For attorneys who have transitioned to corporate development/business development, was it worth it? I’ve heard CD involves a lot of process work and I’m not sure if I’m glamorizing the field compared to my (relatively technically challenging) field of law

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Interesting. I’ve seen a decent number of tech trans attorneys lateral over to BD in the biopharma world, and it seems like there were a decent number who did the same in the early days of the internet

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Why would they do that?

Early days of the internet, that was the Wild West. I see you biopharma point because they are likely to do significant IP transactions. But otherwise I don’t see it too often unless the attorney is an outside the box person.

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I don’t think a lot of attorneys have the understanding of the world to do this kind of job. I know some people who switched to BCG and McKinsey. But basically your an internal management consultant.

What about PR?

That I have worked in and it’s like a law firm for stupid people that pays less. Plus your clients are shitty people who do shitty things and need help getting out of it.

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