Q&A · Choosing a Route

What actually makes working in-house different from private practice?

Answered in Weekly Newsletter #23 · 11 October 2026

It’s a great question (this one actually came via our Tiktok), although it is hard to answer as every in-house team is different. I’ve worked in a range of companies, from Barclays, which has hundreds if not thousands of in-house lawyers, to a tiny start-up where I was the only lawyer, and each of those had its own benefits and challenges.

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