9.00am: I normally start work at 9.30am but arrive early today as I need to call the central index of winding-up petitions. This is a service which provides updates as to a company's insolvency status. While doing this I log on and check my emails. Most people in the corporate department are already in as we have a meeting at 9.30am to discuss the latest business development initiatives. The corporate trainees are expected to get involved.10.15am: I get back to my desk and there is a Sale and Purchase Agreement on my chair. This has been amended by an associate and I proof the agreement. While I am doing this I receive an email from the associate asking me to draft a number of ancillary documents for the share sale we have been working on. Once I finish proofing the SPA I start drafting the ancillary documents. I will need to prepare a completion agenda, which will inform all parties which documents will need to be prepared before completion occurs.11.30am: I have to drop what I'm doing as my supervisor asks me to assist with some urgent research on Companies House. I am asked to complete a company search report on one of the subsidiaries involved in an acquisition on which we are working, as one of the directors of the subsidiary has resigned. Once my supervisor reviews the company search report, the panic is over as we realise that the subsidiary has the correct amount of directors and so can go ahead and execute the documents necessary to complete the acquisition.

12.15pm: I answer a capacity email (sent by different fee-earners in the department requesting trainee assistance) from one of the partners who needs help locating information on some specific FSA rules. Luckily the answer is relatively easy to find.I type up a research memorandum and send it to the partner for review.1.00pm: After a hectic morning I head to lunch with a large group of trainees. We get a takeaway lunch from our in-house restaurant and then sit outside in the sunshine. We are all quite excited about a trip we are organising to Dublin. 2.00pm: I check my emails again. There haven't been any further capacity emails and so I can continue drafting the ancillary documents for the share sale.4.30pm: I receive a call from the reprographics department who have a query in relation to the completion bibles I organised for the last transaction I worked on. Completion bibles are a record of all the documents that were signed during the closing of the deal and any relevant Companies House filings, among other documents. I go to review the completion bibles and resolve the query. I arrange for general office to send the completion bibles to my room so that my supervisor can review them before they are sent to the client.5.00pm: While I am waiting for the associate to review the ancillary documents I drafted, I take the opportunity to read over my preparation for the corporate foundation training I have tomorrow morning. It starts at 8.45am and the training is on share sales and documentation. Luckily, my drafting of ancillary documents has provided me with real examples to discuss! 5.30pm: My draft ancillary documents have been reviewed by the associate and I implement her comments. Luckily the mark-up is light, as we need to send some of the documents out tonight for review by the client. I complete my time recording for the day and make sure I have a clear list of things I need to get completed tomorrow.7.00pm: I leave for the day and join a couple of trainees at the Light Bar (our new local) for a few drinks before heading home.