News and views, thoughts and discussion points
17th March 2020
If you want a training contract you are going to have to do at least one interview. For many candidates, interviews are the hardest part of the training contract application process. At Shearman & Sterling, we find that some candidates deal with interviews exceptionally well, while others do not. To help all those people who […]
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14th January 2020
Q. Which seat of your training contract are you in and which department do you sit in? I’m in my first seat and sitting in Finance. Q. What is a typical trainee task in your department? Creating and updating conditions precedent (CP) checklists! Another typical trainee task is compiling finance and corporate documents. Q. Do […]
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10th January 2020
Q. When did you join Shearman & Sterling? I first joined Shearman & Sterling in 2012. I spent half of the summer as an M&A associate in New York and the other half of the summer doing leveraged finance transactions in London. I joined full-time in 2013. Q. What’s the first thing you do when […]
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30th December 2019
Throughout 2019 we have published a number of blogs and videos. These have been created to help you with your training contract applications and to help you understand the legal sector. Here is a list of our 10 most popular blogs of 2019: 1. STUDYING HISTORY? YOU SHOULD CONSIDER A CAREER IN LAW With so […]
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4th December 2019
Q. What’s the first thing you do when you get into the office? This completely depends on the day. Some days I get in, make a cup of tea, have a chat to colleagues and check the news. On other days my phone is already ringing when I get in the office, so I need […]
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