In-house qualifier seeks to move into private practice
In the latest instalment in our Career Conundrums series, one future trainee mulls the next step in his career.
“I’ve been working for an investment bank for quite a while now and have been offered a training contract to start in a year or so. Obviously I would be a fool to pass this offer up, however I do not see myself with said bank for the entirety of my career. I’d really like to jump to a City firm rather than being stuck in one niche area of law. After that, who knows? I may want to return to the bank, but I’d still like to experience a City firm and different areas of law. My question is how easy it would be for me to move to a City firm after qualifying in-house at an investment bank, where the majority of my training will likely be focused on one area of law. It’s worth mentioning I have relatively average academics from A-level through to the LPC (nothing consistently amazing, but not rubbish either). Are academics still important at NQ level?”
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