Linklaters
Company Profile
Linklaters is a global law firm that advises the world’s leading companies, financial institutions and governments on their most important and challenging transactions and assignments. This is an ambitious and innovative firm which aims to become the leading premium global law firm. Its drive to create something new in professional services provides a very special offer to graduates.
Main areas of work
Whilst many law firms have strengths in particular areas, Linklaters is strong across the full range of corporate, financial and commercial law. This makes Linklaters a particularly stimulating place to train as a business lawyer.
Trainee profile
Linklaters people come from many different backgrounds and cultures; by working together to achieve great things for clients, they are encouraged to achieve their own ambitions and potential. With global opportunities, entrepreneurial freedom and world-class training, Linklaters trainees work alongside some of the world’s best lawyers on some of the most challenging deals. The firm has high expectations of its trainees, but the rewards – personal and professional as well as financial – are very high indeed.
Training environment
The firm recruits graduates from both law and non-law disciplines. Non-law graduates spend aconversion year at law school taking the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL). All trainees have to complete the Legal Practice Course (LPC) before starting their training contracts. The firm meets the costs of both the GDL and LPC and provides a maintenance grant for both. The training contract is built around four six-month seats or placements in a range of practice areas. The majority of the firm's trainees have the opportunity to go on international and/or client secondments.
Sponsorship & benefits
GDL and LPC fees are paid in full, plus a maintenance grant. Benefits include profit and performance-related bonus schemes, pension, private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, in-house healthcare services, family friendly benefits, in-house gym and subsidised health club membership, subsidised staff restaurant, interest-free season ticket loan, holiday travel insurance, time bank scheme, cycle2work and give as you earn.
Vacation placements
Linklaters offers a two-week Christmas Vacation Scheme for final year non-law students, and two Summer Vacation Schemes (four weeks) for penultimate year law students.
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