Due diligence is one of your first tasks as a lawyer working in the M&A or corporate transactions team, or even as an intern. Due diligence is also undertaken for IP or technology acquisitions. Performing due diligence well is an opportunity to prove yourself and get noticed, whether you are an intern or an associate. …
Any corporate transaction will go through the 7 stages that I am going to discuss and hence it is pertinent to be aware of the nuances of each stage. So, what are these stages? Step 1: Deal structuring This involves determining how the deal is to be done and what are the main commercials. For …
Let’s start with the first skill: how to retrieve information about a listed company from the stock exchange website. This is a very important skill if you are going to perform an internship at a law firm. Junior associates are also required to use this. Imagine that Tesla wants to acquire Tata Motors. Such transactions …
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From my 3rd year of college, I knew that I wanted to work in a law firm. However, there was a big problem. I did not know what I had to do. I had access to company law textbooks. I read what I could. Most of it was only statutory provisions and case laws. Company …
As a lawyer, it is impossible for you to learn everything out there. However, you can go very far if you take up one specific area of work and focus your energy on that. What are you going to focus on? Irrespective of your seniority, you definitely need to target a practice area where there …
In this email I will give you a tried and tested method used by hundreds of my students. It has never failed. If you are interested, first of all note that this is an extremely achievable goal. Working in a corporate law firm does not require any extraordinary intelligence, but it requires extraordinary discipline and …
Here is the standard career graph of a lawyer: Associate – A0 (fresher), A1, A2, A3, etc. Senior Associate – 5 years, or faster if you obtain a double promotion Principal Associate/ Managing Associate/ Counsel (7 years) Bonuses: In senior positions, the bonus becomes a bigger component of your salary. At the PA or partner …
There is a popular belief that good law firm jobs always go to people from a National Law University, and that NLU students are preferred for any law firm job. This prevents even many practising lawyers who did not go to NLUs from aspiring to work at law firms. Is it really true that you …
He heard what we do and said, “you have framed your value proposition wrong. You are severely underselling yourself.” I was sceptical. He says: your real value is that you are retraining people for a post Generative AI world. People who will become redundant will be now ready for new type of jobs with your …
