What law firm talks have you found useful?

[Jaysen]

Hi All,

For our next round of courses, we're looking to get associates and partners involved in teaching you guys about different practice areas within a firm, the challenges facing the legal industry etc.

I'm keen on seeing if any of you have any recommendations - Have you been to a law firm event or open day and found a talk particularly useful? If so, it would be great if you could post below and I'll contact them!

Thanks,

Jaysen

 

[ZH]

Hi Jaysen,

From some of the events I've attended, I enjoyed hearing from the following:
- BCLP - Mark Richards, Nick Pryor, James Banks
- HSF - Kushal Bhimjiani, Jamie Ball, Matthew Goff
- Travers Smith - David Patient
- CMS - Katie Duffield
- Ashurst - Donna Fleming

 

[J32]

Hi Jaysen,

I found the following firms really helpful with the differences between UK and US firms, and the BD element of being a lawyer:
Gibson Dunn
Cooley

 

[Ifmhouse4]

I attended a Private Equity/Commercial Awareness event at Ropes & Gray before - I found that to be very useful!

 

[Giulia]

I attended two BCLP's open days (March 2019 and Nov 2019) and found super useful Nick Pryor's interventions on Innovation and Tech in both of them. He really gives a bigger picture of the impact of IT and he is able to spot the different approaches towards legal innovation among firms!

 

[Jaysen]

Very helpful, thank you guys!

 

[D]

@Jaysen

I have been to "HSF - Inside the Headlines", two years in a row. It is usually presented by Barnaby Hinnigan and is a synopsis of two huge deals the firm has completed over the past year. The first year, they covered Sharp v Blank (HBOS/Lloyds) and Comcast/21CF/Sky. It was brilliant. This year they did the FlyBE takeover and the Costa Rica litigation, which was incredibly interesting.

Probably the most technically accessible talk I have been to was by David Adams at Clifford Chance, who presented "A Rough Guide to Finance & Capital Markets". It was excellent. His delivery was excellent. This was the single most useful session I have been to.

Carl Bradshaw's PE session at Kirkland was also exceptional, however, I believe he has now left.

As ever, Chris Stoakes 1hr session about the City is always brilliant. I think I've heard him speak 3 or 4 times at various firms, but I believe he primarily delivers to Hogan Lovells. He does a fantastic job of summarising his book in an hour session.

 

[Jaysen]

@Jaysen

I have been to "HSF - Inside the Headlines", two years in a row. It is usually presented by Barnaby Hinnigan and is a synopsis of two huge deals the firm has completed over the past year. The first year, they covered Sharp v Blank (HBOS/Lloyds) and Comcast/21CF/Sky. It was brilliant. This year they did the FlyBE takeover and the Costa Rica litigation, which was incredibly interesting.

Probably the most technically accessible talk I have been to was by David Adams at Clifford Chance, who presented "A Rough Guide to Finance & Capital Markets". It was excellent. His delivery was excellent. This was the single most useful session I have been to.

Carl Bradshaw's PE session at Kirkland was also exceptional, however, I believe he has now left.

As ever, Chris Stoakes 1hr session about the City is always brilliant. I think I've heard him speak 3 or 4 times at various firms, but I believe he primarily delivers to Hogan Lovells. He does a fantastic job of summarising his book in an hour session.

Very helpful - thanks!

 

[Konstantinos]

A talk by Charlie Geffen (Gibson Dunn) on firm culture and the real differences between US and UK law firms was incredibly insightful

 

[Jaysen]

A talk by Charlie Geffen (Gibson Dunn) on firm culture and the real differences between US and UK law firms was incredibly insightful

Great thanks!

 

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I attended an Africa Practice event at Clifford Chance which gave an insight into how the practice works and the exciting opportunities available