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Zoe
Zoe is taking transactions from start to finish. Since starting her training contract, Zoe has completed seats in Private Funds, Banking, Litigation and Business Finance and Restructuring. Zoe has worked on the bank and high yield bond financing for a leading insurance business. When explaining the acquisition, Zoe said; “The group is owned by a high-profile private equity firm which is selling to one of its other funds and another co-investor. To complete the acquisition, the acquiring fund had to raise debt to finance the acquisition. This debt was provided by way of a combination of loans and notes by a variety of banks, which we represented.” The financing was comprised of hundreds of millions of dollars, and with such intense deadlines, it was all hand’s on deck. Throughout the deal Zoe’s responsibilities changed, but this was a fantastic opportunity to learn as much as possible; “At the start I was doing a lot of process management. They are the steps that need to be agreed before the deal can move forward, so it was really important that I stayed on top of all organisational elements, otherwise this could delay the progress.”
Towards the end of the acquisition some of Zoe’s team went on holiday, but this was a chance for her to take on more associate-level tasks, and exercise her cultivated knowledge; “It was nice to see a complex deal from start to finish, knowing you were contributing towards it. I got a lot of exposure to the team, from the partners through to the associates.” Since the start of her training contract, Zoe has been blown away by the warm and friendly culture of the firm, and believes that it has played a pivotal role in her development; “The small intake means that everyone knows you from the start. When people know who you are they can actually see how hard you are trying because you do not get lost in a sea of other trainees.”
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