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This q is in the context of the sale of ASDA to Issa bros/TDR Capital My initial understanding was a share purchase acquisition involves purchasing all of the shares of a company. Therefore, given that this deal structure has Walmart retaining some shares in ASDA. Is it the case that the shares...

Thank you that is useful. I just felt going from my A-level interest in law up until now as a graduate would have me speaking for ages. Obviously using that structure as a 2nd year was less of an issue as I would have had less experience to call on and talk about.

Would you say a graduate with a bit more legal experience, i.e legal volunteering/vacation schemes would have to tell less of a 'story' and can just explain what they enjoyed (and why) from their previous work experience when answering why commercial law?

If you have experience with PE work. If a firm is advising a company because that company is owned by a PE house, will that firm still receive work from the company after the PE house has existed the company by selling it or doing an IPO?

I applied 11 November

Ahh that's fine then, you too :)

So I have an Slaughter TC interview and originally I thought I had booked it for December but turns out its for February. Any one else with TC interview for 2020 or are most all scheduled for 2021?

When grad say they generally take from their vacation scheme (in this case Bird& Bird) but have direct training contract apps as an option, is it worth still doing a direct TC app especially as a graduate with existing VS work experience and more

I know there was a cover letter section in previous years, but there is no cover letter section on the TC application form. Just four different questions - 300 words.

One of Macfarlanes questions is explain why are you applying to them. There isn't a section for why commercial law. Do you think I should be incorporating why commercial law into this section?

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Alright thank you, that's a useful way to approach it

Its often mentioned to have a few deals that the firm has worked on to highlight your interest in the firm, or use a particular deal the firm worked on to show your interest in a certain practice area - that's the angle I'm coming from

Whats the best way to go about researching a US firm. One firm I'm researching simply has Europe as a category so the deals and information are not all specific to the UK. However, I don't want to ignore all the US information cause I'm assuming the UK office will have had some participation on...

Try find someone you can practice the language with informally, preferably a native speaker

I spoke about the rise of over the top streaming services within the context of Disney+ release back in November.

From my interview experience, I wasn't explicitly asked about wider commercial issues. Discussion of commercial issues were only in reference to the article I got which had to do with the retail sector. So I guess just maintaining a broad awareness of current commercial issues.

It went alright, the interviewers were very welcoming, it was conversational rather than stock questions being asked.

Not yet, scheduled for tomorrow.