Intellectual Property Law

I am an LLM student doing IP but I want to become an investment banker- do i have the right skills?

Basically I am in a dilemma; for my undergrad I studied both a science (Chemistry) and law, and graduated with honors, from a top five University in the United Kingdom I am now doing a advanced law degree (LL.M) in Intellectual Property here in states at a top 10 Law school, however I have since become extremely disillusioned with following law as a career path. I am now wanting to switch to finance, but would rather be an investment banker over a corporate lawyer any day of the week :-) Also I am unable to take any corporate law classes as I am stuck on the “IP” track. I think I have the right quantitative skills, by virtue of my chemistry degree but would I be marketable to many of the big banks? i.e. (Morgan Stanley, Merril Lynch, Goldman etc) I am still young (23 just turned) and extremely ambitious- do I have what it takes? What are your thoughts? Thanks

Public Comments

1. As you know, JD/LLM study is very logic-oriented. Investment banking is a mixture of logic AND intuition...you have to show that you know the market, which is as much art as science. If you can impress them with your knowledge of their arena, you may be able to enter it. Your problem is going to be that you will be regarded as someone who is merely bored with his present career track and who thinks "I know, I'll go do investment banking!" Perhaps your entree into the career you want will be doing corporate law/merger work for a couple of years, making the contacts you need, and then making the jump.