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<blockquote data-quote="Andrei Radu" data-source="post: 202999" data-attributes="member: 36777"><p>To improve commercial awareness as much as you can over a short period, I advise you to do the following:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Try to understand well the basics of how businesses and investments work</strong>. On the business side, look up how businesses generate revenue and grow, but also what are the main risks they face and costs they incur. Also, try to get a basic understanding of the differences between the main economic sectors. On the investment side, research the types of investments strategies, the key types of financial institutions in the market and their roles (investment banks, PE funds, hedge funds, asset managers etc), and the core concepts in capital markets (debt vs equity, bonds, IPOs etc). Investopedia has a number of great articles on these, but you can also just browse the internet and you will find many good resources. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Learn the basics of the different practices areas in commercial law:</strong> what do they do, how does their work differ, why do the clients need those services? In particular, try to get a good grasp of M&A and PE, as those come up most often in interviews. Here, I would recommend the great courses offered by TCLA. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Read a few recent articles on the most major current issues </strong>so that you have an idea about them if they come up. I would list, in no particular order: AI and the stock market rally, inflation and monetary policy, geopolitical tensions, the US elections and threats of tariffs, and changes in energy policy. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Listen to as many episodes of commercial awareness podcasts as you can</strong> (and make use of moments like commuting to do that). In particular, I recommend: the FT News Briefing, BBC Business News, Watson's Daily, Goldman Sachs Exchanges, The Lawyer Podcast, Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg News. </li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrei Radu, post: 202999, member: 36777"] To improve commercial awareness as much as you can over a short period, I advise you to do the following: [LIST] [*][B]Try to understand well the basics of how businesses and investments work[/B]. On the business side, look up how businesses generate revenue and grow, but also what are the main risks they face and costs they incur. Also, try to get a basic understanding of the differences between the main economic sectors. On the investment side, research the types of investments strategies, the key types of financial institutions in the market and their roles (investment banks, PE funds, hedge funds, asset managers etc), and the core concepts in capital markets (debt vs equity, bonds, IPOs etc). Investopedia has a number of great articles on these, but you can also just browse the internet and you will find many good resources. [*][B]Learn the basics of the different practices areas in commercial law:[/B] what do they do, how does their work differ, why do the clients need those services? In particular, try to get a good grasp of M&A and PE, as those come up most often in interviews. Here, I would recommend the great courses offered by TCLA. [*][B]Read a few recent articles on the most major current issues [/B]so that you have an idea about them if they come up. I would list, in no particular order: AI and the stock market rally, inflation and monetary policy, geopolitical tensions, the US elections and threats of tariffs, and changes in energy policy. [*][B]Listen to as many episodes of commercial awareness podcasts as you can[/B] (and make use of moments like commuting to do that). In particular, I recommend: the FT News Briefing, BBC Business News, Watson's Daily, Goldman Sachs Exchanges, The Lawyer Podcast, Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg News. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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