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  1. Daniel Boden

    Mergers and Acquisitions Resources and Trends

    Freshfields recently published their outlook for M&A trends in 2019. It includes some extremely useful and interesting things that could be talked about in an interview: https://www.freshfields.com/en-gb/o...r&utm_source=social&utm_medium=linkedin#CFIUS
  2. Daniel Boden

    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    Tuesday 8th January - you got one too?
  3. Daniel Boden

    Private Equity Resources and Trends

    This isn't really for explicitly PE per se, but Freshfields recently published their outlook for M&A trends in 2019 which PE obviously falls under: https://www.freshfields.com/en-gb/our-thinking/campaigns/ma-monitor/?utm_campaign=2018Dec-MA-Monitor&utm_source=social&utm_medium=linkedin#CFIUS
  4. Daniel Boden

    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    Those questions are brutal man :eek:
  5. Daniel Boden

    Private Equity Resources and Trends

    Please tell us about a recent commercial article or event that has attracted your attention. Please explain why it interested you, give your opinion on the opportunities and challenges that it might represent to law firms. (400 words max)
  6. Daniel Boden

    Private Equity Resources and Trends

    Have needed a thread like this! Thanks a lot @gricole :) - I'll add this one which has been posted on the forum before: https://www.law.com/legal-week/2018/11/19/rising-stars-the-private-equity-up-and-comers-making-their-mark-on-the-city/
  7. Daniel Boden

    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    Haha I imagine the reason it is so long is because of the fact that they don't have any other rounds of recruitment. Literally just an app and then an AC so that probably explains the detail & length of the app!
  8. Daniel Boden

    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    My advice would be practice, practice, practice! Use Clifford Chance's Watson Glaser to practise. There are multiple threads on this topic in the forum so check those out :)
  9. Daniel Boden

    Bird & Bird Firm Challenge Question

    I found the VI pretty weird tbh - I got some pretty weird questions which largely all strength and competency-based but felt I was able to answer them reasonably well :)
  10. Daniel Boden

    Useful links and resources

    Is there a way to read it without an FT subscription?
  11. Daniel Boden

    'Where else have you applied and why?' Interview Question

    I would say firms that are similar to the firm in question, however you justify it. E.g. if you have applied to Weil, saying you have applied to firms that are big on private equity such as Latham, Kirkland, CC, Freshfields etc. that would work. However, if you mention other firms that aren't...
  12. Daniel Boden

    Bird & Bird Firm Challenge Question

    Hi Martika, I've just done a video interview with Bird & Bird so passed the application review stage and yeah as @Jaysen says, I chose to do a challenge that could affect the firm. In my case, I chose the US-China trade war and how this could affect Bird & Bird in China. Hope this helps! Best...
  13. Daniel Boden

    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    Very well done guys! Best of luck for the rest of the process!
  14. Daniel Boden

    How to approach this 600 word question for Clifford Chance

    From what I remember they just email you saying 'Thank you for completing the WGT... I am delighted/sorry to say that you have been successful/not been successful in passing the test'.
  15. Daniel Boden

    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    Bad luck Naomi, fingers crossed for the rest of yours!
  16. Daniel Boden

    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    Also just got a rejection from White & Case for their summer VS - hope some of you guys received better news today!
  17. Daniel Boden

    How to approach this 600 word question for Clifford Chance

    Yes you are Salma! And AJ I've edited it a few times since submitting it, mainly adding/removing additional documents due to conflicting advice I was receiving from different people - I doubt that is going to cause any issues since they won't know as they look at it after the deadline!
  18. Daniel Boden

    Fall of Netflix?

    A very interesting article was released today by Stephen McBride in Forbes about the probable fall of Netflix in the very near future. This is something which I think may be of interest to people for commercial awareness questions in applications and in interviews. The link to the full article...

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