Ben P.
About me
| Ben P. | |
| Law | |
| Law | |
| Undergraduate | |
| Goodricke | |
| 2011 | |
| United Kingdom |
My employment
| Corporate solicitor | |
| Walker Morris LLP | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Legal services | |
| Large business (250+ employees) | |
| 2014 |
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A day in the life of a Corporate solicitor in the United Kingdom
Corporate solicitor advising on corporate transactions
My career goals when I graduated
Become a solicitor and move up the ladder
My career history
Addleshaw Goddard 2012 - 2014 (trainee solicitor)
Volkswagen Group March 2014-August 2014 (a secondment during my training)
Walker Morris 2014-
Courses taken since graduation
Legal practice course
What I do
I advise on a wide range of corporate transactions, predominantly involving the sale or purchase of companies but also reorganisations of large groups and investments by funds into companies.
Skills I use and how I developed them
Attention to detail and clarity of communication are key. Trying to explain everything you do in simple straightforward language whilst ensuring it is accurate ticks both of these boxes and is something which requires a lot of practice.
What I like most
A lot of the transactions I work on can end up being widely publicised, in particular the work I do with football clubs.
What I like least
As a corporate solicitor, availability is key and so it might sometimes be a case of waiting until late at night or getting in very early to take an urgent call from a client (or just simply that wherever they are in the world it is a reasonable hour to make a phone call)
What surprised me most
The pace of work. Generally speaking it is faster paced than most other jobs, but from time to time in quiet periods I end up reading more Daily Mail online than is healthy.
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