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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
This isn't a particular reason I've heard given in re their sudden jump in popularity - or maybe I've just not heard it expressed in those terms. I would tend to take form it, though, that they're a very simple/ straightforward way of pooling liquidity - being "awash with money" just means that...- Jacob Miller
- Post #268
- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
I follow "Private Equity Insights" on LinkedIn, and it's great for this sort of thing!- Jacob Miller
- Post #267
- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
This is definitely a challenge when trying to approach something as wide-ranging as Brexit - the amount of information and breadth of legislative and regulatory change/ impact can be extraordinary and completely impractical (impossible!) to cover in an interview. If I were in your position, I...- Jacob Miller
- Post #266
- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Sole Trader: Birkenstock Agrees to Sell its Business to LVMH-backed L Catterton
Couldn't agree more! Your point about brand adjacency there is very interesting too, not an angle I'd considered!- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Sole Trader: Birkenstock Agrees to Sell its Business to LVMH-backed L Catterton
Really interesting thoughts Neville! I've been monitoring LVMH Group for a while now - primarily because the Tiffany dispute was one of the major commercial issues during my application cycle. I am also a fan and (semi-)regular customer of several of the Group's brands and other similar brands...- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Travers Smith Interview
Thanks Dheepa! First off, congratulations on your interview. I would be exceptionally careful about simply stating that Covid has caused a "slowdown in M&A" - in my opinion, this isn't the case, and the opposite is actually true in terms of certain types of M&A (PE M&A, distressed M&A...- Jacob Miller
- Post #3
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Foundations of Commercial Law: Practice Areas, Firm Groups and Applications *Monday Article Series*
This well depend a lot on the firm; both in terms of how they divide up disputes sub-teams, how they allocate trainees and also how they permit trainees to qualify :)- Jacob Miller
- Post #20
- Forum: General Discussion
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Go with whatever they introduce themselves with, unless they don't introduce themselves in which case use a more formal salutation (eg Mr/ Ms XYZ) 🙂- Jacob Miller
- Post #15,707
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
I can resonate with this. I received a post-AC rejection from a firm I won't name - hey, these things happen - but what really disheartened me was the feedback call after. I was basically told I did everything really well, wasn't given any reasons for my actual rejection and wasn't given any...- Jacob Miller
- Post #15,705
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Career Manoeuvrability - Post TC
Hey all, Feel like I should throw my hat in the ring here - not in any loaded way/ attacking OP at all, just because I feel it might be worthwhile. Whether Travers in this example is actually anecdotal, or whether it's a 'stand in' for [insert silver circle firm here], doesn't actually...- Jacob Miller
- Post #8
- Forum: General Discussion
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Yes, they definitely can - they're quite a common feature of interviews I've attended. I cover situational questions in my Interviews Article accessible via my signature in case you're looking to read up on them a bit :)- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Ask 3 future trainees (Magic & Silver Circle, International Elite) ANYTHING! *New TCLA Team Members*
I think all of this sounds about right! :)- Jacob Miller
- Post #380
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Depends a lot! Most AC's I've done, I've known about for 2 weeks or more in advance and I've probably prepped for 10 days, spending more and more time each day leading up to it. My Norton Rose Fulbright AC was a bit different as I only found out 48-27 hours in advance, so it was a bit of a...- Jacob Miller
- Post #15,539
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
5 mins is is about what I took to answer this, never went against me. It's what I was advised by a mentor at the time who was a commercial firm partner and experienced interviewer.- Jacob Miller
- Post #15,518
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Definitive Guide to Law Firm Interviews! *Monday Article Series*
Depends on the scenario: is this presentation 3 minutes, 10 minutes or 30 minutes? Timing etc will massively affect content and structure. Principally, that's a fairly textbook structure for a presentation of that sort and is pretty much how I would approach it if I had to. One point I think...- Jacob Miller
- Post #13
- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Last year they ran 3 summer schemes of about 12 people per scheme.- Jacob Miller
- Post #15,434
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
In what has certainly been the most unexpected part of my day, I just received a PFO from Goodwin Proctor... ... for an application I made in 2019.- Jacob Miller
- Post #15,358
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
was DLA Piper. Leigh Day and Bates Wells that represented the claimants :)- Jacob Miller
- Post #15,240
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Hey Luke, A good starting point might be my article on interviews, linked below in my signature. Hope this (and/or other articles) will be a good help!- Jacob Miller
- Post #15,227
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Goodbye, Fiat: Tesla’s Investment in Bitcoin
Trump had the same power when he was in office (and still allowed on Twitter!) - when he tweeted, we would see substantial movement in the US Dollar and also in safe havens/ fiat like Gold etc. From a trader's perspective, it was a nightmare but very interesting nonetheless. Something...- Jacob Miller
- Post #21
- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion