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Case Studies, Interviews and Vacation Scheme Resources
Read this article to access our resources, including: Vacation Scheme Work Log Law Firm Overview Plan - what makes a law firm different? Competency Interview Questions Plan Written Case Study 1 - Legal Analysis Written Case Study 2 - Mergers & Acquisitions Case Studies, Interviews and...- Jaysen
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What is an IPO? What are law firms floating on the stock market?
Read this article to learn more about: What is an IPO? Why have an IPO? What are the costs of an IPO? What are law firm IPOs? What is an IPO? What are law firms floating on the stock market?- Jaysen
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Raising finance
Read the article to learn about: Why do companies need finance? What is equity finance? What is debt finance? Loans Bonds Loans v bonds Equity v debt How do companies raise money? Note, check out our outline in TCLA Premium for an updated "Finance and the Capital Markets" guide, including...- Jaysen
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The Private Equity Guide
Read the article to learn about: What is private equity? Why invest in a private equity fund? How is a fund structured? How do PE firms identify companies? Where do PE firms get the money? How do PE firms create value? How do PE firms control a target company? How do PE firms exit their...- Jaysen
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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...- Jaysen
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Grammar Q
Good recommendation here. When answering competency questions, so many students say "I had the opportunity to" or "I was required to". Unless you really need to outline what you were asked to do for your answer, it's better to just say "I did XYZ". Agreed with lower case court and upper case...- Jaysen
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Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019
I would think they must have liked something so as to not reject you off the batt. Without more info, it's hard to read into whether that's anything more than just that though. When you applied, did you have the opportunity to a second preference for your scheme? Yes, I'd say it's worth asking...- Jaysen
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Law-firm research
Sure. If they did do it, I'd be surprised if it wasn't over the legal press, but worth an ask!- Jaysen
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Law-firm research
I can't seem to find out where I got this from either. I assume this was a mistake! As far as I'm aware Taylor Wessing and Hogan Lovells do still run it though.- Jaysen
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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...- Jaysen
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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?- Jaysen
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Where should a law firm open its next office?
India: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/indias-diy-approach-needs-fixing/- Jaysen
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Where should a law firm open its next office?
A variety of reasons why you might want to suggest Ireland: https://www.thelawyer.com/international-law-firms-in-ireland/- Jaysen
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Welcome! Introduce yourself here :)
Welcome to our forums Bronson!- Jaysen
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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...- Jaysen
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Useful links and resources
Great article!! This was exactly what I was thinking when I mentioned Slaughters. I get the feeling Slaughter's senior partner is quite close to Mike Lynch:- Jaysen
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Useful links and resources
I don't think the link works!- Jaysen
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Reed Smith's core values are Integrity, Quality, Teamwork and Respect, Performance, Innovation and I
I'll answer it in this thread: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/reed-smith-application.880/#post-5609- Jaysen
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