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    Weekly Commercial Awareness Thread

    took me a bit of googling here and there to fully understand your answer but the pieces are coming together! thank you :)
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    Weekly Commercial Awareness Thread

    Hi Jaysen, I struggle a little to understand why tech companies' stock are amongst the hardest hit. Clearly, concerns about the US-China trade war potentials to disrupt supply chain of these companies have been circulating for a while now, so in a way the interest rate hike is like a final...
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    Law Firm Insight: Linklaters

    Thanks so much Jaysen!
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    Law Firm Insight: Linklaters

    Hi Jaysen, I'm a little bit confused about what you wrote in the China bit. So initially, Linklaters was looking for a merger with another Chinese firm, like King & Wood Mallesons did, but then abadoned this to go for the greenfield option? Or did you mean Linklaters were looking to establish a...
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    Linklaters Winter Vacation Scheme

    Just came across this! Didn't know Linklaters' questions changed for this cycle, they look harrrrd I understand from Q1 that they are asking us to share more than 1 instances where we demonstrate teamwork - 'the impact you have had on THESE TEAMS', so must give minimum 2 examples? Please...
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    Pros and Cons of a Sector-based Approach

    oooh I see! that makes a lot of sense, thanks so much!
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    Pros and Cons of a Sector-based Approach

    This is so insightful and well thought-out thanks! I can't think of anything else to add to pros. In terms of cons, here are my thoughts: - sector-focused firms would have harder time finding appropriate markets when it comes to international expansion. They are limitted to countries with...
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    Winter Vacation Scheme 2018 Thread

    I spoke to A&O recruitment rep. at law fair, it is rolling so get 'em apps in!!
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    how to make the most of law fairs?

    big help as always. thanks Jaysen
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    Commercial awareness resources: collated list of pros and cons

    thanks for the list! are they all free?
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    how to make the most of law fairs?

    So there's a law fair at Bristol Uni today and tomorrow, and I'm sure there are more to come at other universities. It really depends on the people I speak to at the fair, but the answers I receive are only helpful half of the time. For example, I tend to ask the trainees specifically what...
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    Discouraged

    Good newwws! so I spoke to A&O recruitment rep. today, she said as long as you have 2:1 it's fine. Don't feel discouraged to apply!
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    Discouraged

    law fair at bristol uni is tomorrow and A&O will be there. I'll ask them for you
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    Commercial awareness resources: collated list of pros and cons

    thanks for the recommendations! I'll check it out
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    Commercial awareness resources: collated list of pros and cons

    I don't think it's worth it for students to pay for TheLawyer. My tip is to look at the headline and research that news in the relevant firms' official webistes. It works for me half of the time
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    commercial awareness application question

    thanks for your help!
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    Debevoise & Plimpton

    wow the commercial awareness question is really a headscratcher! Personally, I would pick a prominent deal that has been receiving a lot of attention and news coverage. this is for research sake as the more that has been discussed, the easier it is to to find out a lot of relevant info. and...
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    NAFTA's Affect on Law Firms

    awesome! really appreciate you considering my suggestion!
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    commercial awareness application question

    I noticed there are 2 main types of commercial awareness questions: 1) tell us about a topic/ commercial news story you've been following and explain why it interests you 2) tell us about a topic/ commercial news story that interests you and explain how it would affect our firm I'm wondering...
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    Commercial awareness resources: collated list of pros and cons

    Hi guys, I’ve noticed there have been a lot of sharing between the members on helpful commercial awareness resources. But it took me a long time to find out about them – I had to access thread titles that seems relevant and scroll through all the comments. I thought other people may also face...

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