Moving in-house – what are the challenges for managing partners?
Law firm managing partners who have become general counsel say the transition is more challenging than it may appear.
August 14, 2018 at 07:00 AM
9 minute read
The original version of this story was published on Corporate Counsel
Leading a law firm is hard work – long hours, office politics, plus the challenge of keeping both clients and fellow partners happy. For those top firm lawyers tiring of the grind and looking for a second wind in their legal careers, could becoming a general counsel be a good next step?
It's a transition that a handful of high-profile lawyers have made in recent years, bringing their experience with how outside counsel operate to organisations that prove much more budget-focused and hierarchical than the partnerships they left.
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