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First step would be to figure out whether you mean public company governance/securities reporting or capital markets deal work, because those are related but different. Either way, I’d start by reaching out to law school classmates and other warm contacts in those groups at firms you’d realistically target and ask who is busy enough to take a retooling candidate.
You’ll almost certainly need to take a class-year haircut, probably coming in as a first year depending on the firm and your actual experience. I’d also look for any way to make your litigation background relevant: securities litigation, internal investigations, board disputes, disclosure issues, shareholder matters, etc. That makes the pivot easier to sell than “I just want to switch to corporate.”
Thank you so much for your response! My experience has been mostly securities litigation (plaintiff side though), so I’ll talk up my familiarity with the subject matter.