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This depends heavily on firm approach. There's a spectrum where some firms do everything in-house at the deal team level (without a GC) to the other end that outsource everything to law firms/3rd parties (down to NDA negotiation and LOI drafting). My firm is in the middle (have in-house legal resources but obviously use law firms for SPA negotiation and meaty docs in new deals), so I can speak to that approach:
 

  • Associates: Limited input, moreso focus on gaining familiarity with nature of docs (i.e., how does an SPA work (definitions, sections, etc.)) and helping fill in economic terms (e.g., check share counts or compensation detail in an employment agreement)
  • Senior Associate/VP: More heavily involved in doc negotiation (expected to understand how docs work, oversee input/analysis on key economic points (sizing the escrow(s), NWC peg setting, etc.), and generally provide "business" input on docs (relaying key issues or concerns to lawyers for diligence and/or documentation)
  • Principal/MD: Same as above, ideally with a more big picture input based on battle scars, preferences, and known issues in the deal
 
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This depends heavily on firm approach. There's a spectrum where some firms do everything in-house at the deal team level (without a GC) to the other end that outsource everything to law firms/3rd parties (down to NDA negotiation and LOI drafting). My firm is in the middle (have in-house legal resources but obviously use law firms for SPA negotiation and meaty docs in new deals), so I can speak to that approach:
 

  • Associates: Limited input, moreso focus on gaining familiarity with nature of docs (i.e., how does an SPA work (definitions, sections, etc.)) and helping fill in economic terms (e.g., check share counts or compensation detail in an employment agreement)
  • Senior Associate/VP: More heavily involved in doc negotiation (expected to understand how docs work, oversee input/analysis on key economic points (sizing the escrow(s), NWC peg setting, etc.), and generally provide "business" input on docs (relaying key issues or concerns to lawyers for diligence and/or documentation)
  • Principal/MD: Same as above, ideally with a more big picture input based on battle scars, preferences, and known issues in the deal

Wb shareholder agrmts or partnership agrmts in club deals eg exit rights, consents, board rights/seats etc term sheet comes in who gives first pass on That 

 

I'd bifurcate the role of lawyers versus the role of the investment team. While these sound like minor items in the grand scheme of hundreds of pages of documents, ultimately, it's the business terms that are usually the more material negotiating points.

The lawyers are focused on the other 90% of the words, but many of these are fairly standard / CYA and less controversial or negotiable.

 

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