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Enhance your commercial awareness – 30th Sep to 3rd October

BICAS 2024 is BACK! The British & Irish Commercial Awareness Scheme runs for 4 evenings this coming week (7-9:30pm). Join them online for City law firm presentations and exciting Commercial Awareness webinars on important topics.

On the agenda are lectures and presentations from partners from White & Case, Travers Smith, Fieldfisher and Ashurst and Mr Denis Viskovich ,the founder of BIUCAC, as well as Future City Lawyers. Where there will be an opportunity to ask direct questions to the partners and Mr Viskovich at the end of their presentations.

You’ll also get the chance to sign up to the BIUCAC competition, which this year has over 30 prizes from some of the leading law firms in the world. This is open to all undergraduate law students, recent 2024 law graduates and GDL students with a degree from a Non Russell Group university to attend.

Schedule

BICAS DAY 1 – 30 SEPTEMBER – TRAVERS SMITH and Mr Viskovich

7-8 pm – Hugh Hutchison, Partner Travers Smith –  An Overview of Mergers & Acquisitions  

8-9 pm – Denis Viskovich –  Commercial Impact of DMA and Antitrust Laws

9-9:30 pm – Q&A Session

BICAS DAY 2 – 1 OCTOBER – FIELDFISHER and Mr Viskovich

7-8 pm – Alex Campbell, Partner Fieldfisher – Securitisation and The Credit Crisis

8-9 pm – Denis Viskovich – How Prior Events have or will Impact the Economy

9-9:30 pm – Q&A Session

BICAS DAY 3 – 2 OCTOBER – ASHURST and Mr Viskovich

7-8 pm – Neil Donovan, Partner Ashurst –  Dispute Resolution

8-9 pm – Denis Viskovich – AI in the Legal Industry

8-8:30 pm – Q&A Session

BICAS DAY 4 – 3 OCTOBER – WHITE & CASE and Mr Viskovich

7-8 pm – Clare Connellan ,Partner White & Case – An Introduction to White & Case and International Arbitration

8-9 pm – Denis Viskovich – Green Energy and Green Finance

9-9:30 pm – Q&A Session

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