Interviews
Behind-the-scenes stories of how internationally trained lawyers build their career in the U.S. and worldwide
Season 4 Premiere: Amadeu Ribeiro
Partner in Regulatory and Antitrust Group at DLA Piper New York
How did he make it as an antitrust lawyer in BigLaw in New York City?
Season 4: Episode 7: Giovanna E Gismondi
Visiting Associate Professor at George Washington University Law School
How to become a law professor as an internationally trained lawyer?
Season 4: Finale: Alexander Gonzalez Castillo
Partner at Arguilar Castillo, Former attorney at Latham & Watkin (NY), Simpson Thacher (NY) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (DC)
How did he land jobs in BigLaw (three times)?
Season 3 Premiere: Danny Mutisya
Director and Co-Head, Clifford Chance London
How did he end up at the London office of BigLaw after earning his LLM in the U.S.?
Season 3: Episode 3: Paula Redondo Pereira
Head of Regulatory Affairs at Luxembourg Stock Exchange
How did she get the top law job at a global talent hub?
Season 3: Episode 5: Helen Winter
Assistant Professor of Law and Practice at Pepperdine University School of Law
How to become a law professor as an internationally trained lawyer?
Season 3: Episode 6: João Marçal Martins
International Litigation and Arbitration Partner in cooperation with DLA Piper in Brazil
What lawyering skills are among the most important to enable him to work in international arbitration?
Season 3: Episode 8: Katya Hazard
Managing Director, K2 Integrity
How to network and land your first job at BigLaw?
Season 3: Episode 9: Miki Kinoshita
Dual-Licensed Corporate and Securities Attorney in Japan and NY
How did she manage to pass the bar as an internationally trained lawyer (and a mom of two toddlers)?
Season 3: Finale: Diego Durán de la Vega
Dispute Practice Partner and Co-Chair of Hughes Hubbard & Reed in Washington, DC
How to make it as co-chair at BigLaw as an internationally trained lawyer?
Season 2 Premiere: Yao Liu
Shareholder at Cavitch Familo & Durkin
How did he become the first international intern turned shareholder at the firm’s 137-year history?
Season 2: Episode 2: Alina Solodchikova
Tax Controversy Leader and Principal Attorney at RSM
How to make it as an internationally trained tax attorney?
Season 2: Episode 3: Guillaume Zouker
Director of International Tax Services at PwC Miami office
How did he make it to the top at Big Four?
Season 2: Episode 4: Evelyn Y. Riley
Counsel in Complex Litigation Practice, Cozen O’Connor
This is a story of transformation: an IP lawyer turned BigLaw litigation counsel.
Season 2: Episode 8: Ruoke Liu
Partner, Investment Funds, Morgan Lewis
The hiring partner tells you: what is BigLaw looking for when hiring internationally trained lawyers?
Season 2: Finale: Lucas Loviscek
International Arbitration Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
How did he rise to the top in international arbitration at BigLaw?
Season 1: Premiere: Jose Garcia Cueto
International Arbitration Partner at Clifford Chance
Jose, a DC-based lawyer from Spain, is the partner running the Latin America international arbitration and dispute practice at Clifford Chance.
Season 1: Episode 3: Xin Tao
Partner at Baker McKenzie
Before Xin made partner at Baker McKenzie, he could not find many role models who have the exact same background as his.
Season 1: Finale: Catherine X. Pan-Giordano
Asian, female, multilingual and partner, Catherine X. Pan-Giordano, Esq. is the epitome of success that Ingrid from the hit Netflix series Partner Track aspires to achieve.
S1: Bonus Episode: Ricardo Vásquez Urra
Ricardo Vásquez Urra travels around the world as an international arbitrator appointed by prestigious institutions such as the World Bank and Beijing Arbitration Commission.