Advice To My Younger Self
Paris partner Dessislava Savova heads Clifford Chance’s Consumer Goods & Retail sector worldwide. Dessi’s advice is to be clear about what makes you tick when planning your career, and believe that you can make it work.
The choices you make as a young lawyer are not final – and you may need to go through different phases during your professional development. But at all points, it’s important to think about what you want and where you imagine yourself a few years down the road.
When you are young, sometimes you think, “I have this fantastic opportunity to go there and I should go, even though I don’t feel naturally attracted to, say, finance law.” This is indeed one way of building your career: being open-minded about opportunities. But it’s equally valid and important to think, “What do I want?” I have found that you realize over time how important it is to do things with desire. It is important to define your passion about the job you are doing. What is it that fascinates you?
