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Continue reading →: 10 things about stamp duty – a must know for in-house counselsPicture this: You’re working as an in-house counsel in a startup. You are on the brink of sealing your first major deal, champagne ready to pop, when suddenly, you are told that the adequate stamp duty has not been paid on the transaction. Not only does your deal fall through,…
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Continue reading →: In-house counsel 3.0In-house counsel has been the preferred career choice for lawyers for the following 5 reasons: 1. Decent starting salaries 2. Stable, consistent growth 3. Good work-life balance 4. Meaningful work, connection with the business 5. Opportunity to get ESOPs if the company is successful Typically, in-house counsels were pooled from…
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Continue reading →: 12 critical skills to become a top 1% in-house counsel
What are the most important skills that I need to learn to become an effective in-house counsel? We are providing a list of the top 12 below. 1 – Business Structuring Good business structuring reduces business risks, tax liability and helps businesses to channel capital and efforts appropriately. You should…
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Continue reading →: Stairway to general counsel – your futureI want to fire up your desire today. If you want to achieve big things in life, there are 4 things you must do: If you have a coach, achieving all of the four above becomes much easier. Let’s start with the first one. Let us imagine your future 5…
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Continue reading →: How to answer precis-writing questionsPrecis-writing carries 30 marks in SEBI Grade A, Paper 1 of Phase 2. This paper is very important as you must score maximum marks possible to get a good rank. Many candidates who are good in legal knowledge and skills are unable to clear the paper because of poor marks…
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Continue reading →: How to answer essay writing questionsPaper 1 of Phase 2 has a 30 marks question on “Essay Writing”. You can get topics which pertain to socio-economic issues, technology or finance. In addition to this, they might provide you with an abstract or statement on which you might be expected to write an essay. You will…
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Continue reading →: How to reach out to partners and principal associates of boutique law firms as a law student or a young law graduateI will teach you how to reach out to partners of boutique law firms so you can land your first internship with them. One of my students was not getting any internships. He was not listening to us in the beginning. But during the pandemic, after failing to get any…
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Continue reading →: Grow or low? – SEBI law officer vacancy
One of my students recently approached me for advice. He was very worried about the crazy competition for UPSC and judiciary exams in India. He wanted an alternative from the fierce competition. Chances of an average student to clear some of these exams can be relatively thin. Even good candidates…
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Continue reading →: First year experience of a SEBI Grade A Legal OfficerIf you are trying to decide if you should aim to become a SEBI law officer, a key factor is of course what kind of work you will get to do. We once organised an informal interaction of our SEBI Law officer test prep students who were successful in phase…
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Continue reading →: A government job where you never stagnateOur counsellor was recently speaking to one of our students who was preparing for the SEBI Grade A Legal Officers’ Exam. She had been reading about how salaries of lawyers in the private sector are skyrocketing, especially at senior level. Although it was both her and her parents’ dream that…
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