Your Successful International Career Seminar at Faculty of Law ****************************************************************************************** * Your Successful International Career Seminar at Faculty of Law ****************************************************************************************** As the shortest month of the year was drawing to a close, I had the pleasure of attending Successful International Career” in the Faculty of Law on February 26th, held by Stephen D Markets partner at the illustrious international law firm Allen and Overy and senior offic and ABA. The Englishman, who joined the firm over 35 years ago, outlined that his talk wou own experience as well as how budding lawyers could establish and develop a career in lega Denyer commenced his address by informing the attendees of Allen and Overy’s notable reper the legal world. Founded in London in 1930, the firm transcended the decades to remain wit of top 8 largest firms in the world today, with an annual turnover of € 1.5 billion and co which the speaker attributed to the firm’s continuous efforts to hire young lawyers. He de were at the forefront of the transition from national to international firms, and it is ea as with 43 offices in 30 countries, Allen and Overy impressively boasts that its 5000-plus business in every country in the world.

Denyer stressed the imperativeness for lawyers to have comparative law.

Denyer continued by delving into the big trends that would have a material impact on how f will operate. He explained that there is more commercial activity in the world than ever b as huge volumes of people migrating, therefore resulting in a necessity for the lawyers of work in multiple jurisdictions and in a multi-lingual, multi-national society. He explaine longer possible to have just an asymmetrical knowledge base between providers and clients now informed about laws and business. Changes regarding the global movement of capital, re the growth of world law are also trends which need to be observed, and Denyer concluded th advising that if all these aspects can be managed then one is equipped to be a successful The talk continued with a discussion of the implications for how lawyers work. Denyer stre imperativeness for lawyers to have an awareness of comparative law. He described how clien satisfied with paying to be told the law of one country alone, and that lawyers will need global legal systems interact. He gave helpful tips on how one would have an opportunity t skills through work experience, class choice and other reading. He also advised that the l thought of less as a series of rules to be followed slavishly, but rather more as a mechan the government and society wish to achieve and articulate it in that way, i.e. an outcomes Denyer then focused on the client-lawyer relationship which is an intrinsically important future lawyers will need knowledge of. He spoke of the fact that clients see lawyers as tr who observe the wider context in which the law operates and who can relate laws to the obj society and the clients themselves. He declared that lawyers are expected by their clients different self-explanatory functions simultaneously: trusted advisor, project manager and then revealed three practical things that must be continuously in one’s mind in these situ is accessibility, because as a lawyer, one must be organised in a way that provides a seam the client. The other attributes needed are speed and value, with the latter being of spec legal services are overheads for businesses in which less is spent each year, so the firm efficient than the year before in order to reconcile with the fact that they must make a p Denyer’s final feature of the talk concerned the implications for successfully practicing future. He explained how lawyers must be guided by the rules of deontology, as well as by that legal practitioners possess more experience and qualifications than ever before. He l aspects which one must be aware of if contemplating entering the legal profession. These i that “unbundling” is widespread, i.e. clients will divide aspects into segments to be comp firms, as well as “commoditisation”, with legal services being seen as commodities with a repeated the importance of comparative law awareness which is tied in with his emphasis on qualification (for example in various countries in Europe) in order to increase the chance a successful job. Involvement was also stressed as a key method of achieving this, both in competitions such as moot and in organisations and conferences, as well as collaborating w across the globe. The seminar concluded with an opportunity for attendees to pose any questions to Mr. Denye concerned internships, future applications and potential language barriers which may occur talk was extremely well received by everyone, with Mr. Denyer’s engaging oration and inval advice for future lawyers proving thoroughly beneficial and encouraging for all those inte successful career in legal services. Marita Moloney is a third year Law International student at University Col culture to current affairs and literature. She decided to write for iForum Erasmus students with the same interests.