I appreciate the RS has a rep as being a bad practice area.
Constant fire-drills. No work/life balance. Highly stressful. Unpredictable.
My girlfriend does regulatory. She has pretty calm hours writing memos. I am so humiliated.
Anyone have a silver lining? Fantastic hidden exits? Way I see it is at least there is demand. At least they need me. I like and am good at litigation, much more so than corporate or finance which unfortunately is heavy in RS

Offshore opportunities. Probably less for regulatory for her. Then I could come back and work for a distressed fund. I have no idea what that involves, but it sounds well-paid and less stressy than RS in biglaw.