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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 1246" data-attributes="member: 1">Good question. You're definitely thinking along the right lines and it's good you're asking the why question.Let's take your first question, why might you be interested in a law firm with new offices?I can think of a few (generic) reasons:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Opportunity to do new secondments (good for your training, network and life experience)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Exposure to new international work (you may have an interest in a particular jurisdiction or you like the additional challenge/innovation that comes with global work)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Suggests the law firm is healthy and growing (you want to work at a firm that has a sustainable future)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Suggests the law firm will gain a competitive edge in a particular area/market (e.g. Linklaters investment in China could open up doors to exciting work on first-of-a-kind deals in emerging economies)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Opportunity to learn from new lawyers (benefits from a more diverse culture)</li> </ul>To answer your second question, I don't think using PEP as a reason is sufficient, but you can certainly talk about the advantages of a profitable law firm:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It's likely to be in a better position to attract interesting work and big clients</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It may attract a lot of talent including star partners from other law firms</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It may have the money to invest in new technology/AI systems</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It may have the money to invest in its employees</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It's more likely around in the long term</li> </ul>You can also talk about the growth in PEP - just also be aware of the problems with this metric.</blockquote>

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