DPW, S&C or STB ? Forum

[Anonymous User]

Looking to do corporate work. Not sure if I want capital markets, M&A, etc. Sitting on offers from all three firms.

[rayiner]

Looking to do corporate work. Not sure if I want capital markets, M&A, etc. Sitting on offers from all three firms.

Where would you rather work? If financial district -> go to S&C.
Otherwise, if you don't get your preferred practice area, would you rather be slotted into capital markets or M&A? If the former, go to DPW. Otherwise go to STB.

[Anonymous User]

I'm actually in the exact same boat deciding between these three, but for litigation. Not to highjack, but any recommendations either way?

[Anonymous User]

I'm actually in the exact same boat deciding between these three, but for litigation. Not to highjack, but any recommendations either way?

I know a couple people at SullCrom doing litigation who have mentioned to me that they're a little unhappy with the direction that the department is going in. Being neither interested in litigation nor in SullCrom, I don't usually ask a lot of follow-up questions. I don't know much about STB's lit work, but I think that generally speaking, DPW is a fantastic place to practice litigation. Some really great people with fantastic exit options.

[Anonymous User]

Looking to do corporate work. Not sure if I want capital markets, M&A, etc. Sitting on offers from all three firms.

Where would you rather work? If financial district -> go to S&C.
Otherwise, if you don't get your preferred practice area, would you rather be slotted into capital markets or M&A? If the former, go to DPW. Otherwise go to STB.

lol what. all of these firms do roughly similar quality cap markets and M&A work. the difference to any given associate is minimal. at best, the kinds of clients differ slightly, in the the way that artificial sweeteners differ. if you have a preference for working with a certain kind of client, take that in to consideration, but realize that there will be overlap. you need to feel out where you feel most comfortable yourself.

[rayiner]

Looking to do corporate work. Not sure if I want capital markets, M&A, etc. Sitting on offers from all three firms.

Where would you rather work? If financial district -> go to S&C.
Otherwise, if you don't get your preferred practice area, would you rather be slotted into capital markets or M&A? If the former, go to DPW. Otherwise go to STB.

lol what. all of these firms do roughly similar quality cap markets and M&A work. the difference to any given associate is minimal. at best, the kinds of clients differ slightly, in the the way that artificial sweeteners differ. if you have a preference for working with a certain kind of client, take that in to consideration, but realize that there will be overlap. you need to feel out where you feel most comfortable yourself.

I didn't say anything about the quality of the practices. I was referring to the probability of being slotted into non-first choice practices based on the size of the practices at the respective firms. It's unlikely, but does happen.