Whats the difference between litigious and transactional areas of Law?
When deciding what team to qualify into, there are several factors to take into account and one big one is choosing whether you seat a more litigious area or you like to work in a more transactional area and I think, this is not definite, but for most people they know whether they want to work in a litigation environment where you act completely for the best interests of your client and they have obviously got a problem with somebody else and in a way, it’s a bit of a battle and you’ve got to put your case forward, they put theirs and probably come to some sort of compromise but you are at odds with somebody else. Or whether you want to work in a more transactional environment where you are working with your client, your client wants to achieve something with another company or another person and both sets of lawyers are working towards a common goal. I suited transactional work, I like working with somebody else to achieve something but for everybody it’s different and they are defini
