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Eritrea-born lawyer is new head of corporate counsel association
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Ms Dessi Berhane-Silassie, a senior in-house counsel and the new president of the Singapore Corporate Counsel Association, says pro bono services will be a key focus for the body next year.
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On finishing law school in England, Ms Dessi Berhane-Silassie applied to 200 law firms to be a trainee. Every one of them rejected her.
Disheartened but undefeated, she decided to give it one more try before turning to the banking sector.
