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Disputes teams in law firms only draft docs, prepare briefs and do what clerks do in small advocates offices, like literally.
It's the senior advocate who develops strategy, who's advice the client really wants, no matter you are CAM head of practice, Tataji will only want Salve's opinion on everything. The firm just facilitates this exchange and does the manual thing. The client bills the senior in crores and the entire team in half of that for this reason. Why do you think, so many partners are opening litigation chambers? Including stellar partners like Dubey etc. It's for this reason.
Just visit a court once kid, and see who is actually running the course. Not the judge, not the law firm, it's just the advocates.
I get that corporate work has lager quant of mandates that they can deliver with mandates earning more. But why are Disputes mandates and deliverables not worth more money?