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Newsletters sent weekly to members  \nMeet the Committee  \nBen de Sousa  \nPresident  \nWilliam Latter  \nVice President  \nSamantha Ford  \nTreasurer  \nLiz Durughian  \nGeneral Secretary  \nPress Secretary: Ffion Howells  \nCareers Secretaries: Noah Park & Yash Dix it  \nSocial Secretaries: Jemma Chiang & Lili Szigeti  \nCo-Chairs of Debate: Hui Ling Tay & Lauren Fletcher  \nMooting: Olivia Robertson, Lili Lewis, Chloe Lee & Sam Partridge  \nCo-Directors of Negotiation: Takashi Biswas, Jin En Lim  \nCommercial Awareness Programme Co-Directors: Sud e Capoglu, Brad Darbyshire D&I Officer: Net ania Awara  \nInternational Students Officer: Sank et Keshav  \nNon-Law Officer: Dolly Payne  \nSustainability Officer: Emmeline Yeo  \nWellbeing Officer: Sailee Kulkarni  \nFemale Sports Representative: Chloe Lubu ku  \nMale Sports Representative: Aaron Quinlan  \n1  \nSolicitorsand Barristers  \nCareers  \nCommercial Law  \nAt a basic level, the legal profession can be split into two main branches: solicitors and barristers. Generally speaking, solicitors work in a law firm, providing advice and assistance to clients including individuals, companies, and organisations. Barristers are specialists in advocacy, and are usually instructed to represent individuals or organisations in court.  \nCommercial Lawyers  \nCommercial lawyers are solicitors who advise companies on transactions, disputes, regulations, and so on. They usually specialise in a particular practice area, and do one of three categories of work:  \n Transactional: This usually involves two or more parties collaborating to complete a transaction. This may be an acquisition, involve borrowing from a bank, or issuing bonds.  \n Advisory: This provides advice to corporations regarding their day-today running of the business. The main a im i s to ensure that the clients'business plans and actions are complying with the law.  \n Contentious (disputes) : Contentious work refers to resolving disputes between parties. 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