Inhouse legal team of the year: Difference between revisions

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:*refusing to hear of modifications to your drafting notwithstanding its incomprehensibility;<ref>{{Bold full stop}}</ref>
:*refusing to hear of modifications to your drafting notwithstanding its incomprehensibility;<ref>{{Bold full stop}}</ref>
:*extensive markups of closing agendas, bible tables of content and [[process agent]] appointment letters, relative to substantive comments on deal documentation;
:*extensive markups of closing agendas, bible tables of content and [[process agent]] appointment letters, relative to substantive comments on deal documentation;
*'''Throw the associate under the bus''': How shamelessly will you blame the most [[Private practice lawyer|junior member of outside counsel team]] — the same one whose name you keep forgetting and whose explanations count for nothing in the “can I speak to a partner please” category — for neglecting to prepare and circulate “critical legal documentation” that has, in fact, been in your inbox since 4.30 a.m. on the Saturday morning immediately following your [[6 p.m.]] request for it?
*'''Throw the associate under the bus''': How shamelessly will you blame the most [[Private practice lawyer|junior member of outside counsel team]] — the same one whose name you keep forgetting and whose explanations count for nothing in the “yes, but can I speak to a partner please” category — for neglecting to prepare and circulate “critical legal documentation” that has, in fact, been in your inbox since 4.30 a.m. on the Saturday morning immediately following your [[6 p.m.]] request for it?
*'''External law-firm management''': How insistent are you in requiring any external spend over £2,500 to go through a mandatory three-way bidding process?
*'''External law-firm management''': How insistent are you in requiring any external spend over £2,500 to go through a mandatory three-way bidding process?
*'''[[Panel discussion]]s''': Points are available for persistent self-publication, on [[LinkedIn]], of participation in a “stimulating discussion about Phase 3 regulatory IM today!!!”
*'''[[Panel discussion]]s''': Points are available for persistent self-publication, on [[LinkedIn]], of participation in a “stimulating discussion about Phase 3 regulatory IM today!!!”