We had the pleasure of interviewing Trisha Shah, a Cambridge law graduate and a current trainee at Sidley Austin. Trisha is currently in her first seat in structured finance/real estate finance.

This episode focuses on Trisha’s successful career progression, having completed four vacation schemes at leading US firms such as Mayer Brown, Sidley Austin, Jones Day and Cleary Gottlieb and her current role as a trainee at Sidley Austin.

Trisha offered insightful tips on enhancing your application strategy and clarified the roles and responsibilities given to trainees. Overall, we touched upon topics on private equity and structured finance.