Anyone made the jump to work at a RWI broker? I'm an m+a lawyer at a v20. I'm looking for the elusive work life balance

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On the business side? I sat in on an R&W broker’s presentation and got the sense the lawyers there basically do due diligence for a living.

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Curious about this as well. Are you in corporate or a specialist group?

I'm in the corporate group.

There’s no work life balance... if you want to make money

Sure. I have an mba from a top school too. Layoffs can happen anywhere. I'm in a very small law dept, so hopefully Im not redundant, but never say never.

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