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Allen & Overy v. Fried Frank
Narrowed down the choices and am submitting a repoll. Interested in litigation.
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Re: Allen & Overy v. Fried Frank
I'm not sure what you're looking for in terms of work/life balance but the hours at FF are very long
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Re: Allen & Overy v. Fried Frank
I am okay with long hours, looking for early substantive responsibility and great training.
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Re: Allen & Overy v. Fried Frank
I think FF is the obvious choice here. It would be a much closer call if you wanted corporate.
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Re: Allen & Overy v. Fried Frank
I guess that's the thing, the mandatory rotation did interest me and the ICM group.ImNoScar wrote:I think FF is the obvious choice here. It would be a much closer call if you wanted corporate.
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Re: Allen & Overy v. Fried Frank
Fried Frank has an excellent reputation (that far exceeds its Vault ranking) as a venerable litigation firm in NYC. If you specifically wanted international exposure or corporate, I'd probably pick A&O, but in the absence of those...
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Re: Allen & Overy v. Fried Frank
Thank you, that was a helpful comment.Lincoln wrote:Fried Frank has an excellent reputation (that far exceeds its Vault ranking) as a venerable litigation firm in NYC. If you specifically wanted international exposure or corporate, I'd probably pick A&O, but in the absence of those...
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Re: Allen & Overy v. Fried Frank
I don't know how much weight people give chambers, but AO is band 1 for NY lit, FF is band 2.Lincoln wrote:Fried Frank has an excellent reputation (that far exceeds its Vault ranking) as a venerable litigation firm in NYC. If you specifically wanted international exposure or corporate, I'd probably pick A&O, but in the absence of those...
http://www.chambers-associate.com/Law/FirmFeature/3840
http://www.chambers-associate.com/Law/FirmFeature/7
I'm not quite sure why people think FF is the obvious choice there.
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Re: Allen & Overy v. Fried Frank
One is band 1 in the "highly regarded category"... the other is band 2 in the "elite" category.NJPitcher wrote:I don't know how much weight people give chambers, but AO is band 1 for NY lit, FF is band 2.Lincoln wrote:Fried Frank has an excellent reputation (that far exceeds its Vault ranking) as a venerable litigation firm in NYC. If you specifically wanted international exposure or corporate, I'd probably pick A&O, but in the absence of those...
http://www.chambers-associate.com/Law/FirmFeature/3840
http://www.chambers-associate.com/Law/FirmFeature/7
I'm not quite sure why people think FF is the obvious choice there.
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Re: Allen & Overy v. Fried Frank
Well that makes sense. They should distinguish those sorts of things on the chambers associates page.Anonymous User wrote:One is band 1 in the "highly regarded category"... the other is band 2 in the "elite" category.NJPitcher wrote:I don't know how much weight people give chambers, but AO is band 1 for NY lit, FF is band 2.Lincoln wrote:Fried Frank has an excellent reputation (that far exceeds its Vault ranking) as a venerable litigation firm in NYC. If you specifically wanted international exposure or corporate, I'd probably pick A&O, but in the absence of those...
http://www.chambers-associate.com/Law/FirmFeature/3840
http://www.chambers-associate.com/Law/FirmFeature/7
I'm not quite sure why people think FF is the obvious choice there.
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Re: Allen & Overy v. Fried Frank
Anyone have experience with either of these firms that they can speak to? Curious about exit options, firm culture, reputation in/out if NYC etc...
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