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<blockquote data-quote="Amma Usman" data-source="post: 188494" data-attributes="member: 36740"><p><strong>Hey [USER=33996]@legal18[/USER] .</strong> Great question. Answers to questions of this type can typically be of anything and everything you deem to be sufficiently commercial, <strong>and</strong> will enable you to talk extensively about the sector-agnostic impacts (law firms and their clients alike). Weil is known for its corporate practice. Something like interest rates cuts will impact their PE clients, leading to impacts on debt financing, for example. I had recently made a thread on the widespread effects of the BoE rate cuts to 4.75% which I have linked <a href="https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/the-weekly-brief-commercial-awareness-updates.9144/" target="_blank"><strong>here. </strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong><u>TIP: </u></strong>You could choose anything that appeals to you, but ensure to choose something which will significantly affect a sector that the firm primarily operates in. This will help convey a strong understanding of Weil’s work. I also don’t recommend choosing a topic that will be a big discussion by many candidates - AI or ESG is one example. At the same time, however, this may not be too much of an issue <strong>if </strong>you explain it in a unique and a specific manner which demonstrates strong research skills and a good tailoring to the firm’s practices.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amma Usman, post: 188494, member: 36740"] [B]Hey [USER=33996]@legal18[/USER] .[/B] Great question. Answers to questions of this type can typically be of anything and everything you deem to be sufficiently commercial, [B]and[/B] will enable you to talk extensively about the sector-agnostic impacts (law firms and their clients alike). Weil is known for its corporate practice. Something like interest rates cuts will impact their PE clients, leading to impacts on debt financing, for example. I had recently made a thread on the widespread effects of the BoE rate cuts to 4.75% which I have linked [URL='https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/the-weekly-brief-commercial-awareness-updates.9144/'][B]here. [/B][/URL] [B][U]TIP: [/U][/B]You could choose anything that appeals to you, but ensure to choose something which will significantly affect a sector that the firm primarily operates in. This will help convey a strong understanding of Weil’s work. I also don’t recommend choosing a topic that will be a big discussion by many candidates - AI or ESG is one example. At the same time, however, this may not be too much of an issue [B]if [/B]you explain it in a unique and a specific manner which demonstrates strong research skills and a good tailoring to the firm’s practices. [/QUOTE]
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