Some of the points mentioned here are inaccurate and misleading.
[b]>>They won't match a 1 crore + law firm band but it can easily upto 48 to 70 lacs depending on your experience and expertise.[/b]
FAANG's are known to competitively match salaried partner bands for senior legal hires in their teams.
>>Compensation for lawyers mostly does not include ESOPs like they usually do for engineers and the bonus component will be much lesser
Compensation for top legal hires in tech companies is known to include ESOPs, although the ESOP allocation is higher for tech folks. The bonus component may be lesser but you are guaranteed a high fixed salary, that in total matches the equivalent total retainer bands in top-tier law firms.
>>You'll mostly be vetting terms and conditions for products and copyright violation notices and you'll hardly have any aid that you normally do at a law firm - from good juniors to firm templates and online resources. So, you might tend to wonder after a point - if this is what you really wanted?
Not entirely accurate, and for the large part Google's copyright violation redressal is largely automated with manual interventions undertaken by junior (often non-lawyer) folks since it's so routine. Lawyers can be expected to partner with a product team, and provide end-to-end support to the product tech and business teams on all thigns legal related to the product (whether it's general corporate, commercial, IP or technology).
Okay, first if you want to get into Google - you need to stop cracking uncle jokes like "Google it".
But on a serious note, even though their ads usually mention a minimum of 7 years, Google ends up hiring people with 10 years + PQE. So, they're mostly partners at law firms with a good mix of GC and IP and/or TMT experience.
Since the positions are very very limited and usually one-off recruitments, there is no fixed salary band per se. You can negotiate a good range. They won't match a 1 crore + law firm band but it can easily upto 48 to 70 lacs depending on your experience and expertise. Also, the compensation for lawyers mostly does not include ESOPs like they usually do for engineers and the bonus component will be much lesser.
However, do keep in mind - working at Google India as a lawyer is nowhere the fun job portrayed in "Working at Googleplex" videos and movies that you see. You'll mostly be vetting terms and conditions for products and copyright violation notices and you'll hardly have any aid that you normally do at a law firm - from good juniors to firm templates and online resources. So, you might tend to wonder after a point - if this is what you really wanted?
[b]>>They won't match a 1 crore + law firm band but it can easily upto 48 to 70 lacs depending on your experience and expertise.[/b]
FAANG's are known to competitively match salaried partner bands for senior legal hires in their teams.
>>Compensation for lawyers mostly does not include ESOPs like they usually do for engineers and the bonus component will be much lesser
Compensation for top legal hires in tech companies is known to include ESOPs, although the ESOP allocation is higher for tech folks. The bonus component may be lesser but you are guaranteed a high fixed salary, that in total matches the equivalent total retainer bands in top-tier law firms.
>>You'll mostly be vetting terms and conditions for products and copyright violation notices and you'll hardly have any aid that you normally do at a law firm - from good juniors to firm templates and online resources. So, you might tend to wonder after a point - if this is what you really wanted?
Not entirely accurate, and for the large part Google's copyright violation redressal is largely automated with manual interventions undertaken by junior (often non-lawyer) folks since it's so routine. Lawyers can be expected to partner with a product team, and provide end-to-end support to the product tech and business teams on all thigns legal related to the product (whether it's general corporate, commercial, IP or technology).
But on a serious note, even though their ads usually mention a minimum of 7 years, Google ends up hiring people with 10 years + PQE. So, they're mostly partners at law firms with a good mix of GC and IP and/or TMT experience.
Since the positions are very very limited and usually one-off recruitments, there is no fixed salary band per se. You can negotiate a good range. They won't match a 1 crore + law firm band but it can easily upto 48 to 70 lacs depending on your experience and expertise. Also, the compensation for lawyers mostly does not include ESOPs like they usually do for engineers and the bonus component will be much lesser.
However, do keep in mind - working at Google India as a lawyer is nowhere the fun job portrayed in "Working at Googleplex" videos and movies that you see. You'll mostly be vetting terms and conditions for products and copyright violation notices and you'll hardly have any aid that you normally do at a law firm - from good juniors to firm templates and online resources. So, you might tend to wonder after a point - if this is what you really wanted?