Alex Su
@heyitsalexsu
chief revenue officer @latitude_legal // left the law to sell stuff to lawyers
Guess who got a new job! Super pumped to join @Latitude_Legal as its new Chief Revenue Officer. You can learn more about the company and my move in the article below. P.S. Don't worry I'm still gonna post bad memes lol legaldive.com/news/latitude-…
Twitter is cool because you can figure out what's going on in the world through memes instead of watching the news
A client at a prominent PE shop told me “Associates from Blank Rome are now doing work that used to be done by Cravath. My V100 associate can draft a motion in an hour that takes DPW a week & the work is better. Someone should tell the folks applying to Wachtell right now.”
Legal realizing that the contract they’re supposed to review already has a signature

Got coldplayed today. Went to lunch with a partner from another firm to discuss lateraling. Ran into the partner I work for at my current firm. Wrong place, wrong time, wrong person…
what getting caught having an affair at a coldplay concert taught me about b2b saas 👇
Sales waiting for legal to finish reviewing a 100 page MSA after sending it to them 3 minutes ago

In house lawyers overhearing the sales team’s conversations

got to respect your vendors - big shout out to Latitude for supporting our firm over the last year. I’m not sure we could have expanded as quick as we did without the fractional/contractor resources.
I don't really like it when people take phone calls on planes, but I did enjoy hearing "Don't write that part down, by the way. Discoverable."
Me watching White Lotus and hearing one of the characters mention “K&E”

The reasoning below also explains why AI will not replace law firms, especially Biglaw.
Saying "I did this because McKinsey recommended it" is a get-out-of-jail free card for an exec in a way that "I did this because Perplexity recommended it" will never be Or more simply: strategy consulting is air cover for execs. You bring in McKinsey to: - make unpopular…