Go your own way
Nigel Boardman has been a partner at Slaughter and May for more than 20 years, practising mainly in corporate/ mergers and acquisitions. Here he talks about his career to date and why he chose the path he did
March 23, 2005 at 07:03 PM
10 minute read
My decision to become a lawyer was based on a number of factors that made it seem a natural career choice for me.
When I was considering my options, careers were confined to three main professions – medicine, accountancy and the law. Since I did not have the stomach for blood and gore or a particular passion for numbers, a natural tendency towards the law emerged.
My father's early legal career as a solicitor was an encouraging factor, even though I had seen the long hours he put in to his work. He subsequently left the law to pursue another career in the wider business arena, which indicated to me that a legal career might be a useful stepping stone to other things in the future.
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