Sentences with phrase «trainees at firms»

With year - on - year growth, the number of trainees at the firm has increased by 187 % over the past five years.

A common way of finding out if working in - house is for you, increasing your marketability to other in - house teams, and extending your networks for future positions is as a trainee at a firm on secondment to a client.

Berwin Leighton Paisner has joined forces with the University of Law (ULaw) to launch a new course that will be taken by all future trainees at the firm.

As well as offering students the opportunity to gain an insight into life as a trainee at the firm, the newly - launched vacation scheme is also designed to heighten students» awareness of the commercial aspect of working at a law firm.

The promotions mark another step forward for the quintet, as the firm continues to invest in young local talent, with Jennifer, Sarah and Sophie all having started their legal careers as trainees at the firm and Ed and Gareth joining from other local firms after qualification.

1.45 pm: I arrive back at my desk and have a voicemail message from a trainee at another firm wanting to discuss some amendments to draft board minutes.

Not exact matches

Jeffrey Thompson has spent the last 20 years in various research and sales - related positions at San Francisco Bay Area - based financial services firms, including completing Franklin Templeton's 2 - year management trainee program; conducting private equity analysis while working for Willamette Management Associates; and public equity analysis in the research department at JPMorgan (previously Chase H&Q).

Ms Ong started her career at DBS as a trainee officer in 1989 where she spent 17 years, rising to the position of managing director of the firm's consumer product sector of corporate and investment banking services.

Zoe Ledsham, apprentice trainee at Clyde & Co (The Lawyer's Law Firm of the Year 2016), said: «I jumped at the opportunity to pursue a career in law and develop my skills on the job rather than at university.

James Thompson joins the firm from Linklaters where he is a managing associate in the London corporate practice, while Joanna Hewitt re-joins the firm from Olswang's corporate practice where she is a senior associate, having started her career as a trainee and later an associate at Baker & McKenzie.

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All the qualifying trainees that were offered a place at the magic circle firm accepted the offer

Of Slaughters» 40 - strong intake, 38 trainees accepted a position at the firm to become newly qualified (NQ) lawyers

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has held associate and trainee pay rates at last year's levels following a challenging year for the firm.

Norton Rose Fulbright is keeping on 24 of the 26 trainees qualifying at the firm this month - equating to a retention rate of 92 %.

White & Case has published a 100 % retention rate for the trainee group set to qualify in February, with all 13 accepting positions at the firm.

Prior to joining Dittmar & Indrenius, Heidi worked for another leading Finnish law firm (2014 - 2015) and as a Research Officer at the Finnish Competition Authority as well as a trainee at the European Commission DG Competition where she focused on merger control.

The «quality of work and deals» impresses, and trainees have been cutting their teeth on «headline deals» for a firm at «the forefront of the legal market».

From my time at the firm so far, I think there are three qualities that are most desired in a trainee at Clifford Chance; trainees need to be passionate about wanting to learn, flexible and a team player.

The firm as a training provider needs to be satisfied that a trainee has received appropriate training, and has achieved the required skills before it can certify at the end of the period of recognised training that the trainee has completed training in accordance with Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) training regulations.

WHICH female partner at a top City law firm was banished to Asia after she was caught having a three - some with two trainees in the office?

While more than 50 % of most firms» trainee intakes are female, this balance has tailed off markedly by partnership and, as a consequence, when it comes to leadership positions at either a firmwide or practice level.

Dentons has posted a 68 % retention rate after 17 of its newly qualified (NQ) trainees accepted a job offer at the firm.

The firm announced yesterday that eight out of nine qualifying trainees had opted to stay on at the firm.

Dentons posted a 68 % retention rate after 17 of its newly qualified (NQ) trainees accepted a job offer at the firm.

The University of Law's recognised training followed by practical experience gained at the highly respected law firm, will deliver a solid foundation for the trainees» future, ensuring they are prepared to succeed as legal professionals.»

A first year trainee can expect to earn approximately # 20,000 — # 25,000 per year, which is roughly # 10,000 less than what you may receive at a City firm.

Use your time at the firm during your solicitor work experience to get to know the trainees, and what they are interested in and what motivates them — you might be working with them in the future.

Trainees working at one of these five firms should expect a stimulating atmosphere alongside very high - quality work.

Trainees at the Magic Circle firms report regularly leaving the office after 9 pm and rarely being able to make evening plans during the week.

Granted, she's now graduated and is now a trainee at a London firm rather than a law student, but still...

Long hours are a given, with trainees at Magic Circle firms regularly leaving the office after 9 pm and rarely being able to make evening plans during the week.

Typically, the intake of trainees per year is lower at these firms.

Carl Graham, training principal and partner at DWF, says: «Following the mergers over the last year, and the acquisition of Cobbetts, we have seen a significant rise in the number of trainees qualifying with the firm, and we are proud of the fact we've achieved such a high retention rate this year.

Norton Rose Fulbright is keeping on 24 of the 26 trainees qualifying at the firm this month — equating to a retention rate of 92 %.

The firm instead shocks the corporate world by introducing a marijuana use pilot that, subject to local laws, allows trainees to smoke the drug at their desk if they are required to work beyond 9 pm.

You can not rely on the graduate website: look into trainee profiles and «days in the life of» to decipher culture and the reality of life at the firm; look at transactions and news stories to ensure you're up to date with the latest work and awards the firm is involved in and also pay attention to some facts and figures — don't name drop these but get them right, as it's embarrassing to get the basics wrong with any names or dates you might wish to mention!

Research undertaken by Legal Cheek shows Linklaters» London trainees and junior lawyers arrive at the office on average at 9:14 am and leave at 8:23 pm, which is in line with other top firms across the City.

Because of the small trainee intake «you really feel like an individual at the firm», and this also leads to trainees being «encouraged to assist on a variety of work - streams within a department».

CMS, Nabarro and Olswang are to pay out a total of # 250,000 to 25 trainees who agreed to defer their start dates at the merged firm for six months.

Eversheds Sutherland took home the legal services innovation award for its startup support initiative Eversheds Disrupt, the concept of London - based trainee Jocey Nelson — part of Evershed's firm - wide innovation contest aimed at engaging staff who are not usually involved in the innovation process.

Retention remains flat at 76 % with Skadden, Paul Hastings and Sidley the only firms to keep all trainees

A further four trainees also started at the firm this month.

He made partner at Sullivan in 2008 after training at Clifford Chance, and has also overseen the development of a trainee solicitor programme in the US firm's London office.

Patricia, who enjoyed a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry before becoming a trainee lawyer at the firm in 1991, is a clinical negligence specialist with a particular interest in obstetrics and gynaecology cases.

Remember that the trainees and lawyers you are speaking to have already gone through the process you are just starting to embark on and most are there because they want to inspire the future generation to work at their firm.

We were lucky enough to interview Linklaters second - year trainee Jacob on what it's like working at a Magic Circle law firm and how you too can get a Linklaters training contract.

He joined the firm when it merged with Rawlison Butler in September 2017, having been at Rawlison Butler from a trainee.

She then continued overseas as a trainee at a top tier commercial law firm to gain her full practising status in The Bahamas which was achieved in 2002.

>> Take a look at our Ultimate Guide to the Magic Circle Law Firms here to see more salaries for trainees and partners.