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White & Case Interview 2019 - 2020
Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm. November 2019 Please specify what the interview was for. Winter Vacation Scheme 2019 Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings. 9.50am Arrival, 10am Interview with an Associate and a member of Graduate Recruitment...- Jaysen
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White & Case Interview 2019 - 2020
Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm. February 2020 Please specify what the interview was for. Spring Vacation Scheme 2020 Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings. 10.30 - 11.15 - Grad rec and partner interview 11.15 - 12.15 - Written Exercise...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interview Experiences 2019 - 2020 Cycle
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White & Case Interview 2019 - 2020
Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm. November 2019 Please specify what the interview was for. Summer Vacation Scheme 2020 Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings. 10:30 arrival, 10:45 Interview with graduate recruitment, 11:30-45 written exercise...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interview Experiences 2019 - 2020 Cycle
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White & Case Interview 2019 - 2020
Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm. February 2020 Please specify what the interview was for. Vacation Scheme 2020 Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings. Interview (45 minutes), written exercise (1 hour) Please provide a summary of each assessment...- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Update - May 2020
Redundancies on the Horizon for British Airways By @Rachel S The Story British Airways (‘BA’) has announced plans to cut 12,000 of its 42,000 workforce as coronavirus-driven lockdowns halt commercial air travel and airlines burn through cash. Parent company IAG revealed revenues fell 13% to...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Update - May 2020
Hi All, Please see below the updates for this week (Wednesday 13 May 2020). Saudi Arabia and Warner Music – A Potential Top Hit? By @Sairah Saeed The Story Warner Music Group, the world’s third-largest music recording label, looks set to be acquired by one of the world’s largest sovereign...- Jaysen
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Free Month of TCLA Premium - Every Week!
Well done @LilLauLLB! If you want to drop me a PM, I’ll give you details on how to access your free month :).- Jaysen
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Amazing, well done. Also goes to show that no news doesn't necessarily mean bad news!- Jaysen
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Office Hours: Want to chat about your applications?
Hey - due to capacity limitations, I'm only doing this for gold members at the moment.- Jaysen
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Pinsent Mason's 4000 character questions
Still prefer it to the Macfarlanes application!- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Update - May 2020
For anyone wondering why the stock market sometimes goes up when the economic news seems bad, here's a great video:- Jaysen
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Here’s the latest one we have: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/which-law-firms-recruit-on-a-rolling-basis-2019-20.1757/- Jaysen
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Ask Jaysen (TCLA's Founder) Anything!
I'd keep going. No-one knows how this situation will play out right now, but I wouldn't stop making applications. If you do that, you're taking yourself out of the game completely. I feel for you guys; this situation is going to require dealing with a substantial amount of uncertainty and...- Jaysen
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Ask Jaysen (TCLA's Founder) Anything!
The first part of the question is there to just give you context as to why they're asking this question. You just need to focus on how you've demonstrated this within your own experiences.- Jaysen
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Scenario Based Assessment
Sure, here's some practice questions I have from a variety of firms: If your colleague was slacking at work because of personal issues that they didn’t want to share with their boss, what would you do? You’re a trainee, and you have been working really hard on a specific task. An associate says...- Jaysen
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
Just to add onto this - we've had a few people in our virtual sessions with a noticeably weaker internet connection. If this is something that doesn't resolve in time, no doubt they'll understand, but consider flagging it up at the beginning just so everyone's on the same page. As Jess said, it...- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Update - May 2020
Law Firms in the COVID-19 crisis Squire Patton Boggs has temporarily reduced salaries associates by 20% and support staff by 10%. Staff who are unable to perform their job remotely are also being furloughed. The firm issued a statement explaining that the measures aim to prevent long-term job...- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Update - May 2020
Alibaba and the 40 Million Items By @Curtley Bale The Story Chinese e-commerce company, Alibaba, has experienced significant international growth in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic. Global sales have increased by 67% since the start of the year, partly due to the online retailer’s...- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Update - May 2020
Hi All, Please see below the updates for this week (Wednesday 6 May 2020). Let’s Talk Mergers! Conversation Between Virgin Media and O2 By @Sairah The Story Telefonica, owner of mobile network O2, has confirmed it is merger talks with cable network business, Virgin Media, currently owned...- Jaysen
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Ask Jaysen (TCLA's Founder) Anything!
If you've done your research into law firms and it really doesn't make a difference to you whether you'll be doing corporate v private client v litigation v IP work etc., then that's completely fine - you can narrow down firms based on other factors. Some of the factors you may want to...- Jaysen
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