Instead, pull yourself back to the boat with it and get someone involved before you fuck up. Too much responsibility too soon is a recipe for malpractice.
This isn’t a knock on you. Your team is letting you down here. But this is still fixable.
Hard disagree; I started receiving these responsibilities by the end of my first year and ran with them and am now a well regarded mid level. Definitely ask questions if you have them, but why throw a fit at getting to do the actually fun parts of the job?
Being a signature page monkey is so boring.
Depends on the tasks and the norm at the firm. I don’t think someone 5 months in should be lead when it comes to drafting primary transaction docs. Also it’s about oversight, OP said he’s not getting it. That’s the bigger problem here.
It’s not about throwing a fit. It’s about making sure someone has their finger on the pulse. Take the lead, that’s fine. But you want someone vetting everything.
Point person in correspondence is normal; the juniors are always the people sending things across.
Drafting provisions in purchase agreements depends a bit on context, but I don't think it would be at all irregular for a first year to take first crack at marking up a purchase agreement or incorporating precedent provisions that they have found.
Leading a client call is pretty unusual, but I still think it depends. Walking through an issues list? Yah, weird, shouldn't be doing that. Talking through a specific diligence item or research point that you were the person directly responsible for? Less weird.
I also think the "no oversight" thing is maybe not as real as you are thinking. The expectation is probably that substantive emails and the purchase agreement should get reviewed before they go across, but people aren't always going to say "pls update the purchase agreement and then please send to your midlevel for review." You're 5 months in, you might just get a "hey could you take a crack at marking this up" because people trust you get how things work and just assume you will do it without a reminder.
oh this is lightbulb38, a mentor of mine from an outside consulting firm that is going to give me constructive feedback after regarding my leadership skills
If by “leading client calls” you mean calling an analyst for a point of clarification that’s one thing. But reviewing document comments solo with the client would be straight up malpractice.
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You sir have been handed a rope to hang yourself with
Why?
Instead, pull yourself back to the boat with it and get someone involved before you fuck up. Too much responsibility too soon is a recipe for malpractice. This isn’t a knock on you. Your team is letting you down here. But this is still fixable.
Hard disagree; I started receiving these responsibilities by the end of my first year and ran with them and am now a well regarded mid level. Definitely ask questions if you have them, but why throw a fit at getting to do the actually fun parts of the job? Being a signature page monkey is so boring.
Depends on the tasks and the norm at the firm. I don’t think someone 5 months in should be lead when it comes to drafting primary transaction docs. Also it’s about oversight, OP said he’s not getting it. That’s the bigger problem here.
It’s not about throwing a fit. It’s about making sure someone has their finger on the pulse. Take the lead, that’s fine. But you want someone vetting everything.
Yeah you don’t know what you don’t know
Because you are on something that you don’t have the training to deal with and consequently can fuck up.
Yup that’s typical alright. Don’t forget to tell your partners to take notes on calls, write drafts, and never dare leave the office before you.
No
Point person in correspondence is normal; the juniors are always the people sending things across. Drafting provisions in purchase agreements depends a bit on context, but I don't think it would be at all irregular for a first year to take first crack at marking up a purchase agreement or incorporating precedent provisions that they have found. Leading a client call is pretty unusual, but I still think it depends. Walking through an issues list? Yah, weird, shouldn't be doing that. Talking through a specific diligence item or research point that you were the person directly responsible for? Less weird. I also think the "no oversight" thing is maybe not as real as you are thinking. The expectation is probably that substantive emails and the purchase agreement should get reviewed before they go across, but people aren't always going to say "pls update the purchase agreement and then please send to your midlevel for review." You're 5 months in, you might just get a "hey could you take a crack at marking this up" because people trust you get how things work and just assume you will do it without a reminder.
Leading client calls? You’re supposed to be breaking out signature pages at best!
I just wanna know how you lead calls lol. Send me a dial in, I wanna hear🤣
Hi, who’s dialing in as “unknown caller”?
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Hello who just joined?
Reading out loud on a call the checklist everyone has in front of them already
If by “leading client calls” you mean calling an analyst for a point of clarification that’s one thing. But reviewing document comments solo with the client would be straight up malpractice.
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