1) The author was consulting for a British shipping company during contract negotiations with a large multinational corporation to outfit their vessels. 2) During clause-by-clause review of the contract, the author noticed the chief negotiator for the corporation purse his lips when a clause detailing outfitting of a specific vessel part was read, indicating displeasure with that clause. 3) The author passed a note to their client warning of this, and by confronting the issue immediately, the two negotiators were able to agree on changes to the clause that ended up saving the client $13.5 million.