Baker McKenzie
European deals are governed by English law and/or a large number of head offices of our clients are based in London. Accordingly, I extended my experience to many other jurisdictions beyond the UK - for example, during my time in London I worked on a large number of South American transactions and dealt with clients and our offices across that region on almost a daily basis! During my time with the Corporate team in London, I was also involved in several deals which enabled me to gain experience working on large global carve outs while developing personal and professional relationships with my colleagues in cities such as Guadalajara, Santiago, New York, Amsterdam, Casablanca, Taipei, Manila, Hong Kong and Caracas, just to name a few. I still stay in touch with many of these colleagues today and it has been great to have a point of contact if I am working on a deal involving these offices. The opportunity to develop personal connections with my overseas colleagues has been further enhanced through the Firm’s regional training programs, which bring together Associates from across the Asia Pacific region to further enhance our professional development and business development skills through knowledge sharing and co-operation. In addition, whilst based in our London office, I also attended regional M&A training held in Barcelona, which provided me with a wonderful opportunity to understand the comparative law positions of the various jurisdictions throughout the European, Middle East & Africa region and also the current trends in M&A. If you are commercially focussed and enjoy working on challenging, varied work across a range of industries, I recommend a career in M&A. And for a dynamic legal career, that will literally take you places, join our team at Baker McKenzie Australia!
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