Contact Details:

Address: One Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YY
Tel: 020 7600 1200
Website: www.slaughterandmay.com
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The Firm
Slaughter and May is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious law firms in the world.  We advise on high profile and groundbreaking international transactions and have an excellent and varied client list which ranges from private equity boutiques to investment banks, from wealthy individuals to governments, from retailers to entertainment companies, and from diversified industrial conglomerates to premier league football clubs.

There are 127 partners and a total of more than 1,200 people of whom over 400 are associates and 192 are trainees.

The firm is organised into groups which undertake a general spread of work encouraging lawyers to work on an extensive range of financial and commercial matters as well as developing an expertise in specialist areas. Much of the work spans the globe with transactions involving not only the firm's overseas offices but also leading independent law firms in other jurisdictions.

Training Contracts

During the two year training period trainees gain experience of a broad cross-section of our practice taking an active part in the work of four or five groups, sharing an office with a partner or experienced associate.  Our overseas offices and close working relationships with leading independent law firms in other jurisdictions mean there are opportunities to work in places such as Auckland, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Berlin, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New York, Oslo, Paris, Stockholm, Sydney and Tokyo.

Benefits

There are approximately 90 vacancies for trainee solicitors per year. Starting salaries are £38,000 for the first year of training rising to £43,000 in the second year. We pay our future trainees a maintenance grant and cover tuition and examination fees for both the CPE/GDL and LPC course. In addition we offer 25 working days' holiday per year as well as private medical insurance (personal and family), money purchase pension scheme with life cover, childcare vouchers, interest-free season ticket loans for commuting, personal accident cover, confidential Employee Assistance Programme, health screenings, subsidised staff restaurant, special membership terms for the local Health Club and a variety of corporate entertainment benefits at several London theatres and galleries.

Work Experience Schemes

We run two-week work experience schemes at Christmas, Easter and during the summer. The summer scheme is for students in the penultimate year of their first degree course only and the Christmas scheme is principally for final year non-law students and graduates. Our schemes are organised to enable you to experience a City lawyer's life as it actually is.  We make a special effort to involve you in our work so you get beyond the theory and see our practice in action. In addition there are a series of seminars and talks about our clients, the work of the firm and what it takes to be a lawyer.

Applications

Applications for training contracts and work experience schemes should be made using our online system which can be accessed via our website (www.slaughterandmay.com) – you will be asked to complete a short form and to attach a copy of your c.v. and covering letter.  Covering letters should be addressed to Mrs Mel Binks - HR Manager.