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At my firm, partners will help place associates that want to go in house. This depends somewhat on your firm culture, but at mine, if you want that career path, and given you’re an 8th year anyway, I would talk with partners about it.
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P1 same at my firm (V10 in case it matters). A friend said he wanted in-house and a couple partners came back with a list of clients they’d be happy to get him into.
I don't think telling the partners you work with that you're looking to find something to leave would be beneficial. Try to start networking with people on LinkedIn and make some connections that way. At one of my firms, attorneys would do secondments with clients, and sometimes they'd get poached.
I did this as a sixth year. I had some anxiety about “showing my cards” but looking back, I was being overly cautious and frankly silly thinking that the partners would feel betrayed and fire me out of spite or something.
The truth is, and I knew this, the partners liked me and liked my professionalism. They also liked that I was approachable, friendly and our clients liked working with me. I was also frankly, substantively, a pretty mid big law lawyer and I would have needed to kick into high gear if I wanted to get partner. I didn’t.
After 1.5 years of searching on my own, interviewing with and even turning down run of the mill in house jobs that weren’t that interesting to me, I went to the partners with the Full Truth: that I didn’t see myself being a M&A lawyer for the rest of my career, and that I wanted to work in house at an asset manager. Every M&A partner at my office was supportive, but our lead partner in the group told me he would specifically find me a gig that would be good for my career and at an asset manager. About 5 months later, that partner matched me up and I went in on a “loan to own” secondment, and then they hired me full time 6 months later. I got a full bonus from the firm at the end of the year and a half bonus as a 7th year the year I left during my secondment (despite being less than 6 months). I think the firm did this because the client I went in house to shuffles a ton of business to my old firm and they wanted to keep me happy so I’d keep pushing new work to them. Completely understandable.
The pay is great, about commensurate with a 7th year salary and bonus. I also get a piece of the carry pool of all new funds, though I’d like a bigger piece of the carry. The work is substantially less time intensive. I also have a lot of resources to lean on to help me answer questions and address challenges for the stakeholders. I’m very happy that I took these steps to pivot to this career. I only wish I did it sooner, but I feel like it takes time to earn trust from the firm so that they will be willing to set up a gig like this in house. Not sure.
Coach
A mid firm lawyer can be a great in-house lawyer since the skill sets are different. If you were a bad firm lawyer without the skills to be at least a mid in-house lawyer, I would help you, but it wouldn’t extend to placing you at an important client.
Depends on the partner(s). The good partners will help you without asking questions. Throw them some business as a thank you if it works out. Good luck.
Coach
I happily try to place associates in in-house positions—it’s a win/win.
I’d be careful about who you tell and how - you don’t want it to become an open secret - but yes: you should be seeing if the partners you’ve worked with and trust can help you find a job. It’s in their interest and is a well worn path.
As an 8th year, it shouldn’t be a surprise to you or the partners that you’re looking. They should’ve already had some kind of “talk” with you to level set expectations on both sides re: partnership potential. Usually, if the answer is one of “you don’t have a clear path to partnership” or “I don’t want to make partner,” the firm WANTS to help you transition in-house.