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I am 39 now and beginning law school late in life. I plan to graduate from law school in 2029 at 44, then spend up to 5 years in a big law firm, then by 49 possibly become assistant general counsel at an investment bank like Goldman. 44 starting big law or 49 as assistant general counsel at a non law firm is still significantly under 65 average retirement age, so investment banks don’t seem to have mandatory retirement ages right like law firms?

Partnerships (including financial firms set up that way) use mandatory retirement ages to ensure refreshment of a group of shareholder-employees who traditionally are unfireable.

Modern GS, like most professionally-managed corporations, doesn't need that; they'll just can you (incl. by offering a severance deal that's too good to refuse) when you're past your prime.