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Welcome to the Law Fair It is great to see you at this year’s Law Fair. With more than 70 firms attending, you can find out about a wide range of legal practice areas and sector opportunities with local, regional, national and international firms. Many of the firms attending will have work placements, open days, insight events and training contracts available. Here are some ways in which you can make the most of the fair.
• As well as law firms attending, representatives from course providers will have information about the GDL, the LPC and the BPTC. They can also tell you about the destinations of students who undertake their courses and the employment they have secured on completion, for example paralegal, trainee solicitor and pupil barrister. This will be particularly helpful to those of you who do not secure a pupillage or training contract prior to commencing the courses.
• If you are thinking about a career in law, then some background research on the firms and what they do will help you get much more out of the day. A little research goes a long way and will make it easier for you to decide whether or not the firm is right for you.
• In addition to the information provided by law firms and legal education providers, you will also be able to collect your personal copies of legal directories at the fair such as Chambers Student Guide and the Training Contract & Pupillage Handbook.
• When talking to representatives, be confident, smile, shake hands and make eye contact. Be yourself and don’t waffle, have some purposeful questions to ask. If you can’t think of any right now, these questions will help you get the conversation going:
And after the fair, what next? Remember, we and Employability Service do even more than organise events like this; we are also here to help you with your ideas, plans and applications, even if you are not sure what you want to do next. If you would like to talk to us, then book an appointment at www.nottingham.ac.uk/careers/appointments
– What do you look for in trainees? What skills? What attributes? – What has happened to trainees who qualified with you in the last few years and what do they do now? – How many trainees do you take each year and how does this impact on the trainee’s learning and professional development?
We hope you enjoy the fair and look forward to seeing you again soon. Nalayini Thambar Director of Careers and Employability
– How are trainees allocated seats and supported during their training? – What is the work-life balance like? What is the social life like?
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Welcome
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Latham & Watkins
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Floor plan
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LawCareers.Net (LC.N)
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Lawyer 2B
Employer profiles 08
Addleshaw Goddard
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AllAboutLaw.co.uk
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Allen & Overy
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Ashurst
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Baker & McKenzie
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Berwin Leighton Paisner
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Bird & Bird
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Bond Dickinson
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Bristows
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Browne Jacobson
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Burges Salmon
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CILEx Law School
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Clifford Chance
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Clyde & Co
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CMS Cameron McKenna
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Covington & Burling LLP
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Dentons
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DLA Piper
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DWF
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Edwards Wildman Palmer
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Eversheds
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Freeths
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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Gateley LLP
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Harrison Clark Rickerbys
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Herbert Smith Freehills
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Higgs & Sons
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Hogan Lovells
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Holman Fenwick Willan
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Irwin Mitchell
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Jones Day
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Kennedys
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King & Wood Mallesons
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Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
21 Leicester De Montfort Law School 21
Linklaters
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Macfarlanes
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Mills & Reeve LLP
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Morgan Lewis
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Morrison & Foerster
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 Nottingham Law School 25
Olswang
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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
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Pinsent Masons
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RPC
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Shoosmiths
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Simmons & Simmons
28 Slaughter and May 28 Staffordshire University Law School 28
Stephenson Harwood
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Targetjobs Law
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Taylor Wessing
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The City Law School
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The University of Law
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TLT Solicitors
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Travers Smith
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Vinson & Elkins RLLP
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
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Wilkin Chapman
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Withers
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Addleshaw Goddard
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Hogan Lovells
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Addleshaw Goddard is an international law firm committed to creating and delivering outstanding value. And market leaders in client investment and understanding. Fun to work with and for, we are known for our constant enquiry and innovation and combine insight with business knowledge to deliver the best results for our clients, whenever and wherever required. Wherever you are based, you’ll also be part of the team from day one, getting first-hand experience of working with bluechip clients within a supportive yet challenging environment, and benefit from a structured training programme designed with your future success in mind.
Degree requirements: 2.1 at degree level and three Bs at A Level Location of opportunities: London, Leeds and Manchester.
Closing date: 31 January 2015 for Easter / summer placements; 31 July 2015 for training contracts. www.addleshawgoddard.com
Application details: Online through our website. We do not accept CVs or covering letters as a form of application. Applications for placement schemes and training contracts are accepted from second year law students, final year non-law students, or graduates.
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AllAboutLaw.co.uk is the essential law careers website for aspiring lawyers and legal professionals.
www.allaboutlaw.co.uk
You can use AllAboutLaw.co.uk to apply for jobs, search for courses and sink your teeth into tons of unrivalled information on training contracts, vacation schemes, postgraduate law courses and the top law firms in the UK.
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Allen & Overy is an international law firm with over 5,500 employees in 42 major centres worldwide. We are renowned for the high quality of our corporate, banking and international capital markets advice, but also have major strengths in areas such as litigation and dispute resolution, employment and benefits, tax and real estate. Our lawyers are involved in many of the most influential commercial ventures and are known for providing clients with pioneering solutions to the toughest legal challenges. This, above all, explains why Allen & Overy remains a leader in its field. To find out more about our graduate and vacation programme opportunities please visit:
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Ashurst offers its clients and trainees a clear alternative to other elite law firms by cutting through complexity. With 28 offices spanning the world’s leading financial and resource centres in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and the USA, we offer the scale to attract global mandates. We operate at the cutting edge of the financial, corporate, infrastructure, disputes and resources markets with advice that is commercially acute as well as technically accurate. For our clients this means getting to the heart of issues with speed and clarity. For trainees, our strong culture of
collegiality means you will be encouraged to apply your intellect and make your presence felt right from the outset. Vacation schemes: Winter scheme, 8–12 December 2014, applications open on 1 October 2014 and close on 15 November 2014
Training contracts: applications for training contracts commencing in September 2017 and March 2018 will open on 1 November 2014 and close on 31 July 2015. We are recruiting 40 trainees per year. www.ashurst.com/trainees
Summer schemes, 13 July – 24 July 2015, applications open on 1 October 2014 and close on 15 January 2015
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Baker & McKenzie prides itself on being the global law firm that offers a personal and professional approach to its graduates and clients alike. It’s this approach that ensures the firm is ideally placed to offer graduates the best possible start to their legal career. The firm currently operates in over 70 locations across 47 countries and has a presence in all of the world’s leading financial centres. In terms of its client base, Baker & McKenzie works principally with multinational corporations and large financial institutions. Its international scope and client list means the firm is well equipped to
act on cross-border transactions and disputes. Baker & McKenzie in London provides the practices that you would expect from one of the world’s leading law firms, and is the recognised market leader in many of these.
www.bakermckenzie.com/londongraduates
The firm thrives on new talent. With this in mind, it’s not surprising that it makes a significant investment in its graduates and has created an environment where trainees can reach their full potential. Those who enjoy intellectual challenge, are problem solvers and team players with a personable approach will feel at home at this friendly and supportive firm.
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Berwin Leighton Paisner is an international, fullservice law firm with over 850 lawyers, including approximately 200 partners, based across 11 global offices. In addition to talented individuals with brilliant minds and bright attitudes, we are looking for people who can take complex, often pressurised, commercial situations in their stride. We run five vacation schemes each year and have 40–45 training contract vacancies per annum.
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Bird & Bird is a respected global business, serving clients in 118 countries from 26 offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Our clients include the owners of seven of the ten most valuable brands on the planet and more than half of those listed by Forbes as the world’s 100 most innovative companies. They need legal advisers who can work in partnership with them, develop a deep understanding of their sector and add real value to their business. It’s the reason they turn to Bird & Bird. The firm is ambitious and it manages to combine a resilient business approach with a hugely supportive attitude to its employees.
We look to recruit trainees who have the potential and ambition to meet our clients’ exacting standards. Not only will you need to develop technical legal skills to deliver highquality legal advice, but you must also have an inquisitive, down-to-earth and pragmatic approach. If you think you have what it takes, we can offer you a challenging career in a fast-paced international environment. If you are interested in a training contract, the summer placement scheme is a fantastic way to get started.
Apply online by 31 January 2015 for summer placement applications or by 31 July 2015 for training contract applications. www.twobirds.com
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It’s been a year of change for Bond Dickinson since our merger last year. In that time we’ve continued to grow our business by strengthening client relationships, winning new business and investing in our people. It’s been challenging but it’s been exciting and we’re looking forward to what the future now has in store for us. One thing is for certain, we’re ambitious and committed to growing the business and that makes it an exciting time for anyone at the start of their legal career to be joining us.
The merger has given us a nationwide footprint and we now have more than 700 lawyers, 148 partners across eight locations, namely Aberdeen, Bristol, Leeds, London, Plymouth, Southampton and Tees Valley. We are a full service law firm with a focus on seven major sectors: energy, waste and natural resources; retail and fast-moving consumer good’s (FMCG); real estate; financial institutions; chemicals and manufacturing; transport and infrastructure; private wealth. We also have three other areas which are growing: technology; hospitality and leisure; education.
Trainees at Bond Dickinson will have an opportunity to spend six months in four business groups, gaining a real breadth of experience along the way. You can find out more about the firm and access our online application form via our website. www.bonddickinson.com
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Bristows is a medium-sized firm that handles the types of work you might normally associate with only the very largest firms. Established over 175 years ago, we have built up a client list that includes leading businesses from a variety of sectors. Our clients range from fast-growing start-ups and medium-sized enterprises to global corporations, financial institutions and high-profile charities. As part of a select and high calibre intake, trainees at Bristows work alongside partners dealing directly with clients right from the start. There’s plenty of responsibility but this is matched by an extremely supportive and friendly culture.
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Bristows has one of the foremost intellectual property practices in the world. Our lawyers are also recognised as leading authorities in a wide variety of other legal disciplines and as a firm we offer a true breadth of expertise. These are our core practice areas: intellectual property, information technology and data protection, corporate, commercial disputes, real estate, regulatory, EU and competition, media and marketing, employment, tax and charities. Each year we ask up to 10 graduates to join our team. The best way to get an idea of what we’re like as a firm is to come along and meet our people today.
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We’re a full-service national law firm with offices in Nottingham, Birmingham, London, Manchester and Exeter. We have an impressive international, national and regional private and public sector client portfolio and the firm is committed to delivering exceptional client service. We offer a comprehensive range of quality legal services with expertise in four key sectors; commercial, public, health and insurance. We’re looking for talented law and nonlaw graduates who can bring enthusiasm, commitment and a flexible and friendly attitude
to our firm. For more information about life as a trainee visit their blog at www.traineetalk.co.uk or follow them on twitter at www.twitter.com/ brownejtrainees. You’ll start with a comprehensive induction programme, a fast-track professional skills course and then go onto our internal trainee development programme. You’ll spend four periods of six months in some of the principle areas of the firm, gaining an overview of the practice.
You’ll get great training, a friendly and supportive working environment and real career opportunities. Our trainee solicitors are given quality work and exposure to clients from early on, but are supported in achieving results and recognised for their contribution. We will cover the fees for your GDL and LPC, as well as a £5,000 maintenance grant. Apply online at: www.brownejacobson.com/trainees.aspx
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Burges Salmon is consistently ranked among the UK’s most successful commercial law firms. We pride ourselves on delivering an excellent standard of legal and business advice to our clients, which has led to many of our practice areas and sectors winning awards and recognition as best in class. Our national and international client base ranges from private individuals to government departments and FTSE 100 companies including The Crown Estate, Nationwide, Lloyds Banking Group, The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and FirstGroup.
We offer a cohesive, communicative environment which results in strong working relationships right across the firm and an enhanced service for our clients. The quality of our expertise is widely recognised across all our main departments including: corporate and financial institutions, commercial, dispute resolution, environment and planning, real estate and private client.
www.burges-salmon.com
Burges Salmon offers the opportunity to work with exceptional clients on outstanding cases against the backdrop of Bristol; consistently ranked as having the highest quality of life in England and Wales.
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CILEx Law School offers law and GDL graduates a real alternative to the LPC through the CILEx graduate fast-track diploma. The academic qualification to become a Chartered Legal Executive Lawyer takes approximately a year and costs a fraction of the LPC. You can enrol at any time of the year on CILEx Law School’s supported distance learning courses and study while in full-time employment. If you’re working in a legal environment then that can count towards CILEx’s qualifying employment requirement for Chartered Legal Executive Lawyers.
Want to become a solicitor? The specially designed open learning GDL and LPC programmes in partnership with the Leicester Institute of Legal Practice, De Montfort University allow you to fit studying around your work or other commitments.
www.cilexlawschool.ac.uk
CILEx Law School provides effective, high quality and accessible training to help you gain a professional legal qualification. When you enrol with CILEx Law School you’ll benefit from expert tuition and outstanding study support.
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Lawyers for a changing world Clifford Chance is one of the world’s foremost law firms, with more tier one ranked practice areas than any other firm. We are a Times Graduate Employer of Choice, and TargetJobs named us Graduate Employer of the Year in 2014. Our firm …advises clients on every continent and in every major business centre in the world. With thousands of lawyers working from dozens of offices in nearly 30 countries, we support some of the world’s largest companies in multi-
jurisdictional, cross-practice transactions of increasing size and complexity. Our people …are as diverse and distinct as the work they do, and come from a whole range of educational backgrounds. What they have in common is a collaborative and adaptive culture that brings unparalleled insight and formidable intellect to bear on the most intricate and interesting of legal problems.
Our offer …goes much further than a vacation scheme, or a job when you graduate. It’s the chance to be a part of work that permanently alters the landscape of international business. A career with Clifford Chance means the opportunity to develop your talents to their utmost potential in a refreshing and stimulating environment. One where your unique talents will have the space to shine, develop and make a real impact. www.cliffordchancegraduates.com
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Clyde & Co is a global law firm with a pioneering heritage and a resolute focus on its core sectors of aviation, energy, infrastructure, insurance, marine, and trade. With over 1,400 lawyers operating from 37 offices and associated offices in six continents, the firm advises corporates, financial institutions, private individuals, and governments. The firm has a reputation for its work in emerging markets, being the largest international firm in the Middle East and with a rapidly expanding network across Asia, Latin America and Africa.
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CMS Cameron McKenna forms part of a leading network of firms known as CMS. At CMS, we have 58 offices across 31 countries, with the most extensive footprint in Europe of any other firm. Our lawyers provide advice to our international client base across all types of commercial law, including banking, finance, corporate, dispute resolution, employment and pensions, energy, IP, private equity, public procurement, real estate and tax. We take a genuine, client-focused approach that attracts many of the world’s leading corporations, financial institutions and government organisations.
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Covington & Burling’s LLP London office, situated next to the Royal Courts of Justice, encompasses a broad range of expertise and practice areas. The office, established in 1988, combines deep industry knowledge with lawyers experienced in advising on a wide variety of pioneering legal issues. The firm has over 800 lawyers globally, in offices in Beijing, Brussels, London, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley and Washington.
Covington has been rated a Top Ranked Leading Law Firm in Chambers UK 2014 and appears in The Lawyer Top 30 International Law Firm, as well as Legal Business Global 100 surveys. At Covington & Burling, you will have an opportunity to work on cutting-edge deals for international and UK corporates such as Microsoft, Merck and Samsung, Fortune 100 businesses and leading technology, life sciences and media companies.
We aim to distinguish our trainee programme by offering a genuine support network which includes assigning associate buddies and undertaking regular performance reviews. We have an excellent record of retaining trainees on qualification and we aim to recruit trainees who are interested in making a long-term commitment to the firm. www.cov.com
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Dentons is a global firm driven to provide a competitive edge in an increasingly complex and interconnected world. It was formed in March 2013 by the combination of international law firm Salans LLP, Canadian law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC) and international law firm SNR Denton. Dentons is built on the solid foundations of these three highly valued law firms. Each built an outstanding reputation and valued clientele by responding to the local, regional and national needs of a broad spectrum of clients of all sizes – individuals; entrepreneurs; small businesses and start-ups; local, regional and national governments and government
agencies; and mid-sized and larger private and public corporations, including international and global entities.
www.dentons.com
Dentons’ clients now benefit from approximately 2,600 lawyers and professionals in more than 75 locations spanning 50-plus countries across Africa, Asia Pacific, Canada, Central Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the UK and the US who are committed to challenge the status quo and offer creative, dynamic business and legal solutions.
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DLA Piper is a global law firm with 4,200 lawyers located in more than 30 countries throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, positioning us to help companies with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We became one of the largest business law firms in the world in 2005 through a merger of unprecedented scope in the legal sector. We were built to serve clients wherever in the world they do business; quickly, efficiently and with genuine knowledge of both local and international considerations. Whether our clients require seamless coordination across multiple jurisdictions or delivery in a single location, they can count on us to deliver the right service and solutions.
In the UK, we provide full-service legal advice from London and the major UK centres.
www.dlapiper.com
Unlike many law firms, we are organised to provide clients with a range of essential business advice, not just on large scale mergers and acquisitions and banking deals but also on people and employment, commercial dealings, litigation, insurance, real estate, IT, intellectual property and plans for restructuring. Academic requirements needed by candidates are ABB at A level (320 UCAS points) and an upper-second-class degree.
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Described by market commentators as ‘blazing a trail’, DWF is one of the UK’s largest law firms and has an award-winning reputation for client service excellence and effective operational management. Independently ranked 1st of all top 20 law firms for the quality of its legal advice and joint 1st of all national law firms for its service delivery and responsiveness, DWF has recently been named ‘Best Managed National Firm’ at the Managing Partners’ Forum Awards for Management Excellence 2014, which recognise management excellence in professional services firms across Europe.
Trainees at DWF can expect to sit six four-month seats, allowing them to get a real taste for the wide variety of work that the firm does. Reviews with HR, seat supervisors and training principles occur throughout the process so that trainees can express their future aspirations and really take charge of their training contract.
www.dwf.co.uk
DWF offers a two-week vacation scheme, during which candidates will become immersed in two of the firm’s many practice areas. To find out more, please visit out website.
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Edwards Wildman Palmer is an international firm combining the expertise of over 600 lawyers in 30 practice groups, across the US, UK, Hong Kong and Istanbul. In London our work is expanding but we currently have practices in the following areas: asset tracing and recovery; banking and finance; commercial litigation; competition; employment, insurance and reinsurance, intellectual property; international arbitration; public international law; private equity and venture capital; product liability; regulatory and transactional; restructuring and insolvency; technology and telecommunications. We have a diverse range of clients from the largest
multinationals to overseas governments and high profile individuals. A high proportion our work is international in context, emanating from the US, Bermuda, Africa, Hong Kong and Europe.
feedback. We really believe you learn best by doing, getting involved in real work from the start and being encouraged to add something to the cases you work on.
In London, we recruit six trainees a year. Keeping numbers small means we can give you the best learning experience in a very interactive working environment and a personalised training contract. Responsibility, challenging international work and a supportive, collegiate environment are also hallmarks. There are opportunities for client secondments in a variety of industries. Our trainees are given structured training and regular
www.edwardswildman.com
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Eversheds is one of the world’s largest fullservice law firms with over 4,500 people and 50 offices in major cities across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Recognised as the leading innovators in the legal sector, we continue to provide new legal and business solutions to meet the needs of our clients. Eversheds is about consistently great service wherever our clients need it. Our people share a distinctive culture which has deep client relationships at its core. Whether providing advice which is complex or straightforward, multinational or local, an attitude of delivering only the very best underscores everything we do.
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Fieldfisher is a mid-sized city law firm that provides a broad range of legal services to an impressive list of clients that range from small unlisted UK companies to multinationals and foreign corporations. The firm pride themselves on offering creative solutions and practical advice in an ever-changing commercial world. The firm have offices in Brussels, Hamburg, Paris, London, Munich, Manchester and Palo Alto, and an exclusive relationship with leading firms in Spain and Italy – they also have a long-standing affiliation with firms in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.
The firm are looking to recruit trainees from both law and non-law backgrounds who have a strong academic background, excellent communication skills, enthusiasm and the ability to work as part of a team.
www.fieldfisher.com
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Leading regional commercial solicitors based in Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Manchester, Birmingham, Oxford, Stoke-on-Trent, Sheffield, Leeds, Milton Keynes and London. The firm has over 100 partners, total staff over 600. Areas of law include corporate finance, commercial and commercial litigation, commercial property, private client including will and probate, personal injury and clinical negligence. We recruit 12–14 trainees each year across the group.
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As a leading international law firm, Freshfields advises some of the world’s most wellknown businesses, financial institutions and governments. Our lawyers provide clients with a global service from our network of 27 offices across Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia. The firm has seven practice areas (the largest being corporate, finance and dispute resolution) and many of these have specialist groups.
We will recruit 80 trainees into the London office in 2017 (with intakes commencing in February and August). Graduates who accept a training contract with us have the flexibility to experience up to eight areas of law, twice the number offered by most law firms. The training is largely provided from our London office but many trainees will also spend time on secondment to a client or to one of our US, European, Middle Eastern or Asian offices.
www.freshfields.com/uktrainees
We pursue premium, cross-border work on a range of complex matters. For graduates keen to pursue a career in commercial law, we offer challenging work that demands a strong intellect and a desire to help ambitious clients achieve long-term success.
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Gateley LLP is a dynamic commercial firm with offices throughout the UK and Dubai. We believe that your future and our future are one and the same. Our trainees have been at the heart of the firm’s growth over the last decade and we are looking for the highest calibre of people to help drive the business forward and to continue building our outstanding reputation for our practical approach, sound advice and professional commitment to our clients. We are committed to investment and training which is thorough and well structured and will develop your commercial awareness, business,
management and marketing skills. Our culture is friendly and down to earth and we offer genuine career opportunities for the right candidates. Our workforce is as diverse as our clients and our geography and we genuinely value people for who they are and for the exceptional lawyers they can become.
Please note we do not accept paper or email applications. All applications to be made online at our website. www.gateleyuk.com
Who should apply: Second year law students, final year nonlaw students, graduates with the following qualifications: A minimum of at least three B’s at A Level (excluding General Studies), uppersecond-class degree.
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We have one client: the British Government. Whether the Government is creating new legislation, procuring goods and services, employing people or defending its decisions in court, it needs significant levels of legal advice. To carry out this work, the Government needs its own lawyers who understand its business. The Government Legal Service (GLS) is the term used to describe approximately 2,000 lawyers working in the legal teams of 30 departments of state and other government organisations. GLS lawyers advise ministers and officials on
their powers and responsibilities, litigate on their behalf and ensure that official decisions comply with the law. Our lawyers’ work will be determined by the business in which their departments are engaged but will typically involve the widest possible range of public and private law matters. These range across issues of national and international significance and across public and private law, embracing advisory and legislative work, litigation and prosecution.
We are looking for strong academic and analytical ability, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and motivation for working in the public service. Successful candidates will receive sponsorship for the LPC/BPTC. For further information, please visit our website. www.gls.gov.uk
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Harrison Clark Rickerbys is a leading regional law firm with approximately 350 members of staff, who specialise in all aspects of corporate, commercial and private client matters. We are proud of our reputation of lawyers with a flexible approach and ‘get the job done’ attitude. From our offices based in Cheltenham, Worcester, Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Birmingham and the Thames Valley our goal is to provide clients with the best expertise and service available. Training people well is at the heart of Harrison Clark Rickerbys as we know we cannot provide a first class service to our clients without employing and retaining first-class staff.
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At Harrison Clark Rickerbys we recruit our trainees through the paralegal route and the trainee route. Paralegals are recruited throughout the year, based on the needs of a department at any one time, therefore applications are considered at any time of year. If you are looking to join us straight into a training contract the deadline for applications is 30th June each year. To apply please send your covering letter and CV to krance@hcrlaw.com or post.
www.hcrlaw.com
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As one of the world’s leading law firms, we advise many of the biggest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. We are a global force with a market leading position in Asia Pacific. With 2,800 lawyers in offices spanning Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and the US, we are the eighth largest law firm in the world. Our disputes practice is acknowledged as the number one in UK and Asia and includes our leading international arbitration practice and award winning in-house advocacy unit. We are a marker leader in corporate with a particular
strength in the energy sector. Allied to this is a deep vein of quality that runs through our other practice areas, such as finance, competition, real estate and employment, pensions and incentives. We also have specialist areas such as intellectual property and tax.
www.herbertsmithfreehills.com
We offer 70 training contracts and 100 vacation scheme places a year. For a truly international experience, London vacation scheme students can apply to spend time in one of our international offices. We also offer first year workshops at Easter time exclusively for first year students.
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Higgs & Sons is now one of the largest, most experienced and respected law firms in the West Midlands. We are well recognised in the Legal 500 and Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession. Despite our continuing growth, we remain committed to providing the personal service that our clients deserve and expect. Our size is one of our greatest assets. We are large enough to provide the range of skills our clients need, yet small enough to be approachable.
The firm offers a first-class structured training programme, fully supervised, based on experience in at least four major disciplines with regular assessments. The opportunity for career progression is also clear as more than half of our partners trained with the firm.
www.higgsandsons.co.uk
We are looking to offer four or five training contracts for September 2017. The deadline for applications is 31 July 2015. Please see our website for an application form and further information regarding our training contracts.
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Hogan Lovells is a top global law firm, with around 2,500 lawyers working in over 40 offices. Our global diversity and wide range of practice areas gives us a strong reputation for corporate, finance, dispute resolution, government regulatory and intellectual property. Our two-year training contract is split into four six-month periods of work experience known as ‘seats’. We also offer up to 90 places over two highly regarded summer vacation schemes and one winter vacation scheme. For first year law students, we offer a one-week spring vacation scheme along with three opens days to give students a chance to sample life at the firm.
Law students should apply after completion of their penultimate year and when they have their exam results (where applicable) and by 31 July 2015 at the latest. Non-law students and nonlaw graduates should apply by 31 March 2015.
www.hoganlovells.com/graduates
Please visit our website for further information on all of our programmes.
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We are an international law firm with over 450 lawyers worldwide and a market-leading reputation for advising businesses in all aspects of international commerce. We have developed our transactional, regulatory and dispute resolution services across a number of core sectors, including aviation, commodities, energy, mining, insurance, and shipping and transport. Clients based throughout the world tell us they value this sector focus, in addition to our international reach and client service: ‘A top law firm with high quality service and deep knowledge of the market’ (Chambers Global 2013). We offer our trainees an environment
where they will be working alongside some of the most respected and talented lawyers in their field, embracing opportunities that may include international seats and client secondments.
www.hfw.com
Our trainees have an international outlook and are entrepreneurial, ambitious, hard-working and enthusiastic individuals, with good attention to detail, and a passion for law.
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With 140 years of experience, Ince & Co is one of the oldest law firms in the City. We’ve built our success by always taking an innovative approach, looking for new ways to apply legal strategies and create new law. While our international firm and world leading reputation was initially built on shipping and insurance, over the decades we have successfully explored new territory and established our expertise across a number of specific industries. We now have five core business groups: aviation, energy and offshore, insurance and reinsurance, international trade and shipping, and are frequently at the forefront of developments in contract and tort law.
Ince & Co’s open, friendly culture allows trainees to make a real contribution and get involved in all aspects of our practice areas. Our trainees get involved in real legal work from day one, and the cases they assist on stay with them throughout their training period and sometimes beyond. Under close supervision, trainees are encouraged from an early stage to meet and visit clients, interview witnesses, liaise with counsel, deal with technical experts and handle opposing lawyers. As a result they quickly build up a portfolio of cases from a number of partners involved in a cross-section of the firm’s practice.
Our Easter vacation work has 10 places in total, as well as up to 10 training contracts available. The deadline for our 2015 trainee recruitment placement is 1 December 2014 - 31 January 2015. With the deadline for the 2017 trainee intake 1 February 2015 - 31 July 2015. Discipline required: Any, upper-second-class minimum Apply online: www.incelaw.com www.graduates.incelaw.com
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Irwin Mitchell is unique, both in its culture and its approach to law. Nationally acclaimed, it is one of a few law firms to provide a diverse range of legal services to businesses and private individuals. Personal legal services: the firm remains one of the leading personal injury and medical negligence litigation practices in the UK, covering all the key injury types from road traffic accidents, to product liability claims and serious head and spinal injury cases. A comprehensive range of private client services are also provided, including a national family team. In addition, it provides a national probate, contentious probate, public law and conveyancing service and is the UK’s leading court of protection practice.
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Business legal services: the firm offers a wide range of commercial services and in recent years has expanded its corporate, commercial litigation and real estate services. The aim is to develop a cutting edge commercial service that will challenge the traditional city and national firms. Areas of expertise include business investigations, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, construction, corporate, employment, environmental, finance, insolvency, international, pensions, planning, real estate, recoveries, restructuring and tax.
www.irwinmitchell.com
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Jones Day is a truly global law firm (2,400 lawyers across 41 locations worldwide) with a significant presence in the City of London. It regularly tops the M&A tables for number of deals worldwide and has been referred to as a ‘litigation powerhouse’, recently winning a London award for its successful defence of Texas Keystone against Excalibur. Our strengths in London reflect those of the firm: our 200 lawyers (including around 60 partners and 30 trainees) have a sophisticated understanding of risk, drawing on specialist insights from across the globe to guide clients through their toughest challenges.
In London’s critical financial centre, our lawyers are perfectly placed to address the most demanding and complex global matters across the globe; including cross border M&A; real estate and finance transactions; (including banking, capital markets, investment funds, private equity and structured finance); English law disputes; and regulatory matters involving the UK, US and other authorities. Additional specialist areas include business restructuring competition and antitrust; corporate tax planning; employment and pensions; energy; intellectual property; and projects and infrastructure.
The firm operates a unique, non-rotational training system designed to provide flexibility and responsibility from the start. Our trainees work across different practice areas simultaneously and are encouraged to assume their own workload. This allows for early responsibility, faster development of potential and the opportunity to compare and contrast different disciplines alongside one another. As our trainees do not move to a different department every six months, they don’t miss the end of deals or trials they have worked on. www.jonesdaylondon.com
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Kennedys is a top 30 international legal firm with unrivalled expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, particularly in the insurance and reinsurance and liability industries.
what we call: legal advice in black and white. We deeply value the relationships we build with our clients and we know that they value our warm, friendly, human approach.
The firm has over 1,200 people globally, across nine UK and 10 international locations.
Our specialist lawyers are passionate about resolving disputes and claims in the most complex industry sectors including insurance and reinsurance, healthcare, construction, transport, maritime and international trade, rail and aviation.
Our UK staff are proud to be part of Kennedys’ growing international network that is well resourced to help clients handle and resolve cases all around the world. Kennedys is here to provide answers, recommendations, strategy and tactics. We deliver these in plain English and it’s
www.kennedys-law.com
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King & Wood Mallesons was formed by a game changing combination of the Asian powerhouse with SJ Berwin’s first tier capabilities in Europe and the Middle East on 1 November 2013. King & Wood Mallesons is a new choice of law firm bringing a fresh perspective to commercial thinking and client experience. Strategically positioned in the world’s growth markets, more than 2,700 lawyers in more than 30 international offices are cutting through the challenges facing business, providing commercial solutions, and transforming the way legal services are delivered.
As the only firm in the world able to practise English, European, PRC, Hong Kong and Australian law, we are unrivalled in our ability to connect clients with opportunities in and out of the key Asian growth markets. This presents very exciting opportunities for our trainees.
The firm hold three vacation schemes (one week in Easter; two two-weeks in Summer). The deadline is applications is 31 January 2015.
The two-year training contract is divided into four six-month seats. Trainees are given early responsibility and are supported throughout the training contract. The deadline for applications is 31 July 2015.
www.careers.kwm.com/en-uk www.kwm.com
To find out more about the firm or to apply, visit our website.
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Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 1,600 lawyers representing global clients in complex corporate, restructuring, finance, litigation, intellectual property and competition matters. Kirkland is ranked in the top 10 of the Global 100 (Legal Business 2014) and based in the heart of the city in the iconic Gherkin building. Our London office, compromising around 130 lawyers acts in some of the most complex high value and high profile transactions in Europe. Although we are renowned for our private equity work in London, we are also active in
restructurings, capital markets, private funds, debt finance, taxation, international arbitration, intellectual property, regulatory and competition law. Our client list is more than a match for many larger city firms and high-quality training is the hallmark of our graduate trainee programme.
For 2017 we are offering up to 10 training contracts. You will undertake four six-month seats and have the opportunity to apply for an overseas secondment. www.kirkland.com/ukgradaute
Combining real project work with study sessions and mentoring, our two-week vacation placements offer valuable insights into how our London office operates. We are offering around 16 vacation scheme placements throughout June and July 2015.
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Latham & Watkins is a leading global international law firm with internationally recognised practices across a wide spectrum of transactional, litigation, corporate and regulatory areas. The firm has more than 2,000 fee earners in 31 offices across Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia. We believe our non-hierarchical management style and ‘one firm’ culture make us unique. The firm has a long history of teamwork and collegiality and associates are encouraged to play a part in the firm’s management through participation on a number of committees.
Each of our trainee intakes receives bespoke supervision and outstanding support while being encouraged to recognise that they have their own part to play in the growth and success of the firm. Every trainee is given meaningful responsibility during each of their four six-month seats and will have significant legal experience on qualification. They may also be given the opportunity to spend one of their seats in an overseas office.
We are looking for candidates with a strong academic background (minimum upper-secondclass degree and AAB at A-level or equivalent), excellent communication skills and a consistent record of personal and/or professional achievement. Please visit our website for details on how to apply. All applications must be made online. www.lw.com
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Launching a career in the legal profession is no simple matter. It requires knowledge, planning, insight and dedication. If you do not follow the rules of the game, you are seriously diminishing your chances of success. LawCareers.Net and The Training Contract & Pupillage Handbook are expressly designed to support and inform you as you work towards a legal career – that’s why they have always been, respectively, the online and print resources that are most cited in applications made over the last four years.
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Both tools contain extensive information on the background to law, lawyers, types of firm and different kinds of practitioner, as well as guidance on different work areas and the recruitment process/timetable. LC.N adds to this further with current news and feature content. Most importantly, both LC.N and The Training Contract & Pupillage Handbook feature a comprehensive directory of firms and chambers that are actively recruiting graduates with the skills, drive and talent to become successful lawyers.
Please visit our stand to pick up free copies of our print publications and to sign up for our email newsletter, LC.N weekly. www.lawcareers.net
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Lawyer 2B is the must-read magazine for anyone interested in pursuing a career in law. It’s packed full of lively and compelling content including news, analysis, jobs and features on all the major developments in the legal sector, as well as unbiased advice on breaking into the profession.
Our website is a ‘one stop’ shop for anyone wishing to pursue a career in law, and by registering to our free weekly and fortnightly email news services you can keep up to date with all the latest deals news, gossip and jobs.
www.lawyer2b.com
Sign up today at our stand.
Pick up your free copy from our stand today and if you’ve got questions about a career in law that you don’t feel comfortable asking the other exhibitors, come and ask us!
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Leicester De Montfort Law School is an experienced provider of the Legal Practice Course and Graduate Diploma in Law course, and also offers a suite of LLM programmes.
www.dmu.ac.uk/law
The Law School is located in a purpose built, £35 million faculty building that incorporates an integrated law library and a mock court room.
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As one of the world’s most prestigious law firms, Linklaters is the place where graduates can make the most of their talents. Amongst a team of exceptional lawyers, a network of international offices and through unparalleled training and development opportunities, people can truly live their ambitions. Linklaters attracts and recruits people from a range of subject disciplines and backgrounds. The one thing they all have in common is a desire to achieve their full potential through a career in law. Linklaters helps its trainees achieve this ambition by providing an outstanding environment in which to succeed.
Once the initial training is complete through the bespoke Legal Practice Course, it’s time to begin working on real client matters through four six-month seats in one of Linklaters’ 19 global practice groups. Not only does this build skills and expertise in a particular area, but with ongoing training, feedback and support, it develops the professional and commercial skills that every successful lawyer needs.
www.linklaters.com/ukgrads
With high-profile deals always at the forefront of our work, international secondment opportunities across our 29 global offices and great rewards, Linklaters offers you broad and rich experiences to springboard your career.
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Macfarlanes is a leading city law firm. We are recognised for the quality of our work, not just in dealing with the full range of corporate and commercial matters, but in advising our clients on their private affairs. They trust our judgement and we are in a unique position to advise on their most complex matters, while at the same time remaining smaller than our competitors.
In short, we have a formidable and unique combination of expertise and culture; and we rely on remarkable individuals to shape the firm for the future.
www.macfarlanes.com
As advisers to many of the world’s leading businesses and business leaders, we manage international matters in an effective and seamless manner. We give clients a single point of contact and coordinate advice across all relevant jurisdictions.
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Mayer Brown is a leading global law firm with offices in major cities across the Americas, Asia and Europe. We have approximately 1,000 lawyers in the Americas, 300 in Asia and 450 in Europe. Our presence in the world’s leading markets enables us to offer clients access to local market knowledge combined with global reach.
significant proportion of the Fortune 100, FTSE 100, DAX and Hang Seng Index companies and more than half of the world’s largest investment banks. We provide legal services in areas such as litigation; corporate and securities; finance; real estate; tax; intellectual property; government and global trade; restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency; and environmental.
www.mayerbrown.com
We are noted for our commitment to client service and our ability to assist clients with their most complex and demanding legal and business challenges worldwide. We serve many of the world’s largest companies, including a
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Mills & Reeve LLP is a major UK law firm operating from offices in Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, London, Manchester and Norwich. We have 115 partners and over 800 staff. Mills & Reeve’s services are delivered through firm-wide core groups: corporate and commercial, disputes, employment, family, health, insurance, private wealth sectors, projects and construction and real estate. Further specialist sector teams focus on agriculture, charities, education, food and beverage, real estate investment, sport and technology. Mills & Reeve has been recognised for the 11th consecutive year as top 100 employer in the The Sunday Times Best 100 Companies to Work For 2014 listing.
Degree discipline required: minimum uppersecond-class in any discipline. Financial assistance: the firm pays the full costs of the GDL and LPC fees and a maintenance grant. Vacation work: online applications for two-week paid placements during the summer must be received by 31 January 2015. Number of training contracts: 17 per year. Application is online and should be submitted by 31 July 2015.
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Founded in 1937, Mishcon de Reya is a law firm with offices in London and New York offering a wide range of legal services to companies and individuals. Our clients are dynamic and sophisticated and we reflect that in our belief in challenging the conventional or accepted ways of working. We like to solve problems quickly. To achieve this consistently, we employ a diverse collection of talented people, from varied backgrounds with differing perspectives, who are capable of addressing issues in a collaborative, non-hierarchical environment.
Organised internally into six different departments: corporate, employment, dispute resolution, family, mishcon private and real estate, the firm also has a growing number of specialist groups which include: art; betting and gaming; finance and banking; fraud; immigration; insolvency; and IP.
www.mishcongraduates.com
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Our London office was established in 1981, and has grown into a broad English law practice offering a wide range of business and commercial services, as well as US legal services. Our areas of work include: corporate; debt and equity capital markets; finance and restructuring; labour and employment; private investment fund formation; UK and US tax planning and structuring; international commercial disputes; arbitration; insurance recovery and white collar matters. The office works closely with our other offices in Europe, the United States, and Asia to service the needs of our clients in the UK and internationally.
www.morganlewis.co.uk
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Morrison & Foerster is an international firm with over 1,000 lawyers across offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Founded in 1883, the firm remains dedicated to providing clients, which include some of the largest financial institutions, Fortune 100 companies, and technology and life science companies, with legendary service. The firm’s attorneys share high standards, a commitment to excellence and a passion for helping clients succeed. The firm is also recognised for its longstanding commitment to pro bono work.
The firm as a whole covers antitrust, bankruptcy and restructuring, capital markets, communications and media, corporate, energy, entertainment, environmental, financial services, financial transactions, government contracts, intellectual property, investment management, land use and natural resources, life sciences, litigation, outsourcing, privacy, project finance and development, real estate, tax and technology transactions.
The London office specialises in capital markets, corporate, employment, financial transactions, investigations, life sciences, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing, restructuring, tax and technology transactions. www.mofo.com
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Nabarro is a full-service commercial law firm, with offices in London, Sheffield, Brussels, Dubai and Singapore. We have over 100 partners leading 300 lawyers focused on delivering practical, business-savvy legal advice. We offer our clients clarity. From the most successful companies in the world to fast growth start-ups, we work with a diverse range of clients across many sectors. We are the 2012 and 2013 winners of the NCWE award for ‘Best work placement of the year in the law sector’. In 2011 and 2013 we won ‘The best short-term insight scheme’ at
the NUE awards, and were finalists in 2014. Also, we are three time winners of ‘Best undergraduate internship/vacation scheme’ at the Target National Graduate Recruitment awards. In 2013 and 2014 we also won the ‘Best Recruiter – Large City Firm’ at the LCN Awards.
www.nabarro.com
We recruit 25 trainees per year; 20 in London and five in Sheffield. Each trainee undertakes six four-month seats ensuring exposure to the firm’s core practice and specialist areas. We recruit all of our trainees from the vacation schemes.
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Norton Rose Fulbright is a global legal practice. We provide the world’s pre-eminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 3,800 lawyers based in over 50 cities across Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. Recognised for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare.
Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.
www.nortonrosefulbrightgraduates.com
For further information on our graduate opportunities and to apply online, please visit our website.
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Nottingham Law School, one of the largest university law schools in the UK, enjoys a national and international reputation for delivering high-quality education and training across a broad range of academic and professional courses. We have developed strong links with leading law firms, barristers’ chambers and the judiciary regionally, nationally and internationally. This ensures that our courses fully prepare you for modern legal practice.
We are one of only nine educational establishments validated by the Bar Council to deliver the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC).
Our Legal Practice Course (LPC) has a reputation that is second to none and has been continuously graded as ‘excellent’ by the Law Society/Solicitors Regulations Authority.
Our employment rates are consistently high and scholarships are available.
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Our Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), the law conversion course, is taught in a realistic and relevant context, which ensures that it produces well-rounded lawyers who are attractive to the profession.
www.ntu.ac.uk/nls
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Olswang is a pioneering firm with a distinctive approach to business law and an immersive culture. Thanks to our decisive, connected and highly commercial people, we have built an unparalleled technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) practice, which makes us the firm of choice for true innovation. We have also established a commanding reputation for changing the face of business in a wide range of other industries, notably real estate. Headquartered in London, Olswang has an international presence spanning Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, the UK and Singapore.
We’re committed to breaking the mould in legal services. We exert a passionate influence upon the business sectors we work in. As a leading client relationship management firm, we constantly strive to initiate improvements, for our clients and the industries in which they work. Put simply, we help our clients stay connected, stay informed and stay sharp within their fields.
industry insight matched with practical knowhow. Above all, we align all of our services to the way our clients think about the future. www.olswang.com
Our expertise in technology, media and telecoms is unmatched. Media expertise has shaped the firm from day one and our experience extends across the entire industry, while our strength in technology and telecoms comes from deep
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Orrick is a leading international law firm with more than 1,000 lawyers in 25 offices located throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Orrick has earned a global reputation advising both established and emerging companies, banks and international finance institutions. Much of Orrick’s client work involves cross-border transactions which have increased substantially in recent years with the development of the firm’s network of global offices.
Established in 1998, the London office is a central part of Orrick’s international network with around 130 staff. It is primarily staffed by UK qualified lawyers, a number of whom also trained with the firm. As you would expect from a firm established in the US there is also a US law capability in the London office.
We recruit a small number of graduates for our training contract programme and run two open days in the spring for applicants seeking to find out more about life in a US firm and Orrick. www.orrick.com/careers/london/graduaterecruitment
At Orrick you will be part of a truly international team and benefit from its core values of collegiality, integrity, excellence, enthusiasm and respect for individuality.
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Pinsent Masons is a full-service international law firm and ranks amongst the top 75 global law firms. We provide legal services to a wide variety of clients, in particular across our four global sectors of advanced manufacturing and technology services, energy and natural resources, financial services and infrastructure. We work with clients including FTSE 100 and AIM listed companies, government departments and public sector institutions. Pinsent Masons is the only firm to operate across all three UK jurisdictions and more recently we have been developing our overseas network of offices in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and the Middle East. This reflects our strategy to become a firm of truly international reach, offering world-class service and excellent value.
www.pinsentmasons.com
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With more than 1,300 business lawyers in 75 countries and immigration law specialists in 116 countries, we belong to a truly global network of law firms. As PwC Legal is part of the worldwide PwC network, we can offer you the kind of opportunities and responsibilities your talent deserves. While our international network is unparalleled in its global reach, in the UK we’re not so large as to be impersonal. Our culture is one of respect
and helping our people be the best they can be. An important part of serving our clients and developing our lawyers often involves working closely alongside other professionals in PwC. Our clients are looking for rounded solutions incorporating multidisciplinary advice. We focus on quality of training, respect for our people, daily exposure to wider business skills and toptier client work. Allied to our ambitious growth plans, this makes us an exciting place to launch your career.
www.pwc.com/uk/careers
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Reed Smith is a global relationship law firm with more than 1,800 lawyers in 25 offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
adviser to industries including financial services, life sciences, healthcare, advertising, technology and media, shipping, energy trade and commodities and real estate.
www.reedsmith.com
Founded in 1877, the firm represents leading international businesses, from Fortune 100 corporations to mid-market and emerging enterprises. Its lawyers provide litigation and other dispute resolution services in multijurisdictional and high-stake matters, deliver regulatory counsel, and execute the full range of strategic domestic and cross-border transactions. Reed Smith is a pre-eminent
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Leading lawyers. Great clients. And an unrivalled commercial approach to business. At RPC we offer a depth of knowledge and creativity that few firms can rival and combine this with high quality training programmes that are consistently lauded in the leading directories. Headquartered in a state of the art site in the City of London, we also have stunning offices in Bristol, Hong Kong and Singapore. Our open plan, collaborative working environment where knowledge is easily shared and access to partners an everyday reality is designed to bring out the best in our people and to ensure that the service we offer our clients is second to none. And it is.
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We provide top quality legal services to global businesses across a wide range of industry sectors and practices, including insurance, commercial litigation, construction, engineering and projects, corporate/M&A, IP and technology, media, real estate, employment and pensions, outsourcing, regulatory, tax and competition. In June 2014 we were named Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards having been nominated four times before over the previous 18 months. We also won Competition Team of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2014.
www.rpc.co.uk/manifesto
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Shearman & Sterling LLP, one of the world’s premier law firms, has been at the forefront of the legal profession for over a century. Today we are one of the largest legal practices in the world, with a significant European client base. Our reputation, skills and expertise are recognised throughout the world. Established in 1972, the London office is a leading practice covering all aspects of English and US corporate and finance law.
Our main areas of work include: mergers and acquisitions, project development and finance, banking and structured finance (including capital markets, structured finance, leveraged and acquisition finance), international litigation and arbitration, competition, tax, financial institutions advisory and asset management, executive compensation and employee benefits, intellectual property and property.
www.shearman.com
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Shoosmiths’ focus on people, relationships and results has defined its achievements for more than 160 years. You’ll find us a modern, forward-looking national commercial firm. Achieving this is a dedicated team of lawyers along with a strong support team, in 10 offices throughout the UK, from Southampton to Edinburgh. Our client list speaks volumes for the quality of our lawyers and the experience they provide. From Hewlett-Packard to Krispy Kreme and
property developers to some of the UK’s largest banks, we work with a growing number of the FTSE 250 and some of the world’s most exciting and ambitious growth businesses.
our firm makes a valuable contribution to the business, from attending client meetings, tribunals, to legal research, contract drafting and business development.
Over two years, a trainee will complete four six-month placements, one of which could be a secondment to a client’s in-house legal team, providing an invaluable insight from the client’s perspective.
To find out more about the way we work, read trainee profiles or watch the videos on our website. www.shoosmiths.co.uk/graduates www.shoosmiths.co.uk
You’ll spend your time working with clients, partners and qualified lawyers. Everyone in
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Simmons & Simmons is a leading international legal practice with over 1,500 staff worldwide, including 230 partners, and over 800 legal staff. Our current client base includes a significant number of the current FTSE 100 and Fortune Global 500 companies and it advises the top 10 investment banks, many of the world’s largest financial conglomerates and more than half of the top 50 European hedge fund managers. We provide services from 22 locations based in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. We currently have sector groups focusing on asset management and investment funds, energy and infrastructure, financial institutions, life sciences, and technology, media telecommunications (TMT).
The firm’s internship schemes are one of the primary means of selecting candidates for a career at Simmons & Simmons. Your placement will enable you to gain a first-hand experience of a busy and dynamic international law firm, with exposure to the deals and transactions the firm works on.
www.simmons-simmons.com/graduates
Our training and MBA programme is constantly evolving to build the skills you will need to be successful in the fast moving world of international business. To submit an application or to find out more, please visit our website.
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Slaughter and May is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious law firms in the world. We advise on high profile and groundbreaking international transactions and have an excellent and varied client list which ranges from private equity boutiques to investment banks, wealthy individuals to governments, retailers to entertainment companies, and from diversified industrial conglomerates to premier league football clubs.
corporate, commercial and financing matters as well as developing an expertise in specialist areas. Much of the work spans the globe with transactions involving not only the firm’s overseas offices but also leading independent law firms in other jurisdictions. The international nature of our practice means that our trainees and associates have the opportunity to work abroad, either in our overseas offices or on secondment with our ‘Best Friends.’
The firm is organised into groups which undertake a general spread of work encouraging lawyers to work on an extensive range of
There are approximately 80 vacancies for trainee solicitors each year. As well as training contracts we also offer work experience placements at
Easter and during the summer for penultimate year students. We run an open day for year one law students in April each year and two-day workshops in December for non-law finalists and non-law graduates. Application are online via our website – you will be asked to fill in a short form and attach a covering letter and your CV, which should include a percentage breakdown of all your examination results to date. www.slaughterandmay.com
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Staffordshire University Law School established in 1992, boasts authentic courtrooms, practice offices, multimedia facilities, comprehensive library and staff (many of whom are solicitors or barristers) with active links with local, regional and national law firms. GDL/CPE Recognised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Bar Standards Board (BSB), our GDL offers non-law graduates a speedy way to prepare for the solicitors’ Legal Practice Course (LPC) or barristers’ Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC), full or part-time.
Legal Practice Course This course recognised by the SRA, can be studied two days full-time, one day part-time; or by blended learning with attendance over one week and four weekends. Tuition takes place in small groups with friendly experienced tutors – all of whom are solicitors or barristers and run a highly supportive ‘open door’ policy. Students benefit from a vibrant mentoring scheme with dedicated careers support. Books are included in the highly competitive course fee.
LPC Interest Free Payment Plan Spread the cost of study over three years, with no interest or arrangement fees. LLM Options Study for a LLM in Legal Practice alongside your LPC, and LLM fees are deferred until completion of your LPC. www.staffs.ac.uk/law
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Stephenson Harwood is an international law firm with 120 partners and over 600 staff worldwide. We offer a breadth of services including; corporate, dispute resolution, employment, environment, finance, pensions, projects, property and tax advice – combined with deep expertise in sectors such as financial services, real estate, transportation and energy. We foster a collegiate approach with clients which delivers high levels of satisfaction, evidenced by our many long-standing relationships. We are more than simply a city-based practice. Through our international network of offices and affiliates, we provide clients with quality resources and expert local knowledge in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America.
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Sullivan & Cromwell provides the highest quality legal advice and representation to clients around the world. The results we achieve have set us apart for more than 130 years and serve as a model for the modern practice of law. At S&C, there is no such thing as second best. Meritocracy, responsibility and opportunity foster the success of each new employee. S&C has approximately 800 lawyers across an international network of 12 offices on four continents. The London office, established in 1972, is S&C’s largest office after New York. There are approximately 70 English, U.S. and
dual-qualified lawyers working in the office across a number of practice areas, including: M&A and private equity, capital markets, finance (credit, leveraged and acquisition), restructuring, project development and finance, competition law, criminal defence and investigations and tax. S&C London is perhaps unique in the scale, complexity and significance of the work carried out in an office of its size.
www.sullcrom.com
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TARGETjobs Law The best possible start to your career. How to get hired by top law firms and barristers’ chambers. Dedicated sector content, advice and specialist experts. The largest choice of training contracts, pupillages and vacation placements. TARGETjobs Law offers unique content to help you secure a training contract or pupillage. A dedicated law recruitment specialist provides advice on how to break into this highly
competitive sector as either a future solicitor or barrister. Employer Insights provide in depth independent reviews of leading law firms and their recruitment processes. They are the perfect resource to help choose which firms or chambers to apply for and prepping for interviews.
www.targetjobs.co.uk/law
Visit our stand to join us. Receive job alerts containing training contracts, pupillages and vacation placements, pick up copies of our law career publications and discover how TARGETjobs Law can help you to get hired.
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Taylor Wessing is a leading international law firm where you can move your career forward faster. We are looking for the trusted advisers of tomorrow who can think creatively, be proactive and stay close to clients. Our focus is on the industries of tomorrow: technology, media and communications; life sciences; energy; and private wealth. Taylor Wessing numbers over 900 lawyers working across 23 offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm also has particular expertise in advising clients in North America, Brazil and India. Our award winning training programme combines the inhouse professional skills course with six-month seats in four different practice groups. Working closely with partners and associates on high
quality work from the outset, you’ll get regular support and feedback to align your career to the growth and needs of the firm.
www.taylorwessing.com/graduate
Our two-week vacation schemes are designed for you to experience life as a trainee solicitor. You’ll spend two weeks in two different practice groups gaining first-hand experience under the supervision of associates and partners.
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The City Law School is one of London’s major law schools. Located in the heart of legal London, we offer an impressive range of academic and professional courses covering all stages of legal education (undergraduate, postgraduate, professional). The Graduate Diploma in Law and the Graduate Entry LLB are designed for non-law graduates wishing to convert to the legal profession. The Bar Professional Training Course and Legal Practice Course, offered at City’s Gray’s Inn campus, have a worldwide reputation for
excellence and equip students with the skills and knowledge required for legal practice. Finally, our LLM, MPhil and PhD courses allow students to develop their expertise in specialist areas and enhance their career opportunities.
to develop you into professional, dynamic, ‘practice-ready’ lawyers of the future. www.city.ac.uk/law
Developed and delivered by a team of highly respected practitioners and academics, our courses are designed to meet the needs of anyone interested in following a career in law and are fully accredited by the relevant professional bodies. We take a personalised approach to your learning experience and aim
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Now in its 10th edition, The Lex 100 is the insider’s guide to the UK’s top law firms. Based on an in depth survey of the views of trainees with the firms, rankings are produced across 10 categories including job satisfaction, stress levels and friendliness. The guide also includes a section packed with interview tips and information on how to start applying, and some helpful hints from leading recruiters on matters ranging from assessment days to getting the most out of law fairs. This practical and user-friendly guide is an invaluable resource for anyone considering a career as a solicitor.
www.lex100.com
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We don’t just prepare you for your exams…we prepare you for your whole career.
Graduate Diploma in Law: conversion course for non-law graduates
With centres in Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Guildford, Leeds, London and Manchester, we’re the largest professional law school in the world. Our innovative courses are designed and taught by lawyers, with a clear focus on building the practical skills, commercial awareness and independent thinking you’ll need to succeed in the modern world of law. This is supported by an award-winning pro bono and law careers service. You’ll benefit from excellent tutor support and access to unrivalled online and offline learning methods and resources. Our unique Future Lawyers Network will give you the inside track on preparing for your career in law.
LL.M Legal Practice Course: vocational training for future solicitors, now an LPC and masters qualification with an international focus
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Bar Professional Training Course: vocational training for future barristers LL.M: professional, practice-led masters degrees Full-time and part-time study. Centres in Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Guildford, Leeds, London and Manchester. Visit our website for more details and open day booking.
www.law.ac.uk
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A leading law firm for business and private clients throughout the South East, Thomson Snell & Passmore has a reputation for providing high-quality, intelligent advice. We provide a comprehensive legal service and build longterm relationships by encouraging a culture of respect, understanding and excellence. It’s a common sense approach that’s surprisingly uncommon.
We do our very best to allocate seats in your preferred practice areas. Each of the four sixmonth seats will give you a thorough grounding and exposure to a variety of areas of law. Our dedication to bespoke training and development will enable you to move your career in the direction you want it to go.
www.ts-p.co.uk
Thomson Snell & Passmore has a reputation for offering excellent training and opportunities. A comprehensive induction programme will help you adjust to your career in business and law.
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TLT is a full-service commercial law firm with the capability to deliver seamless legal advice across all three UK legal jurisdictions, England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. The firm delivers expert legal advice innovatively, efficiently and cost-effectively. The firm has leading strengths in the financial services and leisure sectors and in depth experience in the retail and consumer goods, technology and media, energy and renewables, housing and public sectors. TLT provides specialist expertise in banking, commercial, finance, litigation, employment, IT, real estate and international
trade. Many of TLT’s lawyers are identified as experts in their respective fields by independent guides to the legal market.
www.TLTcareers.com/trainee
TLT LLP locations include Bristol, London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Belfast (TLT NI LLP, a separate practice in Northern Ireland).
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Travers Smith is an entrepreneurial and innovative medium-sized city firm with a major corporate and commercial practice. Although less than a quarter of the size of the largest firms, we attract top-quality work but in a more collegiate and supportive environment providing the best of both worlds. Over half of the firm’s work has an international dimension, to service this, we have an office in Paris as well as close working relationships with other independent law firms around the world who share our high standards. The main areas of our practice are corporate law (including takeovers and mergers, private equity, equity capital markets and funds), environment and operational regulatory, commercial,
intellectual property and technology law, dispute resolution, restructuring, financial services and markets, competition, tax, employment, pensions, finance and real estate.
www.traverssmith.com
The firm has a comprehensive training programme which ensures that trainees experience a broad range of work. All trainee solicitors sit in rooms with partners and associates, receive an individual and extensive training from experienced lawyers and enjoy client contact and the responsibility that goes with it from the beginning of their training contract.
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Vinson & Elkins is a leading Texas-based international law firm with more than 700 lawyers located in 15 cities across the globe. We have a wealth of experience working on projects for clients in almost every country on the map, and a heavy focus on, and a tradition of working in, the energy sector. We work in tandem with our clients, travelling wherever and whenever we are needed. We know what it takes to make deals work and to win cases. We have been in London for in excess of 40 years and the team there focuses on mergers and acquisition, construction, project development, international arbitration and litigation, finance, and tax.
The firm operates an award winning nonrotational training system with trainees working in all practice areas concurrently throughout their two years. The training is designed to provide variety, flexibility and responsibility from the start. We offer vacation placements in the London office, which are viewed as key to our trainee recruitment process, and have a relatively small intake of four or five trainees a year, with great prospects of an international secondment.
www.velaw.com
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Watson Farley & Williams is an international law firm dedicated to client care, legal excellence, industry focus and investment in its people. The firm is highly respected for its expertise in key sectors, including energy, maritime, natural resources, real estate and transport. Expert in managing complex cross-border transactions and disputes, our skilled legal teams deliver valued advice for corporations, entrepreneurs, funds, financial institutions, and governments. The firm was founded in 1982 in the City of London. It has since grown rapidly to over 130 partners and a total staff of over 800. We have offices in London, New York, Paris, Hamburg,
Munich, Frankfurt, Rome, Milan, Madrid, Athens, Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong. Our international offices work together, a structure of particular benefit to international clients.
www.wfw.com/trainee
We emphasise gaining practical experience and learning to work as part of a team. As you progress and your competence and confidence grows, there will be opportunities to assume responsibility for specific areas of a transaction or case. Our trainees benefit from a six seat programme allowing you to experience the variety of working in a broad number of practice groups with one seat being in an overseas office.
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Weil is committed to delivering sound judgement to our clients on their most challenging and important matters. With approximately 1,200 lawyers across 20 offices in nine countries, including full-service capabilities in the UK, our lawyers are known for giving clear and effective advice. We provide ‘one-stop shopping’ on highly complex matters, true international execution, and local law advice in many of the world’s key jurisdictions, including New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris, and Frankfurt.
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We are consistently ranked as one of the elite US-headquartered international firms. Our onefirm approach ensures that we work seamlessly to handle the most complex restructuring, private equity and mergers and acquisitons, banking and finance, litigation, and regulatory challenges. We have an impressive depth of experience in advising clients across a wide spectrum of industry sectors including consumer and retail, energy, financial services, pharmaceutical/ healthcare, transport and logistics, and technology, media and telecommunications (TMT).
www.weil.com/ukrecruiting
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White & Case LLP is a global law firm employing over 2,200 lawyers across the world. Our network of 39 offices provides the full range of legal services in virtually every major commercial centre and emerging market. Our clients are predominantly multinational and include companies and financial institutions; additionally we act for governments and state-owned entities. We’re looking to recruit ambitious trainees who have an interest in working on big-ticket, cross-border work. You will need to demonstrate that you can work well in teams, that you are
commercially aware, that you can accept early responsibility and demonstrate your confidence in a client-focused environment. In return, we guarantee each trainee the opportunity to work in one of our overseas offices for six months.
Apply by completing our online application by 31 January 2015. You’re encouraged to apply in advance of the deadline for early consideration. www.whitecasetrainee.com
We offer four vacation placements throughout the year; one during spring and three across summer. The aim of our placements is to allow candidates the opportunity to gain experience of how a global law firm operates and an understanding of the type of work our lawyers are involved in on a day-to-day basis.
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Wilkin Chapman is a leading Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire law firm with 43 partners and 318 staff, offering the full range of legal services to private, corporate and publicly-funded clients.
The firm is an Investor in People and trainees attend all internal training. Traineeships with Wilkin Chapman offer exceptional scope for both progression and development.
www.wilkinchapmangrange.co.uk
Trainee solicitors will be offered training contracts in 2015 to commence in 2017. Trainees undertake at least three seats over the two year period in different departments or branches, gaining experience in each field. They are quickly integrated into the team and contribute by managing their own files. Training contracts are offered in various departments at the Lincoln, Beverley or Grimsby offices.
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The wealth of today’s private client has increased in multiples and many are institutions in their own right. With our merger in 2002 we have been able to respond to these changing legal needs and offer integrated solutions to the international legal and tax needs of our clients. We have 117 partners and more than 750 people in London, Milan, Padua, Geneva, Zurich, Hong Kong, Singapore, BVI, New York, New Haven (Connecticut), Greenwich (USA) and San Francisco. This allows us to give unparalleled expert advice in commercial and tax law, trusts, estate planning, litigation, charities, employment, family law and other legal issues facing high net worth individuals.
www.withersworldwide.com
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Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co is a UK headquartered international law firm providing a fullservice to clients worldwide. Businesses around the world choose us to help them thrive, prosper and become their best. And the key to our success? Our people, of course. Bright, talented individuals who work together to deliver a firstclass legal service to first-class legal clients. Our key practice areas are: commercial and projects; corporate, finance and private capital; dispute resolution; human resources; and real estate.
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To find out more information about our training contract and vacation scheme placements, please visit our website;
www.wragge.law.com
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