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  1. Jaysen

    The Mergers and Acquisitions Case Study

    Read the article to learn about: Why do firms merge or acquire? How do acquisitions begin? Friendly v hostile takeovers Acquisition structures Preliminary agreements Legal due diligence The acquisition agreement Warranties and indemnities Signing The Mergers and Acquisitions Case Study...
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    TCLA is inviting applications to join its new marketing team!

    Hi All, 2019 is going to be an important year for TCLA. We have a variety of goals during the next phase of our growth, including publishing a catalogue of partner-led classes, liaising with law firms and reaching our next goal of 5,000 students. To help us get there, TCLA is looking for...
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    Suggestions for TCLA 2019

    TCLA has many plans for the New Year, including filming a series of partners/legal tech companies for our classes. The most valuable information I get, however, is always from you guys. What would you like to see at TCLA? What do you think would be useful to students?
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    Questions to ask a Law Firm at Interview

    I came across a list of general questions I had prepared to ask law firms at interviews. I thought I'd share in case you need some back up questions (ideally, you wanna go for genuine questions). I've split them between questions to ask partners/trainees/graduate recruitment. A little warning...
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    Gibson Dunn Vacation Scheme 2018

    Gibson Dunn Vacation Scheme 2018 Please describe your vacation scheme experience at Gibson Dunn I really enjoyed it! The work was interesting, the people were friendly, and I learned a lot. Talks/Presentations: There were a number of presentations and ‘coffee sessions’, where lawyers from...
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    Commercial Class 10: Commercial Interview Practice

    Hi All, Sign ups for our next commercial awareness class close on Friday. See a snapshot of the prep material below.
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    Latham & Watkins Vacation Scheme Interview 2018

    Latham & Watkins Interview 2018 When was your Latham & Watkins interview? Mid-November 2018 What was it for? Winter Vacation Scheme Please describe the interview process at Latham & Watkins. The assessment centre had three components to it; the first was a written exercise, and the next...
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    White & Case Vacation Scheme Interview 2018

    White & Case Interview 2018 When was your White & Case interview? (mid) November 2018 What was it for? Vacation Scheme Please describe the interview process at White & Case. The interview was very relaxed. I was picked up from reception by a member of HR and taken into a room to be...
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    Why Private Equity?

    A recent Legal Week article asks a variety of senior associates and newly-made partners "Why private equity" and "What advice do you have for those hoping to make partner?". Thought I'd share what they said -- if you're applying to law firms with a big private equity client base, you'll often be...
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    Vacation scheme badge

    Hi All, You may have noticed some students have the "vacation schemer" badge from earlier this year. I'm in the process of redoing these badges for this cycle: if you have secured a vacation scheme, feel free to drop me a message and I will update your badge. Best, Jaysen
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    Linklaters Vacation Scheme Interview 2018

    Linklaters Interview 2018 When was your Linklaters interview? 14 November 2018 What was it for? Winter Vacation Scheme Please describe the interview process at Linklaters. HR Interview/ Case Study - E-intray/ Partner Interview What advice would you give to future applicants for the...
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    Where should a law firm open its next office?

    To help with this popular interview question, I will try to keep links/materials for different jurisdictions in this thread. Please feel free to contribute also. Renewable energy in Africa...
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    Commercial Class 9: Finance and the Capital Markets

    Hi All, Sign ups for our next commercial awareness class close tomorrow. See a snapshot of the prep material below. Note this is our penultimate class of 2018.
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    Weekly commercial news summaries

    Hi All, A while back you may have seen our posts inviting applicants to join our commercial writers team. The successful applicants have since been chosen: @bugsy malone, @kitk, @Angel and @Abstruser (forum usernames not all real names!). Each week they will be publishing a commercial...
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    Herbert Smith Freehills Vacation Scheme Interview 2018

    Herbert Smith Freehills Vacation Scheme Interview 2018 When was your Herbert Smith Freehills interview? November 2018 What was it for? Winter Vacation Scheme Please describe the interview process at Herbert Smith Freehills. Structured in 3 parts with one partner each: competency...
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    Hogan Lovells Vacation Scheme Interview 2018

    Hogan Lovells Vacation Scheme Interview 2018 When was your Hogan Lovells interview? November 2018 What was it for? Winter Vacation Scheme Please describe the interview process at Hogan Lovells. There were two interviews during the day. The first interview was a partner interview, they...
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    Jones Day Vacation Scheme Interview 2018

    Jones Day Interview 2018 When was your Jones Day interview? November 2018 What was it for? Winter vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Jones Day. Interview by two partners. Very informal and laid back, focussed on your application and your experiences with some...
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    Ashurst Vacation Scheme Interview 2018

    Ashurst Interview 2018 When was your Ashurst interview? October 2018 What was it for? Winter Vacation Scheme Please describe the interview process at Ashurst. The morning was split into two, firstly I had 60 mins to write a business report. A lady had started a healthy food, dips...
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    Stephenson Harwood Vacation Scheme Interview 2018

    Stephenson Harwood Interview 2018 When was your Stephenson Hardwood interview? October 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Stephenson Harwood. The interview process is in two parts. The first part is an interview with two members of Graduate...
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    Kennedys Vacation Scheme Interview 2018

    Kennedys Interview 2018 When was your Kennedys interview? November 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Kennedys. Partner interview (1 hour), group assessment (45 minutes), written assessment (1 hour) - partner interview covered a broad range of...

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