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Commercial Awareness Update - October 2019
5. Hand-picked Commercial News ( by Watson's Daily) Latest Brexit developments UK and EU remain locked in race to broker Brexit deal (Financial Times, Jim Brundsen, Sam Fleming, Mehreen Khan, Michael Peel and George Parker) we see that both sides continue to negotiate against the clock to...- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Update - October 2019
Welcome to this week’s commercial update! The topics for this weeks write ups are: Back to Basics: GDPR and Law Firms Uber’s Expansion into the Online Grocery Market US Sports Betting Market Neil Woodford’s Investment Funds 1. Back to Basics: GDPR and Law Firms (by @Jaysen) The Story...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Slaughter and May TC Response Time
Hi Julia, I hope it went well! You may find this thread helpful: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/slaughter-and-may-tc-interview.1500/page-2#post-12257.- Jaysen
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TCLA's Crash Course - We're running our first event!
Event schedule is now live:- Jaysen
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TCLA's Crash Course - We're running our first event!
Apologies I thought I had already contacted you about this - just sent you an email!- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Past Interview Questions and Topics
Here's some recent questions candidates have reported back with: How can we maintain our competitive advantage? A friend has £5m and they want to purchase a piece of farm land to develop an amusement park on, what advice you do give them? (This was from a real estate partner at a real estate...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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TCLA's Crash Course - We're running our first event!
Thanks Samar, we’re really excited for it as well!- Jaysen
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- Forum: TCLA General News
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Addleshaw Goddard
As Jess said, it seems like you’ve identified clear areas. What are you struggling with exactly?- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Hogan Lovells question
You're right that you don't want to just repeat any sections. For this question, really evaluate all of your experiences and don't be modest in the way you pitch it (too many candidates are). ECs/tech and language skills sound like a good place to start, but rather than simply stating them, try...- Jaysen
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TCLA's Crash Course - We're running our first event!
Just a heads up guys - we're about to sell out (2 tickets left). Why come? - Learn from the commercial awareness man himself Christopher Stoakes, together with his partner-in-crime, former Freshfields' partner Ben Staveley - Accelerate your understanding of M&A from former Latham corporate...- Jaysen
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Burges Salmon question
All of the above could fit. Brexit and tech are used a lot for these types of questions. It’s not the end of the word, but if you do decide to use one of them, you should be very specific about how/why it applies to Burges Salmon. I’d say it’s much more about that side of things. When you...- Jaysen
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
In case you haven't seen this already, we have a fair few reports on the HSF AC: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/herbert-smith-freehills-vacation-scheme-interview-2018.795/.- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Operation training contract: initiated
Great introduction Viviane. Looking forward to following you on your journey. The good thing is all the experiences you've had up until now can make for a very interesting CV/interview!- Jaysen
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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The Hunt for a Training Contract: Take Three
I also did Toastmasters for a while (during my LPC) and thought it was great - I don’t think there could be a more supportive environment for practising public speaking!- Jaysen
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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Happy World Mental Health Day!
PS: This book is fantastic re: the science behind sleep - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06Y649387/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1. Sounds dry but it's actually really interesting.- Jaysen
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Happy World Mental Health Day!
Hi everyone, Just a quick note from me: Spending hours and hours on applications, interviews and vacation schemes, only to receive a rejection, is mentally very tough. If you're struggling, feeling demotivated, wondering if you'll every make it through this process, that's nothing to be...- Jaysen
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Received, thanks! I'll return tomorrow with comments.
Received, thanks! I'll return tomorrow with comments.- Jaysen
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