Work with our different legal teams to deliver public market expertise to our clients.
Are you interested in helping clients overcome complex and high-profile challenges? In joining a collaborative, team-focused culture spread around the world? In doing some of the best work of your life in an environment that encourages you to be you?
Our job simulation gives you a chance to learn more about our firm and the type of work we do. It’s part of our ongoing effort to develop and offer meaningful mentoring and training to our lawyers as well as to those just starting their legal careers.
It begins with you!
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This program is self-paced. It takes approximately 4-4.5 hours to complete.
Skills Learned:
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Prepare for due diligence
Prepare a due diligence tracker and summary follow-up requests for discussion with supervisor- Corporate Records Analysis
- Due Diligence Review
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Request auditor “comfort”
Prepare an auditor’s “circle-up” on the company’s financial metrics- Due Diligence Review
- Review of Public Filings
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Draft a principal stockholder table in a Form S-1
Review a principal stockholder draft, checking it for accuracy against capitalization table and requirements under securities rules- Attention to Detail
- Understanding of the Securities Rules
- Public Company Work
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Review a lock-up agreement and prepare a mark-up in connection with an IPO
Negotiate lock-up carve-outs and “Most Favored Nations provisions” in connection with equity and equity-linked securities offerings- Analytical and Logical Reasoning
- Negotiation
- Agreement Drafting and Editing
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Finish Line
