At S&C, trainees are given high levels of (real) responsibility, which is largely an offshoot of its small trainee intake and lean deal teams. Already during my first seat (which was in the Finance and Restructuring practice area), I was frequently challenged to undertake substantive drafting tasks. While in my second seat in the Competition practice area, in addition to being involved in drafting key submissions, I was entrusted with running matters (and/or certain work streams within matters) and liaising with clients and various local counsel.
With S&C’s global reputation for excellence, I knew that I would be exposed to intriguing and complex transactions. This expectation was confirmed during my seats in both Finance and Restructuring and Competition, where I was involved in a wide array of deals, each of them posing unique questions. Given the real responsibility that trainees are granted, I was able to get to grips with tackling these questions. It goes without saying that this exposure to the frontline of difficult transactions has been an invaluable and enriching learning experience.
Further, S&C’s generalist approach, and the all-rounded aspirations that it encourages, adds another layer of learning and professional development opportunities available at the firm and was, for me, one quality that really set the firm apart.
