Looking for hope/motivation: Is it possible to move in house to a private equity firm with a non-traditional background? Have an MBA (not top but nationally recognized) with several years non-practice industry (risk/compliance/research) experience prior to being barred and currently at a boutique firm doing securities/private equity/Corp. looking to possibly move as 3-5 yr associate. I know anything is possible but not coming from big law and the non-traditional background make me question it.

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I went straight in-house. I know more and more people who took a non traditional path. The only thing I’ve really noticed is that when you don’t come from big law the pay is definitely less.

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How’s your law school? The industry is growing like wild. Marquis names may be hard but lower-mid sized firms will probably be willing to overlook background.

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Thanks! My concern is the PE industry is often hung up on school ranks and prestige of former employers, although there are plenty of smaller PE/alt. investment firms that may be more forgiving.

True about the legal industry; overlap that with the PE industry and you’ve got a subset of folks who think your school and prior employers are the only predictors of success.

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Top 50 when I attended but has slid since. DC area school with a decent National rep. I was thinking the same about the small to mid size PE firms. Ideally a position where I’m solely legal counsel but also have some say in investment decisions.

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