In-House Counsel

Companies that handle customer privacy rights requests manually, to what extent do you delete the PII? We do everything manually and I am trying to figure out what we should delete vs. keep. Payment/p… more

Currently interviewing with a company and just received an email from a stakeholder asking to review their MSA for a deal. What do you recommend I do? I can pass it over to a colleague, though it’s AI… more

Currently in biglaw; my goal is to apply for AI product counsel roles in a couple of years. How competitive are these roles, and is it better to focus on AI in the context of a highly regulated indust… more

Nebius? Any insight? Looking to apply for a counsel position but the pay seems a little low. Wondering about stock and bonuses.

Anyone live in Jacksonville or know the area? Relocating and between Avondale and San Marco. Also any thoughts on PVIC membership?

I’m a BigLaw associate interviewing for my first in house role. I have my second round of interviews tomorrow and they said I may have one more round or may not. When is it appropriate to try to get a… more

If a potential customer won’t review our form NDA unless they have “intent to buy”, and the sales team says we need to share technical/confi information to get there, am I killing the deal if I say th… more

I’m a new in-house attorney and most of my coworkers are twice my age (~60yrs). There’ve been multiple times when they’ve commented on my age “I was sending faxes in college when you were in diapers!… more

Anyone have insight into the interview process and timeline for employment counsel at Reddit? TIA!

PM “had a friend” to fill a biz-critical vendor role. Best bid. Sent contract with illegal fee structure, 4 page AI slop. I spent 2 days writing an industry- standard vendor agreement (favorable to… more

Comp check for a corporate counsel role at an insurance company in a HCOL city - 170k base, 22% target bonus,9% total 401k/pension. Recruiter says not much room to negotiate. Thoughts?

I am being promoted from Counsel to Senior Counsel at a FinTech company. What sort of comp increase and bonus target increase would be reasonable to expect?

Claude AI. Other than how-to pages from Anthropic, are there any resources that you’ve used that teaches you how to maximize your Claude or Claude Cowork subscription through practical use case and/or… more

Switch and bait?
I’ve been doing back and forth for one MNDA with a customer. That MNDA lead to amendment to my company template agreement. I talked with customer’s lawyer and we finalized the amendmen… more

First in house role from biglaw. In the screener I mistakenly said a rather low number that’s actually 50k below my comfort number (and close to my psychological floor) for a role with no advertised b… more

In March, I celebrate 1 year with my company. A recruiter from another company called me recently for the same role but fully remote and potentially 20-30% higher pay. I currently go in 3x a week even though the … more

Currently in-house in a great situation overall. I have an opportunity to move to a firm at 25% base pay increase. This would be my first law firm experience, so trying to understand what to expect and if it is … more

I have never had a less enjoyable interview process than Amazon. Just putting this out there for other lawyers to consider before applying.

In your opinion, where would you say the best place is to go or job to do in-house after mid to senior level experience in private equity M&A at a firm?

(e.g., transaction counsel at private equity firm, corpo… more

Any sense of what comp should be for the 2nd most senior attorney in legal at a portfolio company with revenues of $1-2bn/yr? 3 other attorneys in the practice. Currently a senior associate in big l… more

Would you ever consider applying to/working for a company again if they had ghosted you after a final round interview the year prior?

Making a move from law firm litigation to a in-house product counsel role and can’t help but second guess the decision. Worried that I’ll miss certain aspects of litigation and product counsel will b… more

My company Risk Manager does not give COIs with additional insured so easily. He always push back and say he will only get COIs if there is a fully signed contract (meaning the insurance requirements … more

4th year biglaw funds associate here - considering an offer from a hedge fund (AUM in the $10-20bn range), $250k base plus $85k bonus, no carry. Remote role and outside counsel heavily utilized. Is th… more

Do you think it is more important for your first in-house job to be in the industry you want to be in for the rest of your career, or to find a job that allows you to practice the specific areas of la… more

How long does it usually take on average for a candidate to get a response from companies after submitting an application? (Provided the candidate is a good fit for the job)

Has anyone here switched into a new industry mid-career? 7–8 YOE in hardware/consumer electronics and hoping to move into software/AI, or into a more specialized marketing-counsel role. I’ve negotiated SaaS… more

Is Amazon strict with its location requirement? If a counsel position is listed as Seattle, would the company at all entertain another city (e.g. Austin) or is Seattle an absolute requirement?

Those who regretted moving in-house, why did you regret it and did you find your way back to firm life?
Currently have an offer in-house and am debating making a move because I’m unhappy at my firm, bu… more

I did a couple short stints at firms before going in house (1 year at one firm, 2 years at next, and 7 months at a third). Each move had a valid reason and I’ve never been terminated. I was at my last in house ro… more

How is working at Spacex or Tesla as in-house counsel?

My entire company, from the Board on down, is being really resistant to putting rules in place around AI use (they’re ok with basic “no confidnetial info input” policies, but little else). I suggested… more

Can someone tell me it will get better once I move in house? I’m a midlevel in biglaw (corporate) and so miserable. I don’t find legal work (not just corporate) interesting either. I’m seriously consi… more

Anyone ever challenge a "we only give 2-4" performance review culture when you absolutely deserved the 5?

We went from a 1-3 rating to a 1-5 this year and my manager put me down for a 5 based on a year … more

how do you handle internal stakeholders that like to play devils advocate and attempt to guess at what the counsel will say to redlines? they would sometimes also share our convos directly with opposi… more

Big law ECVC midlevel here going in-house as the first lawyer in a SaaS company in a couple weeks. Solid team, explosive growth, good relationship with outside counsel, I’m really excited for the futu… more

Anyone else feel that this market is extremely slow right now? I was landing interviews prior to the holiday, but now, dead silence….

Anyone else experience a phenomena at work where the political beliefs of their colleagues (within the legal team) differ from their own but when conversations around politics arise you don’t share yo… more

How much weight do you give to Glassdoor/Indeed reviews? I always check them out before applying somewhere, but not sure how much stock to give to negative reviews that may not be at all relevant to t… more