Jakem joined K&L Gates in 2019 as a seasonal clerk and then commenced the K&L Gates graduate program in March 2020. He was admitted as a lawyer in December 2020. As part of his graduate program, he worked in the Restructuring & Insolvency (Commercial Litigation), Real Estate and Corporate M&A teams.
Prior to joining K&L Gates, Jakem was a Taxation Consultant at ShineWing Australia in the Corporate Tax team. He has also worked in various roles which include as an intern for a Singaporean consumer to consumer marketplace app and as a logistics supervisor in the manufacturing and importing industry.