs in Mumbai.
Also, look at the long term prospects, even though NQ salary is high, rise in salary as you progress is very low. 5 PQE in Linkalters are making 160k which after taxes comes at around 100k.
100k is again not more than 32 lakhs in Delhi and 40 lakhs in Mumbai.
Money wise, you are far better off in India than in London. But, London as a city is hands down way better than Delhi/Mumbai
Maybe you can use this index. It takes into account the taxation too
Cheers.
a) During the pandemic, when travel to Australia / NZ became super difficult, many Aussie / NZ lawyers left the UK to go back home, and the pipeline of Aussie / NZ lawyers to MC firms decreased significantly. Indian lawyers were best placed to fill this gap (especially because Indian law firm culture became even more toxic during the pandemic / work from home days).
b) Like someone pointed out above, these practices are easily transferable globally. There is no jurisdiction-specific experience necessary really.
And to the person who said T1 lawyers live like royals in India but peasants in the UK, you are very right on the first count, and extremely wrong on the second.