Vacation Scheme Review

Vacation scheme spent with the corporate team helping with pitches, letters of engagement, document lists and approvals needed according to Investor Agreements & Articles of Association, loan note drafting, completion bibles, updating statutory books, proofreading due diligence reports, and research tasks. Sat in on a call talking a client through the IPO process. Reached out to different departments to learn more about the firm, such as Competition, Corporate Tax, Employment, TMT, Restructuring, Commercial Litigation and IP.

Detail focus - spotting spelling, grammar, formatting & other mistakes, and ensuring the details in pitches, letters of engagement, research tasks, loan notes, statutory books, due diligence reports etc. are faultless. Business interest - always asking about the context of each project & thinking about the implications for Pinsent Masons. Openness - reaching out to different departments with questions about their work. Positive impact - learning to be proactive and pre-empting the need for particular information in various tasks, without being directly instructed. Personal drive / Personal responsibility - consistently asking for & going through feedback and seeking clarification on elements of work I had completed. Intellectual Capability - throwing myself into unfamiliar work, learning to collate questions to ask in one go, and picking up & applying new information quickly. Self-organisation - always clarifying the deadline & urgency of tasks, being transparent about my progress, and completing tasks on-time and to a high standard.

Without fail, everyone I reached out to at Pinsent Masons took the time not only to speak to me about their work & experiences at the firm, but also to ask questions about and take an interest in me. I think this says a lot about the culture at Pinsent Masons. Despite having pre-existing reasons for preferring certain departments, the vacation scheme showed me every role at the firm is a useful, fulfilling and interesting one.

Without fail, everyone I reached out to at Pinsent Masons took the time not only to speak to me about their work & experiences at the firm, but also to ask questions about and take an interest in me. I think this says a lot about the culture at Pinsent Masons.

I enjoyed the insight because I thought a great balance was struck between getting us out of our comfort zone with unfamiliar work & needing to be proactive in reaching out to people and learning about the firm, and allowing us the space to make mistakes & show our capabilities. There was a great balance between the work & social side of things. The lack of interview / assessment at the end also meant the experience was more enjoyable.

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To take a look at the 'What we look for' section of the graduate recruitment page and think about / note down what you have done at university or elsewhere to demonstrate the following capabilities: o Detail focus. o Business interest. o Intellectual capability. o Openness / Social adaptability. o Personal drive (determination to succeed). o Personal responsibility (seeking feedback). o Positive impact. o Self-organisation (managing your own capacity). Meeting the firm at events is also important.