Niccolò Guastella
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Italian Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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Climate Change Global Virtual Internship
Clifford ChanceDec, 2022- Oct, 2024 -
Commercial Law Virtual Experience Program
Slaughter and MaySep, 2022- Oct, 2024 -
Global Litigation Virtual Experience Program
Herbert Smith FreehillsSep, 2022- Oct, 2024 -
Intellectual Property Litigation Virtual Experience Program
Latham & WatkinsJul, 2022- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Catalegal
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United Kingdom
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founder
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Sep 2021 - Present
I founded a student-run legal platform providing students interested in a legal career with the opportunity to connect with startups and collaborate with legal professionals, identifying the legal complexities faced by startups, and writing and editing curated legal insight articles. Developed long-lasting relationships with several startups and other fellow students, and struck partnerships with two leading international law firms. Managing a diverse team of over 10 legal editors, working to continually evolve and innovate through various initiatives. Designing and creating the Catalegal website as well as managing all social media channels. Continuing to strike new professional partnerships and induct new students. Show less
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Rare Recruitment
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Australia
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Human Resources Services
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Rare Candidate
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Nov 2022 - Present
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BIUCAC
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United Kingdom
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Semifinalist
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Nov 2022 - Dec 2022
Competed in the biggest commercial awareness competition in the U.K. Reached the semifinal, made up of the top 24 students out of the 2000 initial candidates. Reached 13th place overall. Competed in the biggest commercial awareness competition in the U.K. Reached the semifinal, made up of the top 24 students out of the 2000 initial candidates. Reached 13th place overall.
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SIPS
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Germany
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Food and Beverage Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Legal Intern
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Jul 2021 - Feb 2022
Carried out bad faith searches on all brands in the UK Fashion and Textiles Association and provided direct support to the Managing Partner. Developed great attention to detail in order to identify cases of serial piracy through further proprietorship searches. Created design templates for new proposed News and Knowledge pages for the SIPS website. Reviewed and proofread every article on the SIPS website for sense, spelling, punctuation and grammar. Additionally, I prepared short preview summaries for each article. Carried out competitor, social media and other marketing analysis for the firm’s social media accounts. Show less
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Tabled
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United Kingdom
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Legal Intern
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Feb 2021 - Jun 2021
A legal tech startup providing matter management solutions through a digital platform to improve workflow, liaising with local authorities to trial the project’s efficiency. Created legal outreach templates to expand the company’s reach through its social media channels. Engaged in a mini project with Open Markets London. Developed my excel spreadsheets skills. A legal tech startup providing matter management solutions through a digital platform to improve workflow, liaising with local authorities to trial the project’s efficiency. Created legal outreach templates to expand the company’s reach through its social media channels. Engaged in a mini project with Open Markets London. Developed my excel spreadsheets skills.
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Startup Recon
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United Kingdom
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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1 - 100 Employee
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Presenter, Producer and Researcher
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Sep 2020 - Feb 2021
Startup Recon is a media and technology company focused on interviewing founders, CEOs, investors and other stakeholders in the global startup ecosystem. Assisted in creating a video database of interviews with tech startup founders. Researched, approached and interviewed several founders, developing valuable commercial connections. Carried out in-depth research of several startups in order to develop interesting questions that brought value to the final interview. Startup Recon is a media and technology company focused on interviewing founders, CEOs, investors and other stakeholders in the global startup ecosystem. Assisted in creating a video database of interviews with tech startup founders. Researched, approached and interviewed several founders, developing valuable commercial connections. Carried out in-depth research of several startups in order to develop interesting questions that brought value to the final interview.
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Budgens
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United Kingdom
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Retail
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200 - 300 Employee
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Night Manager
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Sep 2019 - Jul 2020
Maintaining a tidy store at all times, attending to customers at the till and building relationships constantly. Promoted to Night Manager after 2 months, where my responsibilities grew to counting up the day’s revenue; closing the shop and reporting the day’s key events to the manager; attending early morning deliveries; carrying out waste management; providing training to newcomers. Developed my time management, customer service, interpersonal and problem-solving skills. Balancing work at the store while completing my first year of university. Show less
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Leela Promotions
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Field Representative
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Jul 2019 - Sep 2019
Marketing Agency working with charitable organisations and offering direct sales marketing in an effort to raise awareness and encourage donations to charities. Underwent marketing training every morning before going out in the field as a representative with a daily target of speaking to a minimum of 100 people. Learnt marketing, communication, persuasion, negotiation and client-facing skills which I greatly developed in the field. Developed the ability to adapt my approach to each household, taking note of body language, tone of voice and the general context I was in. Developed a great deal of resilience, having to convert constant rejection into fuel for the potential of the next household being a success. Show less
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Acqua Consultants
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Brazil
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Hospitality
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Intern
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Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Worked and gained insight on several South West Water engineering projects. Analysed various case studies for the firm. Sat in meetings to gain a better understanding of the engineering projects. Developed great communication skills and inquisitiveness given I was in an industry completely alien to me. Worked and gained insight on several South West Water engineering projects. Analysed various case studies for the firm. Sat in meetings to gain a better understanding of the engineering projects. Developed great communication skills and inquisitiveness given I was in an industry completely alien to me.
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Gusto Café
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Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Bar Waiter
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Feb 2015 - Jun 2015
Served various drinks and food on weekends. Built customer relations and learnt what is required to provide good customer satisfaction. Learned how to work under pressure and deal with complaints. Served various drinks and food on weekends. Built customer relations and learnt what is required to provide good customer satisfaction. Learned how to work under pressure and deal with complaints.
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Education
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University of Kent
MLaw Legal Professional Practice (Integrated Masters), Law -
Torquay Boys Grammar School
International Baccalaureate, HL (Economics, Philosophy, English); SL (Mathematical Studies, Spanish, Biology) -
Torquay Academy
GCSE -
The International School of Penang (Uplands)
Year 7-9