Why a Private Capital Attorney Rejected Big Law’s Safe Route
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Why does Pedram say the “safe” Big Law route can become the riskiest choice?
what seems like the safe route is actually the riskier route and i say that as someone who did the whole academic thing you know big law and all of that it's a different beast it's not it really is a system and i would also say pedro musabi is a private capital attorney entrepreneur and the founder of musabi law
He helps investment managers, fund sponsors, and business leaders navigate complex transactions with strategic legal counsel that drives long-term growth and lasting success.
In about like five to seven years, all the AMLAW like sort of like 200 firms, they got to be essentially owned by private equity. And then the AMLAW 100 will turn into like AMLAW 50 because they'll just like...
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Welcome back, everybody, to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast.
I'm your host, Jason Tyler, and I am joined today by Pedram Musavi of Musavi Law. Pedram, welcome to the show. How are you feeling? good good it's uh it feels like a cigar bar in here yes yeah a very different environment from the studio um we just finished filming your episode for america's top lawyers and first of all how are you feeling now on the other side of it is it like a release like all right the weight's off my shoulders i got it out
A little bit. I mean, it was fun. I'm mostly proud of myself for not falling out of the director's chair. So I think we can talk, you know, all around.
All of my clients know that I tell everybody like, hey, the director's chair is not the most comfortable to sit in for 90 minutes. I think we did like two and a half hours in there. You're a soldier for like finishing the full session and sitting in the director's chair the whole time because I don't know how most people do it.
Well, I mean, I think I hadn't had lunch or breakfast. And so I like sense of time was, you know, was loopy.
Exactly. One of the first questions that I always ask on this show is, you know, what would you say is like the number one lesson you want people to be able to learn from your story?
I say the number one lesson is that sometimes what seems like the safe route is actually the riskier route. And I say that as, um, you know, someone who, um, obviously did the whole like, like academic thing and, you know, big law and all of that. And I, um really um um cherish like relationships i made there and also like the skills that developed um and you know client relationships but it's it's a different it's a different beast it's not it really is a system um And I would also say for people to just be nimble.
How does Pedram describe the changing incentives and consolidation risk in Big Law?
I mean, yeah, you got to be adaptable. Yeah. I think that's like one of the one of the things that I hear a lot on this show from different entrepreneurs, different business owners in all avenues is like adaptability and flexibility are like hyper, hyper important. If you're in business, like you got to be able to kind of pivot at the drop of a hat.
Yes, yeah, definitely. I mean, one of the, you know, partners at my former firm that I worked with very closely, he basically was at the top of his field, like... what i say top of his feels like you know really up there like like you know number one in the world um it is the practice and for you know uh various reasons he had to like pivot a little bit um because like just like the firm's business strategy like you know um and um that He did it without complaining, masterfully. With grace. Yes. And he didn't lower his standards either. You know, like he still believed in his, you know, ability to provide excellent advice to clients. And he just essentially turned a few things around and still had, you know,
the prestige without, without like the ego, you know? Um, and, and I, you know, and, and you think somewhat at that level, right. Where it's like, they've just like the blood and, you know, um, sweated tears and, um, we'll now talk about the associates that work with them.
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