u/Government-Sachs

I am working with an awful partner and one of the things that annoys the whole team is that he is always late in reviewing and approving emails or agreements that he asked to check before they are released. This is recurring and has been happening for months.

We, the associates, then need to come up with BS reasons for our counterparties as to why we are late with our deliverables.

Look, I am fucking up my reputation in the market because YOU CAN'T F DO YOUR JOB!!!

Surely he will not survive long, but until then, any tips? Anyone with similar experiences?

V20 biglaw, for context.

Junior Associate in Finance. I find it hard to find the motivation to give a f*ck about checking all the minutae in a document (typos, looking for precedents, reading chains, etc.). Mind you that I LOOOVED corporate law, finance, etc. (to the point that I even passed the CFA level I).

But this? I just f*cking hate this. Feels that we do work that no one deep down gives a flying f*ck (beyond the credit agreement since LMEs became trendy). So I just spend a sh*t tone of time drafting CPs, pledges, and doing some memos here and there ... fml

I think long-term, and I'm not even sure this money rewards the loss of adventure/opportunities other jobs may offer (my exit path is what? in-house? jeez...)

How can I find any motivation to at least get through the first years, at least until it becomes somehow more interesting (more commercial, if I dare to say...).

Genuine question, especially for those with LLBs/experience in legal fields: Is the SQE hard? I feel I am reading lots of views on how it is hard, but I believe those views are from people that are coming from other backgrounds

I'm asking because I am planning to sit for the SQE while qualified in another jurisdiction (non-English speaking), and I don't seem to understand where the complexity resides.

Lots of questions are intuitive and probabilistically, as long as you went through the reading, the chance of picking the "most correct" answer is there.

Asking to assess how objectively hard it is for LLBs (based on personal experiences).