GLOBAL EXPERIENCES WITH BAKER MCKENZIE
Law firms invest a significant amount of time and cost in training graduates. Having conducted a number of graduate interviews during my career, I am looking for someone who I believe will provide a return on that investment. Think about what sets you apart from your peers – what can you bring to your preferred firm that will make its Partners want to invest in you? This doesn’t just come down to your CV; organisational, problem solving and people skills, loyalty, resilience and a hunger to learn are invaluable to any law Associate, IP Tech practice. Lastly, enjoy yourself! The work we do can often be “Born Global” and “The Truly Global Law Firm” - I difficult, complex and exhausting but it can also be am sure many of you aspiring seasonal clerks have incredibly rewarding, satisfying and exciting. If you come across these descriptions in relation to Baker can hold onto your passion for whatever attracted McKenzie on many occasions. Having been with you to being a lawyer in the first place, you will have the Firm for 5 years now, these really couldn’t be a more perfect description of Baker McKenzie. a long and fulfilling career.
ROWENA BAER
Cross-border work Starting at Baker McKenzie as a graduate, I rotated through our IPTech, Construction and Corporate teams before settling in the Melbourne IPTech team. During my 5 years, I have worked on many different matters and projects, both big and small, across a range of industries, and I can honestly count the number of times such work did not involve an international client or coordination with our overseas offices on one hand! Whether it be advising clients on a global product rollout, conducting a multi-jurisdictional regulatory scan or negotiating a technology outsourcing deal, working with our colleagues and clients from across the globe is an everyday experience at Baker McKenzie. As a result, the “world clock meeting planner” is a saved favourite on my taskbar, as working across time zones and coordinating input from multiple jurisdictions is all in a standard day’s work. For me, the most exciting and rewarding aspect of my cross-border work is that every day is completely different and I’m constantly learning and making new connections. You meet people with different cultural, linguistic and legal backgrounds, learn about the laws of many different countries and get introduced to your client’s global strategy, technology offerings and different ways of working. This has kept things exciting and professionally satisfying.
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