8.50am: I arrive in the office having walked across Tower Bridge in glorious sunshine. I share an office with a senior associate in my department. I quickly check my emails to see if there is anything that requires immediate attention then head upstairs for the weekly departmental marketing meeting.

9.00am: We have a strong private capital team in Dubai and one of the associates there joins the meeting by conference call. It is commonplace for members of the team to travel abroad frequently, predominantly to tax-friendly jurisdictions such as Jersey, Guernsey, Switzerland and the Cayman Islands. The head of department informs us that he wants to organise some seminars to be held in LG's auditorium and these will be a fantastic opportunity to network and generate new business leads.

10.00am: I return to my desk and quickly jot down a to do list. My first task of the day is to assist a senior associate in drafting schedules of income, expenditure and distributions in order to assess a client's UK income tax liability. The task is complex as there are three trusts and three offshore companies involved in the structure. I give the spreadsheets I have created to the senior associate and draft an email to the client listing the financial information that is missing.

12.30pm: I return to the meeting rooms for the monthly departmental technical update, which is a great opportunity to ensure the team is apprised of recent developments and relevant know-how in the tax and private capital sphere. The team's professional support lawyer talks to us about the impact of the recent budget and an associate discusses a difficult case that she is working on.

1.15pm: I head over to The Scoop, which is akin to a mini-amphitheatre conveniently located in front of the LG building and is the meeting place for trainees to eat lunch when the weather is nice. I catch up with the other trainees and we talk about our plans for the next night out. As well as trips to local bars, we have also organised dinners, a TV and film quiz and are currently planning a visit to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

2.15pm: I call the Office of the Public Guardian to ask if they provide a document checking service because a document that a client may wish to register in the future has been damaged. I am told that this will not be possible so I need to think of alternative options for the client, including the possibility of drafting an entirely new document. After researching the applicable law and creating an attendance note of my telephone call I set out the possible options in a memorandum which I forward to the matter partner.

3.45pm: An associate asks me to prepare a research note on becoming a British citizen by means other than naturalisation. I spend some time researching and draft a skeleton memorandum setting out the results.

4.45pm: I receive an email from a client requesting us to send to her an original will that we hold in storage. After consulting the internal will request protocol I reply by asking the client to submit her request by letter. I log on to LG's deeds system, locate the relevant record and ask the deeds management team to deliver the will to my office.

5.10pm: My supervisor asks me to take notes during a conference call with a client. The client is anxious to structure a deal in such a way so as to minimise exposure to income tax. Listening to the call is a great opportunity for me to gain a deeper understanding of the relevant law from a practical and commercial perspective.

7.00pm: I leave the office to meet some friends in the West End to have dinner al fresco, making the most of the lovely weather while it lasts.