My impression is that prestige matters much less than client rosters and networking connections when it comes to general counsel offices, but for firm-to-firm transfers, the prestige of the firm you're coming from/the prestige of the practice area you worked in are the most important factor.Anonymous User wrote:Does prestige matter for exit options to other firms/general counsel offices? While Skadden doesn't have the historical prestige that S&C/Cravath have, it has the greatest reach across the country outside of New York. Even though a much bigger percentage of its M&A deals are smaller ones compared to percentages at S&C/Cravath, it probably has a much larger corporate client base compared to Cravath/S&C.
S&C/Cravath are New York-centric; Skadden is not. To an extent, then, I think Skadden carries a bit more weight comparatively outside NYC.
