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Corporate Transactional Law

Let’s talk about the day by day challenges in corporate transactional law

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  1. Counsel
    First time poster

    Let’s talk BD. For those who have been successful in getting their own clients, would love to hear about what has worked for you, especially anything unconventional.

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  2. Partner

    How does your firm handle billing when one of your attorneys is deposed as a fact witness regarding a client transaction that ultimately did not close? Client is not a party to lawsuit. It’s a dispute...

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  3. SVP

    Anyone else tiring of the game? Or am I just getting old?

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  4. Associate

    Thoughts on Egan Nelson in Dallas? Type of work, culture, Dallas group, wlb…? Senior M&A associate looking to switch fr Big Law.

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  5. Associate

    Any finance lawyers have deal sheet I can reference? All samples provided to me are large public M&A deals and most of my deals are private equity with details I cannot release

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  6. Corporate Counsel
    First time poster

    While working as corporate counsel, company management asks for opinions, which they claim are not legal opinions, but general opinions on states where I am not licensed. They require a signed letter...

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  7. Associate

    Has anyone tried this blackline tool? https://diff.line-break.ai it's so much faster than Litera's selective compare but no one is talking about it lol it even generates AI readable blacklines.

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  8. Associate

    Thoughts on Willkie as a whole and its Corporate and Financial Services group specifically? Also, any insight on the newer Dallas office?

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  9. General Practitioner

    Just curious what kind of ai products are you looking for? There are so many ai tools, but I haven’t found anything that is really helpful to me

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  10. Associate

    I grew so sick of Litera so I built a free and private text compare tool that instantly spits out a redline that’s editable and shareable via email. It’s 100x faster than existing solutions. Try it ou...

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  11. General Practitioner

    I’m really curious how people perceive today’s AI products. Many in-house attorneys tell me the products work quite well, but lawyers at law firms generally feel they’re not particularly useful.

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  12. Associate

    Anyone in corporate have a really good system or resources to stay organized (particularly investment Funds if possible)? Maybe charts, tables, etc to keep track of changes requested via email, work s...

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  13. Associate

    Are there any recruiters that help with a move to go in house from a law firm? Or do they only do big law

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  14. works at Troutman Sanders

    First year associate. Have been practicing corporate and commercial real estate law for 11 months. Not sure what I like about / if I like what I do. I have been thinking of reaching out to a career co...

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  15. Associate

    Current second year corporate associate $100k, bonus is fair. Only 1300 billable. Small firm though- only 3 attys. Only room for growth is potentially buying out partner in 10 years. No promises thoug...

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  16. Founder

    We’ve developed an automated disclosure schedule tool and are looking for M&A team leaders willing to pilot it. Want to understand: what kind of time savings would be most valuable to you?

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  17. Anonymous User

    As a law student looking to go straight to in-house, how realistic is it to find a role starting for at least 100k? I am in Houston, Texas. Class 2026

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  18. Attorney

    Comp check: 3rd year Associate Med-lowCOL city/suburb. Boutique firm serving small-medium sized businesses. Role includes Corporate RE, M&A, and outside GC work with potential for other areas. $80k wi...

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  19. LW
    Lei Wu

    looking for lawyers who are interested in going through our new AI product for lawyers for M&A paperwork.

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  20. Founder

    Anyone tried Harvey before?

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