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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ke.nabbk26" data-source="post: 196118" data-attributes="member: 26634">AG pfo (London office)It is very disappointing. Addleshaw Goddard was one of my top 2 choices (the other is Macfarlanes). I put a lot of effort and time into this application.Thought it was a strong application. I related the answers with my previous experience as a commercial lawyer overseas (civil law country) in addition to the work experience I gained in London during the LLM (4-month internship in a regtech and 3-week outsourced paralegal in a legal project). Also, I explained my interest in contentious, particularly the seat of Global Investigations, a huge case settled by this team, how I got attracted by AG after attending one event with a partner of this same seat, the views from current trainees I spoke during and after virtual Legal Cheek events, my appreciation for public DEI plans, the law firm of the year award, achievements...I don’t know if stressing my interest in contentious, particularly white-collar and corporate crime, has been an issue for the applications or shows a potential lack of adaptability to other seats (this is my 7th pfo in this cycle - always focusing on firms with leading banking litigation, corporate crime and investigations practices). Perhaps the firms weigh or expect interest in private equity, M&A and other transactional work. Or being a qualified lawyer overseas or not having a local undergrad degree (even knowing I am eligible). Sorry for sharing this. AG was my first application ever (applied in October), and I was not familiar with the online assessment at that time, but I was hoping to get through the application stage.If anyone who got an AC invite or offer from AG (TC or VS) can look at my application, I would be very thankful. Let's see if i got through Macfarlanes's application stage. My goal is a TC starting in 2028/2029, so I have time to improve the applications in the worst case scenario.</blockquote>

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