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What practice area, if any, lends best to the highest paying in-house positions?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 4:09 pm
by threetwentyeight
Of course, landing a high paying in-house gig is not a given.
But assuming all else being equivalent (number of years' experience, school attended, rank, etc.) what practice area would be best as a springboard to higher paying in-house jobs? Or, as a corollary, what practice area opens up the most in-house opportunities?
Thanks, all!
Re: What practice area, if any, lends best to the highest paying in-house positions?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 4:17 pm
by Anonymous User
Anything transactional will open up a lot of inhouse opportunities. On the flip side, try not to be a litigator if you want to go inhouse since those positions are few and far between.
In terms of highest paying jobs, most GCs I've worked under seem to have a securities law background, so consider that as a practice area while in BigLaw.
Re: What practice area, if any, lends best to the highest paying in-house positions?
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 11:51 pm
by threetwentyeight
Thank you!
What about tax? Capital markets?
Re: What practice area, if any, lends best to the highest paying in-house positions?
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2021 7:56 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 4:17 pm
Anything transactional will open up a lot of inhouse opportunities. On the flip side, try not to be a litigator if you want to go inhouse since those positions are few and far between.
In terms of highest paying jobs, most GCs I've worked under seem to have a securities law background, so consider that as a practice area while in BigLaw.
Interesting. I heard that M&A set people up best to become GC.
Re: What practice area, if any, lends best to the highest paying in-house positions?
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2021 8:26 pm
by DougEvans789
I have the impression that, for litigators, patent folks have an advantage. (1) true? (2) strictly out of curiosity, how do salaries compare to what, say, M&A folks get?