CorpLaw AcademyKNOW WHAT TO KNOW
Built from the data the tracker already gathers

Tell us your goal. We'll tell you what to know.

The tracker gives you the market and lets you draw your own conclusions. The Academy does the same for your career: pick a goal and get a clear, honest reference list of what a good candidate or junior actually knows — no fluff, no motivational filler.

01

Land a Tier-1 job

Tier-1 firms don't expect you to know how to run a deal — they expect commercial awareness, genuine interest, and the practical foundations. This is the knowledge that separates a candidate who "did well in moots" from one who sounds like they already belong in the room.

A

Know the market (this is where the tracker is your edge)

  • Be able to discuss 3–4 recent deals intelligently — the parties, the structure, why it happened, which firm advised. Use the dashboard's deal feed to pick them.
  • Know which practice areas are growing right now (e.g. capital markets, restructuring, data protection) and why — interviewers test whether you follow the market.
  • Know the major firms and their strengths — who's known for PE, who for disputes, who for projects. (Goal 02 gives you this firm-by-firm.)
  • Track regulatory developments that drive work: SEBI changes, the DPDP Act, IBC amendments, competition thresholds.
B

Commercial awareness

  • Understand how a deal makes money for the client — the commercial logic behind the legal work.
  • Read the business press (ET, Mint, Business Standard) and be able to form a view, not just recite facts.
  • Understand a client's business and sector — what they do, how they compete, what threatens them.
  • Know the difference between legal risk and commercial pragmatism — partners value judgment, not maximalism.
C

The legal foundations that actually recur in practice

  • Companies Act — board/shareholder approvals, related-party basics.
  • SEBI / SAST / ICDR / LODR — the building blocks of listed-company deals.
  • FEMA — foreign investment basics (most deals have a cross-border angle).
  • IBC — the insolvency timeline and why it reshaped restructuring.
  • Competition Act — when a deal needs CCI approval.
  • Contract Act — indemnities, conditions, boilerplate that matters.
How to use this: you don't need mastery — you need to recognise these and say a sensible sentence about each. Depth comes on the job.
D

Practical skills worth demonstrating

  • Write a clear, well-structured professional email.
  • Read a contract clause and spot the issue.
  • Summarise a document or judgment concisely.
  • Do efficient research and know when to stop.
  • Be precise — zero-error attention to detail.
  • Basic Word/PDF competence (track changes, compare).
02

Ace an interview at a specific firm

Walk in knowing their work, not just generic prep. Pick a firm and you'll get its positioning, its strongest practices, what to read, smart questions to ask — and the actual recent matters the tracker is following for that firm, so you can speak to live deals.

Why this works: the recent-matters list is pulled live from the tracker's deal data — as the tracker grows, your prep gets richer automatically. Read each deal on the dashboard before you interview.
03

Survive your first 1–2 years

Nobody expects you to be brilliant in month one — they expect you to be reliable, careful and easy to delegate to. This is the reference list of what a trusted junior can actually do, in rough order of when you'll need it.

A

Week one

  • Take an instruction accurately — repeat it back, confirm the deadline.
  • Write a professional email and a clear status update.
  • Keep file/attendance notes.
  • Understand how a matter flows and where you fit.
B

Drafting & documents

  • Draft from a precedent properly (don't reinvent).
  • Mark up / redline cleanly; manage versions.
  • Proofread to a zero-error standard.
  • Word & PDF mastery — styles, compare, TOC.
C

Due diligence

  • Set up and run a data room.
  • Review documents fast but accurately.
  • Write a red-flag report; apply materiality.
D

Transaction mechanics

  • Read and own a deal timeline.
  • Run a checklist / CP tracker.
  • Prepare a closing set; handle execution & counterparts.
  • Post-closing filings & the bible.
E

Managing up

  • Anticipate what the partner needs; deliver it their way.
  • No surprises — flag problems early.
  • Take feedback well; know when to escalate vs decide.
F

Managing yourself

  • Prioritise across competing deadlines.
  • Record your time properly.
  • Signal capacity honestly; recover from mistakes.