Which are the most competitive in house positions? M&A? Governance? Litigation? Commercial contracting? I’m trying not to get my hopes up but also be realistic about how many people are applying for the jobs I want 😂

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I'd say M&A/securities. There's just not that many openings for these roles at any given company, and there are a lot of M&A lawyers desperate to get out of biglaw. That being said, the WLB for these roles are typically worse than other in house roles, so depending on your priorities, you might just avoid the competition altogether.

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Securities is dope WLB

Probably the specialized in-house roles in certain niches industries. Not that they’re necessarily more prestigious or “better” than others, just fewer openings than generalist positions.

Examples might be:
- In-house litigation counsel
- REIT counsel
- Legal roles at a fund

Let me know if you think there are others.

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Yeah legal roles at funds (PE/VC) are wildly competitive, especially without some kind of in

Product counsels. Usually requires industry expertise/knowledge and a mix of other areas like commercial, privacy, reg, compliance. I think it’s competitive because you need more broad experience and people generally desire product counsel roles.

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Most competitive will be areas that more people are qualified in, so probably litigation and M&A.

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It is highly competitive across the board and I find large numbers of strongly qualified Biglaw candidates in the general corporate areas like M&A, governance and securities. Coming out of the law firm environment I had both M&A and corporate litigation experience which I think distinguished me from other candidates because many in-house jobs are more blended and less pure specialty. If your goal is to become General Counsel, my opinion is that the corporate/M&A and governance side is the best path due to the right exposures within the organization. If I wanted the easiest job to find, it would be as a commercial attorney, but most of those are not coming out of Biglaw if that's where you are and the pay is less. If I wanted the "easiest" job, I'd choose in-house litigation or securities counsel.

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