I’m a senior associate at a v10 firm considering an in-house senior compliance position at a pharma company. Seems like a good fit and a good opportunity. It checks all my boxes but I’m worried about being pigeonholed in compliance and not being competitive for legal roles down the line. In practice, this job would involve both legal and compliance work but I’d sit in compliance. Has anyone had any issues going from a compliance role to a legal role, particularly in healthcare?

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I’ve always been warned not to go into compliance if you would want to go back to being in a legal role. It’s not the practice of law and it can definitely result in you facing difficulties down the line. That said, there are plenty of other benefits to being in a compliance role and I’ve heard the WLB is much better.

What if I’m able to negotiate a title that sounds more legal like director of compliance and senior regulatory counsel or something like that? Do you think that might help keep the door for legal roles open? In practice I’ll be doing a bit of everything.

What motivates your move? If the ultimate goal is to return as a partner in biglaw then it can be a risky move even if it's a valuable client. But if partnership's not on the horizon or in your interests then it might be a great long term fit, better WLB and you might be able to pivot into other business areas too down the line.

I’m not really interested in partnership but would like to have the option to move back into more purely legal roles, like senior counsel, AGC or eventually GC down the road. I may love compliance and never look back but I want to make sure I don’t close any doors if I want to go for a legal role in the future.

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