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    Effects of ESG investing on emerging markets practices

    Hi, with the interest of influential investors in upholding social values through their investment activities- I was wondering this might affect law firms and their sovereign debt and Emerging markets practice? I found this interesting article in the FT...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - July 2019!

    Hi everyone! Welcome to the first commercial news update for July. Happy reading! Commercial News Update: 3rd July 2019 Topics covered this week are: 1. The bid for British Steel and problems facing the Steel Industry (@bugsy malone) 2. US-China Trade Truce at the G-20 Summit...
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    Commercial issues

    Hi, Do you have any tips about choosing an issue to write about in an application form? I'd really like to talk about the interplay between technology and privacy (referring to the Whatsapp attack) but I'm not sure if this is too generic. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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    Commercial Awareness Update: May 2019

    Commercial Awareness Update: 1st May 2019 Hi everyone, Another month has flown by! The topics covered this week are: Second Belt and Road Forum by @kitk Uber’s upcoming IPO by @Abstruser As always, feel free to share your thoughts and comments below. Happy reading! 1. Second Belt and Road...
  5. Daniel Boden

    Legal News Updates

    Hi guys, I have been asked by @Jaysen to create this thread to summarise what I believe are the big stories in The Lawyer and Legal Week every week. I will aim to try and do at least one summary per week given I know that many of us don't have premium subscriptions to both so I will try to...
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    Legal story vs Commercial story

    What sort of topic would you focus on if they asked for a legal story you've been following? As opposed to a general commercial news story. I'm sure someone posted something about this a while back but can't seem to find it. Thanks!
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    Commercial Awareness Update: January 2019!

    Hello everyone, After a brief holiday hiatus, we are happy to share that our weekly commercial updates are back again! We will be posting our take on the week's most topical stories every Wednesday, so do follow this thread for more commercial updates. :) Commercial Awareness Update: 23/01/19...
  8. Daniel Boden

    Fall of Netflix?

    A very interesting article was released today by Stephen McBride in Forbes about the probable fall of Netflix in the very near future. This is something which I think may be of interest to people for commercial awareness questions in applications and in interviews. The link to the full article...
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    Commercial Awareness Update- December 2018

    Hi, everyone! The last month of 2018 has just begun and here is a new commercial awareness thread for December updates! Hope you find this helpful and have a nice week ahead:) 5th December 1. Tech Industry and Competition Law (by Angel) The story Whenever a user buys an application on the...
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    Norton Rose commercial awareness question

    Hi guys, I am having some trouble to structure my answer to the commercial question. My issue is to discuss a topic that is going to impact on the GLOBAL practice rather than the UK firm. I was thinking to talk about the Iran sanctions or the impact of GDPR on EU and international companies...
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    NAFTA's Affect on Law Firms

    Hello all, Waking up to the new NAFTA deal, I was wondering if anyone could provide a quick insight into what the immediate/long-term consequences will be for US Law firms and beyond. I will be looking into it today as more news develops, but if anyone has any immediate reactions, it would...
  12. yanerlim

    Law Firms' Mergers

    There are many different kinds of firm mergers/relationships we see lately. Just to name a few, there's the "best friends network" strategy, the fully financial integration, Swiss Vereins etc... I was wondering what are the differences and nuances of these mergers (eg: challenges or benefits)...

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