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How typical are all nighters in NY Corporate?

Curious about the top firms.
Kink-friendly misunderstood shitlib
  07/17/14
I don't think literal all-nighters are that common. There is...
Trip crackhouse
  07/17/14
Yeah, that's not a problem and I assumed that was the norm/w...
Kink-friendly misunderstood shitlib
  07/17/14
just did ne
alcoholic bateful area sex offender
  07/17/14
Had 4 in the last 2 weeks
irradiated underhanded resort
  07/17/14
Thanks. I'm sorry though, that sounds brutal.
Kink-friendly misunderstood shitlib
  07/17/14
Not that bad actually. I mean it's shit but I've already hit...
irradiated underhanded resort
  07/17/14
Rare. Like once every 6 weeks or so. But lots of leaving...
Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy
  07/17/14
It's like that scene in Annie Hall except the associate is a...
vibrant cyan indian lodge trump supporter
  07/17/14
I'm in V30 lit and leave by 7:30 90% of the time. Never had ...
Spruce exciting degenerate
  07/17/14
(never been staffed on a trial)
lime halford personal credit line
  07/17/14
That's true, and it would be nuts on a trial, but that's rar...
Spruce exciting degenerate
  07/18/14
(doc review atty)
Mildly autistic prole
  07/17/14
very rare. even rarer if you leave ny. go abroad young man.
violent crimson mad-dog skullcap
  07/17/14
I thought in ASIA they work you nonstop seven days a week in...
Histrionic seedy space
  07/17/14
COLA doesnt exist at most places anymore. i leave by 8 almos...
violent crimson mad-dog skullcap
  07/17/14
bro this totally blows my mind. my conception of biglaw in A...
Histrionic seedy space
  07/17/14
harvard is best in asia, but pedigree probably matters less ...
violent crimson mad-dog skullcap
  07/17/14
AZN V10 to CLS SEC transfers: ME SO SOLLY!
Histrionic seedy space
  07/17/14
lol
violent crimson mad-dog skullcap
  07/17/14
...
Contagious Unhinged Marketing Idea Digit Ratio
  07/17/14
ljl
well-lubricated gaping
  07/17/14
(guy who doesn't work in HK biglaw). they ride those asso...
Bearded multi-colored rigpig
  07/18/14
Lol why you think EVERYONE has a sleeping bag in the office
Contagious Unhinged Marketing Idea Digit Ratio
  07/17/14
....yeah, they don't.
Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy
  07/17/14
when exactly during this all-nighter does a biglaw bro say &...
cream sadistic elastic band pocket flask
  07/18/14
in M&A, ALL THE FRIGGIN' TIME
crystalline zombie-like ticket booth cuckoldry
  07/17/14
more like M&GAY rite?
violent crimson mad-dog skullcap
  07/17/14
cr
Histrionic seedy space
  07/17/14
I envision practice groups where this happens with some reg...
cerebral startling business firm foreskin
  07/17/14
v5, once every 4 to 6 weeks. V10 couple times a year. V20 ...
glittery blue boltzmann stage
  07/17/14
V50 once every two years. V100 once every 10.
carnelian gunner
  07/17/14
I'm noticing a pattern. LSAT questions?
pearl milk
  07/18/14
i'd say twice a year.
judgmental concupiscible codepig state
  07/17/14
what do you do all night
Massive azn
  07/17/14
The large majority of NY Corp attorneys are gigantic pussies...
Carmine Corn Cake Church
  07/17/14
they stay later though. M&A at least.
Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy
  07/18/14
This baffles me. Who wouldn't shift their schedule to start ...
dashing infuriating theatre
  07/18/14
Do you think NY M&A lawyers get to pick when they work?
red deep sandwich
  07/18/14
I'd love to. Doesn't work that way though.
Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy
  07/18/14
Why
dashing infuriating theatre
  07/18/14
Let's take last Thursday as an example. I twiddled my th...
Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy
  07/18/14
I'm at V50 M&A not in NY and have only worked past midni...
red deep sandwich
  07/18/14
Yeah NY hours suck but there are fringe benefits and some em...
Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy
  07/18/14
Ehh, there's plenty of inhouse opportunities for me if that'...
red deep sandwich
  07/18/14
Yeah for sure you can get a job out of anywhere. Just saying...
Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy
  07/18/14
ANy capital markets lawyers here care to share they're exper...
Pale Crotch University
  07/18/14
It's terrible. Up all night doing hand markups and checking ...
Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy
  07/18/14
lawyers are fuckin pussies and I LOL EVEN HARDER when they l...
cream sadistic elastic band pocket flask
  07/18/14
Banking seems a lot easier.
Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy
  07/18/14
junior analyst banker hours are easily the worst of any whit...
Contagious Unhinged Marketing Idea Digit Ratio
  07/18/14
cr or surgeons
wonderful rigor
  07/18/14
what are you doing all night long
Massive azn
  07/18/14
seriously. that guy said they got a markup back at 630 and t...
Histrionic seedy space
  07/18/14
Pray you never find out.
Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy
  07/18/14
so it's not just inputting changes that takes 11:30 hours
Histrionic seedy space
  07/18/14
during an M&A deal? Same shit you do doing the day. Dra...
crystalline zombie-like ticket booth cuckoldry
  07/18/14
Seems preferable to ttt litigation actually. Scramble and g...
Massive azn
  07/18/14
"I see that Project Y closed. Congratulations! Now that...
Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy
  07/18/14
Is life better at kirkland and other so called free-market f...
Pale Crotch University
  07/18/14
"No thanks. Going to enjoy the weekend and see what's u...
Contagious Unhinged Marketing Idea Digit Ratio
  07/18/14
lol
Cowardly flickering round eye
  07/18/14
Can you do that?
Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy
  07/18/14
(partner that does not have summertime next to his moniker)
Self-absorbed french chef
  07/18/14


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Date: July 17th, 2014 7:45 AM
Author: Kink-friendly misunderstood shitlib

Curious about the top firms.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949319)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 7:49 AM
Author: Trip crackhouse

I don't think literal all-nighters are that common. There is plenty of "let's all go home around 2 and circle back together around 9:30 tomorrow" stuff though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949323)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 8:24 AM
Author: Kink-friendly misunderstood shitlib

Yeah, that's not a problem and I assumed that was the norm/what people would prefer to do. Just worried about not being able to get any break at all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949354)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 7:53 AM
Author: alcoholic bateful area sex offender

just did ne

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949327)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 8:34 AM
Author: irradiated underhanded resort

Had 4 in the last 2 weeks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949362)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 8:44 AM
Author: Kink-friendly misunderstood shitlib

Thanks. I'm sorry though, that sounds brutal.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949380)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 9:42 AM
Author: irradiated underhanded resort

Not that bad actually. I mean it's shit but I've already hit hours for the month so I'm basically chillin for the rest.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949485)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 9:10 AM
Author: Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy

Rare. Like once every 6 weeks or so.

But lots of leaving at 2 or 3 am and comign back at 900 am. after 2 or 3 days of that you're pretty fucked up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949411)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 10:05 AM
Author: vibrant cyan indian lodge trump supporter

It's like that scene in Annie Hall except the associate is a hostage.

Partner: We rarely make the associates pull all nighters, no more than once every six weeks.

Associate: The partner says that I rarely pull all nighters, no more than once every six weeks. He also points out, correctly, that the regular nights on which I get two to three hours of sleep cannot be called all-nighters due to the word all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949557)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 9:35 AM
Author: Spruce exciting degenerate

I'm in V30 lit and leave by 7:30 90% of the time. Never had an all nighter. Lol at corp.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949472)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 8:18 PM
Author: lime halford personal credit line

(never been staffed on a trial)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25953723)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 10:05 AM
Author: Spruce exciting degenerate

That's true, and it would be nuts on a trial, but that's rare enough to happen once a year or less for a typical biglaw lit associate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25956924)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 9:23 PM
Author: Mildly autistic prole

(doc review atty)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25954139)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 9:45 AM
Author: violent crimson mad-dog skullcap

very rare. even rarer if you leave ny. go abroad young man.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949492)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 9:45 AM
Author: Histrionic seedy space

I thought in ASIA they work you nonstop seven days a week in exchange for DAT PHAT COLA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949493)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 9:48 AM
Author: violent crimson mad-dog skullcap

COLA doesnt exist at most places anymore. i leave by 8 almost every night. i do put in some hours most weekends.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949497)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 9:52 AM
Author: Histrionic seedy space

bro this totally blows my mind. my conception of biglaw in ASIA is all upside down now. is HARVARD even BEST IN ASIA anymore?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949503)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 9:53 AM
Author: violent crimson mad-dog skullcap

harvard is best in asia, but pedigree probably matters less out here than youd imagine. hls will get you in the door though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949510)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 9:58 AM
Author: Histrionic seedy space

AZN V10 to CLS SEC transfers:

ME SO SOLLY!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949530)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 10:01 AM
Author: violent crimson mad-dog skullcap

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949540)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 10:02 AM
Author: Contagious Unhinged Marketing Idea Digit Ratio



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949546)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 10:42 AM
Author: well-lubricated gaping

ljl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949680)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:24 PM
Author: Bearded multi-colored rigpig

(guy who doesn't work in HK biglaw).

they ride those associates HARD. staff deals extremely lean.

my friend billed like 3000 hours last year, lost a bunch of weight/hair.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958122)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 9:46 AM
Author: Contagious Unhinged Marketing Idea Digit Ratio

Lol why you think EVERYONE has a sleeping bag in the office

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949495)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 8:13 PM
Author: Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy

....yeah, they don't.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25953680)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 11:04 AM
Author: cream sadistic elastic band pocket flask

when exactly during this all-nighter does a biglaw bro say "welp time to go to sleep in my sleeping bag"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25957225)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 9:51 AM
Author: crystalline zombie-like ticket booth cuckoldry

in M&A, ALL THE FRIGGIN' TIME

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949502)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 10:02 AM
Author: violent crimson mad-dog skullcap

more like M&GAY rite?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949541)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 10:05 AM
Author: Histrionic seedy space

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949556)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 10:25 AM
Author: cerebral startling business firm foreskin

I envision practice groups where this happens with some regularity setting out candy dishes full of Modafinil.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25949623)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 9:18 PM
Author: glittery blue boltzmann stage

v5, once every 4 to 6 weeks. V10 couple times a year. V20 once a year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25954105)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 10:49 PM
Author: carnelian gunner

V50 once every two years. V100 once every 10.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25954831)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:27 PM
Author: pearl milk

I'm noticing a pattern. LSAT questions?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958150)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 9:25 PM
Author: judgmental concupiscible codepig state

i'd say twice a year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25954151)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 11:15 PM
Author: Massive azn

what do you do all night

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25955063)



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Date: July 17th, 2014 11:21 PM
Author: Carmine Corn Cake Church

The large majority of NY Corp attorneys are gigantic pussies, that stroll into work at 10:30-11:00 a.m.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25955091)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:53 AM
Author: Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy

they stay later though. M&A at least.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25955891)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 10:46 AM
Author: dashing infuriating theatre

This baffles me. Who wouldn't shift their schedule to start at 6 or 7 or 8 at the very latest

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25957118)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 10:51 AM
Author: red deep sandwich

Do you think NY M&A lawyers get to pick when they work?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25957164)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 10:55 AM
Author: Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy

I'd love to. Doesn't work that way though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25957182)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 10:56 AM
Author: dashing infuriating theatre

Why

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25957188)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:13 PM
Author: Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy

Let's take last Thursday as an example.

I twiddled my thumbs until about 630. Then we got a markup back from the other side. The client wants to review our proposed response on a flight on Saturday. Partner needs to review before then and we need time to turn the partners comments.

Accordingly, we had to stay until 4 am to get the revised draft done and on the partners desk by morning.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958029)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 10:36 AM
Author: red deep sandwich

I'm at V50 M&A not in NY and have only worked past midnight a few times this year, no all-nighters. And I do most of my work for the firms biggest M&A client. LOL NY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25957077)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 10:56 AM
Author: Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy

Yeah NY hours suck but there are fringe benefits and some employers prefer laterals who are "NY-trained"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25957190)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 11:01 AM
Author: red deep sandwich

Ehh, there's plenty of inhouse opportunities for me if that's what you mean.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25957208)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:14 PM
Author: Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy

Yeah for sure you can get a job out of anywhere. Just saying NY does open a few more doors than other places, generally speaking.

Whether it's worth the trade off in QOL is debatable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958036)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 11:02 AM
Author: Pale Crotch University

ANy capital markets lawyers here care to share they're experiences

j shad im lookin at you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25957217)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:17 PM
Author: Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy

It's terrible. Up all night doing hand markups and checking for formatting errors.

Cp markets is a joke.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958068)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 11:06 AM
Author: cream sadistic elastic band pocket flask

lawyers are fuckin pussies and I LOL EVEN HARDER when they lump themselves in with banking for overall shittiness of hours and life

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25957229)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:14 PM
Author: Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy

Banking seems a lot easier.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958044)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:17 PM
Author: Contagious Unhinged Marketing Idea Digit Ratio

junior analyst banker hours are easily the worst of any white collar job

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958066)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:16 PM
Author: wonderful rigor

cr or surgeons

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958055)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:10 PM
Author: Massive azn

what are you doing all night long

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958012)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:16 PM
Author: Histrionic seedy space

seriously. that guy said they got a markup back at 630 and there were multiple people working on it. assuming all nighter means they worked until six. how many changes could there have been that it took multiple people 11:30 to incorporate, reformat, clean up, write a cover email, research points of law, whatever the fuck etc?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958057)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:18 PM
Author: Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy

Pray you never find out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958075)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:24 PM
Author: Histrionic seedy space

so it's not just inputting changes that takes 11:30 hours

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958129)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:18 PM
Author: crystalline zombie-like ticket booth cuckoldry

during an M&A deal? Same shit you do doing the day. Drafting ancillary contracts, collecting signature pages, negotiating the final sticky points in a deal, revising disclosure schedules...etc..

Usually the biz guys want to announce signing (or closing) before opening bell so you are usually scrambling between 3am and 8:30am making sure that all has been agreed to and signed off. Then you have a call in the am and its done.

Then you crash and then wake up to an email putting you on a new deal that is set to close in week.

Good Times.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958081)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:21 PM
Author: Massive azn

Seems preferable to ttt litigation actually. Scramble and get it all done versus dying a slow death

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958097)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:22 PM
Author: Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy

"I see that Project Y closed. Congratulations! Now that you have some availability we could use your help on other deals.

Project X with [insane partner], [insane counsel] and [insane associate] is just ramping up. The data room is expected to open on Friday and the client would like a summary Monday morning. Please reach out to [insane associate] to get started.

Have a great weekend!

Best,

[life destroying assigning partner]

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958107)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:24 PM
Author: Pale Crotch University

Is life better at kirkland and other so called free-market firms?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958124)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 1:32 PM
Author: Contagious Unhinged Marketing Idea Digit Ratio

"No thanks. Going to enjoy the weekend and see what's up on Monday. Appreciate you thinking of me though."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958174)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 2:32 PM
Author: Cowardly flickering round eye

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958515)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 6:42 PM
Author: Scarlet Vivacious Rehab Ladyboy

Can you do that?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25960128)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 2:48 PM
Author: Self-absorbed french chef

(partner that does not have summertime next to his moniker)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2621103&forum_id=2#25958621)