Business Services Trainee Review

by Latham & Watkins

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Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Conflicts assistant involves carrying out thorough corporate research on entities involved in legal matters, as well as carrying out conflicts of interest analysis - summarizing both of these responsibilities into a detailed report.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Critical-thinking, analytical mindset, collaboration, communication, time-management, commercial awareness


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Plenty, the team made it sure that my role wasn't just considered a 'placement' role. I was involved in many different project as well as handling work that senior and more experienced staff also worked on. No one there views you as an undergraduate and therefore that made my responsibilities worthwhile and meaningful.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Lots of support and guidance from my manager, supervisor and all team members. Everyone is on to help listen to any queries you have


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • In my team it was really good, everyone got on with each with made the atmosphere relaxed, which in turn ensured everyone were more confident with the work they were producing


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • Thoroughly enjoyed my time on placement at Latham & Watkins


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Latham & Watkins
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Latham & Watkins to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Latham & Watkins
  • Be prepared to know facts and figures about the firm and how the firms culture aligns to your own views


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Commercial Law

London

June 2024


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