Commercial awareness
property to trends in international M&A, to the employment law implications of the gig economy. Reading themwill help you to start thinking like a lawyer on a whole range of matters.
Ultimately, what matters is that you learn about and understand the environments in which you work. Even positions which appear very low level can produce great commercial insight. It just depends how you look at it and how well you can explain your understanding to a potential recruiter. For more on developing commercial awareness, head to LawCareers.Net’s commercial awareness hub page. There you’ll find our weekly commercial news round-ups, in-depth features, commercial case-study videos and more advice on developing this crucial skill. In particular, make sure you take a look at the Commercial Questions, where each week solicitors from a different commercial or corporate firm analyse a topical issue from a commercial-legal perspective. Commercial Questions examine everything from intellectual
COMMERCIAL AWARENESS Develop your understanding of the business environment
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