Hi. Moved in-house for industry expertise. It’s ok, but Head of Legal outsources everything, despite me being hired to reduce outsourcing. I’m based in UK. HoL is very hands-off and doesn’t seem keen to do much. I want to move into a specialist area but have only worked on one deal. It will be a year soon, should I start applying for private practice roles in the next couple of months? I feel demotivated and end up doing everything except the work I should be doing.

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