The Hot 100 career quiz: My career feels like a series of terrifying decisions!
Angeli Arora moved to South Africa and started an Africa-focused PE practice from scratch with no contacts or experience in the market.
The Hot 100 career quiz: Kirkland partner Hannah Crawford
Name: Hannah Crawford Organisation: Kirkland & Ellis Role: Partner Location: London Trained at: Sidley Austin Year qualified: 2015 Read her Hot 100 profile What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? The feeling of starting from a position of no knowledge of a topic to working the answers and solutions out through analysis and discussion – a skill that set […]
The Hot 100 career quiz: “Moving to a US firm as a junior was a risky move back in 2005”
“My career has certainly not been one straight line from trainee through to partner. There have definitely been bumps along the way.”
The Hot 100 career quiz: Simpson Thacher’s Geoffrey Bailhache
Name: Geoffrey Bailhache Organisation: Simpson Thacher Role: Partner Location: London Trained at: SJ Berwin Year qualified: 2005 Read his Hot 100 profile What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? I remember being a bundle of nerves! Very excited about starting, but with no idea what I was letting myself in for. Thankfully I […]
The Hot 100 career quiz: “I had to order my wedding dress secretly so my supervisor didn’t hear”
Name: Lynn Dunne Organisation: Ashurst Role: Partner Location: London Year qualified: 2007 Read her Hot 100 profile What’s your most vivid memory from being a pupil? Although I have lots of good memories of my time as a pupil, two things really stand out for me and, while not the most uplifting, both helped shape […]
The Hot 100 career quiz: “Focus on what matters and don’t get distracted worrying over the outcome”
Name: Sapna Dutta Organisation: Reckitt Role: Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Reckitt Health and Global Litigation & Investigations Trained at: Davis Polk Year qualified: 2006 Read her Hot 100 profile What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? Looking back, I have immensely positive memories of my early years as a lawyer – […]
The Hot 100 career quiz: “I poisoned my fellow trainee”
“Sometimes it is best to see what opportunities come your way and seize them when they feel right for you.”
The Hot 100 career quiz: “I won’t forget dealing with FBI agents any time soon.”
Name: Farhaz Khan KC Organisation: 3 Verulam Buildings Role: Barrister Location: London Trained at: Outer Temple Chambers Year qualified: 2005 Read his Hot 100 profile What’s your most vivid memory from being a pupil? During law school I volunteered at Toynbee Hall LAC in Whitechapel and represented a whistle-blower in the Employment Tribunal (ET). The […]
The Hot 100 career quiz: “Putting myself forward for leadership has terrified me most”
Name: Jessamy Gallagher Organisation: Paul Hastings Role: Partner Location: London Trained at: Minter Ellison and Herbert Smith Freehills in Sydney Year qualified: 2000 Read her Hot 100 profile What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? Realising with an abrupt and undeniable jolt that I was not cut out to be a litigation lawyer. […]
The Hot 100 career quiz: “I raided a nappy company with a mobile phone the size of a briefcase”
“You must make time to go out of your way to understand people as people not just as lawyers or a line on a spreadsheet.”
The Hot 100 career quiz: “Learn a new skill every two years”
“If you want to succeed in a career in-house, work on a variety of different projects or roles which take you out of your comfort zone.”
The Hot 100 career quiz: “It’s hard to be a barrister in second or third gear”
Name: Hugh Sims KC Organisation: Guildhall Chambers Role: Barrister Location: Bristol and London Trained at: Guildhall Chambers Year qualified: 1999 Read his Hot 100 profile What’s your most vivid memory from being a pupil? It is difficult to pick one out now, especially as it feels like such a long time ago. Perhaps I would […]