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Please use this space to explain your interest in pursuing a legal career, and your interest in Shearman & Sterling LLP

I would like to pursue a legal career because I am attracted by the prospect of working with high-profile multinational commercial organisations. This will provide me with deep exposure to a range of different sectors and international markets which will enable me to work in ever-more complex regulatory environment to help businesses to mitigate legal, financial, business and regulatory risks and identify new opportunities, enter new markets and develop new ways of working. Given the complexity and globalisation of commerce, I would like to operate on the most complex assignments in international teams as this will allow me to view how different jurisdictions operate, contribute my perspectives and develop ground-breaking solutions which will make for a highly stimulating environment. 

I am interested in Shearman & Sterling because most of its work has a global dynamic which will enable me to operate in multi-disciplinary teams across the firm’s international offices. This will see me work on sophisticated problems facing businesses across a wide spectrum of jurisdictions and markets. I am attracted by the firm’s roster of prominent clients because this will provide me with exposure to different sectors and allow me to undertake work on cutting-edge legal problems which will lead to high-quality work. I find Shearman & Sterling’s leading finance practice of interest as it extends across different departments. This will enable me to see different angles to finance, from raising finance to investing into projects and will allow me to devise seamless solutions for clients.