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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Legal Business just published this now, confirms what my friend at A&O told me. https://www.legalbusiness.co.uk/blogs/ao-takes-coronavirus-threat-to-task-with-raft-of-belt-tightening-measures/ But yes you and @Jessica Booker are right, doesnt appear too drastic and not a green light to...- Ravenclaw
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Internal source has mentioned A&O have frozen associate pay and pausing half their bonus. A commenter on here was worrying about COVID's impact on firms and I thought they really really didnt need to. I hate to say this but I am starting to change my mind. For a MC firm to freeze pay is surely...- Ravenclaw
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Hey, I have a TC offer so understand the hysterics haha. Definitely not unreasonable to worry but your mental health will likely suffer worrying about these things that you can not control. I have been reading articles in the legal press many of which are claiming this could be worse for the...- Ravenclaw
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Thank you for sharing. Not sure why everyone is downvoting, you are simply sharing what you have heard from highly relevant people. Of course these view will not apply to every grad rec team however its interesting to consider.- Ravenclaw
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Hey, wouldn't worry too much about Milbank for awhile. They state on the website they would contact successful applicants for AC's in April- Ravenclaw
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Summer direct TC application window
Gibson Dunn, Vinson, Akin Gump, Sidley Austin, Milbank are not worth applying to imo. Chambers all hints at them recruiting all trainees from vac schemes. Some US like Latham, Morgan Lewis do better with direct TC apps- Ravenclaw
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Macfarlanes- Is arguably better at corporate than Travers, works on higher value deals. It's banking and finance team is also much more higher capability than Travers. I would argue overall Macfarlanes deals with more high end work on the transactional front than Travers. Its private client...- Ravenclaw
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