Practice areas and how they translate to lateral opportunities
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 1:20 pm
Trying to gauge what the most useful practice area to begin in if starting in the corporate group of a big law firm and what the lateral options are? Not sure what the strengths and weaknesses are of Private Equity, Capital Markets, M&A, Fund formation, Project finance, lender/borrower debt representation and all the other things that fall under the corporate umbrella.
For instance, I hear capital markets is really good if interested in working abroad, but not as useful if you transition in-house to a f500 company. Or that bankruptcy is really cyclical.
What about if you want to go into fed government and financial regulatory work? If you want to go into banking? If you want to go in house to, say, a media company? A start up? Or what’s the most versatile practice specialty?
Discuss.
For instance, I hear capital markets is really good if interested in working abroad, but not as useful if you transition in-house to a f500 company. Or that bankruptcy is really cyclical.
What about if you want to go into fed government and financial regulatory work? If you want to go into banking? If you want to go in house to, say, a media company? A start up? Or what’s the most versatile practice specialty?
Discuss.