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  1. al97

    Video Interview with Watson Farley

    Hi WFW applicants, quite a few people have reached out to me via DM so let me post my advice here. @Jessica Booker Jess I'm not too sure if I can post my answers here so feel free to redact my response if not and give me a headsup. Applicants - First, thanks for reaching out and I hope this...
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    My Daily Commitment

    16 Nov - Commercial Awareness - Private Equity Topic: Private Equity Being Creative https://www.ft.com/content/32dbf11f-0254-496c-8c77-c813987febeb https://www.ft.com/content/ff1b5904-5210-4c56-9157-7f2b4c05a750 Hello, glad to be back. I’m aware that this thread has become more like a weekly...
  3. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    9 Nov - Commercial Awareness - Private Equity Topic: WeWork Filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy https://www.ft.com/content/775ec01c-1f57-4105-bbc2-b048865056f7 The bankruptcy WeWork struck an agreement with nearly all of its creditors to transform $3bn of existing loans and WeWork was powerful...
  4. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    4 Nov - Commercial Awareness - Tech Topic: Western Digital walked away from merger with Kioxia https://www.ft.com/content/28b822f3-63bc-4cc6-b39e-50fe996aaad6 Western Digital is a California-based semiconductor maker Kioxia is one of the largest manufacturers of NAND flash memory. It is a...
  5. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    3 Nov - Commercial Awareness - Tech Topic: AI Summit in the UK https://www.ft.com/content/0869d0ec-a6fd-4fec-844a-61f837ed21a9 https://www.ft.com/content/364394b5-e945-465a-9ed1-ad28a1d1f49c Hi, I'm very happy to announce that I have been offered a paralegal position at a PE-focused firm in...
  6. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    1 Nov - Commercial Awareness - Energy Topic: Goldman and Morgan Stanley Backed Megadeals in the Oil Sector https://www.ft.com/content/14d031a4-10c3-4768-bc1f-f99d9db88ea6 The two mega M&A deals – Chevron-Hess and Exxon-Pioneer – brought $260bn to the two banks, each working on energy deals...
  7. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    24 Oct - Commercial Awareness - Energy Topic: EU’s homegrown battery manufacturer plans to go IPO https://www.ft.com/content/ca7a87b7-8f37-411e-851e-cb83750dba0f https://www.ft.com/content/47381ec0-00ba-459b-a68e-07591c9c3e5b Today is another article deep-diving into batteries. I find it...
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    My Daily Commitment

    23 Oct - Commercial Awareness - Energy Topic: Another Mega Energy Deal – Chevron’s $53bn Acquisition of Hess https://www.ft.com/content/f25f315f-2551-4517-a7a2-2d9418001756 https://www.ft.com/content/42751474-ea28-4bc2-838b-50d564b93189 Last week, I wrote about Exxon’s acquisition of Pioneer...
  9. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    22 Oct - Commercial Awareness - Tech Topic: How US Export Control on Chips Hindered the $69bn Broadcom-VMware deal https://www.ft.com/content/b23d2a9f-d873-43e4-9032-632d4e9d438c The Export Control restricted Chinese chip growth in three different ways One, only outdated chips made fell...
  10. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    20 Sep - Commercial Awareness - Energy and Tech Topic: China’s vs US, Raw Materials vs AI https://www.ft.com/content/8af8c05c-8e54-40e9-9051-5a0b2b036c32...
  11. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    Thank you both for your kind words! I hope to deliver some good news soon :)
  12. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    Hello, it's good to be back on TCLA and on this thread. Sorry that I've been away for the past few days. Good news is I received two interview invitations for paralegal roles! One is for a PE-focused firm and another is a tax-focused firm. Simultaneously, I also submitted an app for Cleary and...
  13. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    14 Oct - Commercial Awareness - Tech Topic: Sequoia’s Split in the APAC region https://www.ft.com/content/6e3b6905-0b0f-4215-80a4-4082cb899966 https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2023-10-10/co-led-by-legend-capital-leadrive-completes-series-d-financing-lnjx8dki...
  14. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    13 Oct - Commercial Awareness - Energy Topic: ExxonMobil’s £60 billion acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources https://www.ft.com/content/f389210f-ea4d-492d-b562-62aadd6ddc42 https://www.ft.com/content/60295c70-a6a8-4e72-8597-4ce75d5b7c40 Exxon’s CEO’s longstanding belief – oil and gas will...
  15. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    9 Oct - Commercial Awareness - Private Credit Topic: Bain Capital brings a lawsuit against Blackstone to recover €200mn loan https://www.ft.com/content/d390f4c7-6bf6-4111-9f1d-9c734ca07bbd Blackstone hired law firm Pallas and Teneo to investigate whether it could recover €200mn of loan to...
  16. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    8 Oct - Commercial Awareness - Tech Topic: Google’s antitrust trial about making its search engine default https://www.ft.com/content/3d60547c-9d51-48a6-a6e2-426f72c76ce1 https://www.ft.com/content/d761d863-8f7f-43fa-94cd-5e74959dd19b Another Big Tech antitrust issue today. Google search vs...
  17. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    7 Oct - Commercial Awareness- Technology Topic: None. Some fragmented news to update my knowledge of the tech industry https://www.ft.com/content/bf6b81cb-9d36-4ddf-b16e-d74f2b1cd446 https://www.ft.com/content/f167c499-2399-4b94-8a7b-7a5ccc1bb1cb...
  18. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    6 Oct - Commercial Awareness - Private Credit Topic: From Private Equity to Private Credit https://www.ft.com/content/84409cde-1197-49c9-bf88-dbe371e44313 Today is an odd day with my news reading. I explored more topics today, spent about 1 hour reading, but didn’t really feel like I had...
  19. al97

    My Daily Commitment

    4 Oct - Commercial Awareness - Tech Topic: Amazon’s Case against the FTC over antitrust issues https://www.ft.com/content/5b27f142-613f-437c-890d-7abe1be6d819 Issue: Amazon monopolises the online marketplace. FTC filed a lawsuit against Amazon for the following reasons: Harsh and allegedly...
  20. al97

    Linklaters - Winter Vacation Scheme 2023

    Hi, I have received a response from GR to clarify that there ISN'T a work experience section. All good and thank you for your response!

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