We are a leader among international law firms, providing business law advice of the highest quality throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the US. With over 2,500 lawyers in 27 key business centres around the world, we provide a comprehensive service to national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments.

We're looking for people with strong academic qualifications (the ability to achieve a high 2.1 or first at degree level), a broad range of skills and a good record of achievement in other areas.

We pay our prospective trainees' tuition fees for the GDL and LPC and offer a maintenance grant of £6,250 per year for those studying the GDL and £6,000 for those studying the LPC (we require prospective trainees to undertake the accelerated LPC at BPP Law School in London).

We will be running three three-week vacation schemes in Summer 2010. Each scheme takes about 20 people. Our 2010 schemes are as follows:

21 June - 9 July
12 - 30 July
2 - 20 August

Applications should be made on the firm's application form between 1 October 2009 and 15 January 2010 during your penultimate year of undergraduate studies. If you are on a four-year degree course and your third year will be spent abroad, we will consider an application in your second year for a placement after you return.

We provide a thorough professional training in a very broad range of practice areas, an excellent personal development programme and the chance to work in one of our international offices or on secondment with a client in the UK or abroad. You'll be working with and learning from one of the most talented peer groups in the legal world and will receive the blend of support and freedom you need to evolve your career and take advantage of the opportunities our international network offers.

Our training contract is incredibly flexible - you can see up to eight seats to ensure that you have a really good understanding of which areas of practice interest you most and play to your strengths.