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  1. al97

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    3 Oct - Commercial Awareness - Technology Topic: Hot Big Tech IPOs falls to room temperature...
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    2 Oct - Commercial Awareness - Energy Topic: Sunak makes a U-turn on Net Zero strategy https://www.ft.com/content/9b1399fd-5ce1-427c-b6b0-aeb5a43f4d92 The UK Prime Minister announced that he will relax the commitments to Net Zero. What are the changes? Originally, the ban on the sale of...
  3. al97

    Ask Willkie Farr & Gallagher Anything!

    Hi Jess, this is incredibly helpful, thank you for the detailed calculation, appreciate it!
  4. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    1 Oct - Commercial Awareness - Energy sector Topic: Oil prices records high...
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    Linklaters - Winter Vacation Scheme 2023

    Hi Erin, thank you for starting this thread. I just filled out the short 30-min questionnaire on the LL portal. It contains the usual like education and rare context questions etc, but I noticed there isn't a work experience section, so I'm concerned if this is usual. Thank you!
  6. al97

    Ask Willkie Farr & Gallagher Anything!

    I'm happy to receive replies from both GR-experts! Thank you a lot for the detailed explanation. If I may ask a follow-up question here: As you have mentioned, firms simply offer to those they want, so it is entirely possible that they might fill up 90-99% of the TC offers from the vac...
  7. al97

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    30 Sep - Commercial Awareness - US-China tension https://www.ft.com/content/b66e2f92-1b92-47af-8f4b-f2a1abcedfbd https://www.ft.com/content/0c20823d-2d5f-435e-aec4-269dbe5dafb4 I've been away for the past few days as I've travelled back home to the other side of the globe. The 16-hour journey...
  8. al97

    Ask Willkie Farr & Gallagher Anything!

    Hi Gemma, I have a question relating to the ratio of offers made between winter vs, spring vs, summer vs, and direct TC. If a firm offers four openings as such within one cycle, how will they split the offers? 1. For example, if a firm offers 50 TC a year, all winter and spring vac schemers...
  9. al97

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    25 Sep - Commercial Awareness - Energy sector Topic: Asset manager under investigation for greenwashing paid $19mn to settle https://www.ft.com/content/02b19456-d3ed-4c3f-9c39-ec95d81a62ae DWS is an asset manager mostly owned by Deutsche Bank. The allegations of greenwashing and violations of...
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    23 Sep - Commercial Awareness - Private Equity Topic: Goldman bought stakes in private equity funds https://www.ft.com/content/d90c4edc-0385-4601-9ae5-b7f251462aea Goldman raised $15 billion for its largest-ever secondary fund. It is attractive to investors because their investments are...
  11. al97

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    22 Sep - Technical - Private Credit Topic: Revival of private https://www.cioninvestments.com/wp-content/uploads/What-is-Private-Credit-1.pdf https://www.ft.com/content/e3e7596c-075b-4a19-9e4f-e9752da54e42 Hayfin raised EUR6 billion for direct lending to EU companies, which was 6x more than...
  12. al97

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    21 Sep - Commercial Awareness - Energy sector Link: https://www.ft.com/content/55ec498d-0959-41ef-8ab9-af06cc45f8e7 https://www.ft.com/content/1d3201e1-bfbf-4eb2-aca1-06c83d87b1e6 Topic: EU and UK’s EV sector suffers competition from China EU Brussels will launch an anti-subsidy investigation...
  13. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    Thank you Axel, it's encouraging to hear this and your words motivate me to keep up!
  14. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    20 Sep - Commercial Awareness - Energy sector Topic: EU’s dependence on China in the energy sector Link: https://ig.ft.com/rare-earths/ China’s dominance of the raw materials industry is harsh. Last year, China dominated 70% of rare earth mining production, a staggering jump from 58% in 2021...
  15. al97

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    18 Sep - Commercial Awareness - Law firm as a business Topic: Paul Weiss’s second raid of Kirkland partners Link: https://www.ft.com/content/09a8a911-e406-441f-85af-25d1539cdc1b https://www.ft.com/content/5e430125-c107-4cc6-866b-478f7d84b7aa...
  16. al97

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    17 Sep - Commercial Awareness - Private Equity Topic: Goldman assists China in making UK/US investments Link: https://www.ft.com/content/792fae47-8e2f-4363-99e9-176b33ccc09a?emailId=5a09ff27-f41c-4245-a4fd-b7bc5db76977&segmentId=22011ee7-896a-8c4c-22a0-7603348b7f22 Goldman set up a...
  17. al97

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    16 Sep - Commercial Awareness - Tech Topic: Why did Arm choose to list in the US and not UK? FT: https://www.ft.com/content/5b129a9e-aa94-4d23-ad49-b0c934ce0dcb https://www.ft.com/content/7bb96cc9-eabe-43d8-a552-2107354c3ea0 Arm is based in Cambridge and it was listed on the London Stock...
  18. al97

    Forage description in Work Exp section - how detailed?

    Hi both, thank you for providing this information. @google_was_my_idea I have a question for you as I noticed that you also applied to AO for their winter scheme. As AO does not have a usual application question section this year, how did you include your open days/events/Forage experience? They...
  19. al97

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    15 Sep - Commercial Awareness - Tech FT: https://www.ft.com/content/e605a92c-5efc-471c-bd7d-a36c7620420c https://www.ft.com/content/792fae47-8e2f-4363-99e9-176b33ccc09a https://www.ft.com/content/c72f4ebd-3b98-4677-b688-6631a6b1cb5a https://www.ft.com/content/257b39c4-f146-41ae-af75-dfea955ff462...
  20. al97

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    14 Sep - Commercial Awareness - Tech FT: https://www.ft.com/content/651d4970-ef7b-46a0-a68f-c7b4b0ca888f Topic: The biggest IPO in two years - Arm’s First Day on the NASDAQ exceeded expected share price by 25% Arm’s first day on the NASDAQ closed at $65 billion, which raised $5 billion for...

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