A head of legal in a FTSE 100 company has an equally stressful job as a senior equity partner in a City law firm, private practice lawyers believe, with many saying they should be paid more.
More than a third (38%) of City lawyers questioned thought their job was no more stressful than that of a leading general counsel, according to the latest Legal Week/EJ Legal Big Question survey. Thirty-five percent said private practice lawyers have the more stressful job and 27% argued their in-house counterparts had a more stressful post.
