How a Big Law Litigation Lawyer Learned the Art of Drafting Contracts as In-House Counsel with Aramide Fields You Can Contract Show

In this episode, Laura Frederick interviews Aramide Fields, an Associate General Counsel at a Fortune 500 company, and a former litigation attorney at Morrison Foerster.

"Contracts aren't scary. You can learn this, you can figure it out," says Aramide.

She shares how she went from hating contracts with passion when working in litigation to loving them when working with tech transactions.

Aramide also talks about the importance of knowing the business context and the magic of melding business and legal. She shares tips on negotiating cross-border deals and gives learning advice to new contract lawyers and professionals.

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