Corporate Attorney (General)

What Does a Corporate Attorney Do?
 

• This practice area focuses on general corporate work. Corporate law includes entity formation and corporate governance.
• Corporate work includes the creation of different kinds of entities, such as corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships, as well as helping companies comply with ongoing governance and regulatory issues.
• Corporate generalists typically deal with multiple different types of corporate-related work.
• On the West Coast (particularly Silicon Valley), corporate attorneys tend to work more with private companies; they counsel technology companies, do venture work, securities, and IPOs.
• On the East Coast, there tends to be more public company-related work and the practice area tends to be much more specialized.
• Many generalists serve as outside general counsel to companies.

Why Do Corporate Attorneys Enjoy Their Jobs?
 

• Attorneys enjoy being generalists because the work tends to be quite collaborative.
• There is a lot to learn to be a corporate attorney (it can take several years), and this creates a high barrier to entry in the field.
• This is a good practice area for people who like business, money and working directly with companies.
• Corporate attorneys are the most likely to be able to get in-house positions.

What Are the Difficulties of Being a Corporate Attorney?
 

• The work that corporate attorneys do is often referred to as "glorified clerical work" because the work is often quite clerical in nature.
• The best corporate attorneys excel at finding the things that can go wrong in transactions, contracts, and other deals.
• Because they are trained to see the negative, they are often viewed as hindrances to getting things done.

How Easy Is It to Move Laterally as a Corporate Attorney?
 

• When the economy is good, corporate attorneys are often in strong demand.
• Regarding the ability to lateral between states, cities and even countries, corporate is probably the best practice area to be in.
• This is also a good practice area for attorneys interested in business and making a lot of money.
• When the economy is slow, it can become more difficult for corporate attorneys to move laterally and there are a lot of layoffs.
• This is a very difficult practice area to start a career in because attorneys can get laid off and lose their jobs early in their careers and never get the training needed to become seasoned attorneys.
• This is the best practice area for attorneys interested in building a book of business.
• Because corporate attorneys tend to advise their clients on an ongoing basis about a variety of issues, they typically can get spin-off work (litigation, real estate, tax and so forth) that they can send to other attorneys in their firm.

 
See the current Corporate job openings we are recruiting for here: Corporate Attorney Jobs

• Junior BigLaw Corporate Associate Moves to a Smaller Firm for a Better Life
• Experienced Attorneys Should Consider Unconventional Firms if They Hit a Dead End on the Partnership Track
• Candidate lands big law position despite COVID lay off
• Strong Mid-Level Corporate Associate Moves Home and Secures Position with Strong Firm
• Cap Markets Specialist Moves to a Broad Based Corporate Position
• Junior Corporate/ Transactional Attorney Finds New Opportunity with Highly-Regarded Regional Firm
• Senior Sophisticated Corporate/ Transactional Candidate Makes Move from In-House Back to Private Practice
• Senior Corporate Attorney Looking for a Role Back at a Firm
• Big Law California Associate Moves to Regional Market
• Mid-Level Tax and Corporate Candidate Finds New Opportunity Upon Geographic Move for Family
• Delaware Corporate Associate Placed at Top Am Law 100 Firm in Silicon Valley
• Senior Corporate Attorney Makes Move to Big Law With Class Year Flexibility
• Placement of Junior Corporate Associate Relocating Home to Boston from California with Arent Fox
• Start-up Former Big Law Attorney Returns to Top Big Law Firm
• Placement of a Junior Corporate Associate in Kentucky with a Boutique Firm in NYC
• Unemployed Attorney With Strong Background Moves to Am Law Top 200
• Placement of Senior Solo Practitioner with $100k Portable Book with Prestigious Regional Firm
• Elite Mid-Level Corporate Associate Finds New Opportunity Upon Move Back to Midwest
• Mid-Level Corporate Candidate From Regional Southeast Firm Moves to Vault Law 100 Firm in Colorado
• Elite Corporate Candidate (Class of 2016) Finds Opportunity upon Relocating to Home in Midwest
• Strong Corporate Candidate in Missouri Secures Data Privacy Role at Top Am Law 100 Firm in San Francisco
• Class of 2017 Business Litigation Associate Candidate Placed in Corporate/Transactional Associate Role at National Law Firm
• Corporate LLM Candidate Placed at a Top Am Law 100 Firm in Silicon Valley
• Corporate Attorney From Texas Placed in San Diego
• Attorney Goes to Business School After Losing their Job and Wants to Return to a Large Law Firm in New York City
• Junior Corporate Associate in Los Angeles Interested in a Larger Law Firm
• Niche Area Corporate Attorney in Washington, DC Interested in Relocating to New York
• Candidate in Europe Wants to Relocate Home to the US
• Attorney Moves From The Bay Area To The Pacific Northwest

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