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London Training Contract Our London office is the heart of Clyde & Co’s global network, providing a full legal offering based on genuine sector expertise, we advise clients locally across 120 countries, drawing on our foundation of grounded sector specialism, and supported by the resources and knowledge of a multi-national firm. Trainees applying for a London training contract will undertake four six-month seats within different practice areas of the firm, covering both contentious and non-contentious work. Because we encourage individuality, and want you to have the chance to tailor your training contract towards your own interests, you will have the opportunity to submit three seat preferences every six months. In the event you do not receive any of these, your selections will be given priority for the next seat rotation. Trainees who join us on a London training contract will be able to submit options from both our London and Guildford offices. The Guildford office forms an integral part of our organisation and has over 105 lawyers & fee earners who operate within the vibrant technology, retail, leisure and service industries of the South East as well as with the core sectors of marine, insurance and trade. Trainees will have the opportunity to apply to go abroad or on a client secondment for six months. We currently have trainees in Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Singapore and Tanzania. If you have a strong desire to spend time in a specific With over 200 lawyers and fee earners based in Manchester, this office forms an integral part of our UK network. The Manchester office plays a vital role in Clyde & Co’s leading casualty and healthcare practice and additionally offers exceptional strength in providing services to our corporate clients. Trainees applying for a training contract in Manchester follow the same structure as our London trainees, with a fully integrated career development and training plan. Our Manchester trainees will typically spend the majority of their seats in the Manchester office, as well as having the opportunity to apply to go abroad for an international seat or client secondment. As with the London training contract, if you have a strong desire to spend time in a specific international office we will try to accommodate this. office we will try to accommodate this. Manchester Training Contract
Scotland Training Contract With over 300 staff across the Scottish offices situated in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen we can guarantee trainees a well-rounded and challenging training contract. Trainees will undertake four six month seats within different practice areas of the firm, located in one of our Scottish offices. Scotland play a key part in the UK network leading the way in casualty, healthcare and professional financial disputes practice areas. For those with strong ties to the Middle East, we offer a MENA (Middle East & North Africa) training contract, where the majority of the training contract is completed in the Middle East. We are one of very few international law firms in the region to offer a dedicated MENA training contract, aimed at graduates hoping to be based in the region over their medium or long-term legal career. Applicants typically have strong connections to the Middle East and may include UK nationals who have grown up in the region, as well as Middle East residents who have studied in the UK and want to qualify into the UK legal system. The breadth of our recruitment pool makes for an eclectic mix of nationalities and cultures, with recent trainees drawn from locations such as Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. In terms of seats, the MENA trainees will typically spend three seats in our Middle East offices and one seat in our London office. This experience allows trainees to gain a valuable understanding of the UK legal sector before returning to qualify into one of our MENA offices. Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) Training Contract
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