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Training contract (Autumn/Winter 2014)

Anderson Law LLP, a niche intellectual property and commercial law practice, is offering a training contract to start in Autumn/Winter 2014.  
 
Anderson Law’s clients are made up primarily of high-tech companies (including bio-technology, medical research and IT companies) and universities (including their technology transfer units) within and outside of the United Kingdom. 
 
We also write practitioner-based books and materials for Oxford University Press, LexisNexis, Bloomsbury Professional Publishing and the Law Society. The topics covered to date have included intellectual property, technology law, transactions in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, contract drafting and commercial law. We have also written and updated several volumes of the Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents. 
 
The person we are looking for will have a good academic record, probably have a science background, and preferably (but not essentially) have had some experience in industry/business.
 
The position will based at our offices in Oxfordshire, although a certain amount of travel will be involved, mainly to our clients’ offices in London and the South East. Own transport is desirable. 
 
The salary will be greater than the Law Society’s recommendations for trainees.
 
Application will be by CV, a one page covering letter explaining what in your background would make you suitable for Anderson Law, and by answering a research exercise. The exercise can be found at www.andlaw.eu/our-team/join-us/training-contract/. The deadline for submitting the CV, covering letter and completed research exercise is 3 October 2014, by 5pm. First round interviews for short-listed candidates are expected to take place from 13 October 2014. Second round interviews from 27 October 2014.
 
More information on Anderson Law LLP, see: www.andlaw.eu
 
For further information, please contact Mark Anderson [email protected].
 
Anderson Law LLP, 76 Wallingford Road, Shillingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 7EU.

Commencing:

Autumn/Winter 2014

Location:

Oxfordshire