Brilliant, thanks for the heads up!Travers said that their deadline was 11.59 tomorrow at an event last week!
Brilliant, thanks for the heads up!Travers said that their deadline was 11.59 tomorrow at an event last week!
I've heard grad rec say that they like to see team players, so if that can be flagged up in work experience it's probably a good callThanks! Did Travers mention anything regarding what they are looking out for in the work experiences section?
I didn’t hear anything specific on this, but I think just focusing on skills gained that aren’t mentioned in cover letter are probably the way to go!Thanks! Did Travers mention anything regarding what they are looking out for in the work experiences section?
Hey, so I asked this question to a partner at a vac scheme last year and got a response along these lines: not too many differences in terms of process aside from the value of the deal (there are specific boundaries that can be found by googling).Hey, does anyone know how a firm's strength in mid-market M&A bears in actual practice? What is the main difference between mid-market and high-end M&A? Any help would be v appreciated!!
cross-practice?Is there a term of phrase for when a law firm has the ability to work across different practice areas, on the same deal. Say project finance and capital markets, in order to complete a deal/ project.
Have you taken it yet? If so, do you mind sharing some insight? If not, good luck!Anyone have any tips for the Irwin Mitchell VI in terms of what types of questions their VI typically covers? not too experienced with VI's and havent done one for Irwin Mitchell so would definitely appreciate any tips/guidance/insight!
i find littlelaw rly helpful and if u can get ur hands on Christopher stoakes book and have a read its also super helpful - im going through it now, good luck !I have an AC on Thursday and I'm super nervous about the commercial awareness side of the whole thing, mainly because it was the reason I failed on an AC last year. Obviously I can't become 100% commercially aware within 4 days but does anyone have any advice about things I can do to try and improve over the next few days? Particularly any resources for current affairs etc that break things down more simply
I am not sure if you know these but for more general commercial awareness I really like the corporate conduit - https://corporate-conduit.com/I have an AC on Thursday and I'm super nervous about the commercial awareness side of the whole thing, mainly because it was the reason I failed on an AC last year. Obviously I can't become 100% commercially aware within 4 days but does anyone have any advice about things I can do to try and improve over the next few days? Particularly any resources for current affairs etc that break things down more simply
i find littlelaw rly helpful and if u can get ur hands on Christopher stoakes book and have a read its also super helpful - im going through it now, good luck !
Thank you both so much, I'll have a look at those resources asap!I am not sure if you know these but for more general commercial awareness I really like the corporate conduit - https://corporate-conduit.com/
Also, the things I like using are Watson's daily - I think I watson's yearly is coming out. Also, comaware https://comaware.net/ It provides short concise weekly summaries.
More specifically - to gain more legal awareness just see what law firms are writing about in their thought leadership. These are the things that I do and find helpful - but I haven't been tested yet ( i have my first AC's this week) so take my recommendations with a massive pinch of salt !
I would break it down into general awareness of affairs, news, what's going on. But also your understanding of business, how they make money, what they're concerned about. Too many people think if they digest the FT they're 'commercially aware' but it's going a bit deeperI have an AC on Thursday and I'm super nervous about the commercial awareness side of the whole thing, mainly because it was the reason I failed on an AC last year. Obviously I can't become 100% commercially aware within 4 days but does anyone have any advice about things I can do to try and improve over the next few days? Particularly any resources for current affairs etc that break things down more simply
Thank you for the advice! Think sometimes it can all be a bit overwhelmingI would break it down into general awareness of affairs, news, what's going on. But also your understanding of business, how they make money, what they're concerned about. Too many people if they digest the FT they're 'commercially aware' but it's going a bit deeper
I don’t think it makes it easy, but I think it gives you a range of transferable skills and knowledge to leverage in the recruitment process.What do you guys think about legal & compliance roles in finance firms? Would you say it is easy to go from such a role and into a training contract?
Corporate Conduit is pretty good for sure! They also have this function where you can study and learn the basics of M&A through flashcards which I've found super helpful for technical termsI have an AC on Thursday and I'm super nervous about the commercial awareness side of the whole thing, mainly because it was the reason I failed on an AC last year. Obviously I can't become 100% commercially aware within 4 days but does anyone have any advice about things I can do to try and improve over the next few days? Particularly any resources for current affairs etc that break things down more simply
Hey, so I asked this question to a partner at a vac scheme last year and got a response along these lines: not too many differences in terms of process aside from the value of the deal (there are specific boundaries that can be found by googling).
More subtly, in terms of the actual work, the partner found mid-market deals to be more varied and the higher-end ones to follow more of a predictable process. So he was able to be more 'creative' in the mid-market whereas high-end work tended to much more process-driven in his experience.
With high-end deals, he also commented that it was often a case of just getting the deal done with little disruption along the way as those clients tend to know what they're doing, whereas this may not always be the case with the mid-market.
I would caveat this by saying that the partner was speaking from his own experience, so may not always be true.