Recent content by al97
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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...- al97
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- Forum: General Discussion
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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...- al97
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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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...- al97
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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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...- al97
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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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...- al97
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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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...- al97
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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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...- al97
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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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...- al97
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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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...- al97
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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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...- al97
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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My Daily Commitment
Thank you both for your kind words! I hope to deliver some good news soon :)- al97
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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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...- al97
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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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...- al97
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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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...- al97
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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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...- al97
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey