Legal careers
Qualified lawyers
We pride ourselves on being a friendly place to work, where a
genuine open-door policy operates throughout all levels of the
firm.
Normally, you'll have direct client contact from an early stage
in your career and enjoy a degree of autonomy, while also having
the support in place to help when required.
We are keen for our fee earners to work with a number of
partners in their relevant practice area to help clients
achieve their aims. Working this way, we believe, gives the
opportunity to observe different approaches while witnessing a
broad spectrum of work.
As an innovative firm, we view involvement in business
development and marketing as an essential part of our fee earners’
development and it is actively encouraged from day one.
We also have a comprehensive learning and
development programme providing you with much more than pure
CPD compliance. Having a broad-based, international practice also
results in an impressive coverage of legal topics.
As you would expect from a firm our size, we can also offer
excellent support in terms of our Business
Support capabilities, whether that be from expert teams in
Marketing or Library & Information Services, to assistance with
overnight word processing and document production.
Recruitment process
We take recruitment very seriously and
understand that it’s a two-way decision.
At the same time, we try to keep the interview
process as quick as possible and ensure you have constructive
feedback.
Typically, at first interview you will meet a
couple of partners from your proposed practice area. This can
help you understand more about the team, the way we work, the type
of work and the client base. This can help us develop a good
general understanding of your experience, skills, expectations and
ambitions.
If both parties wish to proceed, you might
meet a further two partners in the team and potentially undertake a
brief technical exercise.
After this stage, we often try and arrange for
candidates to come in and meet some of our other fee earners on a
much more informal basis.
Joining us
During your first week, you will join our comprehensive firm-wide
induction program designed to provide the necessary starting blocks
upon which you build your knowledge of the firm and how it
operates.
We run an informal mentoring scheme for new employees which
provides great support.
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vacancies.
Paralegals
If you are a hard-working, ambitious
paralegal, we could offer you stimulating work with immediate
responsibility and excellent training and development
opportunities.
Our paralegals typically get involved in a
variety of roles such as attending client meetings, managing their
own files, drafting documents, interviewing witnesses, conducting
case research and liaising with court.
Paralegals have the opportunity to work
alongside trainees, qualified lawyers and partners and are
highly-valued members of both the teams they work for and the firm
as a whole.
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for current paralegal vacancies.