Dechert LLP 160 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4QQ Tel: 020 7184 7000 Email: graduate.recruitment@dechert.com Web: www.dechert.com/careers dechertllp dechertllp
2019
The firm Dechert was one of the first US law firms to open an office in London. Working closely with colleagues across Dechert’s global office network, our London lawyers advise clients on matters spanning Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as global matters involving Asia and the US. Types of work In London, our lawyers are active in Dechert’s core practice areas of corporate and securities, financial services and investment management, finance and real estate, trials, investigations and securities, which incorporates our white collar and commercial litigation teams. Our clients include corporations, financial institutions, sovereign states, quasi- sovereign entities and private and high-net-worth individuals all over the world. Dechert undertakes work for 40 of the Fortune 100 companies, and advises 24 of the top 25 global asset management firms, and 41 of the top 50 global private debt firms. Who should apply We recruit all of our future trainees from our spring and summer vacation schemes. Penultimate-year law, all final-year undergraduates, all graduates, postgraduates and career changers are welcome to apply. We look for candidates with a genuine interest in business and our clients, are ambitious and who have a keen sense of building community, both within the workplace and with our clients. Training programme We have a six seat training contract, with each trainee being seconded to a client or one of our international offices, providing a truly broad legal foundation. Working closely with partners and associates, and with a small trainee intake, no two trainees’ training contracts will be the same. We run a full training programme, at the beginning of, and throughout, the training contract, which complements our on the job training. Following qualification, our NQs attend orientation in Philadelphia. When and how to apply Please refer to our website, www.dechert.com/ careers for scheme dates, deadlines and the application form. Work placements Our two week schemes are designed to give you an idea of what it will be like to be a trainee solicitor at Dechert. Each week you will sit in a different practice group and you are given real work to do by our lawyers. Exactly what you will do will depend on which practice group you sit in but it will include research, drafting and attending meetings. You will also attend training sessions on a range of topics, such as legal writing and negotiation. In 2018, Dechert won Best Training – Vacation Scheme, due to the in depth, comprehensive training we deliver to our vacation scheme participants. Before you start the scheme, we will ask for your practice area preferences and then try to place you in those groups. You will be allocated a supervisor (an associate or partner) and both a partner and a trainee buddy, but will receive work from people at all levels from across the group. Social events, such as evening activities and dinners, are an important part of the vacation schemes as they enable you to build your relationships with Dechert trainees, associates and partners. Sponsorship We pay GDL and LPC fees if future trainees accept the training contract offer before they begin the course. In addition, we provide a maintenance grant of £10,000.
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Work placement yes (see Insider Report on p75) Training contract deadline 31 January 2020 Apply Online Minimum qualifications 2.1 degree Sponsorship CPE/GDL/LPC Offices Almaty, Austin, Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Charlotte, Chicago, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hartford, Hong Kong, Jeddah*, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Moscow, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Philadelphia, Princeton, Riyadh*, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Washington DC *in association with the law firm of Hassan Mahassni
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