08:45
Arrive at the office and head to our coffee bar
for my first caffeine kick of the day. I chat
to a Partner I worked for during my first seat
and enquire about a regulatory case I was
involved in.
09:00
Update voicemail and check my inbox for
any important emails. I have a meeting with
a client at 10:00 at their offices, so I book a
taxi and collect some documents from our
Document Production Team.
10:00
Meeting with client. I take notes and support
Lorinda (my supervisor and Partner in
Restructuring) where I can. I hand out the
initial report on the bank's security, which
Lorinda and I finished late the night before.
I feel a partial sense of ownership over this
project as I have been involved from the start
and luckily for these reasons I feel confident
in responding to questions in the meeting.
12:30
Walk back to the office and talk with Lorinda
about the options available to the Bank and
discuss the plan of action moving forward.
Lorinda asks me to bottom out some of the
issues that arose out of the meeting.
13:00
After grabbing a sandwich from the EAT next
to the office (very convenient!), I return while
Lorinda heads off to meet another client.
13:10
One of the fee earners asks if I can undertake
a few searches for a security review she is
doing. This involves carrying out company
searches and ordering documents, drafting
various land registry forms, requesting official
copies of the title register from HM Land
Registry and searching the Central Index for
any winding up petitions.
14:00
Start reviewing some leases in relation to
this morning's meeting and begin drafting a
summary of the important terms.
14:30
An email comes in from PWC on the same
matter. Several issues are raised which will
require investigation and Lorinda asks me to
put together a response by close of business.
15:00
While drafting a response to the PWC email, I
deal with discrete tasks throughout the rest of
the afternoon. The restructuring department
invites trainees to take responsibility and
manage their time and workload efficiently.
It is important to gauge the importance of
tasks and where possible establish the order
of priority.
16:00
Receive an email from an Associate asking
me to carry out some research for her on fixed
charge receivers. She lets me know that the
work is non-urgent and I'm relieved to read
the words "sometime next week". I flag the
email and make a note to start tomorrow.
16:10
I manage a few of my own files, which mostly
involve small claims arising from simple debt
disputes. Several of these matters are now
at the stage where proceedings have been
issued.
A note in my calendar reminds me that a
defence should have been served today in
respect of one of these matters. I call the High
Court in London and learn that the defendants
have failed to file a defence. I will now need
to apply to the Court for a default judgment
so I diarise this for tomorrow and send a
quick email to the client informing them of
the position. Back to the PWC email!
17:30
Lorinda reviews my draft email and after
some changes I send the email out.
18:00
Lorinda's meeting earlier resulted in an
instruction from another large bank and she
asks me to review the security documents and
start drafting the security review. I start doing
the usual searches for the borrower and set
about reviewing the facility letters.
19:00
Lorinda forwards me an invite to a Summer
BBQ event next week from one of our large
clients. I kindly accept the invite and look
forward to the event especially as three female
Opera singers will be performing!
19:15
I head to the gym with a fellow trainee.
Luckily it's five minutes from our offices, so
we don't have far to walk!
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