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<blockquote data-quote="LM" data-source="post: 48036" data-attributes="member: 9535"><p>Thanks Dheepa for the warm introduction.</p><p></p><p>It's a fantastic question to kick off this thread. During my vacation scheme, one Partner at the Firm I work at now provided a very fitting response to this exact question:</p><p></p><p>"When working on a transaction, you will often find yourself across the table from someone your level at a Magic Circle law firm. Both of you will be up late ... but one of you is getting paid more."</p><p></p><p>While I find it rather crass to bring money into the discussion, I do believe the Partner's response does have great weight to it. You will have late nights and you will have early finishes; this is the nature of the job. I do however find this blanket statement that US associates work harder than their UK counterparts to be rather unhelpful for future applicants. In my experience, what I have found to be more important about your working hours is: 1) the department; 2) the size of the team; and 3) how strong the department is (specifically in terms of the work they do). For example, if you are working as a Private Equity Associate at K&E, you will be working longer hours than most. This is NOT due to the fact it is a US firm (and not a UK firm); it is because it is a large, elite department in the city, in a practice area that has notoriously tough clients who work all hours.</p><p></p><p>Please let me know if you would like me to expand further on the above.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LM, post: 48036, member: 9535"] Thanks Dheepa for the warm introduction. It's a fantastic question to kick off this thread. During my vacation scheme, one Partner at the Firm I work at now provided a very fitting response to this exact question: "When working on a transaction, you will often find yourself across the table from someone your level at a Magic Circle law firm. Both of you will be up late ... but one of you is getting paid more." While I find it rather crass to bring money into the discussion, I do believe the Partner's response does have great weight to it. You will have late nights and you will have early finishes; this is the nature of the job. I do however find this blanket statement that US associates work harder than their UK counterparts to be rather unhelpful for future applicants. In my experience, what I have found to be more important about your working hours is: 1) the department; 2) the size of the team; and 3) how strong the department is (specifically in terms of the work they do). For example, if you are working as a Private Equity Associate at K&E, you will be working longer hours than most. This is NOT due to the fact it is a US firm (and not a UK firm); it is because it is a large, elite department in the city, in a practice area that has notoriously tough clients who work all hours. Please let me know if you would like me to expand further on the above. [/QUOTE]
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