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A Training Contract Success Story
This is so motivating. (To the future trainee), thank you so much for sharing your story! Will be taking your advice on board :)- Coralin96
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Update - August 2018
US national security regulations The story China has increasingly invested in sensitive US companies over the last decade, from self-driving cars to robotics and AI. These investments have sparked national security concerns, which has led to new US legislation to combat foreign investment in...- Coralin96
- Post #9
- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Update - August 2018
Commercial Awareness Update 6-10 August I found this story from the latest edition of The Economist, which I've tried to explain below: Elon Musk’s plans to take Tesla private On the 7th August, Elon Musk announced plans to take Tesla – the world’s leading manufacturer of electric cars –...- Coralin96
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Update - August 2018
Commercial Awareness Update 8th-9th August Saudi Arabia v Canada The timeline: The story starts when Saudi Badawi, a Saudi women's rights activist, was arrested. Canada's foreign minister made a tweet, calling for her release. In response, Saudi Arabia: expels Canadian diplomats recalls a...- Coralin96
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Update - August 2018
You're welcome :) There's just so much to cover on Brexit - and it always seems to be changing, so I've mostly left it alone until now. I think as we get closer to Brexit actually happen, they'll be more concrete stories to use!- Coralin96
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Update - August 2018
Banks preparing for Brexit The Story: Bank of America has plans to move a small number of research analysts from London to Paris. Impact on business and law firms As I've said before, financial firms are concerned they will lose the ability to export to EU clients after Brexit, because of...- Coralin96
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Update - August 2018
No deal v bad deal Brexit Ministers have suggested we may leave the EU without a deal. This follows push back from the EU after Theresa May announced Britain's negotiating plan last month. Impact on businesses and law firms The impact of a 'no-deal Brexit' could include: • Britain has the...- Coralin96
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Starting LPC without a TC? Thoughts ?
I guess it depends on why you want to do it and what else you'd be doing over that year instead. Are you looking to apply to a firm that doesn't fund the LPC normally?- Coralin96
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Update - August 2018
Technology companies reverse trajectory The story: Twitter’s share price fell by 14% as the company announced a 1m fall in monthly active users in the second quarter results, compared to the previous quarter. This comes a day after Facebook suffered one of its biggest losses in US corporate...- Coralin96
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Update - August 2018
(I can't believe it's already August!) For those of you applying for training contracts for the 31 July deadline, I hope it all went okay! In the meantime, I thought I'd start writing up some stories for the week. Everyone is welcome to contribute any links/updates of your own if you want to...- Coralin96
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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How to prepare for Slaughter and May Interview?
Hey, just to add, like you I used to struggle with commercial awareness a lot. What really helped me was trying to summarise a couple of news stories (first every day, then every week). I would also try to find the answer each time I found something that confused me - like what is a bond or a...- Coralin96
- Post #4
- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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Curveball questions
I think the question is testing - can you explain a complex subject to someone with no knowledge of that topic. With an alien, that makes it very hard because they really have no knowledge of that topic and surrounding topics. If I were to explain Britney Spears to an alien (which is an amusing...- Coralin96
- Post #3
- Forum: Watson Glaser and Case Study Resources
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Commercial Awareness Update - July 2018
I've been meaning to post this one for a couple of days now, but I thought I'd tie all the stories together. Enjoy :) Commercial Awareness Update 14 July to 24 July Government proposals to regulate foreign acquisitions The Story: The UK government has released new proposals that give it the...- Coralin96
- Post #8
- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Advice on an application question
Hey :). I've answered a question like this before. This is just my opinion but I would say this is a bit less suitable for the workplace type difficult situations and more for the bigger, more personal application questions. At least that was what I did when I answered it. That could probably be...- Coralin96
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Are last minute TC applications a waste of time?
Well done! I was going to say, I've sent applications on vacation scheme deadlines before - one was literally minutes before midnight, and still got an interview. As the recruiter said, I think you'll still have a chance as long as it's a decent application. Otherwise having a deadline wouldn't...- Coralin96
- Post #7
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Update - July 2018
Commercial Awareness Update 13 July to 17 July The Netflix gamble The Story: Over $20bn was wiped off the valuation of Netflix after the company reported disappointing growth in its subscriber numbers. The company had forecast 6.2 million subscribers in the second quarter, but it only gained...- Coralin96
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Update - July 2018
Commercial Awareness Update 9 June - 13 June 2018 Here are some of the big commercial stories that caught my eye this week. (Thanks to Jaysen and Nicole for helping me with this one!) May's Brexit Deal The Story: Theresa May set out Britain's Brexit departure plan on July 6th. It caused...- Coralin96
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Update - July 2018
Thanks! I’ve got a few more commercial stories from 26/06/2018 to 06/07/2018 The road to a trade war The story: Yesterday was the biggest escalation in the US/China trade war so far. On Friday 5 July, the US imposed tariffs on $34bn of goods produced in China. In response, China announced...- Coralin96
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Update - July 2018
Hey guys, sorry I've been away for a while (exams are finally over!). I'll be starting these posts up again for this month. Commercial Awareness Update 27/06/2018 - 04/07/2018 General Electric continues to sell off its assets The Story: General Electric continues its strategic review to focus...- Coralin96
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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LawTech and Education Providers
Thanks for sharing! I think the Legal Innovation Centre was posted here before: https://www.ulster.ac.uk/legalinnovation. I've also know Kings computing and law module (but that may be more IT law than legal tech)...- Coralin96
- Post #2
- Forum: Watson Glaser and Case Study Resources