Comments on: The Strategic Value of Legal Services http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/16/the-strategic-value-of-legal-services/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:37:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: David Canton http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/16/the-strategic-value-of-legal-services/#comment-815 David Canton Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:14:05 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/16/the-strategic-value-of-legal-services/#comment-815 I could not agree more. One significant advantage of being former in-house counsel (as we both were) is that we realize that having a better understanding of the client's business allows us to give better legal advice. One of my pet peeves is getting comments on a document from a lawyer who has clearly approached it from a theoretical basis and has not taken the time to understand his client's business, or the deal. Sometimes that is the client's fault for not communicating with the lawyer - but the lawyer should take the time to ask the right questions. I could not agree more. One significant advantage of being former in-house counsel (as we both were) is that we realize that having a better understanding of the client’s business allows us to give better legal advice.

One of my pet peeves is getting comments on a document from a lawyer who has clearly approached it from a theoretical basis and has not taken the time to understand his client’s business, or the deal. Sometimes that is the client’s fault for not communicating with the lawyer - but the lawyer should take the time to ask the right questions.

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