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Commercial awareness can feel like a huge topic when you're starting out. These posts explain how to follow the news, understand the businesses involved and talk about what it means for law firms and their clients.
Where should I start?
- Build a manageable commercial awareness routine — Antoni Trochimowicz
Antoni breaks his approach into following the news, learning the underlying concepts and researching deals. A useful starting point if you're unsure what to read or how much you need to know. - Which commercial concepts should I learn? — Anon08
A checklist of topics to explore, including acquisitions, debt and equity finance, due diligence and what trainees do on a transaction.
How do I talk about a commercial story?
- Choose a story and explain why it interests you — Hazal
Hazal explains how to find a topic you care about, research it and form an opinion. Particularly helpful when an application asks you to discuss a recent news story.
How do I connect this to firms and their clients?
- What do firms mean by commercial factors? — Ram Sabaratnam
Ram explains the financial, strategic and operational questions a business might consider, using an acquisition case study as the starting point. - Understand a firm's competitors — Amma Usman
How to compare firms by their clients, practice areas, deal sizes and geography, and why matching rankings alone isn't enough.
For help putting this into practice, see our guides to writing applications, case studies and interviews and assessment centres.
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