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we have numerous opportunities to be
seconded to one of our leading Central and
Eastern European offices including Bulgaria,
the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland,
Romania, Russia, and Ukraine. A course of
language lessons before and during your stay
abroad, plus help with relocation, will ensure
the transition is as smooth as possible during
these six months. Job Sector: Law Page Contains 3 PDF downloads
advantage of the opportunities our
international network offers.
Your training contract will be unique to you.
Flexibility is one of the hallmarks of our
training programme and one of the features
which most differentiates our training contract
from others.
Support and balance
As a firm we believe in making sure that
everyone counts, and organise ourselves
accordingly. Job Sector: Law Page Contains 2 PDF downloads
and opportunities to work with, and
on secondment to, leading law firms around
the world. Our lawyers travel widely and
approximately 70 lawyers and trainees are
seconded abroad each year.
Work experience schemes
We run work experience schemes to enable
students to experience a City lawyer’s life
as it actually is. Approximately 100 places
are available in total for the schemes which
take place at Christmas, Easter and during
the summer. Job Sector: Law Page Contains 2 PDF downloads
There are opportunities for seats at our
European offices and on client secondment.
Who should apply
We welcome applications from all degree
disciplines for both vacation work and
training contracts. We require a minimum
upper second class degree or equivalent and
the equivalent of 300 UCAS points. Job Sector: Law
and development opportunities. However, by spending more time learning 'on the job' than in a sterile training room you will develop the technical, commercial and personal skills needed to make an outstanding lawyer.
The breadth and depth of our litigation expertise will expose you to many industries and types of dispute - and we have a host of litigation seats to choose from. Job Sector: Law
These opportunities provide a
unique insight into working life at Simmons
& Simmons and enable you to get a genuine
feel of the firm. You will also gain a
comprehensive picture of life in a dynamic
international law firm and gain first-hand
experience of a legal working environment,
our service areas and the kind of deals and
transactions we work on.
Application deadline
31 July
Starting salary
Yr 1 £36,000 Yr 2 £40,000
No. Job Sector: Law Page Contains 1 PDF download
that provides
opportunities, encourages participation and
fosters achievement. We believe the quality
of the service we provide to our clients is
fundamental to the success and growth of our
business.
Clients include over 700 independent schools,
academies, nurseries & universities; national
developers, central government, banks, trading
funds and local authorities across England
and Wales. Job Sector: Law
exceptional
career opportunities, whatever your
aspirations. The firm’s national teams allow
clients to benefit from some of the best
specialists in the UK with expert local
knowledge and a consistent commercial view
wherever they are. For the firm’s fee earners
and support staff it’s a chance to work
alongside nationally respected lawyers as part
of progressive, multi-disciplinary teams.
The firm’s clients’ strategies are at the heart
of everything it does. Job Sector: Law
Opportunities
Our firm's ethos calls for trainees who relish
hard work and intellectual challenge. You
will be ambitious, keen to assume
professional responsibility from the start of
your training and determined to have a
successful career in a first-class law firm. Job Sector: Law
more information on opportunities at
Withers visit www.withersrecruitment.com
or contact The Graduate Recruitment
Manager on 020 75976244.
Application deadline
Training Contracts : 31st July
Work Placements : 31st January
Starting salary
£31,000
No. of graduate positions
18
No. Job Sector: Law
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Job Sector: Law
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Job Sector: Law
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AGR predicts a fall in starting wages in East
Anglia and the highly popular graduate
destination of London, 14 and five percent
respectively, this is no major cause for concern:
your wage will still be highly competitive in
comparison to non-graduate starters. So with all
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Job Sector: Law
Editorial - Withers LLP
Name: Nicholas Vaughan
Uni attended: Durham
Seats undertaken: Commercial Litigation
and Real .... .... expanding firm with
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an international forum, in a firm that offers
the highest professional advice to an elite
client base, is an opportunity that I couldn't
miss.The opportunities and responsibilities that
the firm offers means that it is an exciting
place to learn and develop my skills in a
challenging and ever-changing environment.
My seats
At Withers you do 4 seats of 6 months each.
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Job Sector: Law
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Name: Matt Leigh
Job title: Assistant, Project and Structured
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most exciting opportunities that drew me
to WFW was the guaranteed overseas seat.
Having already spent time in South East
Asia, I couldn't wait to take the opportunity
to live and work there. During my seat in the
Singapore office I worked mainly on corporate
and finance matters. It was a fantastic
opportunity to work with the local lawyers,
as well as being given the opportunity to run
my own files. Getting to know Singapore
was an amazing experience and I made the
most of opportunities to travel further in Asia
and India.
Moving on and Qualification
Back in London, I undertook further seats
in Litigation, Ship, Asset And Structured
Finance. The time spent in Finance confirmed
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Job Sector: Law
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Richard joined Corus as a Mechanical
Engineer in 2006, with a view to becoming
chartered with the IMechE.
Name: Richard Tuxford
University: University of Nottingham
Degree: Masters degree with honours in
Mechanical Engineering
Job Title: Graduate Mechanical Engineer,
Corus
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