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Help with TC assessments
Hey, sure drop me an email at [email protected] when you're ready. I'm afraid I can't give assessment-specific advice if it's a task sent by the firm, but I'd be happy to answer questions or provide some general pointers for your speech or slides.- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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Law Firm Insights Page
P.S: If it helps in the meantime, here's a snapshot of how I answered the question of what gives Shearman & Sterling a competitive advantage in their VS app. As with the others, it's not perfect but was enough for an interview (together with the rest of the app).- Jaysen
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- Forum: Site Announcements
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Law Firm Interview Experiences
Hey Denisa - that's an interesting one. Two questions first: When are the vacation schemes? And do you have any idea why you were rejected? i.e. the WG/video performance/the app form.- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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Law Firm Insights Page
I'll get working on it now :). Edit: I must also say that the S&S graduate recruitment website is excellent. I've been through a lot over the past few months and it's refreshing to see one that has good content and is easy to navigate!- Jaysen
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- Forum: Site Announcements
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Help with TC assessments
Hey Denisa, I didn’t do White & Case, but I can share what I learned at a few vac schemes with similar tasks: Research and drafting task Assessors will be looking to see how well you can research what’s relevant and how well you can articulate that in your draft. Read the client’s or lawyer’s...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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The impact of tariffs on business and law firms
The impact of tariffs and/or a trade war on business and law firms - Part 2 Imagine you're in an industry that relies on steel and aluminium for imports. That could be the car industry or aerospace or construction. You fear your costs are going to rise and so you need to think ahead of time...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Law Firm Insights Page
Hey guys - the law insights page is up. It's still under development so I'll be updating it as I go along.- Jaysen
- Post #6
- Forum: Site Announcements
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VS conversion rates
Hey Sandrou, I'm sorry to hear about Slaughters but it's good you're getting feedback. I'll answer your questions in order: 1. Which other firms have you applied to and why? You can be honest here but try to explain why you applied to other firms. Suppose you're applying to a corporate-heavy...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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How does a company raise money?
Here you go: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-impact-of-tariffs-on-business-and-law-firms.44/- Jaysen
- Post #5
- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Vote for a weekly commercial awareness topic
Here you go guys: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-impact-of-tariffs-on-business-and-law-firms.44/- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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The impact of tariffs on business and law firms
The impact of tariffs and/or a trade war on business and law firms - Part 1 What’s going on? On 1 March 2018, Trump proposed a 25% tariff on steel and a 10% tariff on aluminium imports. It’s supposed to be aimed at China - for a long time, China has been exporting excess capacity at low...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Office Hours: Want to chat about your applications?
Hey all, I just spoke to a student (thanks @Nick) and wanted to extend this offer to the rest of you. I'll be holding office hours each Wednesday from 8-9pm. If you'd like advice on your applications, interviews or vacation schemes, you can schedule a call at 15-minute call at one of the...- Jaysen
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- Forum: General Discussion
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How does a company raise money?
I'll do a write-up tonight :). Edit: Make that tomorrow!- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Law Firm Insights Page
Yes - all the top firms starting with the magic circle. It takes quite a long time to complete each law firm profile but I can prioritise Shearman if that would help :).- Jaysen
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- Forum: Site Announcements
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Law Firm Insights Page
You're welcome! Usually one working day, but if you want to drop me a message when you send it, I can take a look immediately.- Jaysen
- Post #4
- Forum: Site Announcements
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How does a company raise money?
Hey guys, I'm still finishing up the first of the Law Insights page (I'm hoping to finish it tomorrow). In the meantime, I'll post a few short articles I did on popular commercial-awareness interview questions. This one is about how a company can raise money. I go into more detail in the M&A...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Law Firm Interview Experiences
Hey Arun, thanks for reminding me about the Weil guide - some of the info is covered above, but I'll attach it in case it helps. It's a little checklist I used to give out during my training sessions.- Jaysen
- Post #7
- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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Law Firm Interview Experiences
Hey guys, I can share my thoughts on the vacation scheme interview; I can’t confirm how much cross-over there is with the first year scheme interview, but I imagine some of it does. For the interview: You’ll need to demonstrate a basic understanding of private equity – I imagine you’ve seen...- Jaysen
- Post #6
- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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Ashurst Interview
Feedback from another Ashurst trainee: "The interviews will be one competency based, one commercial based. For the competency interview just make sure to have personal anecdotes ready for the standard questions. For the written test, they only have one hour so make sure they manage their time...- Jaysen
- Post #6
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Law Firm Insights Page
Hey guys! A quick explanation of what's going on on the law insights section. We were actually going to postpone our website launch until we finished this page, but it turned out to be a much bigger task than we imagined, hence the coming soon cover at the moment. Here's the thought process...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Site Announcements