Corporate Transactional Law

Partners who get annoyed/defensive when I (a specialist) ask questions about a deal you are trying to staff me on. Why so mad? If you think I'm annoying and you don't want my help, then great!… more

Is it necessary for a holding company to have insurance or just the operating company’s?

Any seasoned corporate franchise attorneys looking to partner and be the missing piece of an entrepreneurial law firm?

I’ve been an attorney for 14 years: currently work at a non-billable firm but I’m in a rut. I’m interviewing for in-house positions, but I am concerned that my lack of experience in corporate and tr… more

During initial talks with recruiter, they pointed me to an unposted opening at a firm. A colleague has a personal connection with the partners who are hiring and offered to make a soft introduction. I… more

How do you get organized as a transactional lawyer? I know about OneNotes, but I'm not really a microsoft person. How are GoodNotes, Notion, etc?

Anybody know of a good app to generate redlines on Mac?

Anyone transitioned from Dispute Resolution to Funds?

Did you enjoy it or regretted it?

Is it more likely to get substantive work as an in house lawyer? I’m a third year in big law and am discouraged to still be mostly doing redlines/formatting/turning comments all the time.

Similar to someone else's post here - is there a way to reduce workload/ stress in transactional corporate law, or is it just a part of this particular job? Is it my firm?

Feel like I’m mentoring our junior attorneys and staff well and helping them develop their expertise

Any of you recently seen ESG issues impact transactions?

Trying to set a new trend...What are you proud of? Been successfully advising my clients on high profile mergers lately and it feels good.

Ok, I've been assigned a case with another attorney and we are having major conflicts on a pretty essential level. Do not want to go down with their ship, but I do not know how to resolve. At this… more

Currently trying to re-structure our firm's internal file management process. Does anyone have any file/task management software or services they recommend? Our firm is relatively small (20 empl… more

How can I better manage my time and prioritize my tasks to be more efficient and productive? All ideas welcome. Got too much on my plate but unwilling to pass it off.

Anyone ever challenge a MFN clause? How would you even know what other purchasers are being charged for a product? Imagine this is inapplicable for custom goods?

My client is looking to sell his manufacturing business and has been approached by a consulting firm named Generational Equity out of Texas. Does anyone here have experience working with this firm o… more

Hi anyone here know anything about credit card processing and how that works? In other words if I needed legal representation to help figure out whether I’ve been getting shorted (most likely yes) any… more

How do you think the rise of tech will continue to impact you or your firm? I'll start with maybe how it's affected you so far over the last 5-10 years in terms of clients, cases, anything.

With rifts between nations continuing to be an issue, what do you think could be variables that impact different cross-border transactions ?

What’s the best part about your firm culture and the worst?

What are some exit opps, still in legal field, but different area?

Best book or resource for running private buy/sell side M&A deals?

If your boss ask you to work on professional maturity and manage change. Where can you can seek help?

Anyone here switched from ID to a small securities firm dealing mainly with fund formation and other funding issues in the private and public sector? I feel so conflicted and I don't know what to … more

Things have been so slow at my firm that I actually find myself with too much free time. I'm worried about my job, but I know I'm not the only one in this position, and it's sort of out of… more

Entering 6th year of practice in corporate and commercial real estate. Just got notified of salary increase for 2023 is 5K. Midsized firm. Billable target 1800 hours. Been told I'm doing great, really appreci… more

Associates in big law: what percentage of your group meet their bailable hours requirement?

Think I might have chosen the wrong career path and not sure what the most fortuitous shift would be? Anything I can move into that would be paid similarly?

Has it been generally very slow in corporate practice group? I’m a junior associate and I’m billing maybe ~20 hours

I got admitted as an attorney in South Africa 10years ago. Am currently working as a consulted in a law firm I gave to do my own business development am struggling.

I need advice in how I can acquire… more

Resource recommendations for a new Project Finance associate to get a handle on things, deal structures, terms, agreement structures etc please? — Already looking at the firm’s internal training.

Would you recommend someone coming from a trader/wealth mgmt background to become a lawyer? I have been a wealth management associate for a while, looking to become a trader for the larger commission/… more

I have a question related to securities law and apologize as I know this is not the right place but wanted to give it a shot. If an issuer has an active public offering (under Reg A) and an investor b… more

What year did you start running >$100M PE deals with limited oversight?