Commercial Awareness Recommended Reading - Start Here!

[Jaysen]

Commercial Awareness Recommended Reading
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When you're trying to develop your commercial awareness, it can be hard to know where to start. Please find below a compilation of our best articles, guides and forum posts to help structure your reading.

Topic Guides
What is private equity?
How do companies raise finance?
The mergers and acquisitions guide
What is an IPO?
The lawyers' guide to blockchain
Lawyers' guide to Big Tech regulation
What is the GDPR
The financial crisis

Region Analysis
The Indian Legal Market
The Battle for Africa
Iran dividing the US and Europe

Recent Commercial Topics
UK ringfencing legislation
Collusion in the car industry
The Aston Martin IPO
Impact of interest rates on businesses and law firms
How NAFTA impacts law firms

The Business of Law
The Business of Law: Evolution of the Legal Services Market (External link but a highly recommended read)

China-US Trade War
Could the US win?
Impact on the car industry
Why is China devaluing its currency?
The trade war timeline
Impact of tariffs on businesses and law firms

Commercial Awareness Updates
April 2018
May 2018
July 2018
August 2018
September 2018
November 2018
December 2018
January 2019
February 2019
March 2019
April 2019

Law Firms
Diversity and Inclusion
Flexible working
The future of legal talent
Future of legal education
How do law firms stay competitive
Pros and cons of a sector based approach
International strategies: alliances, mergers and Swiss vereins

Threads to Follow
Commercial awareness resources
How to stay on top of commercial awareness

 

[Anaya]

Commercial Awareness Recommended Reading
​

When you're trying to develop your commercial awareness, it can be hard to know where to start. Please find below a compilation of our best articles, guides and forum posts to help structure your reading.

Topic Guides
What is private equity?
How do companies raise finance?
The mergers and acquisitions guide
What is an IPO?
The lawyers' guide to blockchain
Lawyers' guide to Big Tech regulation
What is the GDPR
The financial crisis

Region Analysis
The Indian Legal Market
The Battle for Africa
Iran dividing the US and Europe

Recent Commercial Topics
UK ringfencing legislation
Collusion in the car industry
The Aston Martin IPO
Impact of interest rates on businesses and law firms
How NAFTA impacts law firms

The Business of Law
The Business of Law: Evolution of the Legal Services Market (External link but a highly recommended read)

China-US Trade War
Could the US win?
Impact on the car industry
Why is China devaluing its currency?
The trade war timeline
Impact of tariffs on businesses and law firms

Commercial Awareness Updates
April 2018
May 2018
July 2018
August 2018
September 2018

Law Firms
Diversity and Inclusion
Flexible working
The future of legal talent
Future of legal education
How do law firms stay competitive
Pros and cons of a sector based approach
International strategies: alliances, mergers and Swiss vereins

Threads to Follow
Weekly Commercial Awareness Thread
Commercial awareness resources
How to stay on top of commercial awareness

Hey Jaysen,
Thanks for this - its super helpful. Just wondering if you're running any of the commercial awareness weekly classes in 2019? I remember reading somewhere you would be covering things like 'how to talk about Brexit in an interview' etc - are these ongoing and if so, how do I join?
Thanks!

 

[Jaysen]

Hey Jaysen,
Thanks for this - its super helpful. Just wondering if you're running any of the commercial awareness weekly classes in 2019? I remember reading somewhere you would be covering things like 'how to talk about Brexit in an interview' etc - are these ongoing and if so, how do I join?
Thanks!

I hope to restart the classes as soon as things slow down a bit! It's likely to be towards the end of January - I'll circulate an email with the details once we start again

 

[ZH]

Commercial Awareness Recommended Reading
​

When you're trying to develop your commercial awareness, it can be hard to know where to start. Please find below a compilation of our best articles, guides and forum posts to help structure your reading.

Topic Guides
What is private equity?
How do companies raise finance?
The mergers and acquisitions guide
What is an IPO?
The lawyers' guide to blockchain
Lawyers' guide to Big Tech regulation
What is the GDPR
The financial crisis

Region Analysis
The Indian Legal Market
The Battle for Africa
Iran dividing the US and Europe

Recent Commercial Topics
UK ringfencing legislation
Collusion in the car industry
The Aston Martin IPO
Impact of interest rates on businesses and law firms
How NAFTA impacts law firms

The Business of Law
The Business of Law: Evolution of the Legal Services Market (External link but a highly recommended read)

China-US Trade War
Could the US win?
Impact on the car industry
Why is China devaluing its currency?
The trade war timeline
Impact of tariffs on businesses and law firms

Commercial Awareness Updates
April 2018
May 2018
July 2018
August 2018
September 2018
November 2018
December 2018
January 2019
February 2019
March 2019
April 2019

Law Firms
Diversity and Inclusion
Flexible working
The future of legal talent
Future of legal education
How do law firms stay competitive
Pros and cons of a sector based approach
International strategies: alliances, mergers and Swiss vereins

Threads to Follow
Commercial awareness resources
How to stay on top of commercial awareness

Hi Jaysen

Thank you for this. I'm trying to locate a thread/forum which you mentioned 4 top news topics to follow, which included legal tech, Saudi Aramco and 2 other topics. I cant seem to find it and I don't know if I've done a good job explaining what I'm looking for either...any guidance would be really appreciated.

 

[Jaysen]

Hi Jaysen

Thank you for this. I'm trying to locate a thread/forum which you mentioned 4 top news topics to follow, which included legal tech, Saudi Aramco and 2 other topics. I cant seem to find it and I don't know if I've done a good job explaining what I'm looking for either...any guidance would be really appreciated.

Perhaps this one: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/commercial-awareness-tips.1779/#post-15016? Although doesn't look like I mentioned Aramco there!

 

[LuLa]

Hi Jaysen

Thank you for this. I'm trying to locate a thread/forum which you mentioned 4 top news topics to follow, which included legal tech, Saudi Aramco and 2 other topics. I cant seem to find it and I don't know if I've done a good job explaining what I'm looking for either...any guidance would be really appreciated.

HI, i think the legal tech thread you are talking about could be this one?

https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/forums/the-legal-tech-academy.17/

Not sure I'm right but it definitely looks like it has lots of useful information in there

 

[lawstudent12345]

Hi, is there a guide to analysing commercial news articles? Like using SWOT and PESTLE? Thank you!