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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Hi Nick, sorry it wont let me upload as its too big so i've typed the contents below: 1. business, competition and innovation; 2. the quest for consumers; 3. a sense of direction; 4. business formats; 5. money and business (1) debt and equity; 6. money and business (2) cash flow and profit; 7...
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    DLA Piper Application

    Hey, they started open days this week which may be why it's taking a while to review applications. They were encouraging applicants to still apply at the open day on Tuesday and I know someone who applied on the deadline who is now a trainee, so I wouldn't panic that they've already filled all...
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Hey, I think their application is just a CV and question on news story you've found interesting, but I'll let you know any tips they mention for how to approach these after Tuesday :)
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Hey, in case anyone is waiting to hear about open days - I received a rejection for eversheds yesterday and an invitation to DLAs today - both London
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Hey I applied on 7 October and haven’t heard anything yet. Not sure when they’ll start getting back to us, fingers crossed it’s soon
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Speaking of open days.... has anyone heard back from DLA or Eversheds regarding their early December open days?
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    Which Law Firms use an Online Test? 2018-19

    I applied the day before the deadline last year (in January) and got an invited to AC :)
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    Commercial Awareness Update - October 2019

    4. London Stock Exchange Delistings (@Moni) The Story A few weeks ago, Shore Capital, a London stockbroker chose to delist from AIM, a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange for smaller, fast growing companies, after 20 years as a listed company. The firm said lack of trading volume on its...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - October 2019

    Hello everyone, Welcome to this week’s commercial update! The topics covered: 1. John Lewis Partnership Outlines Restructure (by ELA) 2. US Discussions to Delist Chinese Stocks (by Flora) 3. PayPal’s Exit From Libra (by Sairah) 4. London Stock Exchange Delistings (by Moni)...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - July 2019!

    3. France’s Digital Tax (by @Jaysen) The Story Last Thursday, French lawmakers approved a digital services tax, which will apply a 3% tax on large digital companies in France. The tax will affect about 30 companies, including US tech giants Google, Amazon and Facebook, which generate...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - July 2019!

    Welcome to this week’s commercial write up everyone. The topics covered are: Virgin Galactic going public (by Sara Moon) US opposition to Libra (by Moni) France’s digital tax (by Jaysen) British Airways fined a record £183 million under new GDPR (by Flora) Ford and Volkswagen’s Billion Pound...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - April 2019!

    2. German Court Case Against Google (by @Moni) The story: On Friday the 12th of April, a German price-comparison portal, Idealo GmBH filed a suit against Google alleging that the company had abused its position as the most dominant search engine by favoring its own price-comparison...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - April 2019!

    (24th of April 2019) Hello and welcome to this week's write up :) Topics include: 1. Apple and Qualcomm resolve patent dispute (by @Abstruser ); 2. German Court Case Against Google (by @Moni); 3. Jet Airways Suspends Domestic and International Flights (by @bugsy...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - April 2019!

    2. The upcoming Aramco bond deal (by @Moni) The Story: On March 29th the Saudi Arabian State Oil Company (Aramco) filed a Base Prospectus with the SEC as part of its upcoming bond issuance. This is Aramco’s first entry into global capital markets and the prospectus which was filed as a...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - April 2019!

    Hi everyone, We are pleased to have a new writer starting this week @Moni Owoade Commercial News Update - 10th April 2019 The topics covered this we are: 1. Facebook user data found on Amazon's cloud computing servers (by @Abstruser); 2. The up coming Aramco bond deal (by @Moni...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - March 2019!

    3. A Brexit update and its impact on the debt restructuring business (@Angel) The story An update: First, the exit deal (that Mrs May had spent 2 years negotiating and renegotiating countless times) was rejected by the MPs for the second time. Second, on the following day, MPs rejected...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - March 2019!

    2. Boeing under fire for 737 Max fleet (@Abstruser) The story: On March 10, an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft crashed south of Addis Ababa, just 6 minutes after take-off. All 157 passengers on board were killed in the accident. The aircraft was a Boeing 737 Max 8 carrier. The 737 Max is Boeing’s...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - March 2019!

    20th March 2019 Hi everyone! This week’s write up includes: Spotify filed a complaint against Apple for unfair fees (@Sara Moon ) Boeing 737 Max aircraft issues (@Abstruser A Brexit update and its impact on the debt restructuring business (@Angel) 1. Spotify filed a complaint against...
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    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    Rejection post ac at bclp - bit gutted but it was my first one and I’ve learnt a lot, hopefully their feedback will be helpful :)

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