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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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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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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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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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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
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- 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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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
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- 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
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- 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
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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
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Ashurst Interview
Hey Bonnie, A few comments: "I just did a straight training contract application. Your mentee can expect to write business report, have a short interview with HR based around his CV and experiences, and then a longer interview with 2 partners which is more scenario based. Overall I found...- Jaysen
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Introduction to LawTech
Wow - Stephen Turner taught me during the LPC. I had no idea he did a podcast!- Jaysen
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- Forum: Watson Glaser and Case Study Resources
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The impact of interest rates on law firms - part 1
The impact of interest rates on law firms - Part 2 How do I connect commercial issues to law firms? First, it helps to understand that law firms are a service business. Clients pay law firms to handle their legal work and the legal work they do will vary between departments. We can simplify...- Jaysen
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The impact of interest rates on law firms - part 1
The impact of interest rates on law firms - Part 1 Hey guys, This is a very popular interview question this year so I’ve decided to do a mini-guide. I know I’ve briefly touched on these areas in other posts, but hopefully, this’ll help you to connect the dots further. I hope to release part 2...- Jaysen
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LawTech is coming
Excellent stuff Jony. It's a very interesting read and I enjoyed the many practical examples. I'd love to read a comparison of which technologies the magic circle are using.- Jaysen
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- Forum: Watson Glaser and Case Study Resources
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Ashurst Interview
Great advice! I wrote about a page and a half. If it's of any help, I attach the first half of my cover letter and my answer to the additional question. You'll see I wrote about why Ashurst in the cover letter and again in the additional question. Bonnie - I know a couple of Ashurst...- Jaysen
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Law Firm Interview Experiences
Hey - when is it? We have a few Weil trainees joining us in the next couple of days so I'll ask if they can share their thoughts (and I'll run through it too).- Jaysen
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Commercial News Summary - February 2018
You're right - many private equity firms buy companies and end up fine (or even better). In this case, Toys R Us were already struggling even before they were bought. The problem is that the private equity firms loaded debt onto the business in the hope of turning it around. Unfortunately, Toys...- Jaysen
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Commercial awareness question
Hey Denisa! To answer your second question first, yes - that’s something you could certainly argue. Cheap credit has helped M&A activity bounce back over the last few years, but as interest rates increase, companies could see their profits margins being eroded. So they may steer away from...- Jaysen
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