Herbert Smith offices
Abu Dhabi, Bangkok, Beijing, Brussels, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Moscow, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo
Associated offices
Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Frankfurt, Jakarta, Munich, New York, Prague, Saudi Arabia, Stuttgart, Warsaw
About Herbert Smith LLP
Herbert Smith LLP is an international legal
practice with 1,300-lawyers across Asia,
Europe and the Middle East. In addition, its
Alliance with Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe, as well
as a network of relationship firms across the
rest of the world, enables Herbert Smith to
provide a seamless, first class cross-border
service.
Herbert Smith's blue-chip client base includes
FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies,
major investment banks and governments.
Its strengths span the width of commercial
law and its reputation for innovative legal
work crosses most sectors of industry and
commerce.
The firm is well known for advising on
mergers, acquisitions and take-overs, and
most forms of financing. Our specialist
services include our energy, competition,
insurance and intellectual property practices.
Our reputation for domestic and international
litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute
resolution is unsurpassed in the UK and
Asia.
Main areas of work
Corporate (including international mergers
and acquisitions); finance and banking
(including capital markets); international
dispute resolution; energy; projects and project
finance; EU and competition; real estate; tax;
employment and trusts; construction and
engineering; insurance; investment funds; IP;
US securities; IT and communications
Who should apply
Herbert Smith welcomes applications from
law students in their penultimate year, final
year non-law students or anyone looking to
begin a training contract in two years' time.
They recruit from a broad range of universities
and academic disciplines.
As well as a strong academic record, applicants
to Herbert Smith should have a good measure
of common sense and the presence of mind
to find their feet and make their own way
in a large firm. If you can combine these
qualities with a creative, questioning mind,
Herbert Smith offers exciting challenges and
exceptional rewards.
Application procedure
Herbert Smith recruits up to 105 students
from all academic disciplines to begin training
contracts in September 2011 or March 2012.
The deadline for applications is the 31 July
2009. For further details, and to apply online,
please visit
Training Contracts
The training process at Herbert Smith is
carefully balanced between contentious and
non-contentious work; early responsibility
and close support. Great emphasis is placed on
professional and personal development, with
the firm running a mentoring scheme as well
as its own legal development programme.
Herbert Smith also has a strong reputation
for the training it provides its trainees. As
a trainee at Herbert Smith you will rotate
around four seats of six months each, which
can include a seat in a specialist area such as
IP, tax, trusts, EU/ competition, employment,
pensions and incentives or their advocacy
unit. Alternatively you can apply to go on
secondment to a client or to one of their
international offices.
Sponsorship: CPE/GDL and LPC fees are
paid. Herbert Smith also offers maintenance
grants of up to £7,000 p.a.
Salary: First year: £37,500; Second year:
£42,500; Qualification salary: £64,000
Vacation Schemes
Herbert Smith offers six two-week vacation
schemes; one in winter (non-law students
only), one in spring and four in summer. The
deadline for the winter vacation scheme is 10
November 2008, and the deadline for the spring
and summer schemes is 31 January 2009.
Please visit
to apply online.
If you require a paper version of the application
form, a brochure or have any further queries,
please contact us at
or on 0207 374 8000.
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