The Corporate Law Academy (TCLA)

I graduated! With a First-Class LLB Law degree and an award for Academic Excellence in Global Criminology. 🎓

5 years ago today my The Corporate Law Academy (TCLA) journey started with the below post/thread. 5 years on, I have nearly hit the 14,000 post mark on our forums and have had nearly 20,000 reactions to those posts. On top of that there have been nearly 2,000 private messages, plus 100s of application reviews and 1-2-1 calls. I am very grateful to Jaysen Sutton for trusting me with this responsibility and allowing me to be part of the wonderful TCLA community. I am really proud to have supported many people in their journey, and I know I have been able to congratulate at least 200 people in the last 3 years alone on securing a training contract (and those are the ones I can just track through my love of a cheesy applause GIF!). To celebrate my milestone, I am delighted to be able to offer three x 6-month Gold subscriptions for TCLA. A big thank you to Jaysen for allowing me to celebrate it by giving back. I will select the three people randomly from anyone who likes or comments on this post by 6.00pm tomorrow (Friday 2 August). And you don't need to be someone looking for a training contract, you could be a trainee/qualified lawyer who could donate the subscription to a mentee or someone you have recently connected with who you think might benefit from it. Winners will be announced on Monday!

Wow, my inbox has been buzzing with excitement lately! I’ve been receiving lots of messages about the Paul, Weiss #trainingcontract. Some of you are so eager that you've already shared your CVs with me! Our recruitment cycle officially kicks off in September. That's when our application portal will swing open its digital doors for you to submit your applications. In the meantime, if you want to ensure you're on top of all the latest updates regarding our training contract, we've got you covered. Simply click on the link below to register, and you'll be the first to know when it's time to make your move: https://lnkd.in/ejzQv3Bj Looking forward to seeing your applications from September!

📅 Reminder! Are you ready for the next recruitment cycle?✍ ✨We hire all our trainees from our vacation schemes. The next recruitment cycle starts on 1 Aug! 👂 If you would like to know more about our graduate recruitment programme, please visit our brochure here - https://lnkd.in/ezZcdshm #vacationscheme #trainingcontract #earlycareers #graduaterecruitment

This post has been three years in the making, and with disbelief, I’m overjoyed to announce that following an enjoyable vacation scheme, I have accepted a Training Contract Offer at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, commencing in 2025. This achievement feels especially meaningful as Weil was the first law firm I visited during an open day in my first year of university. It's a truly fulfilling full-circle moment. I am deeply grateful to everyone at Weil who made me feel welcome and pushed me to deliver my best. Special thanks to my supervisor Anthony Nwokenna, trainee buddy Tallulah Young, alongside Alex S. and the incredible graduate recruitment team Philippa Wilson, Lizzie Arthey and Ciara O.. While starting my career at such a prestigious firm is a dream come true, the highlight is being a part of Weil's inclusive, friendly, diverse, and supportive environment! This journey is not mine alone. It has taken a village to achieve this dream. I am grateful for: My mother, who raised me by herself to be a strong, independent woman, made tremendous personal and financial sacrifices to ensure that the sky was never the limit for my ambitions. I aspire to be half the woman she is and can never thank her enough. My GROW Mentoring mentor, Arthur Ddamulira who has guided me for over three years, well beyond our initial six-month mentorship. Arthur has consistently pushed me to rise from my failures and his wisdom and belief in me remains a great source of motivation. Aspiring Solicitors, SEO London Corporate Law and particularly Jaysen Sutton and The Corporate Law Academy (TCLA) for the TCLA scholarship, all of whose support has been immensely helpful in bridging the knowledge gaps of being a first generation law student. My wonderful friends and mentors, whom I will reach out to personally with gratitude. As an international student with limited finances, the odds always felt stacked against me. There were days when I felt like giving up on my dream while adapting to a new country. At university, working until 3 am most nights in hospitality jobs, alongside managing two other jobs, volunteering, maintaining my extracurricular pursuits, going through the intensive application processes and adapting to an entirely new and challenging education system has been an arduous but rewarding journey. Despite the challenges, reminding myself that, "I’m going to be a lawyer one day” has given me the strength to keep going. This journey has reinforced the belief that every rejection is a redirection and that perseverance and hard work can get you anywhere you set your mind to. To every international student and little girl from India (or anywhere) who dreams of becoming someone in this big, uncertain world: if I can do it, so can you!

Last week, Carlsberg (🍺) agreed to buy Britvic (🧃) for £3.3 billion. But a single line in a contract with PepsiCo (🥤) nearly tanked the whole deal. Let me explain. People didn’t understand why Carlsberg (known for, well… beer) wanted to buy Britvic (known for Fruit Shoot). Young people *are* drinking less alcohol nowadays — so maybe Carlsberg wants to diversify. But diversify into Robinsons orange squash? Maybe... I'm not sure. Some people think the real reason Carlsberg wanted to buy Britvic was this: Britvic holds the exclusive license to make PepsiCo products in the UK and Ireland. If you're in the UK and you buy Pepsi, 7up, Mountain Dew or Lipton Ice Tea, Britvic made it. Now, that’s a *super* valuable contract for Britvic. But here's the issue — the agreement between Britvic and PepsiCo contains a "change of control” clause. This is how the clause works: if Britvic is bought by another company and undergoes a significant change in ownership (or “change of control”) then PepsiCo can terminate the contract. Why does this clause exist? It’s to protect PepsiCo — if a company it doesn’t trust takes over Britvic, PepsiCo might not have confidence in the new owner maintaining the quality it expects. So, if Britvic were to get bought, the clause gives PepsiCo the option to leave the agreement and find a new UK partner. So, technically, if Carlsberg buys the company, PepsiCo can leave. And that’s why PepsiCo was key to this deal — unless they agreed to keep the contract going with Carlsberg as the new owner, Carlsberg was *never* going to do the deal. So what ended up happening? Carlsberg convinced PepsiCo to waive their right to terminate the agreement! 🎉 PepsiCo agreed not to leave, Carlsberg made a £3.3 billion offer, and Britvic accepted it. In any acquisition, the buyer’s lawyers spend ages checking the target company’s big contracts for “change of control” provisions. Now you know why they’re so important. Found this post interesting? 💌 Sign up for LittleLaw (it's free): https://lnkd.in/e_PbNmmm