Mayer Brown debt finance
Is the group growing? when are juniors assigned to the sub groups? What’s the vibe like nowadays? Screamers? Gunners? do they pay cravats in all markets? What’s the billable target? Free lunch everyday?

Any tips for someone trying to break into consulting in the GCC from the US? Applying blindly hasn't worked out. Head hunter recommendations would be great as well!

Hello fellow EAs! Anyone here work or has worked for autodesk in the Bay Area?

For consultants hired recently, has your orientation been in person or virtual? joining the strategy and analytics practice if that helps!

What do you value most to make a work environment attractive to you?

Will GYMPASS be an additional benefit on top of the $500 EY wellness benefit? What is it?

Oliver mentioned in the NA Update that we should hear about raises some time next week

That episode was in true GOT fashion. 🤌🏼

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.

Did anyone left coforge recently? I have to leave by next week, and company asked to courier their laptop back to office.

I went to a nearby mall with family.
There’s this toy train in which kids sit and train runs on the floor.
I envied the job of that train driver. Kids smile at you, say bye to you!! Even if you bang into someone they gonna smile, and not escalate..

My Big4 job is making any job look coool!

What rates are you finding from lenders? I got quoted 15 yr 2.62 with 0 points from chase. How to find best rates ?

I live in a no-income tax state but work for a company in NYC. I’m getting taxed around 15k bc NY requires remote workers to pay NY taxes. What would you do?

Last 30 days of np.Looking for referral for Frontend - React and have 4.5 yoe.Anybofy willing to provide me a referral?

What are the things you like about Accenture?

P.S. I am excited to Join Accenture in 2 weeks. My first switch. ❤️

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.

White collar folks - how busy are you guys now?

If you’re ever feeling like BigLaw is pigeonholing your career, just remember that Rep. Liz Cheney started her career as a project finance associate at White & Case from 1996-1999.

Today I tried to tell myself what my favorite thing of being a lawyer is, and the only thing I could think about is when the direct deposit hits every couple of weeks…

My firm has implemented a casual dress code through the end of the year and I’m hardcore judging everyone who is still dressing up when they come in. Who would voluntarily wear a suit or dress?

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.

Anyone else basically become comatose on either Saturday or Sunday when you get a weekend without work? I have all of these things I’d love to do, but as soon as my brain understands that I don’t have to work, it’s like I completely lose all energy. It’s making me feel bad about myself. Any tips?

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.

If your goal is to be as high ranking of an in house counsel position as possible, how would you structure your career progression? Is it better to stay in big law as long as possible and then transition as a partner, or is it more valuable to get relevant experience by going in house as a mid level/senior associate? Practice area is IP: working in patent pros, litigation, and tech transactional to varying degrees if that affects the answer.

Has anyone heard anything about Up or Out? Got an invite a couple of times, but trying to figure out if this is a scam or something.

Now that the craziness of 2021 is firmly in the mirror, what is your class year and when do you normally stop working at night, on average? For me 6 to 7 is the average. Have to wake up at 5 or 6 a.m. one or two days a week to make that happen though and it may not last through Q4..

What is the average adoption assistance benefit at big law firms?

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?

With every day that passes by, I become ever more certain that a more fitting name for an attorney is "psychopath for hire"

This job is a lot better if you don't care about the bonus and hours requirement. I can pretty easily bill 1700 hours annually and my firm so far hasn't cared in the slightest. Worrying about hitting 2000 hours for the bonus used stress me out so much, and I just don't think it's worth it. Base salaries are ridiculous and way more than enough to finance my lifestyle.

I hate this job. That is all.

Does anyone know what Kirkland’s billing year is? Aka when do hours start again?

Can I use my former firm’s coffee mug at my new firm? I just really like the mug.

For those of you at these firms giving associates base salary raises, what are your billables like? I’m trying to decide if now is the time to lateral from a lower AM 100 up.