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The firm is a leading global law firm with over 6,000 people, including 2,700 lawyers, in 26 offices across Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and the US.
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. Our clients trust us with their most important transactions, disputes and projects because of our ability to cut through complexity and mitigate risk. We offer local insight and seamless cross-border service in all major regions. Positioned to support the major trade flows, we help the world’s top companies thrive in the global economy.
We're a high-profile, respected and renowned global law firm. Joining us means working on important or leading matters and markets, alongside colleagues who are experts within their field.
Our global network gives you international perspective and opportunity, from cross-border work to overseas secondments, and the chance to experience different markets, cultures and teams. We welcome different perspectives, whatever your background or degree. Whether you studied law or something entirely different, your voice will be heard.
Our opportunities are your foundation for a career with a global law firm, known for expertise, insight and diverse perspectives.
You’ll be part of a team that’s actively engaging with the future — from sector specialisms that set us apart to our leadership in digital legal delivery and innovation. We’re proud of the inclusive, grounded culture we’ve built, and the shared success we’re striving towards.
Burges Salmon is an independent UK law firm with main offices in Bristol, Edinburgh, and London, known for delivering high-quality legal advice while maintaining a collaborative, inclusive and supportive culture. We work with a diverse range of clients across sectors including energy, infrastructure, real estate, financial services, and corporate business, providing trainees with exposure to complex and meaningful work from the outset.
Our unique six-seat training contract offers broader experience than many traditional programmes, allowing trainees to explore a wider range of practice areas before qualification. We are proud of our award-winning culture and commitment to developing our people, ensuring trainees are supported, challenged, and encouraged to thrive throughout their careers. If you are interested in a traineeship with Burges Salmon, applications for our next recruitment cycle will open in September.
As one of our trainees explains, “What stood out to me about Burges Salmon was the genuine support from colleagues across the firm. From day one, I felt part of the team, trusted with meaningful work, and encouraged to develop both personally and professionally.”
Slaughter and May is a leading international law firm, recognised for our exceptional legal service, commercial awareness and commitment to clients. We are trusted advisers to some of the world’s largest companies, advising on complex, high-profile and often ground-breaking transactions, and our forward thinking and innovative approach complements the best-in-class advice on which our reputation is built.
Diversity and Inclusion is an integral part of how we do things as a firm. We believe that a supportive and inclusive workplace drives collaboration and helps people perform at their best. We are looking to employ the brightest minds regardless of what or where they studied, and we strive to ensure that people feel comfortable being themselves at work through fostering an inclusive culture which values diversity of experience and perspective.
Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. We are the market leaders in major financial and business centers globally and offer unmatched expertise and resources to help you grow from an intellectually curious self-starter into an exceptional lawyer. If you aspire to be the best, this is where you belong.
Our programmes offer invaluable opportunities for aspiring lawyers to immerse themselves in the unique environment of a leading global law firm. Participants engage in real-world legal work, gain access to a limitless network of expertise, and build a network that will prepare them for the next stage their careers.
Our spring and summer Vacation Schemes allow you to support client-facing work alongside your peers, offering a genuine understanding of life as a trainee solicitor. You will work closely with experienced lawyers, learning more about the culture of the firm.
Over the two weeks, you will also gain broad exposure to the different practice areas through presentations run by our associates. At the end of the scheme, you’ll have the chance to interview for a training contract.
The First-Year Spring Scheme is an introduction to life at Latham. This scheme offers a unique opportunity to learn about law firm operations by shadowing Latham lawyers in different practice areas. It is an excellent opportunity to begin thinking about next steps,
while providing a supportive environment to explore your interests and develop foundational skills.
Join us at Latham & Watkins, a place where ambition meets excellence, and take the first step towards a rewarding legal career.
As a global law practice, Eversheds Sutherland provides legal advice and solutions to an international client base which includes some of the world’s largest multinationals.
Our teams of lawyers around the world operate seamlessly to deliver the legal know-how and strategic alignment that clients need from their advisors to help further their business interests. Clients describe us as creative and well-versed in cutting edge legal work – we listen well in order to understand how and where we can be most effective and add the greatest value.
We shape our advice to the unique circumstances and challenges of each project, and ensure the right people are in the right places to offer insight and certainty – from the day-to-day to the most complex, multi-jurisdictional matters.
What unites us is our purpose, our values our commitment to service excellence through a solution-oriented approach. We know our clients’ businesses, the industries and markets they operate in, and we know that great relationships yield the best outcomes.
Unlike many law firms, Linklaters has consistent, market-leading global teams across the full range of practice areas within corporate law. Wherever their lawyers focus, they are involved in the most interesting and dynamic work. Linklaters provides its people with the opportunity to shape their careers from day one.
With 30 offices across 20 countries, Linklaters lawyers act for the world’s leading corporates, banks, funds, governments and non-profit organisations on their most complex and challenging assignments. As a truly global business, they solve unique problems and provide exceptional development opportunities.
When people join Linklaters, they find colleagues they want to work within a truly high performance culture. Linklaters has inspiring and personable professionals who are generous with their time and always happy to help. Their success is built on working together and they look for individuals who will collaborate and innovate to deliver the smartest solutions for clients.
Linklaters recruits candidates from a range of different backgrounds and disciplines, not just law, because those candidates bring with them a set of
unique skills and perspectives that can help to challenge conventional thinking and inspire different approaches to client problems.
Over two years, trainees rotate through four seats (placements) in different practice areas, with most trainees going on international or client secondments. Linklaters are committed to providing world-class training and practical experience, alongside support, mentorship and coaching. They offer a fully rounded programme to rapidly develop understanding of commercial law.
Attend an insight event, join a diversity and access programme, participate in a vacation scheme or start as a trainee solicitor, and graduates will find Linklaters offers outstanding, career-long opportunities.
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We're a global law firm helping our clients achieve their goals wherever they do business. With offices in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, we deliver exceptional outcomes on cross-border projects, critical transactions, and high-stakes disputes.
For our people, that means a world of opportunity. At DLA Piper, you’ll find the most interesting work, experience the riches of other cultures, and enjoy the complexity of an interconnected world.
On our Early Careers programmes, you’ll develop the knowledge and skills to give your career the best platform.
Inclusion at our firm is not a one-size-fits-all concept. We embrace and celebrate the range of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences that each person brings to our firm, so that everyone has the opportunity to succeed.
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