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DT - entry barriers and its rare that you will be able to enter this space if you are a non-CA lawyer. Even if you enter this space very limited options in future.
IDT - There might be few openings for non-CA lawyer in practices such as GST or Customs.
a. Customs Practice -
Hardly any firms + low pay in long run (at some point you will think of switching practice area (for ex. Corporate) which will not be possible if you have spend considerable time in this field) + restricted growth + good switching/lateral options? = almost none. + CAs too don’t prefer this practice area in general (for a reason)
b. GST practice -
you will always hear that you are not good at it because you didn’t do CA. Less preference in lateral hiring. Your team will be full of CAs always who will frown upon you. Plus in-house options almost negligible.
To conclude (if you spend reasonable time in this space) you were never a CA and you did not remain a lawyer too. (Only for a non-CA lawyer)
Advice- If you are stuck in this situation do a CA or leave/switch ASAP.
A lot of non-CA lawyers who works in taxation practice at such firms are stuck and unsatisfied in their careers due to this situation. Further there is no good tax practice beyond these firms so you already have limited switching options left for you my friend.
I feel someone who has worked in tax, can learn and work on any other law lot faster coz tax law is one of the toughest laws to read and interpret. Yet the perception in industry is someone who works in tax is utterly useless to do anything else.
Partner salary is highly secretive probably coz its no where close to the competition
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/351641-ppo-interview-from-lakshmikumaran-sridharan?sort=id