Condor House, 5-10 St Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AL Tel: 020 3201 5000 Email: londontrainingprogramme@morganlewis.com Web: www.morganlewis.com Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP
The firm With 31 offices across North America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, Morgan Lewis provides comprehensive corporate, finance, transactional, regulatory, litigation, investigations and dispute resolution services to clients ranging from emerging businesses to global public companies and across all major industries. Types of work Morgan Lewis’s London office offers a wide range of business and commercial law services, including: competition; corporate; data protection and cyber security, debt and equity capital markets; finance and restructuring; labour and employment including employment litigation and immigration advice; investment management; outsourcing and technology; structured transactions; tax; and dispute resolution including litigation, international arbitration, investigations and compliance. Morgan Lewis has strength in a number of business sectors, including life sciences, financial services and technology, where the firm’s leading regulatory and commercial lawyers provide a real insight into these industries. Who should apply Morgan Lewis is seeking candidates with a consistently strong academic record, including a minimum of AAB at A level (or equivalent) and a 2.1 in their undergraduate degree. We look for a range of prior work experience, volunteering and extra-curricular activities to demonstrate the development of your skills and experience. In particular, we are looking for candidates to show us their commercial awareness, team spirit, resilience and passion for a career in law. Training programme Our programme will provide you with high-quality, challenging assignments, working directly with senior lawyers across a range of practices and industry groups on complex and frequently cross-border matters. Through this hands-on and varied experience, you can expect to build a thorough understanding of the firm’s business and of working with international, high profile clients. Over two years you will complete four six-month seats, with international secondment opportunities to our Dubai and Singapore offices also available. Trainees will have the opportunity to participate in in-house associate training sessions, pro bono work and business development activities. When and how to apply Candidates should apply for a training contract by completing the firm’s online application form. Applications open in October 2019 and close at midnight on 15 July 2020. Work placements Our summer scheme provides students with the opportunity to learn more about the firm, meet some of our people and gain insight into life at Morgan Lewis. Online applications for our 2020 summer schemes will open in October 2019 and close on 31 January 2020. We also run open days each April for first-year law students and second-year non-law students. The one-day programme is a great way to learn more about Morgan Lewis as a firm and about commercial law in general. Further information on both the summer scheme and open day can be found on our website. Sponsorship We will sponsor students through the GDL and LPC. A maintenance grant of £10,000 will also be provided. The firm does not provide retrospective funding for law school fees or maintenance grants.
Vacancies Trainees Partners Total staff
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180
Work placement
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Training contract deadline 15 July 2020 Apply Online at www.morganlewis.com Starting salary £47,000 Minimum qualifications High 2.1 degree plus AAB at A level
Sponsorship CPE/GDL/LPC Offices
Abu Dhabi, Almaty, Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Century City, Dallas, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hartford,
Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles,
Miami, Moscow, New York, Nur-Sultan, Orange County, Paris, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Princeton, San Francisco, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo, Washington DC, Wilmington
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