Quinn Emanuel, a prominent Biglaw firm, has a long-standing tradition of optional hiking trips for team-building. This personalized experience dates back to 1993, starting with founder John B. Quinn leading a small group in Utah. Over the years, the event has expanded, including international trips to famous trails like Mount Fuji and Mount Olympus. Tigran Guledjian, a partner at the firm, emphasizes the challenging nature of these hikes, noting the responsibility participants have for their own gear and wellbeing, fostering camaraderie among colleagues in a unique outdoor setting.
"It's intense," says Tigran Guledjian, partner at Quinn Emanuel and co-chair of the firm's national intellectual property litigation practice. He helps run the hikes, and has been attending them for more than 20 years.
The firm's hiking tradition began in 1993, when founder John B. Quinn led 15 legal analysts through Coyote Gulch in Utah. Since then, the outing has grown significantly, and the firm started travelling internationally in 2008.
Now hundreds of employees flock each year to iconic trails like Switzerland's Faulhornweg, Japan's Mount Fuji, and Greece's Mount Olympus, to name a few.
Firm-sponsored touching grass is a great opportunity to get to know your co-workers better. And while there is still some risk of biting at these work events, chances are the mouth belongs to a bear and not a quirky Sidley Austin associate.
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