Tag: Commercial awareness

The key qualities every clinical negligence lawyer must possess
Irwin Mitchell partner Emma Rush discusses communication skills and client empathy

My life as a corporate finance lawyer advising tech companies and entrepreneurs
Ahead of her appearance at ‘The Northern Powerhouse economy of the 2020s’, Addleshaw Goddard’s Carly Gulliver shares an insight into fast-growing practice

What the global economy of the 2020s has in store for lawyers
Three experts from Osborne Clarke reflect on the latest trends and how the legal landscape will look in the next decade

Lawtech is here to help lawyers — not replace them
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s latest careers event, ‘How tech is changing law and business’, we sit down with Herbert Smith Freehills senior associate Kushal Bhimjiani

Some pieces of wisdom for future lawyers to take with them as they apply for TCs
Advice from BARBRI, Hill Dickinson, Irwin Mitchell, Linklaters and Pinsent Masons

City lawyers are just like people selling fruit on a market stall
Phil Sanderson, co-chair of the global private equity transactions group at Ropes & Gray, gives his own take on commercial awareness

The climate crisis and the role of lawyers
A trio of Burges Salmon lawyers explain how the push towards a greener economy is affecting their clients

‘Mobile phones were big black boxes and only four of us had a computer’
Michael Luckman, an intellectual property partner at Gowling WLG, reflects on trainee life in the eighties

Why I joined a US law firm in London
Ahead of Wednesday’s event, ‘The rise of US law firms in London’, we speak to Shearman & Sterling lawyer Jonathan Swil

Enough about Brexit and lawtech: climate change is the ‘mega theme’ on every energy and infrastructure lawyer’s lips
Mark Richards, a partner at BCLP, reflects on his time at the firm

6 areas future lawyers need to reflect on in order to stand out from the crowd
Pinsent Masons solicitors share their advice

A day in the life of a civil fraud lawyer
Practice area insight from RPC solicitors and Hardwicke barrister

How I secured a training contract in the Edinburgh office of an international law firm
Matt Finnie, a second-year trainee at Addleshaw Goddard, on how to forge a career in the law

It’s important to have a passion outside law
Hill Dickinson partner Ian Gillis on martial arts, Manchester and the importance of a commercial mindset

‘My life as an environmental lawyer’
Burges Salmon associate Stephen Lavington reflects on his route into the law and offers advice to the next generation of lawyers

There’s more to being a good lawyer than just knowing the law
Irwin Mitchell corporate partner Victoria Zivkovic explains why commercial awareness means going beyond the textbooks

Unique opportunities lie ahead for today’s future trainees
Ahead of tomorrow's ‘Commercial, digital and data awareness’ event in London, we spoke to Jeremy Coleman, innovation manager at Norton Rose Fulbright

Aspiring solicitors should seek the skills robots can’t replace
A sneak peek of some of the hints and tips BPP innovation chief Adam Curphey will share at Wednesday’s ‘Commercial, digital and data awareness’ event

Robots are not coming to take our jobs — but they are changing the way we do them
Lawyers are no longer isolated providers of water-tight legal documents

What commercial awareness is and what it should not be
Legal commentator and solicitor David Allen Green considers what this law firm buzzword actually means

‘It took me finding a training contract to discover what commercial awareness actually is’
A first-seat trainee on what she learnt along the way