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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
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In my opinion:
•Local expertise that comes from deep roots in that city/area. On the contrary, a law firm might have an office in say, Lisbon, but might not necessarily have as deep roots - especially if it’s either had to hire people or bring people in.
•Reduced cost. The firm doesn’t have additional overheads from renting offices across the globe and that can translate into more manageable costs on cross border issues. The best friend network caters to this as each firm benefits from the work but can split the expenditure between them while keeping consistent costs for the client.
There’s probably more but that’s off the top of my head!
In short, Best Friend networks market themselves as having links with the best firms for a particular task in certain jurisdictions.
Non-BF network law firms might have offices in a number of locations that are relevant to the client but the office might not be the 'best' in that jurisdiction for the type of work that the client requires.
In theory, this would mean a 'top/high tier' service for the client regardless of jurisdiction.
V&E have conducted VI's and have sent out AC's.
Quoting just for the V&E update.
8pm rejection from Mayer Brown post-tests lol
At least that's one firm whose Grad Rec team I know was working late tonight
At least that's one firm whose Grad Rec team I know was working late tonight
Thanks for letting me know - I think I did mine a bit before so I guess it's just wait and see! Hope you have better luck elsewhere
Delighted for you my friend and if my advice helped you in any way then I'm glad! Very well done - you deserve this for all your hard work so make sure you celebrate
Thanks mate! You and @Jaysen along with all the resources on TCLA made a key difference for sure. TCLA is a groundbreaking platform that I wish was available many years ago!
Hey guys - I have the PwC ‘career focus day’ AC coming up and I’m really nervous and unsure about what to expect. Has anyone done it for 2019 or 2020? If so I’d really really appreciate some tips! Thanks so much in advance
I did last year. Feel free to PM me
Same here lol
I am in the process of picking a seat preference for a summer vac scheme and a little torn. I would usually pick corporate as the area I am most interested in and probably have the most knowledge of but I am soon to start a role as a real estate paralegal so am tempted to pick real estate as I am hoping I will have more experience by then. Does anyone have any suggestions please?
What I do is look at a trend/report in the new news relating to certain practice area/industry - rather than a specific business story.
For instance, it may be a the rise in shareholder activism, rapid growth of PE in 2019, or issues surrounding covalent lite matters.
It makes it a lot easier to tailor it to the firm (esp if they have a strong corporate/PE practice), than say a recent M&A deal you saw on the news - at least in my opinion anyway.
This approach has been well received at interviews and got me through a quite a few applications, so I think it works - although everyone has their own style.
Hi has anyone heard back from Freshfields following an AC with them? How long do they take to respond
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