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Law Firm Insight: Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis What makes the firm different? Big and profitable Kirkland is now the largest law firm in the world thanks to a 19% growth in revenue for 2017. The firm has expanded aggressively in recent years growing its revenue by an estimated 89% between 2009 and 2016. But Kirkland isn’t...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Watson Glaser and Case Study Resources
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Law Firm Insight: Shearman & Sterling
Shearman & Sterling What makes the firm different? The most international of the NY elite The elite law firms in New York, the 'white-shoes', were traditionally slow to go global, especially compared to the magic circle. But Shearman & Sterling ("Shearman") was one of the few exceptions. The...- Jaysen
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Law Firm Insight: Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright What makes the firm different? How Norton Rose Fulbright transformed itself Norton Rose Fulbright has grown its global brand and transformed its market position at an impressive speed. In 2008, Norton Rose Fulbright was a decent mid-sized firm who, in the CEO's own words...- Jaysen
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Law Firm Insight: Linklaters
Linklaters What makes the firm different? Corporate and finance capability Linklaters works on the biggest UK and European M&A deals and regularly competes with rival Freshfields for first place on the league tables. The firm advised on 196 deals worth $235.2bn in 2016-17 and was crowned 'M&A...- Jaysen
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Law Firm Insight: Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance What makes the firm different? The big firm on the block You can learn a lot about mergers from the combination between Coward Chance and Clifford Turner. The two firms shared complementary practice areas, Coward Chance in banking and Clifford Turner in corporate law. They each...- Jaysen
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Law Firm Insight: Allen & Overy
Allen & Overy What makes the firm different? The global hedge In the 2016-17 financial year, Allen & Overy grew revenue by 16% and profit per equity partner (“PEP”) by 26%. It’s now the second-largest in the magic circle by turnover and just behind Freshfields and Linklaters in PEP. But this...- Jaysen
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Norton Rose Fulbright Interview
"I believe my partner interview was a tad different because most of the experiences on my CV have been in NGO and journalism. The first question I got asked was why law, NRF and why commercial law (all in one). The conversation kind of kicked off from here. They asked me why I was not interested...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Older Interview Experiences
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Norton Rose Fulbright Interview
A student has kindly shared his experience for the Norton Rose Fulbright interview. This will later be copied in the relevant interview experiences section, but I'll post it here first, as he has gone out of his way to provide some fantastic detail and candid advice. Please see below. "I...- Jaysen
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Paralegal jobs - are they worth it?
You can definitely work on your interviewing skills. To answer your second question: sure, a paralegal role will help you to convince firms that you have an interest in commercial law, especially if you have no experience in the area already. It will also help somewhat with commercial...- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness
I've posted this in the Writers' Forum and thought it may be worth sharing here. If we're talking current news topics, I would say students should have at least a surface level knowledge of the following topics: Trump's trade war (versus China and his efforts re-negotiating global trade...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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How to prepare for Slaughter and May Interview?
For anyone with an upcoming Slaughter and May interview, a student has kindly shared his detailed interview experience. NB: I have redacted personally identifiable information and a small amount of specific interview information. -- My Slaughter and May Experience My Written exercise My...- Jaysen
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Case study interview advice
No, I don't think it's generic to ask about a partner's journey into a practice area, even if you already know the department they specialise in. Far better to ask genuine questions like this rather than questions designed to impress. (IMHO few questions at interview are ever actually...- Jaysen
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Introduction to commercial law?
What happened during the open days? Practice area talks? Group exercises? Did you talk to lawyers? Open days are designed to introduce you to a commercial law firm, so they should work well as evidence for this question. The workshop is a good example. To make your answer stronger, ask yourself...- Jaysen
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How to prepare for Slaughter and May Interview?
This is fantastic, thank you!- Jaysen
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Case study interview advice
Sure, I can share some thoughts. What issues would investors looking to buy shares in Saudi Aramco be concerned about? Will they make money investing in Saudi Aramco's shares? Oil is a volatile commodity -- what happens if we see another oil crisis and the price of oil drops? Is the company...- Jaysen
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How to prepare for Slaughter and May Interview?
Hi Leke, I hope your video interview went well. We have a student with a Slaughter and May interview coming up this week. Would you mind sharing your thoughts/advice on how it went? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks, Jaysen- Jaysen
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Case study interview advice
My advice for the written exercise is to practice. I know there isn't much out there -- and if I remember correctly you've already done at least one our case studies -- so simply set yourself questions. You want to develop your technique: Is your writing clear? Are your points easy to follow...- Jaysen
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Legal Writing Class
Hi all, Our class on legal writing is now live. You can enroll here: https://classes.thecorporatelawacademy.com/p/legal-writing Here's a little teaser: More coming soon!- Jaysen
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Law Firm Interview Experiences
@Bing Yi Lim @Denisa Olaru @Arun Pall @Abdul Wahaab Din, if you have any advice that would be appreciated. Leke, see here for some general advice: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/video-interview-help.104/#post-783 Also, if you are free tomorrow evening, I'd be happy to...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interviews Discussion