Summer Intern Programme
Meet the TSG
INTERVIEW
The Trainee Steering Group (TSG) is a group of three partners who are responsible for everything trainee and intern-related, from attraction and recruitment, to training and qualification. The TSG works closely with the Trainee department to ensure the firm is hiring the brightest and best minds and providing them with exceptional training and development during the course of their internship.
Where are you from? Belfast What and where did you study? Law at Trinity College Dublin When did you join AC? 2006 When did you become a partner? 2007 Why did you choose law as a career? At the time I didn’t quite know what I wanted to do and thought law would be a good degree to provide options for a number of careers. Why did you choose AC?
AARON BOYLE
Partner, Infrastructure Construction & Utilities
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I came to AC because of the stellar client list and the AC “business” approach to meeting client needs. We are very much focused not just on providing excellent legal advice but providing solutions to clients that they can readily implement in their businesses.
What is the best piece of career advice you have ever been given? From my careers teacher in school (a long time ago…) two things (1) be flexible and keep an open mind on the options available to you (2) if you work hard enough you will get where you want to. What has been the highlight of your career to date? I have been lucky to have been involved in lots of really interesting transactions over the years. Working on the National Broadband Project over recent years has been a highlight. On the social side playing with the AC football team in years gone by was always great fun as was appearing as Elvis with three colleagues in the Arthur Cox Factor fundraiser for the Zambia Project a few years ago; not sure the quality of the music was great but the Elvis jumpsuits went down a treat! If you weren’t a lawyer what would you be? I play the guitar (badly). In an ideal world I’d have liked to have been a musician. Or a soccer player.
