General corporate practice is where many corporate lawyers begin, and it is the broad base from which specialised practices grow. But “general corporate” can sound vague, so what do these lawyers actually do? Let me give you an honest look...

Many corporate lawyers start in general corporate work and later move toward a specialised practice, M&A, banking and finance, capital markets, competition, private equity, and others. If you are thinking about specialising, it is a very natural and common progression,...

Legal due diligence is one of the most important, and most junior-heavy, parts of M&A work, so understanding it is valuable whether you are curious about deals or heading into corporate practice. It is essentially the investigation that lets a...

If you are curious about, or heading into, corporate or M&A work, understanding how a deal actually progresses from start to finish is genuinely useful. It demystifies the process and helps you see where lawyers add value at each stage....

Corporate law and litigation are two of the biggest paths in the legal profession, and one of the most common questions young lawyers wrestle with is which one to choose. They are genuinely different in what you do, how you...

If corporate law draws you, the world of deals, companies, transactions and commercial work, but you are starting from scratch and not sure how to get there, take heart. A corporate law career is very much buildable with a clear,...

If you are aiming for a law officer role in a PSU whose recruitment involves an exam, good preparation makes a real difference. The challenge is that there is no single, uniform “PSU law officer exam”, the pattern and syllabus...

A legal officer role in a PSU, a public-sector undertaking, is one of the most attractive government legal careers, offering the chance to do in-house-style legal work in a government-owned company, often with the stability and character of public-sector employment....