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

Anonymous User wrote: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.

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 wrote: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.

rayiner wrote:

Anonymous User wrote: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.

Anonymous User wrote:

rayiner wrote:

Anonymous User wrote: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.