March Post

After closing his most recent deal, my mentor is going to be featured in the Hollywood Reporter as Hollywood's Top 100 Entertainment lawyers.
He and I have been working closely on my independent component and a few other deals during my mentorship, my mentor has also been helping me in creating an activity for my final presentation. We have recently made new connections with one of our old deals, Epic Meal Time, so you will be seeing those actors in a few more media platforms.My mentor has also been giving me previous deals to study and applying that knowledge in current deals he lets me sit in on. Other than that, work at the Collective has been the same.

Epic Meal Time host Harley Morenstein

Blog 18: Fourth Interview Preparation

Content: Post 20 open-ended questions you want to ask an expert in the field concerning your senior project. The focus of your questions should be on your answer to your EQ.

1. What different negotiation tactics have you used to negotiate a deal?
2. Which strategies have worked for you in the past? 
3. Are there other methods of negotiation?
4. How do you deal with clients that have very different interests?
5. Is lying ever present in a negotiation? When and Why?
6. Does leveraging actually work for the client you represent?
7. How well must you say you have to know your client to represent them accurately?
8. What are the circumstances in which a third party is included in a deal?
9. What other entities might be present throughout a negotiation?
10. How can a contract help negotiate a transaction?
11. What are key points to look at when reviewing a deal?
12. How can one identify phrases that might lead to litigation in the court room?
13. In your opinion what is the best way to negotiate a transaction?
14. How would one go about setting up a deal for more than two entities?
15. How can you push for a clause in the deal without being too aggressive?
16. What would be defined as too aggressive of a rebuttal or counter offer?
17. In instances where deals have been taken to court, what/how is that process like?
18. What can you do to stop one of your deals from reaching the court room?
19. How do you calculate the royalties a client will earn and present it to them in a way the will understand?
20. What is the process of closing a deal?
• What comes after?

Blog 17: Third Answer

1. My EQ is, what is the best way for a lawyer to negotiate a transaction between two parties?
2. The best way for a lawyer to negotiate a transaction between two parties is to Maximize Your Leverage
3. 3 details to support the answer 
•  Leverage makes getting what your client wants out of the deal much easier
• Leverage can be too aggressive and thus make you or your case look bad
• If the opposing counsel tries to attack your case, leverage is what makes you able to take the hit or drive them off.
4. The research source (s) to support your details and answer
• Talking to my mentor
• Sarwar, TF. "Leveraging International Law to Help Arsenic Mitigation Efforts in Bangladesh." University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, 32.3 (2011): 843-846. 
5. I actually think my third answer is the weakest of my two answers and will require a large amount of research in order to be presented thoroughly