Internships
Internships
To qualify, an intern (like any young lawyer joining us) should excel in two of three criteria: grades, English, personality. Your grades (from high school exams or university or state exams) matter, not so much because of what you achieved in the past but as one indication of what you can and will accomplish in the future. English is a must, but work at P+P will help you to develop it fully (also through internships and exchange programs abroad). Your personality is your major asset; it may have expressed itself in any number and kind of extra-curricular activities.
Dissertation, Etc.
Interns are invited to combine their work at P+P with their education at university and elsewhere. For instance, you may choose a private equity subject for your doctoral dissertation (from our list of suggestions or otherwise), discuss its practical aspects with a partner or associate at P+P working in this field, present your results in internal workshops, and publish it finally (with P+P support, if it qualifies as a substantial work, whether or not we agree with your conclusions). In his capacity as honorary professor at the University of Münster, Reinhard Pöllath provides a list with doctoral theses for postgraduates.
Workshops and Foreign Internships
Likewise, interns may participate in P+P internal workshops (including contributions of their own, e.g., based on their dissertation research), in P+P-conducted client or public seminars, conferences or courses (such as the Private Equity Training MUPET or the International Tax Summer Course, and the Berliner Steuergespräche, all in cooperation with major universities). Or they may do an internship or course abroad (e.g. at foreign law firms with which we are friendly).
To qualify, an intern (like any young lawyer joining us) should excel in two of three criteria: grades, English, personality. Your grades (from high school exams or university or state exams) matter, not so much because of what you achieved in the past but as one indication of what you can and will accomplish in the future. English is a must, but work at P+P will help you to develop it fully (also through internships and exchange programs abroad). Your personality is your major asset; it may have expressed itself in any number and kind of extra-curricular activities.
Dissertation, Etc.
Interns are invited to combine their work at P+P with their education at university and elsewhere. For instance, you may choose a private equity subject for your doctoral dissertation (from our list of suggestions or otherwise), discuss its practical aspects with a partner or associate at P+P working in this field, present your results in internal workshops, and publish it finally (with P+P support, if it qualifies as a substantial work, whether or not we agree with your conclusions). In his capacity as honorary professor at the University of Münster, Reinhard Pöllath provides a list with doctoral theses for postgraduates.
Workshops and Foreign Internships
Likewise, interns may participate in P+P internal workshops (including contributions of their own, e.g., based on their dissertation research), in P+P-conducted client or public seminars, conferences or courses (such as the Private Equity Training MUPET or the International Tax Summer Course, and the Berliner Steuergespräche, all in cooperation with major universities). Or they may do an internship or course abroad (e.g. at foreign law firms with which we are friendly).