Is there anything I can do as a general litigation associate to try and market myself in order to transition into a corporate/capital markets/securities/financial transactions role? I have had some due diligence projects for transactional matters, but very little. I will be a third year this year.

Is it going to be mostly a function of networking my way into a role, or is there some seminars or “skills” I could try to obtain to help?

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Does your firm have these practice groups? The easiest option would be to try to take on some of this work at the very junior level at your current firm, where they are familiar with your work ethic, personality, etc. If that's not an option, would you consider structured finance? That's a niche practice that I've seen litigators transition into (usually starting as a first year) through networking/existing relationships and the demand far exceeds the market supply.

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Yes, definitely interested in structured finance, I actually got decently far in an interview process for a structured debt finance staff role.

I could potentially ask our RE finance team if there is something junior I could do (as the team had no juniors), but what would that look like?

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