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{{a|work|{{image|would|jpg|}}}}{{quote|“Would level” is the strongest degree of assurance that an attorney can provide when opining on bankruptcy matters.
{{a|work|{{image|would|jpg|}}}}{{quote|“Would level” is the strongest degree of assurance that an attorney can provide when opining on bankruptcy matters.
:—Legal isolation of transferred financial assets, PWC Viewpoint}}
:—Legal isolation of transferred financial assets, PWC Viewpoint}}A term of financial art: it once meant the highest possible degree of [[comfort]] things won’t go wrong, and therefore one won’t be fired — but worn smooth over time as all allocations of risk tend to be, by years of gentle polishing by the vicuña twill that houses a million well-heeled posteriors — these days really means one definitely will not be fired, even if things do go wrong, because one’s arse is, formally, covered.
A term of financial art: it once meant the highest possible degree of [[comfort]] things won’t go wrong, and therefore one won’t be fired — but worn smooth over time as all allocations of risk tend to be, by years of gentle polishing by the vicuña twill that houses a million well-heeled posteriors — these days really means one definitely will not be fired, even if things do go wrong, because your arse is covered. The “would-level opinion” is safety; it is plausible deniability. It speaks to prudent diligence, [[res ipsa loquitur]].
 
“Formally” because, in our fickle times, [[Der Sieg der Form über Substanz|form]] has vanquished [[Substance and form|substance]] to so great an extent that form is now all there is.
 
''Until it isn’t''.
 
The “would-level opinion” is a byword for ''safety''; it is [[plausible deniability]].  
 
It speaks to prudent diligence, [[res ipsa loquitur]], no (further) questions asked.


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