Early career possibilities
If you have 2-7 years’ PQE, legal consulting offers fresh opportunities at an earlier point in your career
What if you could shape your future legal career on your own terms, without sacrificing on the quality of work, clients or support?
Legal consulting with Peerpoint has opened up a whole new world of possibilities for forward-thinking lawyers at an earlier stage in their working life. More and more of our clients are seeking lawyers with two to seven years’ post-qualification experience.
Conventional legal career paths are no longer the only route to success. Legal consulting offers the ability to advance your career and diversify your experience at a faster pace, enabling you to work on a variety of assignments with top-tier organizations in a range of sectors.
While continuing to gain experience of high quality legal work, as a legal consultant you are empowered with more autonomy and control over your future career. You have the flexibility to determine your own path; one that aligns with your career ambitions and lifestyle aspirations. Whether that’s pursuing a passion, a side-hustle or an enterprising project alongside your legal career, taking breaks between assignments to travel the world and fulfil a bucket list of experiences, or simply striving to achieve more of a balance between work and your personal life, with legal consulting, you really can live your very best life.
Consulting with Peerpoint means you are fully supported on your journey by our highly experienced and specialist team. You have access to A&O Shearman partners, resources and unique opportunities to enrich your career, enabling you to continue to develop, flourish and succeed.
If you are in the UK or APAC region and have two to seven years' top-tier post-qualification experience in banking and finance; funds; international capital markets; corporate; commercial; technology or financial regulation, view and apply for our current roles here.
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Peerpoint Consultant Profile - Anup Mehta
“I have a rule when it comes to my career: every six months I reassess my top priorities, write them down and commit to them.”
I have a rule when it comes to my career: every six months I reassess my top priorities, write them downand commit to them. At the start of my career, the focus was on salary and becoming a partner. Five years after qualifying, I began to look at my work-life balance – it’s no secret that the hours are long and hard in private practice.
That’s where Peerpoint came in. I read about someone on the panel who is an artist and uses Peerpoint to supplement his artistic work. It really struck a chord with me, so I joined. Now I have more time in the evenings, which has enabled me to re-visit my childhood dreams: boxing and stage acting. On top of that, I’ve co-founded a startup, turning an idea with friends into a business.
Peerpoint hasn’t just given me a better work-life balance, it’s given me job satisfaction too. The team works very hard to find assignments that match my own criteria to the point where, when I first joined, I received three offers. That’s what surprised me the most: many of their clients are actively looking for lawyers at an earlier stage in their career, like me.