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Nick Wloch, Trainee - video
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Nick Wloch, Trainee
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Our clients
The quality of our client base is one of the strengths of Baker & McKenzie. Our strategy is to provide clients with a unique combination of local and global expertise. Because of our long history of working on cross-border projects and advising multi-national organisations, our client base reflects this.
In London, our high calibre Corporate department is at the heart of the firm. It has widely recognised expertise in co-ordinating cross-border transactions. We act for venture capital houses, investment banks and large multinationals, and we advise many major global names from all sectors of industry.
In addition to our work on global deals, our roots and reputation in the City and in English law enable us to offer high quality, integrated legal services to a wide range of premier domestic clients. These include Alliance Unichem, Mittal Steel, Rio Tinto and The Body Shop.
Alongside our strong Corporate practice, Baker & McKenzie also has a powerful domestic reputation in several important areas of specialisation. These include: Intellectual Property, IT/Commercial, Banking, Telecommunications, Employment, Pensions, and Environment and Climate Change. As might be expected of a global law firm, we have considerable experience in acting for clients in resolving cross-border disputes.
As a trainee, you are as likely to find yourself working on a global acquisition or a Middle Eastern joint venture, as you are a domestic transaction. From the day you join us, there is plenty of scope for quality client contact and the opportunity to start making a valuable contribution, with all the support and guidance you need.
Play the video above to hear more about the experiences of one of our trainees, Nick Wloch, or read about them below.
Nick's story
“Even before joining the firm in 2007, I’d been hugely impressed by the quality and variety of the firm’s client base.
Through seats in Corporate, Dispute Resolution, IT/Commercial and Structured Capital Markets, I built up solid commercial experience in a mix of large, complex transactions and smaller deals with leading organisations. Currently, I’m working with large international banks such as UBS and BNP Paribas, and I’ve dealt with major global corporates such as Nike, Pepsi and Shell.
I’ve also worked on smaller transactions, where large companies have been re-structuring or acquiring new businesses. It’s given me the opportunity for early responsibility and plenty of hands-on experience of corporate law. One transaction involved a client who was selling off a small UK sub-division of a major media multinational. A partner and I were working on the deal. It involved a lot of pressure and responsibility, but was incredibly rewarding.
There’s no doubt it can be a steep learning curve. You need to be able to consider legal issues from a wide commercial perspective and tailor your advice to the client accordingly. Some of it is down to learning on the job, with support from partners and associates, but there is also plenty of training to help you develop your knowledge and skills.
Perhaps the most exciting and challenging transaction I’ve worked on is the acquisition by Nike of sportswear company Umbro. I’m a big football fan so my interest was personal as well as professional.”
Nick Wloch, Associate
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NICK'S PROFILE
ACADEMIC
HISTORY
2001 – 2005 French and Spanish, Leeds
SUMMER
PLACEMENTS
Attended open days at
Baker & McKenzie, Olswang and
SJ Berwin, 2004
TRAINING
CONTRACT
September 2007, 1st seat Corporate East
March 2008, 2nd seat Structured Capital Markets
September 2008, 3rd seat IT/Commercial, 4th seat Dispute Resolution
CURRENT ROLE
Associate, IT/Commercial
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