Most grateful if anyone could share guidance on their most effective methods/resources of conforming OCs to transaction documents for securitisation transactions. The guidance I have seems quite outdated and painstakingly slow.

I probably always have had low lying depression (per my therapist) but I think my break up finally broke me. After two months, I'm not any better. So I'm hopping on medication for the first time. Day 5 of using Zoloft. How long before I should consider it is or isn't working?

Anyone else long on AMT?

Please explain if we get internet reimbursement outside the CTC?? Not the tax exemption part . I have heard we get 1200 per month for internet . Is it true ?

What's your experience working with United Way?

Watching Home Alone I see that I was taught a while ago not to fly AA..

Go on then. Guesses how long until Uncommon sell?

How did you guys know that this was the career for you? Some days aren't so bad and i think i can do this. Other days I wish i was doing something else with my life.

Hello Fishes,

Which Is better company to join for optum or ey?

Thanks

Welcome all 😊

I have made this bowl to help UX/UI Designers to help each others. Feel free to add designers into our bowl.

Hi I got a 4 rating this year, in 2 parameters and in one parameter 3. Any danger of a potential layoff. Am a business analyst as societe Generalle GSC Bangalore

Hi all,

What do you think is a bare minimum CTC required to sustain a good married life considering life in a metro city. I do earn about 15LPA. So how much should. I look for in a guy?

Where can I go snowboarding in Colorado in August?

Where’s everyone spending their Labor Day weekend?

How do you deal with the following - 1) lack of general organization in life, note taking, keeping track of your relationships and 2) attention to detail. These 2 things have been bothering me a lot. We all are smart as hell but silly mistakes such as spelling mistakes, broader checks to be done on the deck is killing me. Also I feel the lack of organization in personal life blows into professional as well. If you are a consultant how do u deal with it ?

How many times do you think about quitting per day?

Folks, looking for suggestions/ ideas for 40th weeding anniversary for my parents. The are currently in India. What are people doing these days for such milestones?
My wife was suggesting a destination event (eg Goa / Yatch party) with close family & friends, with garland exchange in relaxed /beach attire.

What programming language are you mostly using at work? For me it’s Java

Okay, I feel like if a QE in India needs to email me, an SE, to just press the 'resolve' button on a user story that was created after a bug report was issued and fixed, then maybe... Just MAYBE... There might be a bureaucracy problem. 😒

If you’re a SQL expert, plz plz comment so I can message you about a query I need help with. Thank you!

Anyone use charts for contract review? If so, what headings do you put in the first row?

Any suggestions on resources for corporate contract drafting? I have been largely responsible for employment matters and basic contracts. Starting to work on buy/sell of goods and services; not huge but also not employment agreements. Looking for refreshers... been a while since law school and the bar. Thanks

Deal Lingo - I’ve seen a “Book of Banking Jargon” from L&Ws. Is there one out there for M&A? Also does anyone really know what dupe/duped means?! I use it not fully understanding it’s meaning. (Junior Tag)

What year of practice did you start handling closings on your own?

Does anyone want to be my M&A coach? Will pay.

As the indemnified party, do you exclude Indemnity obligations from the LoL cap?

Tips for becoming more independent as you progress from junior to midlevel? I am starting to be put into the position of just having to handle things including drafting and could use some advice from others.

First 70 billable hour week and am dying. How do some of you do this on a regular basis?

My boss is asking me to “reconsider” the way I approach a client… I am in charge of this annoying corporate maintenance thing that we do for a client (I.e., making board of directors meeting to comply with some regulatory reporting required. I always end up missing deadlines. How would you reply?

What sort of reps are tripped up by requirements contracts?

On a contract negotiation call, opposing counsel kept making sports references, such as “You got four out of six here, take the win and leave this one alone” in regards to reasonable modification...

Who’s planning on leaving after getting their bonus?

Curious as to how many deals at once is typical for a first year associate to take on (M&A, mostly private equity clients). Deal size is lower middle market and I’ve worked on deals ranging from $1-$110M. 2 deals at once is plenty for me, but it seems like my peers are able to take on more than that at once and still do fine. Maybe I’m just a slow learner/out of my league at the big law firm I’m at.

Any recommendations for a book/podcast/self study materials for a new finance attorney? I have no background in finance and was assigned to a finance group. Help me!!

Why provide redlines against the original draft instead of the last turn when sending drafts to opposite counsel?! This profession makes no sense.

Any book recommendations on Clinical Trial Agreements?

Anyone who has transitioned from M&A work to finance work, how has your experience been? I am considering a similar transition and would love to learn about any changes to your work/life balance, stress-levels, etc.

Anyone use OneNote as a transactional lawyer? How do you like it? Trying to be more organized with all my ongoing deals!

What's the biggest salary jump you've made in CTL, and how did you do it?

(First year if you can’t tell) if a contract has a date in the preamble and a separate effective date, which do you use for purposes of say scheduling contracts?