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• Author: Lindsay Cameron
• Profession: Corporate attorney
• Pages: 45-49

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“O.” I   the table, feeling pued up because I

was the most senior associate in the room. It was our rst meeting

in the “war room”—a conference room on the thirtieth oor that

was reserved indenitely for “Project Mojo,” the codename given

for the deal. As rst year associates, Gavin Shin, Pat rick O’Shea, and

Sheldon Laurie were too junior to attend the kick-o meeting, so I

was responsible for lling them in on what happened and doling out

the specic duties. When Ben had referred to the rst years as my

“team” I had the sudden realization that I’d never had a team before.

Sadir was right—I was moving up in the world.

I had worked with each of my team members before, so I had a

good idea what to expect. Gavin was the oldest of the three, having

taken o two years between college and law school to gure out what

he wanted to do. is made him hungry to catch up for lost time, so

he worked around the clock to prove that he should be considered

better than his peers. He always jumped at the opportunity to have

face time with a partner and was oen the last one to leave the oce.

Rumor had it his work ethic was fueled by his pesky cocaine habit

which quickly became obvious to anyone who worked with him.

Sheldon was the polar opposite. He was a devout Mormon, whose

work was always meticulous. His attention to detail would have been

enviable if there was no timeline, but on this deal it was going to

be irritating. Last time I worked with him it took him ve hours

to review one supply agreement. en he came to my oce dis-

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