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Which teams at a law firms hire the highest - due to all factors (1) More work (2) Attrition Rates (3) Future Scope.

For example we all know that General Corporate and M&A teams hire the highest at the same time Trade, Private Client Teams hire one of the lowest amounts of associates - as they are niche areas where not a lot of jobs are created.

Can you list down the areas where hiring is the highest. I am a 5th Year Law Student. Hope this will be a useful thread for all of us.

AREAS for instance, also add any team you feel is necessary by hiring trends.

General Corporate
Tax
Projects & Infrastructure
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
Competition

Etc
I did not know this wow. 4 Years of Law School and my CV is 80% arbitration/com lit., wtf do I even do now
Absolutely true. A lot of firms at D0 directly reject people whose practice area is Dispute Resolution.
It's absolutely true. I'm from a T1 NLU. Some really good students with stellar disputes CV were not even shortlisted for interviews.
Stellar disputes CV of law students. The delusion of the new gen is so palpable!
Hi. Thanks for the interesting question. If someone knows the scene about TMT/Tech & IPR/Fintech etc too, please chime in.
Just pointing out that you might also want to consider the fact that exponentially more people apply for GC & M&A positions than other highly specialised verticals.
GC teams are usually bulky in T1 so more hires, but as long as your CV has a direction you can expect a job in the practice area you are interested in.
what about the disputes team with the Tier 1 law firms ?
will i ever get there
how much the contacts work in the office.
I dont have any contact what shall I do
bump. same. 5th year student on the verge of graduation - someone please chime in!
Someone please rank the practice areas according to the number of hires
In order of number of hirings:
1. Gen Corp and M&A
2. Capital Markets

3. Banking and Finance

4. Projects and Infra

5. Dispute Resolution

6. Competition

7. Tax