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<blockquote data-quote="Andrei Radu" data-source="post: 226507" data-attributes="member: 36777"><p>No worries! For the types of transactional-focused firms you mentioned, the information relating to the practices you mentioned covers the core of what you will need to know. Besides that, I think you should just aim to be able to explain in laymen terms some more basic business and commercial law concepts, such as:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>Fundamental company law & company organisation matters</strong>, such as the different roles of shareholders vs directors, role of articles of association, concept of limited liability and separate legal personality, differences between companies and partnerships, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>The different economic sectors: </strong>you should be able to categorise an companies according to the sectors they operate in, and to have a general understanding of how the sectors work (ie what are the final products and services, how do their supply chains operate, who are the biggest players in the market) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>Types of institutions in financial markets and their different roles:</strong> corporates, investment banks, PE funds, hedge funds, venture capital funds, asset managers, private credit funds, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>The different types of legal services offered to these clients by different practice areas of a law firm, particularly in relation to what teams come into a transaction at different times (i</strong>e you should be able to explain what antitrust, employment, data & privacy, disputes, tax, IP and other teams do and how they contribute to successfully representing a client in an M&A or finance mandate).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>A basic understanding of the differences between dispute resolution methods</strong>: you should be able to explain what litigation, arbitration, mediation, and negotiated settlement are and when each of those may be most appropriate. </li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrei Radu, post: 226507, member: 36777"] No worries! For the types of transactional-focused firms you mentioned, the information relating to the practices you mentioned covers the core of what you will need to know. Besides that, I think you should just aim to be able to explain in laymen terms some more basic business and commercial law concepts, such as: [LIST=1] [*][B]Fundamental company law & company organisation matters[/B], such as the different roles of shareholders vs directors, role of articles of association, concept of limited liability and separate legal personality, differences between companies and partnerships, etc. [*][B]The different economic sectors: [/B]you should be able to categorise an companies according to the sectors they operate in, and to have a general understanding of how the sectors work (ie what are the final products and services, how do their supply chains operate, who are the biggest players in the market) [*][B]Types of institutions in financial markets and their different roles:[/B] corporates, investment banks, PE funds, hedge funds, venture capital funds, asset managers, private credit funds, etc. [*][B]The different types of legal services offered to these clients by different practice areas of a law firm, particularly in relation to what teams come into a transaction at different times (i[/B]e you should be able to explain what antitrust, employment, data & privacy, disputes, tax, IP and other teams do and how they contribute to successfully representing a client in an M&A or finance mandate). [*][B]A basic understanding of the differences between dispute resolution methods[/B]: you should be able to explain what litigation, arbitration, mediation, and negotiated settlement are and when each of those may be most appropriate. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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