Do M&A associates at tech firms (eg. WSGR, Fenwick, Gunderson) have better WLB and hours than those at V5 M&A?

What does everyone think about MLMs.. I know some are cringe, but others it seems are fine?

Anyone looking for WOSB sub? I have a team of experienced data scientists with years of experience. We want to pad our past performance to go after more prime opportunities.

What is the back of an envelope kind of estimation of a drug’s market share considering there’s one in market already?

Anyone at Trinity feel like they are being pushed out?

It’s pretty clear that I will not be moving past cutting assistant at my current shop and the time is coming to go take some new risks. I’ve added a decent amount of work to my reel and spent ...

Hello London folk. There’s a lot of great chat about diversity in adland on fishbowl, but it’s all very US based. So I’ve just started a bowl on diversity in London specifically - 9qo8f

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After the HR discussion, how many days it will take to receive the offer letter please. As of now status is showing undee consideration in the portal.

I got Medical Reimbursement of around in current month salary, but I don't think I had applied any bill or submitted any such amount. Can someone tell what exactly is this amount for?

Anyone in S&C at level 9? I got a 5% raise and 8% bonus.

Anyone here have experience living in Evanston? Is rent cheaper/what range would I be looking at vs Chicago? Going into full time now and personally am of the mentality to save money like crazy, CONT

I find the trauma challenges on tiktok unsettling

Hello fishes, can we buy land/plot to save long term capital gain tax?

USCIS Site visit experience: I’m on bench and working from home on an internal project for one month. USCIS site visit official called me and asked if I’m working from my office location? Cntd....

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Please give me 11 likes on this post so I can get DM access. Thanks in advance! 😊

New to TX and got pulled over on my way home from the grocery store. Cop gave me a ticket for rolling through a stop sign. I would think cops have bigger fish to fry but apparently not. How do these things go in TX? Should I pay it and move on? Fight it? Will my car insurance go up?
I haven’t gotten a ticket in over 5 years before this.

Men - what are the best socks out there? For work/casual wear and workout.

Is there a reason some of the biglaw websites look like they were made in 2006? Surely that reflects poorly on a company

Does anybody here play soccer? Looking to find a place to play and have had a hard time.

So I have just left my Consultant role in a finance company to move to a Account Executive role at a ftse250 tech company. All good…unfortunately today i received a letter from my old company saying im due to repay them £4.4k in training costs and guaranteed commission etc. How should I respond?

Any female lawyer who has a baby in their first year in BL? How was the experience pre and after the baby?

I hate this job. That is all.

A friend was told their firm will cut ties EOY if certain things don’t improve. Friend had planned to quit in the next year anyway (to start their own business), so there is no real incentive to bend over backwards. Friend’s goal is to keep the income for a little longer, but to minimize conflict / headaches. What’s the best move here? Wait until EOY and take the severance? Give 6 / 9 / 12 months’ notice now? Is there such a thing as too much notice? Could too much notice backfire?

After many years of doing purely corporate law, I recently moved inhouse to do structured finance. Honestly, I am in unknown territories. My boss also not patient about my re-learning process yet they knew from the interview that I know close to nothing about structured finance. I am 2 months into my 6 months probation period and I am worried that I might have bit more than I can chew. FYI - I am doing all I need to do to learn (books) but still struggling. Any pointers on how to get it faster.

Does anyone tell the truth in exit interviews? About to have mine and not sure whether to be honest about partners who were bullies, backwards culture, etc?

Do partners sometimes say nice things about your work just to encourage you and less so because the work merits the compliment? Or is my impostor syndrome really messing with my head?

So I pulled an all nighter on Monday to do this thing, spend Tuesday like a zombie (and I had 5 calls!!!) then on 6PM the senior reviewing my work came back with comments that I needed to turn “ASAP”. I was so tired I just said I would not because I needed to sleep. I sent them today at 1:30 PM.
Would you get mad if your mid-level/junior did that? I’m all for pulling all-nighters and billing but everything has a limit.

Name and shame the firms doing stealth lay-offs.

What class years at Kirkland Texas offices are oversubscribed? I heard it was class of 2020. Any other years that overhired?

What website blocker software do big law firms use for local wifi?

I applied for a lateral job in a growing group that doesn’t have associates yet. I talked to a sr. associate in a different office/group to get a better sense of the firm’s vibe and we both really enjoyed our call. He kindly offered to recommend an interview to HR. Is there anything else I can do? I would be switching practices altogether so I want to be as proactive as possible to know what I’m getting myself into (and make my app more favorable because I really want to break into the field).

Is it common for transactional groups to just add specialists onto deals without a heads up, or asking if we have capacity? My team is always asked first, but today, got invited to a dataroom of some deal I have never heard of.

Tips for bankruptcy associates who eventually want to move in-house? 3rd year associate in bankruptcy/restructuring group doing mainly bk lit but a few deals too. Need to stay in BL for at least another year for the money, but eventually want to move in-house. The path to in-house seems more straightforward for general commercial lit or more standard transactional practices. Any tips for someone who’s practice is a bit of a hybrid (and who will never likely do discovery or handle a depo)

How do people keep themselves awake...reading this shit is so boring

Thoughts on Quinn Emmanuel? How grade conscious are they?

To the lender counsel that forgot to mention they needed original signature pages for a deal that closed early this year and decided to chase and harass me a day before thanksgiving and a day after thanksgiving multiple times. F*ck you. I don’t know what is driving your lack of courtesy but I have represented the same bank before and know their usual original signature requirement.

First year here. Do associates get fired for not meeting the billable requirements?

Thoughts on Shearman & Sterling Dallas and STB Houston?

There is a partner that, without fail, calls on Fridays after 6pm anytime I am staffed with him. It’s extremely frustrating since his calls are usually non-urgent and I make it a point to check in early in the day to address anything. Any advice?

White collar folks - how busy are you guys now?