Spent time in the following departments:- International Dispute Resolution - Competition and Regulatory - Commercial/IPT- Corporate

- Liaising with consultants/contractors/other firms on all aspects of construction projects.- Preparing warranties and appointments for execution.- Negotiating and drafting minor points of contention with various consultants and engrossing appointments once in final from.- Working with various forms of construction contracts – including JCT/FIDIC/NEC/ICE.- Managing the process to ensure necessary documents are signed and initialed by all relevant parties prior to any draw down.- Obtaining evidence that external parties hold relevant insurance and maintaining records.- Creating and managing extranets for use by external third parties.- Creating matter bibles.- Analysing building contracts/consultant appointments to help create forensic reports re same.- Managing CP/CS lists during fundings.- Managing status schedules as well as cost schedules for billing.- Drafting various docs such as letters of authority/notices of assignment/novation agreements/parent company guarantees/variation agreements.- Negotiating reliance letters.- General sense checking and proof reading all documents before forwarding to various parties – including contract amendments/PCSAs/agreements for lease/facility agreements/development agreements and other funding documents.- Creating a suite of model appointment docs for client use on various projects.- Drafting client care letters.- Legal research on topics such as types of insurance, execution of various docs etc.- Attending and taking minutes in client meetings.- Preparing pitch documents for potential new clients.

- Drafted and reviewed membership deeds and contracts. - Reviewed and analysed documentation from financial institutions for eligibility for membership and legal compliance against Visa Europe and industry wide regulations. - Maintained an understanding of financial institutions' legal statuses throughout the Visa Europe territory in order to manage various legal processes. - Worked with the Dispute Resolution team to provide arbitration for Visa Europe Members.- Drafted resolutions to action legal changes to Membership statutes that required ratification at a board level. - Liaised with various stakeholders to ensure the completion of Membership Deeds for all 4000 Visa Europe Members.- Wrote papers and reports on the status of Membership Deeds throughout Europe for monthly committees and approval bodies; had to work to strict policies, guidelines and time pressure to adhere to their deadlines. Consistently displayed excellent communication and analytical skills to process information received throughout the European territory.

- Conducted legal research on various issues including insurance coverage issues on liability and damages as well as state and federal rules of civil procedure. - Drafted memoranda summarizing key pleadings in underlying litigations including Securities Class Actions, and Shareholder Derivative Actions. - Summarising Complaints and Motions to Dismiss as well as other key pleadings - normally in the areas in relation to Insurance Covergage as well as other more general commercial lititgation.- Reviewed initial complaints in underlying actions in an effort to identify coverage positions.- Maintained and updated client bordereaux of open matters using document management system and tracked the status of a case using online resources such as PACER and Lexis Nexis Courtlink.- Reviewed depositions and disclosures of parties and experts to analyse liability.- Drafted Notice of Motion for Summary Judgment, Affidavits and Declarations. - Cite checked and Shepherdized ® motion briefs.- Coordinated the production of exhibit binders and redaction of confidential/ privileged documents.- Identified and summarised key communications during discovery process in anticipation of deposition.- Reviewed and analysed privilege log and produced documents during discovery process.- Attended and assisted at depositions, mediations and oral arguments.- Legal research on both civil and procedural law and drafting memoranda re: same.- Created client presentations on PowerPointHad to efficiently prioritise work as tasks were allocated by any and all of the firm’s 15 attorneys.

- Worked in a high pressured, international work environment collecting data and researching a variety of topics in order to draft various legal documents, and creating client presentations. - Maintained, collated and archived paperwork and provided general administrative support, and created department wide memos and client reports, all requiring excellent time and work load management. - Conducting legal research on a variety of topics in order to draft various legal documents, such as term sheets, arbitration agreements, retention agreements and convertible loan agreements.- Created and delivered client presentations on topics including expansion into Hong Kong and forming RMB funds. - Proofread documents, created department wide memos and client reports - all requiring excellent time and workload management. - Proofreading contracts and highlighting potential areas of contention, requiring excellent attention to detail and analysis. Had to be dynamic and flexible as tasks required excellent communications skills and attention to detail in a foreign, fast-paced work environment.