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<blockquote data-quote="Lastseasonwonder" data-source="post: 126349" data-attributes="member: 4218">[USER=1993]@Romiras[/USER] [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] You both seem to have quite a bit of knowledge about this (finance careers, law to finance etc), so I wanted to ask: Over the past year or two, I have been developing an interest in finance. Reading about PE, ECM, DCM etc really intrigues me. More recently, I was very interested in reading about the pension fund crisis following the mini-budget. In that sense, my interest in finance is a big part of the reason I am gunning for a TC - I am basically solely interested in transactional and finance-focussed practice areas. I was thinking, therefore, about gaining some experience in finance between signing my TC (which I hope to sign this cycle) and when starting. How can I go about doing this? All summer internships at banks are for penultimate year students only and I am not one. I have read about a position for graduates called &quot;off-cycle intern/analyst&quot;. Would appreciate both your insights on how I can gain some experience in finance during the aforementioned time period.Of course, the TC is my priority at the moment but I am just thinking ahead and wanting to explore my interests. Honestly, I started thinking about the finance career about 8 months ago but the high barrier to entry and the fact that I have to start all over again (when I am so close to signing a TC) are the factors that are driving me to corporate law.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lastseasonwonder, post: 126349, member: 4218"] [USER=1993]@Romiras[/USER] [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] You both seem to have quite a bit of knowledge about this (finance careers, law to finance etc), so I wanted to ask: Over the past year or two, I have been developing an interest in finance. Reading about PE, ECM, DCM etc really intrigues me. More recently, I was very interested in reading about the pension fund crisis following the mini-budget. In that sense, my interest in finance is a big part of the reason I am gunning for a TC - I am basically solely interested in transactional and finance-focussed practice areas. I was thinking, therefore, about gaining some experience in finance between signing my TC (which I hope to sign this cycle) and when starting. How can I go about doing this? All summer internships at banks are for penultimate year students only and I am not one. I have read about a position for graduates called "off-cycle intern/analyst". Would appreciate both your insights on how I can gain some experience in finance during the aforementioned time period. Of course, the TC is my priority at the moment but I am just thinking ahead and wanting to explore my interests. Honestly, I started thinking about the finance career about 8 months ago but the high barrier to entry and the fact that I have to start all over again (when I am so close to signing a TC) are the factors that are driving me to corporate law. [/QUOTE]

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