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What did you study and
where?
Economics and
Accounting (Hons) at Edinburgh University and University
of Pennsylvania and Law at Edinburgh University.
Where did you complete
your traineeship?
Edinburgh and Brussels, McGrigors.
Why did you decide to join
McGrigors?
It had a reputation (deservedly I now know) for
being an unstuffy commercially effective law firm
that gives you the opportunity to be exposed to
challenging transactional work. It had then and
still has in the key transactional markets a reputation
for "punching above its weight" and for
giving its trainees responsibility and rewarding
its people on a merit basis not time served.
What are you currently
working on?
In between trying to manage the Business Planning
and year end processes in Banking, Projects and
Procurement, the financing for a US company of the
School Estate in the Highlands of Scotland, the
financing for European Investment Bank of the Argyll
and Bute Schools Project, aspects of the financing
of a couple of powerstations, a couple of windfarm
transactions, some property financings and around
another eight PFI and project financings across
the UK.
What other departments
do you work with?
My fee earning practice is largely Banking and Finance
orientated but that type of work requires you to
work closely with other teams in the firm depending
on the type of transaction that the Bank client
is financing - in particular, Projects and Procurement,
Real Estate, and Corporate.
What (three things) makes
a good trainee?
- Making the effort to work in the
team and get to know the team (fee earners and
support staff)
- The confidence and openness to
try new things and learn (a real intellectual
curiosity)
- Having enough energy left over
to play hard!
What
is the best social you have been to?
The team Edinburgh
Fringe night out of course, not that anyone can
remember much about it!
Finally, why should someone
join McGrigors as a trainee?
The firm punches above its weight in the UK giving
its people the ability to gain exposure to and be
challenged by meaningful transactions and gives
trainees responsibility in a supportive, open, informal
environment.
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