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Law Fair 2016

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At Clifford Chance, one of the world’s pre-eminent law firms, we offer expert advice to clients on all aspects of commercial law. With thousands of lawyers working from dozens of offices in over 20 countries, our reputation in the field is formidable.

As a trainee, you’ll experience our three core practice areas – Finance, Capital Markets and Corporate – and possibly an other, either Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Real Estate or Tax, Pensions & Employment.

As well as our prestigious Training Contract, there are many ways for you to experience what life is like at Clifford Chance – from our Open Days to Vacation Schemes including Springboard, the bespoke programme for first-year students. Whether you’re a Law or non-Law student, we have opportunities for everyone.

To find out more, visit www.cliffordchancegraduates.com

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WHERE EVERYTHINGCOMES TOGETHERTogether we are Clifford Chance

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Dechert LLP

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

DLA Piper UK LLP

Clyde & Co LLP

Ashurst

CMS Cameron McKenna

Covington & Burling LLP

Clifford Chance LLP

DWF LLP

EYHogan Lovells International

LLP

PwC

King & Wood Mallesons –

London

Freshfields Bruckhaus

Deringer LLP

Latham & Watkins – London

Lewis Silkin LLP

Linklaters LLP (UK)

Macfarlanes LLP

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP

Sidley Austin LLP

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Mishcon de Reya

Taylor Wessing LLP

LSE CareersVinson

& Elkins – London

http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/CareersAndVacancies/careersService/EmploymentSectors/Law/Home.aspx

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Participants

Ashurst

Recruitment website: careers.ashurst.com

Number of vacancies: 45

Application method: Online application

Application deadline: See website

Visa sponsor: Yes

A training contract at Ashurst will move your mind beyond technical knowledge of the law. Ultimately, we want to help you become a thought leader with a reputation for clear, perceptive and influential advice – a professional in whom clients can place their trust.

http://careers.ashurst.com/

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Clifford Chance LLP

Recruitment website: cliffordchancegraduates.com

Number of vacancies: Ongoing recruitment


Application deadline: Ongoing

Visa sponsor: Yes

Clifford Chance is one of the world’s leading commercial global law firms. With a global reach and thousands of lawyers working from dozens of offices around the world, we offer expert advice to clients on all aspects of commercial law.

We work with multinationals, governments and regulatory bodies across five continents, and our reputation for excellence in client service, and for complex, ground-breaking deals is formidable. In 2015, we were named number one law firm in the Chambers Global Top 30 for the second year running – one of numerous awards we’ve won over the years. Clifford Chance has six practice areas: Finance, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Capital Markets, Real Estate, Corporate and Tax and Pensions.

http://www.cliffordchancegraduates.com/

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Clyde & Co LLP

Recruitment website: clydecograduates.com

Number of vacancies: Approx. 50


Application deadline: Various

Visa sponsorship: Yes

Clyde & Co is a dynamic, rapidly-expanding global law firm focused on providing a complete legal service to clients in our core sectors – trade and commodities, energy, transport and infrastructure – which place the firm at the heart of global trade and commerce. With 2,000 legal professionals operating from 46 offices and associated offices across six continents, we advise corporates, financial institutions, private individuals, and governments across a wide range of contentious and transactional matters. With a strong emerging markets focus, the firm has doubled in size twice in the last 10 years and is one of the fastest growing law firms in the world with ambitious plans for further growth.

We offer approximately 80 vacation scheme placements across our London, Manchester and Dubai offices. Our two week schemes offer the opportunity to get an insight into life at Clyde & Co.

We are currently accepting applications for our 2017 vacation schemes and 2019 training contracts. Applications close on 31 December 2016 and 31 July 2017 respectively.

http://clydecograduates.com/

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CMS Cameron McKenna

Recruitment website: www.cms-cmck.com/graduates




Visa sponsorship: Yes

CMS – The Modern Law Firm

CMS is a global, full service law firm with 60 plus offices in over 30 countries worldwide. We are the second most global law firm and the largest in Europe, headquartered in the City of London in the UK with training locations also in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Bristol.

If you’re thinking about a career in law, then it’s time to get a taste for the Modern Law Firm joining one of the CMS Graduate Programmes designed for students across all year groups. Opportunities abound for top quality training, global secondments and to work with sector specialists so that your career can thrive in our Global Elite Law firm.

Our opportunities:

• CMS First Steps – application deadline 31 December 2016

• CMS Academy Programme – application deadline 15 January 2017

• CMS Training Contract – application deadline 30 June 2017

For more information visit our graduate website: www.cms-cmck.com/graduates

http://graduates.cms-cmck.com/

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Covington & Burling LLP

Recruitment website: cov.com/en/careers/lawyers/ london-graduate-recruitment-programme




Visa sponsor: Yes

At Covington, you will have an opportunity to work on cutting-edge deals for international and UK corporates such as Microsoft, Astra Zeneca and Facebook, Fortune 100 businesses and leading technology, life sciences and media companies. We offer services across a wide range of practice areas, advising clients on their most challenging and complex matters. Most of the work has an international element, and all our practice groups operate across borders. We are looking for candidates with consistently high academic results (on target for a 2:1 degree or above and with strong A level results), commercial awareness, strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well in a team.

https://www.cov.com/en/careers/lawyers/london-graduate-recruitment-programme

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Dechert LLP

Recruitment website: careers.dechert.com/careers/londontraineesolicitor

Number of vacancies: 8-10



Visa sponsor: Yes

Dechert is a global specialist law firm with 900+ lawyers across 27 offices. Focused on sectors with the greatest complexities, legal intricacies and highest regulatory demands, we excel in delivering practical commercial judgement and deep legal expertise for high-stakes matters. In an increasingly challenging environment, clients look to us to serve them in ways that are faster, sharper and leaner without compromising excellence. We are relentless in serving our clients – delivering the best of the firm to them with entrepreneurial energy and seamless collaboration in a way that is distinctively Dechert.

Our lawyers in London are active in all Dechert’s core practice areas of corporate and securities, financial services and investment management, finance and real estate, white collar defence, complex commercial litigation, international arbitration and intellectual property, as well as business restructuring and reorganisation, employment, international trade and EU government affairs, EU and UK competition and tax.

https://careers.dechert.com/careers/londontraineesolicitor/

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DLA Piper UK LLP

Recruitment website: dlapipergraduates.co.uk



Application deadline: 31 January 2017

Visa sponsor: Yes

DLA Piper is a global law firm with 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. 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.

We offer approximately 130 placements across our UK offices. Participants spend time with two different departments and are fully immersed into life at DLA Piper. Candidates should have ABB at A level or at least five highers in the A – B band or 35 points in the IB from the six chosen subjects and a 2.1 at degree which can be any subject.

https://www.dlapipergraduates.com/uk/

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DWF LLP

Recruitment website: dwf.co.uk/join-us/graduate



Application deadline: To be confirmed

Visa sponsor: No

After an impressive number of mergers and acquisitions, DWF is one of the UK’s top 20 law firms and employs nearly 2,500 people, including 270 partners and 1200 fee earners. The firm has offices across the UK and has recently expanded internationally.

The firm has core strengths in insurance, corporate and banking, real estate and litigation, and in-depth industry expertise in six chosen sectors including central and local government; energy and industrials; financial services; retail, food and hospitality; technology; and transport. Our client list includes major household names and FTSE listed companies.

We are currently recruiting for both training contract and vacation scheme opportunities.

http://dwf.co.uk/join-us/graduate

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EY

Recruitment website: ey.com/UK/en/Careers/Students/Graduate-Opportunities




Visa sponsor: Yes

Start today. Change tomorrow.

As a leading professional services organisation, our work impacts at the highest level of global business. We advise many of the world’s most important companies on the issues that are shaping tomorrow.

Our people ask the better questions that lead to better answers and better solutions. We drive innovations that enable our clients to do better business, seize better opportunities and make better decisions.

Bright, curious, ambitious graduates will join EY to drive lasting change and create an impact on business and their own careers.

Start thinking today about the impact you want to make tomorrow.

http://www.ey.com/uk/en/careers/students/graduate-opportunities

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Recruitment website: ssl.freshfields.com/ukgraduates




Visa sponsor: Yes

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advises some of the world’s biggest companies on how to grow, strengthen and defend their businesses. If you’re keen to pursue a career in commercial law, we can offer you some of the best and most interesting work there is.

Because we support clients wherever in the world they operate, you’ll play a part in delivering a consistent, high-quality service across the globe.

Flexibility is key in our training contract. If you train with us, you can try up to eight areas of law. That’s twice as many as most law firms.

You’ll also get the chance to spend time on secondment to a client or to one of our offices in the US, Asia or Europe.

It doesn’t matter what your background is, which university you went to or the degree you studied. What does matter is that you have intellectual talent, excellent written and spoken English, and that you work well with other people.

http://ssl.freshfields.com/ukgraduates/

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Hogan Lovells International LLP

Recruitment website: hoganlovells.com/graduates




Visa sponsor: Yes

Hogan Lovells is a top global law firm, with over 2,500 lawyers working in over 45 offices worldwide. Our unique balance of ambition and approachability attracts prestigious clients and creates a working culture where the ambition of our trainee solicitors is supported to ensure their success. 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, including the opportunity to apply for client or international secondments. We offer five highly regarded vacation schemes. These provide first and penultimate year law students as well as graduate and final year law and non-law students invaluable insight into life and work inside a global legal practice. We also offer three open days to first year students.

Applications open from 1 October 2016.

http://graduates.hoganlovells.com/#/?_k=tbze4y

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King & Wood Mallesons – London

Recruitment website: kwm.com




Visa sponsor: Yes

King & Wood Mallesons is a new breed of law firm combining local depth with a global platform. Offering a different perspective to commercial thinking and the client experience, 2,700 lawyers across more than 30 international offices are working with clients every day to understand local challenges and navigate through regional complexity. With access to a global platform, we are providing commercial solutions and transforming the way legal services are delivered.

http://kwm.com/en

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Latham & Watkins – London

Recruitment website: lw.com/joinus/beginningYourLegalCareer/UnitedKingdom



Application deadline: 2 July 2017

Visa sponsor: Yes

Latham & Watkins is a fully integrated, global law firm that takes pride in its culture of teamwork, collegiality and a strong commitment to quality and professionalism that have helped the firm succeed for more than 75 years.

Latham & Watkins’ 250-lawyer London office has grown into a full-service operation, with expertise in all of the firm’s core practice areas. We take on approximately 24 trainees each year in our London office.

You’ll soon find that we’re different from other firms in many other ways too. With no head office and no dominant practice, our single integrated partnership provides a collaborative approach to client service. Ours is a non-hierarchical management style, with decisions made by consensus from a broad range of opinions.

Application deadlines

Vacation schemes: 8 January 2017

Training contracts: 2 July 2017

https://www.lwcareers.com/offices/united-kingdom/get-to-know-us.html

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Lewis Silkin LLP

Recruitment website: lewissilkin.com/Join-us/trainee-contracts



Application deadline: 30 June 2017

Visa sponsor: No

Lewis Silkin is a commercial firm with 58 partners. Due to its expertise and the number of leaders in their respective fields, it has an impressive list of household name clients, ranging from large multinational corporations to brands, government agencies and entrepreneurs, across a range of sectors. What distinguishes them is a matter of personality. They are ‘people people’; as committed and professional as any good law firm, but more adept at the inter-personal skills that make relationships work and go on working. They place a high priority on their excellent technical ability and commercial thinking of their lawyers and also on their relationships with clients. Clients find them refreshingly easy to deal with. The firm has a friendly, lively style with a commitment to continuous improvement.

They are looking for up to six trainees with keen minds and personalities, who will fit into a professional but informal team.

http://lewissilkin.com/Join-us/trainee-contracts

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Linklaters LLP (UK)

Recruitment website: linklatersgraduates.co.uk




Visa sponsor: Yes

Linklaters is the only firm to have market-leading teams across the globe covering a full range of practice areas. This, combined with the breadth of our client base (including leading financial institutions, governments and high-profile companies), sets us apart from our competitors. Our lawyers work on the most high-profile and complex work and are recognised as being leaders in their areas of practice.

Each year, we offer around 110 training contracts to people from a range of subject disciplines and backgrounds who are talented, motivated and expect a lot from themselves. What they all have in common is a desire to achieve their full potential through a career in commercial law. In return, we offer a wealth of opportunity, entrepreneurial freedom and incredible rewards.

Linklaters helps you achieve your ambition by providing an outstanding environment in which to succeed – this is the same for law and non-law graduates.

http://linklatersgraduates.co.uk/

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Macfarlanes LLP

Recruitment website: macfarlanes.com/graduates




Visa sponsor: Yes

Macfarlanes is a leading City law firm with a straightforward, independently-minded approach. We bring smart, thoughtful solutions to the complex legal challenges faced by our clients around the world.

We are recognised for the quality of our work and people, not just in dealing with the full range of corporate and commercial matters, but in advising our clients on their private affairs.

Clients trust Macfarlanes’ judgement and the firm is in a unique position to advise on their most complex matters, whilst at the same time remaining smaller than its 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.

http://www.macfarlanes.com/graduates

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Mishcon de Reya

Recruitment website: mishcongraduates.com




Visa sponsor: No

Mishcon de Reya LLP is a law firm with offices in London and New York. Founded by Victor Mishcon in a one-room office in Brixton in 1937, it now employs more than 700 people, with over 400 lawyers offering a wide range of legal services to companies and individuals. Its international footprint extends far beyond its offices in London and New York. Mishcon de Reya has grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 100% revenue growth since 2010. Mishcon de Reya prides itself not only on the diverse range of legal services that it offers as a practice, but also on the diverse range of people who provide those services. The central role of the Academy, the Firm’s in-house place of learning, the innovative social impact strategy and various diversity initiatives are reflected in its top 20 place in The Sunday Times ‘Best Companies to Work For’ list 2016.

http://www.mishcongraduates.com/

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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Recruitment website: careers.mofo.com

Number of vacancies: 4+


Application deadline: 31 December 2016

Visa sponsor: Yes

We are Morrison & Foerster – a global firm of exceptional credentials. Our clients include some of the largest financial institutions, investment banks, Fortune 100, and technology and life sciences companies. We advise on strategic and transformative global M&A, Technology, Data Privacy, Litigation and Finance matters. Globally we have more than 1,000 lawyers deployed across 16 offices in the US, Europe and Asia. Our firm was built on, and continues to succeed, because of the talent of our lawyers and their innovative approach to the practice of law. None of it has become boring to us. Our lawyers are just as excited to tackle each new deal or case as the day they started at the firm. We practice in a collegial environment where we value teamwork and operate as one firm. This open environment makes it easier for our lawyers to collaborate and create new solutions to complex problems.

http://careers.mofo.com/

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Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

Recruitment website: nortonrosefulbrightgraduates.com/en/united-kingdom

Number of vacancies: Max. 50



Visa sponsor: Yes

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm. We provide the world’s pre-eminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have 3,800 lawyers and other legal staff based in more than 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.

http://nortonrosefulbrightgraduates.com/en/united-kingdom

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Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP

Recruitment website: paulhastings.com/Office/london/training-contracts




Visa sponsor: Yes

With lawyers serving clients from 20 worldwide offices, Paul Hastings provides a wide range of services across Europe, America and Asia. Through a collaborative approach, entrepreneurial spirit and firm commitment to client service, the legal professionals of Paul Hastings deliver innovative solutions to many of the world’s top financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies.

Paul Hastings’ London office focuses on Corporate, Capital Markets, M&A, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Leveraged Finance, Acquisition Finance, Restructuring, Tax, Payment Systems and Financial Services, Technology and Cyber Security, Employment and Litigation. The London office has experience in multi-jurisdictional European transactions, working with our offices in Frankfurt, Milan and Paris.

We have six positions available in 2019 for Training Contracts in our London office. We offer an extensive and instructive training programme for our trainees, spending six months in four practice areas, including the opportunity for a secondment to a client. We provide sponsorship for LPC, GDL and visa applications.

http://www.paulhastings.com/Office/london/training-contracts

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PwC LLP

Recruitment website: pwc.co.uk/careers.html




Visa sponsor: Yes

Opportunities are at the heart of a career with us. And we’re proud, based on the opportunity we offer, that students have voted us the number one Graduate Employer in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers survey for the last 13 years.

Our continued success, size and scale, not forgetting our extensive client base creates a unique learning and working environment for undergraduates and graduates to start their career.

Full-time graduate opportunities are available in Assurance, Actuarial, Consulting, Deals, Legal, Tax and Technology. PwC also offer a range of work experience opportunities. These include: Career Open Days, Talent Academies, Diversity in Business, Summer Internships and Undergraduate and Graduate Work Placements.

http://www.pwc.co.uk/careers.html

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http://www.pwc.co.uk/careers.html

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Sidley Austin LLP

Recruitment website: sidleycareers.com/en/europe




Visa sponsor: Yes

Sidley Austin LLP is a premier law firm with a practice highly attuned to the ever changing international landscape. The firm has built a reputation for being an adviser for global business, with more than 1,900 lawyers in 20 offices worldwide. Sidley maintains a commitment to providing quality legal services and to offering advice in litigation, transactional and regulatory matters spanning virtually every area of law. The firm’s lawyers have wide-reaching legal backgrounds and are dedicated to teamwork, collaboration and superior client service.

Sidley’s London office offers students the best of both worlds – the experience of working in one of the largest international law firms along with the relaxed, down-to-earth friendliness of a smaller office. Here you will find high quality work on par with ‘Magic Circle’ firms and an energetic, meritocratic and supportive environment.

We have a reputation for working on innovative, complex transactions, which helps to make life here all the more interesting and challenging.

http://www.sidleycareers.com/en/europe

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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Recruitment website: recruit.skadden.com




Visa sponsor: No

With over 150 lawyers, our London office offers English and US law advice in all major disciplines and works hand-in-hand with our offices across Europe, the US and Asia to meet the increasingly global needs of our clients.

The majority of Skadden’s training contracts in our London office are offered to our vacation scheme students. Our vacation scheme programme provides students with a first-hand experience of working on ‘real-life’ global transactions with a diverse client base. It also provides insight into the working culture and atmosphere of Skadden. Each student is paired with an associate supervisor and trainee liaison who are tasked with identifying substantive work assignments.

Most vacation-scheme students spend their time in two different practice areas, allowing for greater exposure to our work. Students participate in a series of training workshops and insight sessions focused on current matters. Students also undertake an extended group-based research task during the first week based on a hypothetical corporate enterprise scenario.

https://recruit.skadden.com/

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Taylor Wessing LLP

Recruitment website: united-kingdom.taylorwessing.com/en/graduate



Application deadline: 30 April 2017

Visa sponsor: Yes

Taylor Wessing is a full-service international law firm, standing at the forefront of the industries of tomorrow. Acting as legal advisors to well-known clients in progressive and cutting-edge sectors, we’re a firm for the ground breakers, the smart thinkers and the trail blazers. Our spark, focus and lateral thinking make us exceptional legal advisors, helping our clients to succeed by thinking innovatively about their business issues.

Our focus on the industries of tomorrow – technology, media and communications, life sciences, private wealth and energy – means that alongside law students, we also recruit a wide range of students who have studied non-law degrees. We look for team players with a minimum of ABB grades at A-Level and a 2:1 degree in any discipline. You’ll need to be confident and enthusiastic with the communication skills to build vibrant relationships with our clients. You’ll have the energy, ambition and creativity to take an early responsibility and have a real impact on our business. You’ll also be committed to a career in law, with a genuine passion to learn and explore new boundaries.

https://united-kingdom.taylorwessing.com/en/graduate

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Vinson & Elkins – London

Recruitment website: velaw.com

Number of vacancies: Max. 5



Visa sponsor: No

Vinson & Elkins is a leading Texas-based international law firm with more than 700 lawyers located in 15 cities across the globe. We have worked 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. Established in London for in excess of 40 years, our office here focuses on M&A, construction, project development, international arbitration and litigation, finance, and tax.

Our award winning non-rotational training programme sees 4-5 trainees every year working in all our practice areas concurrently, and with great prospects of an international secondment . Preference is given to those candidates who complete a successful vacation placement with us.

http://velaw.com/

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Cleary Gottlieb Steen

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Allen & Overy LLP (A&O)

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Berwin Leighton

Paisner LLP

BonelliErede Pappalardo

Studio Legale

Davis Polk & Wardwell London LLP

Eversheds LLP

Government Legal Service

(GLS)

Mayer Brown International

LLP

Holman Fenwick

Willan LLP (HFW)

LSE Careers

Jones Day LLP

K & L Gates LLP

Slaughter and May

大成 Dentons – London

Milbank Tweed Hadley

& McCloy

Pinsent Masons LLP

Stephenson Harwood LLP

Reed Smith LLP – London

Simmons & Simmons LLP

Trowers & Hamlins LLP

Kirkland & Ellis International

LLP

Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Travers Smith LLP

White & Case LLP

Withers LLP

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/CareersAndVacancies/careersService/EmploymentSectors/Law/Home.aspx

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Allen & Overy LLP (A&O)

Recruitment website: aograduate.com




Visa sponsor: Yes

Allen & Overy is a leading international law firm with approximately 5,000 employees in 45 offices across 32 countries worldwide. We are renowned for the high quality of our Corporate, Banking and International Capital Markets advice, as well as our major strengths in areas such as Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Employment and Benefits and 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. They were ranked in Band 1 and 2 in over 500 categories by the Chambers & Partners directory, the highest of the global elite group of international law firms. This, above all, explains why Allen & Overy remains a leader in its field.

https://www.aograduate.com/

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Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

Recruitment website: blplaw.com/trainee




Visa sponsor: Yes

Berwin Leighton Paisner is an award-winning, international law firm. Clients, including over 50 Global Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies, rely on our expertise in 70 legal disciplines and have worked with us in 130 countries. Those clients tell us that our firm is distinguished by exceptional personal commitment and a strong focus on helping them to achieve a commercial advantage. Our distinctive approach has seen BLP receive 8 Law Firm of the Year awards since 2004 and in 2015 was named a top-five ‘legal game changer of the last decade’ by the Financial Times.

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 year.

http://blplaw.com/trainee

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BonelliErede Pappalardo Studio Legale

Recruitment website: belex.com/joinus




Visa sponsor: No

BonelliErede is one of the largest independent law firms in Italy, with offices in Milan, Rome, Genoa, London and Brussels.

Our firm comprises 59 partners and 20 of counsel supported by about 150 staff employees. Among its 360 lawyers, it boasts 15 university professors. It offers a full range of commercial legal services, combining business acumen with academic excellence.

BonelliErede is not only a leading law firm in Italy but also a successful independent international law firm; an essential part of its international strategy is to forge relationships with a wide number of other distinguished independent law firms in Europe and worldwide.

https://www.belex.com/joinus/

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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Recruitment website: cgsh.com/careers/london




Visa sponsor: Yes

Founded in 1946 by lawyers committed to legal excellence, internationalism and diversity, Cleary Gottlieb is a leading international law firm with 16 closely integrated offices located in major financial and political centres around the world. Core areas of practice in London are mergers and acquisitions, financing and restructuring, capital markets, international litigation and arbitration, and competition. There are successful self-standing practices in tax, financial regulation and intellectual property and information technology.

Our London office offers 48 vacation places each year over 4 schemes – Winter, Spring and two Summer. The schemes aim to provide potential trainee applicants with a practical insight into life as a Cleary lawyer, and our objective throughout is to involve participants directly in client work. In addition to this hands-on experience, the scheme incorporates a series of practice overview sessions designed to ensure exposure to the full range of work that we undertake in London.

https://www.clearygottlieb.com/locations/london/legal-landing-page/careers-interior-pages/qualified-lawyers

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Davis Polk & Wardwell London LLP

Recruitment website: careers.davispolk.com




Visa sponsor: Yes

Our London-based team now consists of over 60 UK and US lawyers covering a range of high profile complex and often cross border securities offerings, financing and mergers and acquisitions and restructuring transactions. The corporate and finance teams are supported by first rate corporate tax, regulatory and anti-trust practices.

We are looking for people who have the potential to be exceptional lawyers and trusted colleagues.

Trainees will undertake a number of rotations through our corporate, credit and specialist practice areas, providing each trainee with the variety of experiences necessary to lay the foundation for a successful legal career. Davis Polk trainees will also have the opportunity to work for a period of time in our New York office.

Each trainee will be assigned to a senior lawyer who will serve as a mentor and provide advice and guidance throughout the programme.

https://careers.davispolk.com/

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Eversheds LLP

Recruitment website: eversheds.com/graduates




Visa sponsor: Yes

Eversheds is one of the world’s largest full-service law firms operating as one team, from 52 offices in 30 countries across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Recognised as the leading innovators in the legal sector, we provide new legal and business solutions to meet the needs of our clients. Eversheds is about consistently delivering great service whenever 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, multi-national or local, an attitude of delivering only the very best underscores everything we do.

We are committed to finding and developing talented legal graduates interested in becoming a solicitor. Our people are valued for their drive and legal expertise but also for their business advice too. We develop the same qualities in our trainees.

http://www.eversheds.com/global/en/where/europe/uk/overview/careers/graduates/index.page

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Government Legal Service (GLS)

Recruitment website: gov.uk/gls




Visa sponsor: No

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 to 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.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/civil-service-government-legal-service

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Recruitment website: gibsondunn.com/careers/pages/students.aspx




Visa sponsor: Yes

Gibson Dunn is one of the top law firms in the world with a London practice established over 30 years ago. We work on a fully integrated basis with our other offices around the world.

We welcome applications for training contracts and vacation schemes from bright, ambitious individuals who can rise to the challenge of working directly with partners within small, focused teams and having client contact early in their careers. We welcome students and graduates of any discipline and can provide visa sponsorship for international students.

Our vacation scheme is an excellent opportunity for prospective trainees to experience a true picture of life at Gibson Dunn. During the training contract, trainees will have the opportunity to work in different departments, including corporate, finance, dispute resolution, employment, tax and competition. We also expect to be able to offer trainee secondments to overseas offices of the firm, and with clients.

http://gibsondunn.com/careers/pages/students.aspx

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Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Recruitment website: herbertsmithfreehills.com




Visa sponsor: Yes

Takeovers and mergers. Arbitration and litigation. We’ve got it all. And because we’re one of the world’s leading law firms, we also work with some of the biggest international organisations on some of their most ambitious projects. Thanks to the quality of our international network, we’re able to offer our clients both domestic and cross-border services, which means you get the chance to work in a truly global way. Our work is incredibly varied. We provide top quality tailored legal advice to major corporations, governments and financial institutions as well as different types of commercial organisations. We’re proud to be a full-service firm and we’re proud to be able to do more for our clients. Herbert Smith Freehills is a place where you won’t just experience everything, you’ll be a part of it. So if you’ve got the drive and ambition to become a brilliant lawyer, we’d like to hear from you.

https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/

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Holman Fenwick Willan LLP (HFW)

Recruitment website: training-contracts.com/Grad-Rec-Home



Application deadline: 14 February 2017

Visa sponsor: Yes

We are an international law firm with over 450 lawyers worldwide and a market-leading reputation for advising businesses operating in a number of industry sectors, including shipping, aviation, commodities, construction, energy and resources, insurance/reinsurance.

Our clients value the in-depth knowledge this focus brings and as a result our lawyers work on some of the most complex, high-value, international matters in those sectors. We offer our trainees an environment where they will be working alongside some of the most respected and talented lawyers in their field.

Every year we recruit only a small number of trainees – 15 per year split across a September and March intake. This enables us to give every trainee our full attention, and means that your individual contribution makes a difference. A training contract at HFW consists of four six month seats – typically three contentious seats and one transactional seat, with at least one seat spent outside of London in an international office: Brussels, Dubai, Geneva, Hong Kong, Paris, Perth, Shanghai and Singapore.

https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/

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Jones Day LLP

Recruitment website: jonesdaycareers.com/offices/office_landing.aspx?office=4




Visa sponsor: Yes

Jones Day is a truly global law firm – probably the most integrated in the world – with 2,500 lawyers across 43 locations and 19 jurisdictions. The London office is the third largest in the network and Jones Day’s first office outside the US. It offers exciting career prospects for those wanting involvement in the most demanding and complex global matters.

Our unique, non-rotational training system provides flexibility and early responsibility, developing lawyers fast.

To train at Jones Day, apply for a placement scheme. We expect to recruit our trainees from our placement candidates. Our placement schemes are open to all final year students, graduates and postgraduates of any degree discipline. Our summer scheme is also open to penultimate year students of a qualifying law degree. Applications open 1 September 2016. Final deadline is 13 January 2017. Apply early as we recruit on a rolling basis and cannot guarantee availability.

http://www.jonesdaycareers.com/united-kingdom/welcome-to-the-london-office/london-office-welcome

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K & L Gates LLP

Recruitment website: fsr.cvmailuk.com/klgatesuk




Visa sponsor: Yes

K&L Gates LLP comprises more than 2,000 lawyers who practice in fully integrated offices located on five continents.

K&L Gates represents leading global corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs in every major industry group as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organisations and individuals. Our practice is a robust full market practice – cutting edge, complex and dynamic, at once regional, national and international in scope. Over each of the last five years our revenues exceeded $1 Billion.

http://fsr.cvmailuk.com/klgatesuk/

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Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Recruitment website: ukgraduate.kirkland.com




Visa sponsor: Yes

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is a 1,700-attorney law firm representing global clients in offices around the world. Kirkland is ranked in the top five of the Global 100 (Legal Business 2016)

At Kirkland & Ellis we keep our trainee intake small giving you the chance to shine. We hire 10 trainees each year and provide them with high quality work from day one. You will be treated as a lawyer from the start and be given every opportunity for success. Trainees at Kirkland & Ellis undertake four six-month placements, one of which will be a compulsory corporate seat. Trainees can choose seats in the other practice areas and also apply to spend six months in an international office.

Combining real project work with study sessions and mentoring, our two-week vacation placements offer valuable insights into how our London office operates. You will sit alongside associates and shadow their work. Vacation scheme students are paid £500pw.

Application deadlines: Training contract 2019: 01/10/2016 – 14/07/2017 Vacation scheme 2017: 01/10/2016 – 13/01/2017

http://ukgraduate.kirkland.com/

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Mayer Brown International LLP

Recruitment website: mayerbrowngraduates.com




Visa sponsor: Yes

We’re one of the world’s largest full service law firms with locations in 24 major cities across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. As one of the first firms to develop a global platform, we’re an international leader. In Brazil, the firm has an association with Tauil & Chequer Avogados. Through the association, the extensive international expertise of its lawyers and its presence in the leading financial centres around the world, Mayer Brown provides high-quality legal advice and client-focused solutions to support many of the world’s leading businesses, governments and individuals. This includes a significant proportion of the Fortune 100, FTSE 100 and DAX and Hang Seng Index and organisations in the banking, insurance, communications, industrials, energy, construction, professional services, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and mining sectors. We’re a global law firm but our offices still maintain an open and inclusive culture with tightly knit teams. When you train with us, you’ll be one of 30 trainees and you’ll have the opportunity to assist our teams on matters that may be multidisciplinary, cross-border, complex and high profile in nature.

https://www.mayerbrownfutures.com/

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Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy

Recruitment website: milbank.com




Visa sponsor: Yes

A member of the ‘Wall Street Elite’, Milbank is one of the world’s pre-eminent international law firms, which last year ranked No. 5 in the American Lawyer’s Global A list.

Small teams of exceptional lawyers, with big responsibilities. Challenges will come quickly because clients bring us their toughest and first-in-class deals and issues, confident that we will apply not just legal knowledge but also our judgment. This is why professional development and training, including the groundbreaking Milbank@Harvard course, is a key priority of the firm.

In London, we offer a range of services across various practice areas, many of which are ranked in Band 1 in Chambers & Partners. These include: Banking and Leveraged Finance, Corporate, Islamic Finance, Litigation and Arbitration, Technology and Outsourcing, Project Finance, Restructuring, Securities, Tax and Transportation and Space.

We have lawyers working in 12 offices across Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States.

Application deadlines: Summer Vacation Scheme – 31 January 2017 Training Contracts – 31 July 2017

https://www.milbank.com/

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Pinsent Masons LLP

Recruitment website: pinsentmasons.com/graduate




Visa sponsor: Yes

Pinsent Masons is a full-service commercial law firm. We respond to the pressures and opportunities facing global businesses with innovative solutions. We were recognised as the most innovative law firm of 2015 at the FT Innovative Lawyer Awards Europe.

With 21 offices globally, wherever your commercial demands take you, we have the footprint and expertise to support you. We advise clients with global operations and recognise that giving a first class legal service goes beyond purely legal guidance. A solid understanding of local cultural and commercial issues and an innovative approach underpins all of our advice. We understand the key political, economic, commercial and regulatory issues, helping to minimise risk and maximise opportunities.

We have particular expertise in five key global sectors; Advanced Manufacturing and Technology, Energy, Financial Services, Infrastructure and Real Estate.

Application Deadlines:

Vacation placement – 6 January 2017

Training contracts – end of July 2017 (England)

http://graduate.pinsentmasons.com/

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Reed Smith LLP – London

Recruitment website: reedsmith.com/united_kingdom/graduates




Visa sponsor: Yes

As part of our continuing global growth strategy, we are looking for exceptional trainees to contribute to the success of our London office.

As a Reed Smith trainee, you’ll undertake four, six-month seats, choosing from a wide range of disciplines comprising: company; commercial and finance; commercial litigation; employment; media; energy and natural resources; shipping and property law; as well as comprehensive training in the business skills essential to success as a solicitor. During each seat, you’ll get regular feedback from your supervisor to help you gauge your progress, including a mid-seat and end-of-seat appraisal.

Throughout your training contract, you’ll also gain experience and receive training in a variety of areas, including advocacy and oral presentation, case and transaction management, client care and practice support, drafting, case management, negotiation and legal research.

https://www.reedsmith.com/united_kingdom/graduates/

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Simmons & Simmons LLP

Recruitment website: simmons-simmons.com/graduates




Visa sponsor: Yes

Simmons & Simmons is a leading international law firm with fully integrated teams working throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm’s vision is to continue to be a leading global law firm through our sector focus, which is underpinned by our ambition to provide our clients with high quality advice and deliver value through new ways of working.

Simmons & Simmons is interested in finding out about your academic successes but will also explore your ability to form excellent interpersonal relations and work within a team environment, as well as your levels of motivation, drive and ambition through all stages of the application process and beyond. Show us evidence of this as well as examples of your intellectual capabilities and we will provide you with everything you need to become a successful member of our firm.

http://simmons-simmons.com/graduates

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Slaughter and May

Recruitment website: slaughterandmay.com




Visa sponsor: Yes

Slaughter and May is one of the most prestigious law firms in the world. We advise on high-profile and often landmark international transactions. Our excellent and varied client list ranges from governments to entrepreneurs, from retailers to entertainment companies and from conglomerates to Premier League football clubs. We are a full service law firm to corporate clients and have leading practitioners across a wide range of practice areas including Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate and Commercial, Financing, Tax, Competition, Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, Pensions and Employment, Financial Regulation, Information Technology and Intellectual Property.

We have approximately 80 vacancies for trainee solicitors each year. Starting salaries begin at £43,000 for the first year of training, and rise to £48,000 in the second year. We look for candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds with a high 2:1 at undergraduate level from any university, and take an equal mix of law and non-law graduates.

http://www.slaughterandmay.com/

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a world of difference to our clients, but also to our lawyers and their careers, visit

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http://www.slaughterandmay.com/careers

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Stephenson Harwood LLP

Recruitment website: shlegal-graduates.com




Visa sponsor: Yes

Join a firm that’s ambitious, growing and delivering ground-breaking international deals. For our size, our global reach and client base are exceptional. That’s why with us you can expect to work in tight, focused teams alongside associates and partners, where you’ll always be right at the heart of the action. Our strengths lie across five key practice areas – asset finance, marine and international trade, corporate finance, real estate and commercial litigation and arbitration. Training contracts and placement schemes are open to anyone in their penultimate year of a law degree or final year of study of a non-law degree. We also welcome applications from post graduates and individuals who have pursued other careers before committing to the legal profession.

http://www.shlegal-graduates.com/

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Travers Smith LLP

Recruitment website: traverssmith.com


Application method: Online application via cvMail


Visa sponsor: Yes – Tier 2 sponsor

Travers Smith is an award-winning independent City law firm with a reputation for enterprising thinking and uncompromising quality in all of its chosen fields, and a focus on advising clients on international matters.

During the two-year training contract, trainees spend six months in our corporate department and another six months in either the dispute resolution or the employment departments. The firm offers you a choice for your other two seats in two of our other specialist departments. Trainees may also have the opportunity to spend six months in the firm’s Paris office.

Applications open from 1 October 2016 for the following:

• Training contracts for September 2019/March 2020

• Christmas Scheme 2016: 5-16 December

• Summer Scheme 2017: Two-week schemes commencing 19 June, 3 July and 17 July

http://www.traverssmith.com/

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Trowers & Hamlins LLP

Recruitment website: www.apply4law.com/trowers/



Application deadline: 28 February 2017

Visa sponsor: Yes

With offices in London, Birmingham, Exeter, Manchester, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Oman and Malaysia, we’re a full-service firm and advise a wide range of clients across a large number of arenas.

Our clients operate in diverse industry segments such as real estate, construction, banking and financial services, charities, government, and energy and natural resources. We also act for many high-net worth individuals. We are the number one firm in the UK when it comes to expertise in the housing world and are consistently ranked as one of the leading firms in the Middle East. We were also the first foreign law firm to secure a qualified licence in Malaysia.

For further information and a detailed insight into us and the opportunities that we have on offer, please visit our dedicated graduate recruitment webpages – trowers.com/careers/students/

https://www.apply4law.com/trowers/default.aspx

http://trowers.com/careers/students/

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Recruitment website: weil.com/ukrecruiting




Visa sponsor: Yes

With approximately 1,100 lawyers in 20 offices across the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Weil operates according to the “one firm” principle, allowing it to bring the right mix of firmwide skill and local market presence to deliver coordinated legal advice to help its clients achieve their sophisticated goals and objectives.

Weil provides clients with legal expertise at the highest level across its key practices of private equity, corporate/M&A, funds, banking and finance, structured finance, restructuring and dispute resolution, and has been involved in some of the most significant, high-profile and prestigious mandates across all its legal specialisms.

Weil offers a comprehensive and sophisticated training programme with direct input from leading partners alongside a tailor made approach to mentoring, career progression and development for each lawyer. Working in close knit partner-led teams provides much greater responsibility and early exposure to the Firm’s global network of clients and contacts.

https://ukrecruiting.weil.com/

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White & Case LLP

Recruitment website: whitecasetrainee.com




Visa sponsor: Yes

White & Case is a global law firm with nearly 2,000 lawyers worldwide. Our network of 38 offices provide the full range of legal services in almost every major commercial centre and emerging market. We’re proud to represent some of the world’s longest established and most respected names alongside many start-up visionaries.

We look to recruit ambitious trainees who have a desire to gain hands-on experience from day one. We also guarantee every trainee an overseas seat.

We offer a first year insight scheme, open days for finalists and graduates, as well as vacation schemes and training contract positions.

http://whitecasetrainee.com/

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Withers LLP

Recruitment website: withersworldwide.com




Visa sponsor: Yes

Having acted for 42% of The Sunday Times ‘Rich List,’ Withers is the leading international law firm for successful people, their families, businesses and philanthropic work. The firm has more than 1,000 people spread across 18 offices in Europe, the US, the Caribbean, Asia and Australia. 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. Withers offers a truly inclusive environment where 42% of partners are female and a third trained with the firm. The firm has also been listed in The Sunday Times Top 100 ‘Best Companies to Work for’ for the last five years.

http://www.withersworldwide.com/

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大成 Dentons – London

Recruitment website: dentons.com/uk-graduates




Visa sponsor: Yes

Dentons is the world’s first polycentric global law firm. A top 20 firm on the Acritas 2015 Global Elite Brand Index, the Firm is committed to challenging the status quo in delivering consistent and uncompromising quality and value in new and inventive ways. Driven to provide clients a competitive edge, and connected to the communities where its clients want to do business, Dentons knows that understanding local cultures is crucial to successfully completing a deal, resolving a dispute or solving a business challenge. Now the world’s largest law firm, Dentons’ global team builds agile, tailored solutions to meet the local, national and global needs of private and public clients of any size in more than 125 locations serving 50-plus countries.

Application Deadlines:

Vacation placements – 31 December 2016

Training contracts (law students) 31 July 2017

Training contracts (non-law students) 31 March 2017

http://students.dentons.com/

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