After graduating, I took the opportunity to take a gap year,
during which I went travelling through Asia, Australasia and South
America for 6 months. Fresh from my travels, I began the LPC in
September 2007 and after completing it in summer 2008, I decided to
delay starting my training contract from September 2008 to March
2009 to do some more travelling in India, Central America and South
America.
And so (finally!), I began life as a trainee lawyer just over 6
months ago, working in the Corporate department for the first of my
4 trainee seats. Despite the global economic downturn, there was
little indication of this within my group given the levels of work
activity I witnessed around me. I was pleasantly surprised to find
myself working on a couple of large M&A deals, which kept me
occupied for most of my seat. I hadn’t anticipated getting much
exposure to M&A work, so the fact that I did is testament to
the strength of the firm’s Corporate practice in a highly
competitive legal market.
I arrived in Tokyo just over a week ago, where I am doing my
second trainee seat in the Banking group. In my short time here I
can already state that Tokyo is an amazing city, a thriving
metropolis which seamlessly fuses the traditional with the modern -
the next 6 months promise some great times!
I look forward to sharing some of the unique working and
cultural experiences I will undoubtedly have out here in Tokyo.
Until next time, sayonara!